The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-08-14
Laura D Fair.

by Mrs. Laura 5. WeoD, J
formerly of this Cit: e
Sentimental newspape, sorrespon- |
dents are wasting 3 great deal ot
upon the condemned muir
decess Garrabranh, and speak Of her
ss youthful. anc charming person
age, WITH s. pretty face, whom IL were
q pity so hang. We are reminded
sha: Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
was guilty 81 similar nonsense. when,
afie: q short interview witr Mrs l..
z. Fair. in The Sar francisco Jail,
she expressed the belief that it was
impossible that any jury could find q
verdict OF guilty against q woman
possessed OF such mild blue eyes and
charming features without incerrlng
the guilt o. perjury. n The name
of the nomely iaw-aoiding portion OF
the fai.. seq, we protest against the
attempt to adjust the standard Of
guilt b. the contour OF tbs Eaoe snd
the color c. jhe eye.-[St. Louis
Times.
The ABOVE paragraph carries Us
pack sixteen years age. 1t carries us
back to those HAPPY days when "e
were school girl in the Academy o1
the Visitation, Mobile. Alabama. Ii
WAS there that we net and studied,
ouarreIed and tmade ap' again as
school girls generally do, with L. q.
Fair. We knew he, then, as coz
vent girl, by the name Of Laura Hunt,
although it has since been made pub
lie that she was evel ther divorced
from her first husband. 5rayson.
How strange does it appear, az We
look pack over khe lapse Of years
that one whose life seemed sc per
fectly pure. should now De--a :nur'
deress: How strange that ev:- III
Anences should have thus drawn hel
. down, step by step. until to-day SHE
is the inmate Of dungeon Why. i
this Why is it thai the curse o
- Cain is branded Oh the fair brow O
. Laura D. Fair! Why IS It that tn
: rood influences that eminatec iron
= her convent life coulc not save he
e from this shipwreck Of her immorta
+. soul? Because ''the world, the t1es
10 and the devil" have iriumpned owe
it heart that was naturally good, bu
l. alas. how frail! Because her hope
were not anchored beyond the stars
e. where the pure heart see God.
q She looked lower shan the star!
N she anchored her hopes on man an
m lost. Even then, lost and degrade
w as she was with nes soul stepped
ba the blackness Of crime; even the
IL she could have been saved if she ha
"a bat looked upward to her Coo, an
in with her arms around the cross, p'
m rifed her soul with tears ana praye
w. Did she do this? No. The evil /
d fuence that had engulfec ner tn
&c far but drew her still farther dow
Ct until blood stained those Deautlf
a. hands that, il schoolgirl days
av saw sweep the piano, the guitar al
ly- the harp.
les The 'smild blue eyes and charmi
NJ features are nc excuse OF her gu
to And neither do we, womanllke, S
ale that she should be condemned
in having been so fatally charmir
ng, We but pray that the blood CT Chr
,wo will wash the blood of Crittend
lew from her soul, and the Laura OF ct
me vent memory will yet be plucked a
md brand from the burning.
How wildly do we remember
last time that we ever saw Laura.
'ent was at the close Of the session in
'he and the day that she left school.
'e'e have never met since, perhaps 81
.aa never meet again, yet we shall ne
ldv never forget the queenly form Of
need now terribly unfortunate woman
The she then passed forever from her
nor! lowed convent home. How supel
1t so did she look, all robed as she wa
man pure white, even to her very glt
y, l and hat. Would to God, that
hho had been her life.
anu Far away from here, in
10Y Francisco dungeon, is incarcer
addy 'ne 49, ~,
just ihto 'ne Sini'i "oi'
nd a then was her guardian angel ?
did he not linger around her r
way and shield her from the de
ence of evil? Why did he desert her
'. G. must have been because she ce
an to pray, for prayer is the sole
trict guard of the soul. Then, while
Dis and prayer are left, all is not
%b;s ~. - A. ooncoIo4ion If T