The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08

s and residence for her. her
, husband and hrr Joy was Burr's dar.
n'h the bolt fell PRECEDENT Jcirer.
eOn Who for some time had been
".suely conscious OF Burr's project. In
aH'o.'amation dated Oct. o.. 1906. rub.
~ denounced 4, and warned all good
,sa The project Immediately coll
l@p''u In the succeeding June Burr
W. arrested. His trial for treason took
p'"" IN Virginia II was impossible
70 prove any overt act against him.
puu decided TO forfeit his bail. and be
escaped TO England.
u'et h'e years OF exile he took
nsa'' 10 return Sailing under an as.
ss'Hel name. he arrived incognlto In
w York At the right moment he
.",su line to appear In a newspaper
70 .ue eject that Aaron Burr had re-.
.s ned to the city. aud had resumed
Wv p'aeiice OF law In Nassau street.
Nue only wish was left to the strlck-
gu a'her and daughter That was for
.peay reunion hut Theodoaia's hus-
u.i,u was now governor Of the state
snu general Of militia. The war OF 1912
nae broken out lie could not leave
nv post Finally. II was decided she
snoud come by sea. She embarked
Foemoer 70. 1879, at Charlestown on
ahmal schooner named the Patriot.
~ ralrlot was never seen nor heard
OF again II has always been presumed
'nA. she was lost on Cape Hatteras In
a storm which broke out a couple OF
Gays after she sailed. To Aaron Burr,
N''Vhg In New York for the vessel
'nh. never came, cruel stories were re-
ported that the Patriot had been cap
tufeo BY pirates, and that all on board
mad been murdered with the exception
OF Iheodosia, who was carried on shore
captive. No" said Burr. declsively,
sne ID dead. Were she alive all the
prisons In the world could not keep her
nom her father" And now for our
promised story Of the portrait: Some
years ago the late Dr. W. q. Pool. a
wen known physician at Pasquotank
county North Carolina. was spending
inc summer at Mays Head. This IL
watering place on the North Caroline
coast, situated on the Banks" a mar
row strip OF land lying between Abe.
marie sound and the Atlantic ocean.
The denlzens Of the Banks" are prim-
luve folk, and at one time the land
thereabout was infested by pirates. Il
happened that Or. Pool was called in
70 see a destitute old woman named
Mrs Mann. All her surroundings we're
weiehed. but on the wall hung hand
some oil painting out OF all keeping
With lis environments. Or. Pools
daughter who Ia now Mrs. John p.
Overman. OF Elizabeth City. N. c., wife
OF the postmaster OF that town, fire.
quently accompanied her father on err
lands OF mercy TO the poor old invalid.
Both she and her father expressed a
desire to purchase the portrait. but the
patient would not hear OF Il. She said
u had been given to her by her FIRST
husband. a man named Tlllett. and she
Valued II for his sake. The old lady
gDt we'll. One day sha Appeared At the
Nugs Head Hotel to pay her respects
to tn doctor and his family. They were
astonshed TO see her wearing a hand
some SILK dress OF an antique pattern.
II wal an evening dress. cut short In
the waist. and only reached down half
way between the old lady's shoe tons
and her knees. She had come 10 tell
the Doctor that. as she had no money.
she hoped he would accept the portrait
In payment OF his services. The doctor
and his daughter we're overjoyed. es-
pecialk when she related the clrcum-
stances under which II had come into
her possession. She had no head for
dates, but she remembered that one
calm winters day during the time OF
our last war with England her first
husband tTilletO and some OF his asso-
ciaies lounging on the beach at Mays
Head, were surprised TO see smart
vessel under full sail making for the
shore.
The men watched her with interest,
supposing she would tack. Instead, she
sailed straight ahead, and In a little
while was beached. The men got into
one OF their boats and rowed up to her.
They found that all the canvas OF the
strange vessel WAS spread and that her
uller was lashed. Climbing aboard.
tAey descended into the cabin Here
liable was spread with a half finished
meal. The berths were unmade. A
number OF silk dresses were scattered