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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-28
III

Her heart beat very fast as she reached
the ruins. Already she saw the white,
cone of the magnolia on the edge of tho
hill near the moat Slowly now, with
pare cheeks, she neared the tree, casting
her eyes in all directions as she passed
down the slight declivity
But she saw nothing near the tree She
looked in the moat, among the brush
woodworking
Nine. Nerieulles stopped; looked for a
moment or two at the blooming pyramid
then, as if in deep thought, she called a
Hover from the magnolia, a bright flower
smooth and soft as the cheek of an
infant
But scarcely had she pIucIed the flower
than she heard a noise among the under-
brush. The heart of the young woman
seemed to swell, her eyes became veiied
with misty haze as do the windows
when touched by the fresh breath of
early day.
Good morning, madame" said the
hunter, as he rapidly approached HAS
the magnolia returned your kiss? No?
/ Then"
And he neared her with the same con-
| quering joy and jovial smile as before.
| She wished to flee as before, but the
young unknown had caught her two
| fingers, two bare fingers of her left hand.
| On! the poor fingers. They tried to
escape, but the struggle was not in
tense. In fear end trembling, Nine de
Nerieulles lowered her handsome head.
why do you not want me to kiss
your asked the young hunter in low
and tender tone. why, since you are
! going away? know you are going away
they have told me. Come, we shall
never see each other again. perhaps"
She continued to lower har head and
made no response. Her cheek she had in
! stinctively pressed against an inprovised
| fan formed of four or five leaves of the
magnolia, as if to place this fragile
screen between her face and the audac-
| ious lips of the hunter.
The young unknown saw this, and in s
conciliating tone and with an imploring
smile. said:
| Through the leaves then--wiu you not
through the leaves? In this way, 1t will
be indeed the magnolia giving you bacl
your kiss"
The young woman said not word, We
her eyes, half closed, said plainly:
IF you wish-yes-through the leaves.
She blushed rosy red-her cheek bare
ly screened by the green fan made of tn,
magnolia leaves-and she heaVed a Ugh
sigh as she felt the impression of a sec
ond embrace on her snowy neck, through
the leaves.
Then she ran quickly away, not DARN;
to look back. 1t did not seem to her tina
II was very culpable to carry away from
this enchanting spot sucn a pretty sou
venir of her visit to the beautiful eoun
try. This strange kiss would pass for tn.
caress of a tree as much as for that O
man.
When she Is old, very old old and gray
Nine. de Nerieulles will no doubt vfsi
again the beautiful magnolia. 1t will b.
many years, however. before Nine d
Nurieulies becomes old and gray-and tn
country is so near and so charming-an.
the magnolia tree so enticing-that sh
may return before that time. Perhap
] next summer. Ehl
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-28
HERO OF TH Revolution
LAFAYETTE'S VISIT IN 1924 RE-
CALLED BY MRS. ELIZABETH
RIKER SPRING
TALE TOLD BY HER SISTER
Incidents of the Reception of the
Marquis - Recorder Riker's
Duel With Gen. Swart-
won't in 1903.

General the Marquis de Lafayette's WIS.,
1T to America upon invitation of Congress
IN 1874, his reception by the city of New
York and subsequent entertainment, says
the New York Times, are wildly recalled
by Mrs. Elizabeth Riker Spring, who
celebrated her ninetieth birthday Oct. 8.
at her home, 121 East Thirty-sixth street.
and is the sole surviving daughter of
Recorder Richard -Riker, made famous
by his duel with Gen. Robert Swartwout,
after the fatal Hamilton-Burr meeting,
spoken of by Fitz Greene Halleck liz his
poetic satire, 1.-THE Recorder"
The subject of this poem, Recorder
Richard Rfker, was for many years dis
trict attorney, and afterward Recorder of
New York eity-a lawyer known for his
geniality and patience and profound
knowledge of criminal law. He was a
descendant of the Rfker family of Bowery
Bay, Long Island. and Riker's Island,
founded by Abraham Rycken, who traced
his ancestry back many centuries to
Hans, Lord Won Rycken of Lower Sax
ony.
Recorder Rikers wife was a daughter
of Daniel Phoenix, Treasurer and the
first Chamberlain of the city of New
York
His three daughters were Anna Riker
Spring of 4S2 Madison avenue, who died
in 1896, In the eighty-seventh year of her
age; Elizabeth Riker Spring, still living
and Jennett Riker Wilson. who died at
her home, $50 Lexington avenue, Tuesday
aged eighty-four.
When asked to tell of Lafayette and
her fathers famous duel. Mrs. Spring
produced the Personal Recollections OF
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EFrench of Jean Remeau.
