Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-20
THE ROMANCE OF AARON BURR AND
MADALINE PRICE.
.hme, B. Gibson In 4rkansars Tyar,l,r.

| At Nstchez, Miss there lived near the
summit OF the hill in little vine covered
cottage, a widow lady from Virginia, whose
small farm and two or three slaves were
he only remains oil a large fortune. Her
husband had converted his property into
money, and on the way to this territory
Mississippi had been robbed and muir.
dersdloy tho notorious Joseph Thompson
Hare e more blood-thirsty william even
than the celebrated Mason. She had but
one child, Madeline, who must still be re.
membered by few Of our older citizens as
miracle Of beauty. 10 form and feature
in grace and modesty, she was all that the
old masters have pictured the divine Madon
us. or the artist ever dreamed OF maiden
loneliness Those that saw her loved her,
yet she was never conscious OF the sentiment
until she listened to Aaron Burr. The family
were Catholics, and there Colonel Burr
went to meet, by appointment one OF his
numerous agents and correspondents,
the Able Vel, Jesuit priest of remark
able ability. 1t is probable that Colonel
Burr, in his projected INVASION of Mexico,
contemplated SECURING thsiDfiuence of the
religious orders, and tor this purpose had
opened correspondence with the able,
aud met him by appointment ct this sc.
secluded homestead The cottage became
the rendezvous of his agents, and his
frequent visits there gave him ample
opportunity TO win the heart of the widows
lovely daughter. Shortly after his arrest
and bail by the United States government,
Colonel Burr determined TO forfeit his
bond One stormy night in February, 1907,
he set forth, moun.rd on the fsVorite horse
Of his host. Urgent as was the necessity
for EXPEDITION, Colonel Burr halted till day.
light at tia widows cottage, i'm ploripg the
beautiful Msdaline to be the companion
of his fight He promised marriage, for
tune, high position, and even limited at
imperial honors, not realizing. even then
fugitive and traitor, the crushing downfall
that impended over him. The maiden had
given him her heart; abe had listened to
his witchery night after night. and loved
him with all the iervor OF southern nature
She would have followed him to the end of
the earth, and TO the scaffold, and her
aged moih;r would have freely given her
to this most captivating msn-for they
looked on bin as demi-god--but ay, With
most OF our southern women, the principles
oil religion virtue and proprie,y wers
stronger than prepossession and passion, |
and the entresties Of the accom- plshed |
ioertiue were firmly rejected. Bati.d and |
disappointed, he was cola PEELED TO proceed
but promised to return, and carried with
him the covenant and pledge Of the beau.
ttul Madaline She was wooed BY msnya
lover. The young and gallant masters Of
the large plantations near Natchez stroye
in vain for her hand. Fortunes and tie
homage OF devoted hearts we're laid at her
feet, but the Maid Of the Halt Way HIP
remained trne to her sbsent lover; the more
30 because OF the rumors tnat reached her
OF his mistortunes and his guilt. She livei
on the rocollections CT his manly beauty
and the shades he had most affected were
her constant hsunts At length, when he
lied from the United States, pursued by Mr..
Jefferson and bis remorseless agents tina,
swarm around power aud authority-when
ne had been driven from England and was
an outcast in Paris, shivering With cold and
starving for bresd-he seems 10 have fell,
Dor the frat time the utter hopelessuess of
bis fortunes And then be wrote TO MAIDS
line, and in lev formal words released
her from her promise. Stating that he
would never reform to the United States.
be advised her tn enter q convent should
she survive her mother. A year or two
after this she went 10 Havana With high
y respected lady TREND, who then owned
he property where the Christian brother, i
nov reside near Eatchez Hes extreme
beauty, her grace sBd elegsuce, produced t
bs greatest enthusiasm. The botel where
hey put up was beseiged II shs appeared
IN the balcoay dozen cavaliers we're
waiting to salnte her When Der volspts
YES seen on the Basco or the Piaza De
Armss, 1t was escorted By the grsndees of
ne island. She was fetsd by the governor
GENERAL. serensdes and balls followed in
'spid succession, and the daily homsgs to
Ter beauty never ceased. until the evening
'ells sounded the Angelus. Without sur.
enderine her heart or being carried away
y this Universal admiration, she ie.urnei