The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-11-22

for him, if he early turned to the Lore
and sought salvation.
Hurry Granger was very much i'm
pressed with the sincerity and piety of tn,
good Mr.. hatchery.
| Returning home he Informed his moth
er that his last hope Of recovering th'
money was gone. All arrangements were
completed fer the emigration, and tn,
family moved to Ohio. and Harry ut onct
began to improve the western home.
Was Maude Livingston forgotten: No
| Love once in the heart cannot he easily
blo.ted out. and Maude's fair image wa
with him day and night. When he Gu
| down the giants of the forest ana SPIN
| them into rails she WIS present: when III
TILED the soil her face seemed smlllhG OF
! him from every beautiful cloud that swept
the sky. and when he slept her mag,
mingled with his drcans-a vision TOT
| bright to lie real an ihrat to be hoped for
| but Fever realized. When man Is pos
sessed by the grand passion of his life TN
purity Of the woman whom To loves Is
i'll some subtle way transferred to his Own
soul. That love both restraints and urges
not in Ecr presence only. but also III hei
absence. She may he invisible for time
but she still controls Lin. The decd he
would do without conjunction If he mad
no such love becomes impossible. because
in ina gnatiOn her eyes are always look
ing into his. a good womans love Is I'M
strongest moral Ioroe in any mans life
for in some mysterious way she has
thrown his standard down and set up hel
own in its stead. But as satan can turn
the hest deed into the greatest evil, sc
Aaron Burr, seeing the love of Harry
Granger. made it the medium by which
he led him to what came so nearly prov
ing his ruin. Harry strove manfully tC
be contented and cheerful. but only de
spair seemed in store for him III the flu
turc. Col. Burr had apparently lost caste
with the Livingstpns and was gone into
exile.
The youth in his frontier home did not
lose interest in the exile. and frequently
heard of him, and several times from him
He knew that Burr had at last left South
Carolina to go to Washington, to be pres
ent at the opening of the Senate, in de
fiance of all indictments. He learned thai
at Petersburg, Va, Burr was warmly vel
coined by the 'hOt-headed Democrats,
and at the same time two States We're try
ing to capture him for murder. On reach
ing Washington the murderer heard OF
two new indictments, and in his gay, flip
pant. characteristic style wrote to his
daughter:
You have doubtless heard that there
has subsisted for some time contention
of very serious nature between the
y
The subject in dispute is, which
shall have the honor of hanging the Vice
President You shah have duo
notice of the time and place. WheneyeI
it may be, you may rely on great con
| course of company, much gaiety, ant
many rare sights" ...., ~
The strongest political influence possible
was brought to bear in Burr's favor, ano
| though the Governors of New Jersey anC
Il HING a
BILE to him, it was tacitIy agreed that he
should not be prosecuted. He presided
over the Senate of the United States, witt
blood on his hands, a rebellious heart II
| his bosom, and two indictments for muir
der against him. He even presided at the
| impeachment trial of Judge Chace. Whel
his term as Vice-President expired he &c
| tired.
On March 4, 1905. Jefferson was inaug
urated for his~second term, and Burr was
out of an occupation. 1t was only natura
! that an active, ingenious and inscription:
mind should begin to scheme and plaI
| something desperate. He wrote TO ms
sOn-in-law, Gov. Aston:
In New York / am TO be DISTINGUISHED
and in New Jersey hanged. Having sub
stantial objections to both, / shall not fol
| the present hazard either, but shall seel
! another country. You will not, from this
conclude that / have become passive Of
disposed to submit tamely to the machina
tions of banditti. If you should .you
would greatly err. - and his clan af
fleet to deplore, but secretly rejoice at anC
stimulate the villanies of all sorts which
are practiced against me, Their alarm
and anxiety, however. are palpable to {
degree perfectly ridiculous. Their awk
ward attempt to propitiate reminds one o.
the Indian worship of the evil spirit"
Burr was still full Of confidence an(
hope for himself in the future, and SPOKE
of those law-abiding citizens who wer'
trying to bring him to the bar of justice
as a banditti. His friends had hopes fol
him, and even sought to procure him /;
foreign appointment. Burr having once
tasted the intoxicating cup of public Office
power and opulence, could no longer b,
content with the mere humdrum exist
ence of common life.
| He became mysterious. His best friends
could not understand him. 1t was pro
posed by one to elect him to Congress