The National tribune., 1900-11-15
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY.


and his most wonderful diplomacy saved
him, so that in the course of half an hour
Mrs. Chick was creditably, disposed of. and
the Colonel began TO breathe more easy
Mrs. Chick had mott wholly lost favor III
Burr's eyes: in his own selfish way he
could be in love with half dozen women
at once. His love, like his hatred, was
never honorable.
Celeste" his latest amour, was beau.
tiful young woman whom; he had met in
u crowd, and each was smitten with the
others pleasant qaafities.r Again he saw
her at her fathers table, where his atten-
tions were equally pointed and welcome.
A tete-a-tete, which he sought, was inter
rupted by the entrance of lie pere, but her
manner seemed to beckon him on. He
was almost in love. SummOning her faith
er to his apartments by note, and the old
man appearing within the hour, the enam-
ored one came to the point with prompt
ness and self-possession impossible in a
| lover under 40.
| rs Celeste engagedT
| "She is not"
| Would it be agreeable TO her parents if
Col. Burr should make oyertures for her
hand?"
1T would be most agreeable"
| From that time the Colonel began to sue
| for the hand of the fair Celeste, but met
with denals and avowals on her part new
|
more charming than ever, but she adrot-
| ly turned the topic of conversation from
matrimony every time the Colonel began
| to approach it. Celeste was coquetting
with Burr during Mrs. Chicks visit, and
the latter lady learning of it, summoned
the recreant to her presence, and when he
| failed to appear, called on him, as we
have seen. Mrs. Chick was only partially
reconciled by the assuring words of Burr
when she left his presence. Her mother
had been summoned to the city to recon
Gle her suffering daughter, and the pair
held an Indignation meeting, during which
Mrs Jarvis, in a moment of forGetfulness
of youth and playfulness, said:
at is all one could expect of man.
Why isn't he now at Albany defending
you. Why does he desert you and come
| here to carry on q Irritation with another
| say, it is all that could be expected of a
man.
| 1t never seemed to occur to Mrs. Jarvis
or her daughter, either, that Mrs. Chick S
husband was the proper person to defend
and protect her good name.
Burr continued to amuse himself with
Mrs. Chick and Celeste until they became
| jealous of each other, and through his per
| fidy he lost all chance of marrying Celeste,
if he ever intended doing so. lie wrote
to his daughter:
IF any male friend of yours should be
dying of ennui recommend to him to en-
gage in q duel and a courtship at the same
| time" Had he no feeling? No. Burr
was utterly without heart or moral prin-
ciple, and, while having all outward APP
pearance of a gentleman, was a ruifian
| and Il monster.
The last days of July wore away, and
Burr was still waiting to hear the result
of the CorOner's inquest. This was not
rendered until the I'd of August, Mt 2
IT, I1,l- thN Inhn Srun stntI
| Immediately dispatched an express to Van
Ness, who was secreted Sin the country,
and to Burr at Philadelphia. He stated
| that the excitement was subsidin3 in New
York, and that Burr's old friends were
rapidly travelling backot to 1900. Gov.
Lewis" he added, hfispeaks of the proceed
ings openly as dfsgraceful, illiberal and
ungentlemanly. In short, little more
noise on their side, and a little further
magnanimity on otlrs is all that is neces-
sary In all this hustle, jadicions men see
nothing but the workings of the meanest
| passions" rs u
Warrants were Immediately issued for
the arrest of the principal and his two sec
onds. Burr saw that in the present state
of public excitement, Coy. Lewis would
| be compelled to order his arrest. In this
extremity he offered to surrender on COLI
| ditions of receiving guaranty that he
| would be released on baiIo This could not
be. so in the midst of his pleasant iiirta-
tons he was compelled to make prepara-
lions for immediate fight About the mid
die of August Col. Burr, accompanied by
Samuel Swartout "a younger brother of
the indomitable john. and attended by his
favorite slave, Peter, a good huInored blum
derer of 10, secretly embarked for st. 81
mons. an island off the coast of Georgia,
| then the residence of few wealthy plant
ers. He had old friends upon this island,
and the arrival of the VicePresidcnt WIS
| itself an event to excite the few inhab
tants of n place so remote from the great
world On his arrival he was warmly wei
| coined, and no more greeted with ayerted
face nor lowering brOws.
But st. Simon could not long be an abid-
ing place, and after few weeks the fugi
tive again set out for South Carolina, the
home of his daughter, where he would be
| cafe from an outraged law.
ITO be continued.)
BOER DELiLAH,