The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-07
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ForetoId in a Dream.

SAAS JOAA6 ASASh oAASSh .
under Rochambeau, who fought in the
battle of Yorktown, IN the regiment
OF Deux Points, was Francois Van
Pradell, who remained in this cOun-
try several years after peace wa sre-
stored. He spent the greater part
OF the time in Baltimore, and there
met Cassandra Dye-Owings, daugh-
| ter of one of the oldes and most
| aristocratic families OF Maryland,
with whom he became very much en-
| amored. His feelings toward the
young lady were reciprocated, but
her parents refused their consent 70
the alliance because of the tender
years OF Miss Dye-Owings, who had
not reached her sixteenth birthday
Allarguments failing, an elopement
was arranged and accomplished The
young couple were married in Phila-
delphia, and sailed for France, where
the bride was presented to Marie
Antoinette. Her descendants in this
country still preserve as souvenir,
part of lne costume in which she
made her court debut.
When the French revolution COM
| menced, Van Pradelle was obliged
10 leave the country, and made his
escape with difficulty. While still in
Paris Mrs. Van Pradelle was con-
versing one day with priest, who
had sought refuge under her hus-
bands roof, when mob broke in,
| dragged the unfortunate to the street
and hanged him to a lamp post at
the very door.
Having reached this country Van
Pradelle took up his auoue in Balti-
more, anu from there went to New
| Orleans, where he died of yellow
fever. After his death, Mrs Van
Pradelle went to Beaufort s. c., to
take the boat for Baltimore. The
night before it sailed she had u
dream, which she would not tell, but
which completely unnerved her. She
awoke in Mysteries and cried for
hours. A letter from her which is
in the possession of the writer's fam
lily, to her mother, written next day
is blurred with tears and shows other
evidence of the nervous condition
she was in. She speaks of being
cOmletely Frustrated by that terrible,
terrible dream" Although she re-
fused to relate it, or allow any al
fusion to be made to it, it must have
lfOreshadOWed some disaster to the
ship, for she would not go on board
next morning, although her passage
was arranged for and her luggage
embarked. That boat arrived safely
in Baltimore.
The next one 70 sail was much
larger and stronger vessel, and was
armed with cannon for defense
against pirates. Moreover, the cap
tain was personally known to Mrs
Van Pradelle, and she had great con
fidence in his ability. That boat was
never heard from after it's de
parture from Beaufort and all efforts
to discover any cleW to it's fate
proved to be fruitless.
Years after, when one of the Bara
tara Bay pirate nests We're captured
linen, silver and jewels, marked
Van Pardelle" We're und.When the
buccaneers were brought to New Or
leans, men from the Jail went through
! the streets ringing bells and crying
that the murderers of Mrs. Var
fardelle were taken. The pirates
We're sentenced to be hanged, ant
one of the charges on which they
were convicted was her murder
the evidence against them being tn.
, recovered articles which were know
to have been in her possession whel
she left South Carolina. The gov
ernOr of Louisiana at that time wa.
a friend of the family. He offere.
to commute the death penalty to i'm
prisOnment for life to any of the con
, demned men-not directly implicated
in Mrs. Van Pardelle's murder
who would make confession throw
ing some light on her fate, but the.
one and all died in silence.
Later on, an old pirate, uying IL
some hospital (probably at New Or
!. leans) confessed to quite numbe
of his crimes. He said that wha
had haunted him more than anything
else was the taking of a vessel OF
which there was but one woman, VIII,
3 was, in common with everyone els,
on board, obliged to walk the plank
He described her appearance, an,
= particularly locket which wa
). thought through the country that tn
description indicated Theodosia Burr
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