{ There are mornings in the country so
Epure that mere existence is a joy, and
ebne feels like singing as they go through
1.-THE woods and over brooks, as do
kthe joyful larks in the merry month of
EAday
& Elise de Nerieulles felt this way. She
thad just arrived the evening before from
kParis. She had found the perfume of
Ethe country infinitely sweet, the early
kmorning air was so full of intoxiea ton.
eShe arose at o'clock, an hour extra
ordinary for her, and alone she went
Ito the woods, Voluptuously alone; no
Frivolous frineds to talk to her of re-
tpent creations or modistes; no gallants
Ito pursue her with their oft-repeated
compliments. All, the pleasure of walk
Hng beneath the trees that murmured no
declarations Of passion. and beside me.
Andering brooks that do not tell where
they get their notes of azure.
ELISE de Nerieuiles did not know very
well these trees and sparkling rivulets
She was here with her husband at the
house of one of her uncIes in the prov
Once, in a country that she had visited
Nor the first time. The beautiful land
Escape had melted in her breast a desire
ito see as much as she could of the be-
Wftching surroundings. On she went,
puzzled at natures splendor. Her hands
were bare, and someumes she would
Tfouch the smooth trunk of beech, or
gather a wild flower, as if to become, as
at We're impregnated with nature, and
20 distribute caresses to all these things
or which the sight and perfume were to
her SO sweet.
AT length she had mounted slight
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-28
THE KISS OF THE MAGNOLIA.

I acknowledged to herself that the mem
DRY of this audacious hunter whom she
met that morning beneath the magnolia,
the tree which seemed like a temporary
altar, and in the fields so melancholy
and tender, had become to her infinitely
sweet.
Why was it so sweet to her? Was 1t
because the morning was so pure, the
tree so beautiful and white? Was it
because the hunter himself with eyes Of
green?-yes, yes, they were surely green
who advanced toward her with lips So
fresh and red and a smile so jovial? Or
was it necessary to look for the reason
in the wrong madame's husband had
of beautiful actress at the Gymnase?
Elise did not know. But this is certain
her window curtain was often pushed
gently aside that she might look in the
direction of the old castle and see the
beautiful magnolia on the hillside.
One evening while promenading with
her uncle she saw the hunter near the
gate of the chateau. The sudden ap-
partition brought blush to her cheeks.
Two days later, in the village, she saw
him again, standing in front OF the
church. He smiled at the encounter,
and she was tempted to smile in return,
yet she turned her head, so that he
could not see her face. This time, how
ever, Nine. Nerieulles could see that his
eyes were brown, not green. Happily,
the day ef her departure approached.
She was to quit the country and pass
the next week at Deauville, an engage
ment of long standing. She was glad of
this diversion. However, the morning
of her departure, while the coaehman
was bringing the carriage from the sta
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-28

laration of Independence. When pre-
sented to Gen. Lafayette, he asked:
Is she any relative of my old com
rade-in-arms, Capt. Witherspoon, who
died of wounds received at the battle of
the Brandwine, where I was also wound
ed?'
The only child replied my father,
Whereupon the general shook her hands
warmly again, saying: Your father was
a brave officer
I think everyone present remembered
that party long after, and many of the
little children there, some dead now and
others elderly women, have talked to me
often about it,
RECORDER RIKER'S DUEL.
Regarding her fathers duel with Gen
Swartzwood, Mrs. Spring has this to say:
My father once engaged in political
duel with Gen. Robert Swarthwout,
whose brother had written a savage at
tack on De Witt Clinton. to whom the
recorder, a warm follower of Hamilton,
was both politically and personally at
tached. The Recorder answered this at
tack, and in consequence received a chal-
1enge from the brother of the writer.
which he at once accepted The gentle
man who brought the challenge was SO
much won by the recorders manner in
that short interview that he declined to
act further in the matter, telling Swart-
won't he must choose another second.
The recorder was severely wounded in
the duel.
The poet Halleek wrote a satirical
piecec'The Recorder'D on the duel, in
which he compares the recorder with
Bob Acres. in his trepidation, shooting
his own toes The poet afterward re-
GREETED having written the satire, and
tried though yatnly, TO withdraw II from
publication. An old paper of that day
makes this comment upon it:
This (the poem) seems to be a libel
on the recorders courage and marksrnan-
ship, as he was honorably wounded and
on the authority Of his adversary HIM
self, "as brave as Julis Caesar
In several of the riots of the city,
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BILE, she felt certain sadness in think
ing of the somber old castle as it stood
amid the vapor of the woods, and an
idea came to her-came and went, as
the seaguH hovers over certain rock.
as if undecided where to rest its wings:
Can 1 go away without bidding good
by to the magnolia, to the beautiful tree
in bloom, so like an altar, which threw
its leafy shadow on the hill, and which
left such a delicious impression? No!
That would be rude, unmannerly, dis
honest.
Uncle, what time does the train
leave?" she asked
Quarter after eleven"
and itsis now
''Ten o'clock"
Il have then time to go to the ruins
once more
Just barely time"
Nine. Nerieulles started for the woods,
the vaporous, misty woods, when the
sparkling rivulets seemed to smile at the
morning.
