The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-04-23
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= + she slipped her hand ill hissarm, ",
! the old caressing moVema he rememb
8 ed SO well, and spoke gently, using
!, name for the first time since he came.
y But, Lenno1, dear, ifssyou go away
somewhere, what shall LIDO ?''
:. : he turned suddenly and caught her
: his heart.
= ooh, Mamie, Mamie he cried, ps
sionately, If you would=only come ba
: : to me, and love me---if could recover ii
lost treasure, would not 20 anywhe1
: Oh, my lost love, is it too late2,.
, She laid her face down against his sllou
der, and asked.
s'Lennox, dear, tell me which you 10.
best, the Mamie you use to know, or IL
fashionable young lady you found here :?
ssOh, Mamie, darling !" he cried clast
ing her closer. II wouldn't give one tos
Of your brown cllr]s for all the fashionabl
/ young ladies in the world.''
'Ihen you will have to take your oil
Mamie back agein, Lennox, dear. y
And Lennox, passionately elaspine= he
to him, begged to be forgiven and voWet
he would not exchange his piecio1ls Iittl,
wild rose for all the hot-holsk flowers. il
Christendom.
Aaron Bsur1,'s Adopted Hpaasaslaa:4r
= New Orleans Demosrut
We slave vivid rccollectiOns Of i fine old
house with an air of ancient respectabiltv
about it, where all was sober tinted and
graceful without being gaudy, and simple
III the extreme. A conservatory of rare
and beautiful exotics often attracted orr
attention, for it's glass doors aiar, a delicate
perfume pervaded the wide apartments.
and after passing through several of these
we We're accustomed to enter the boudoir
Of an invalid--a lady reclining on q couch.
with silken coverlet, snowy pillows lace
covered, and a net tastefully looped. The
lady was advanced in life, but her dark
eyes We're bright, intelligent and yarvipg
correspondent to every expression she ut
tered. Her face was beautiful, after a high
type of loveliness which time cannotoh-
literate. DallS~hair, plainly drawn back.
revealed asbrow which spoke inte uect. and
every feature sllarmonized, conveying a
general impression of refinement, intalH- |
gencc and goodness in rare combination.
This Natalie Sumter, daughter of Rear
Admiral Delago, of the French Navy,
adopted sister of Aaron Burr's daughter
Mrs. Aston, and daughter-in-law of Gen.
Sumter, our Of our bravest Revolutionary |
about whose yalor and hero
SIN it is sEexpletive to speak, since his name
$ written in the history OF his countrv
llong with those Of Washington, Marion.
irecn and Others which posterity will not
ct die.
The strange yicissitudes of Mrs. SUM
er's life are romantic in the extreme. Be-
ng the daughter of Il French lady, maid i
f honor to Marie Antoinette, she was sep
rated from her mother during the reyolr-
ion Which dethroned the King and caused
oyalty to fly precipitately. Nine Delago.
cr mother, only escaped with her life, and
er infant daughter, Mrs. Sumter, Was 4:
onyeyed by Il faithful nurse to New York, ]
bout the child's person were a small
hahn of gold and monogram; these to-
ether with her infant wardrobe and the
noWn fidelity of her nurse established her {
lentity. gr.-e. i
Aaron Burr becoming togllizant Of the
lcts, adopted Natalie, and educated her
long with his accomplished but ill-rated
aughter, Mrs. Alston. And here we {
ould pay a deserved tribute to Burr's no. t
le conduct towards Natalie Delago. the t
'statlaughter of /; French Noble, who, but {
II his generous care. might have perished (
{ foreign land, despite the faithfulness \
her devoted nurse, and the vain agony
her bereayed mother. But Natalie grew S
} to Womanhood a most beautiful and ac- t
mplished girl, when Nine. Delago claim
her child, and the latter was nut on / /
'ard vessel bound for u French port. G
olonei Thomas Sumter: only son of the il
d Game Cock" ;" General Sumter, chanc- t
ITO be . fello-passenger with the young t
dy, and seeing her there become her de- V
tied admircr. He followed her to Paris, t
tained the consent of Nine. Dclaeo to /
cir union, married her and brought her
her home in the South, where she lived 8
d died, beloved and honored as only yir- V
Gus and high-toned women can be. V