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looking, hanging in festoons around the
walls. 1t was an immense room, and the
moor was filled with young people DANCING
eot1ll1ons when Our party entered !
noticed at once a sort OF boudoir built off
a little from the main room. In it was a
sofa and chairs. covered with blue satin.
There were also blue satin curtains. al
the entrance to the boudoir, hut they
Were Topped we'll to the sides, so that the
view was free from the inside. My father
led us toward it, but we did not enter, as
we knew 1t was reserved for the general
He soon arrived with his escort, and as
he approached, my father stepped for
ward and entered the boudoir with him
AS the general took seat upon the sofa,
he observed a picture on the wall in from;
of him, and raising his hands, he ex-
claimed:
".Oh, ma Tnaison! La Grange! La
Grange? He had instantly recognized il
as faithful representation of his home
in France He was evidently surprised
and delighted. l have in my possession
a white kid glove worn by friend on
this night with the generals likeness
stamped on the back of it..
Late in the spring of 1926 one Sun
day morning, after service, two carriages
drove UP to my fathers house on Fulton
street. My two cousins, the Misses Law
renee, Sister Elizabeth. and myself were
looking cut of the drawing room window.
We recognized Gen. Lafayette as he got
out of the first carriage, followed by hil
son and secretary, M. LIE Vasseur They
We're shown Up to tie drawing room, and
we four young girls met the general al
the head of the stairs. My father soon
appeared with my mother leaning on his
arm, and welcomed him warmly. 1t was
an imDrcmptu visit, and had been pre-
ceded by a call on the mayor. We, my
cousin and I. talked mostly to NJ lie Vas.
seur. whom we found very agreeable.
1.-THE latter part of August, the general
told my father IL would give him great
pleasure to meet his relatives. including
the children of his family. So invitations
were sent to our relatives, including the
Phoenixes. The children invited were
over ten years of age. The only strang-
ers were Mr.. and Mrs. Coolridge. Mr. and
Mrs. Rush, and a French marshal, Gen
Bernard. Every room in the house was
thrown open. We had no supper spread,
as the evening was very warm, and only
light refreshments with choice wines
were served. One room was reserved for
the children. who were in charge Of Miss
Witherspoon, an old friend of the family
and granddaughter of DR.. Witherspoon,
the only clergyman who signed the Dec
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Gen. Lafayette's Reception, by Recorder
Riker, his warm friend, as set down by
the Recorders eldest daughter, Anna,
who tells. with interesting detail, hither-
to unpublished, of the. great Generals
visit to and stay in this city. Through
the courtesy of Mrs. Spring The New
York Times is permitted to reproduce
portions of the record:
The Marquis de Lafayette arrived on
Aug. 10, on merchantmen from Havre, >
says Mrs Spring, land Immediately upon
the generals landing, the committee of
arrangements of the common council well
coined him. He, his son, secretary, and
suite We're at once taken to- the old city
MOTEL, IN Beekman street, where rooms
had been prepared for them. A carriage
was to be always at his command. and
the governors room in the city hall was
allotted to him to receive his visitors,
populations, &c.
Immediately upon his return from the
mountains. my father called upon Gen.
Lafayette, and this first visit was the
beginning of warm friendship between
them.
'-On the 9Th day OF September, 1924.
there was a play performed in the old
Park theater In Park Row, between Beck
man and Ann streets in honor of the
general. It was written by Mordecai
Moan, editor of The Evening Star. After
the farce was over the, general entered,
the band playing Lafayette's Return; or.
The Hero's Welcomed Everybody in the
house rose and the general was shown at
once to my fathers boxs remaining with
us throughout the evening. The play, I
presume, was wellTi performed, but
thought the most attractive feature of all
was the appearance on the stage OF nine
pretty little girls, medestiy dressed. who
formed In dancing the letters OF LAT
ayette's name.
"A few of tho playbillsswere printed on
white satin. My mother kept the one
sent my father and gave il to my daugh-
ter Anna, when the7 hatter was a child,
she preserved II carefully and It is now
framed in her home. 9ats4S2 Madison ave-
nue.. doubt If there isGanother in ex-
istenee.
FETE IN cAsTLEseARDEN.
ION the evening of Sept. 10. took place
the splendid ball, or rather fete as it was
called, In honor of the general. l nave
never seen anything of the kind so beau
tiful
Castle Garden was turned into bali
room, decorated with drapery of all col,
ors, and adorned with artificial; paper
io"ers, very effective and very natural
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he displayed great courage and presence
of mind and chivalry. 1t is stated that
MS presence alone on many occasions
was very influential In suppressing dis
order"
Halleck's lines on ''The Recorder" re-
ferring to this meeting, are as follows:
The Riker, like Bob Acres stood,
Edgewise upon a field of blood,
The where and wherefore Swartwout
shows;
Pulled trigger as brave man should,
And shot. God bless them, his own toes
Recorder Riker died Sept. 20, 1872, in his
sixty-ninth year. His duel with Gen.
Swartwout was fought Nov. H. 1903
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