Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-20

other won. All Ogdensburg can tell
you about that today. They lived
there together, Parish and the wo-
man, till he went abroad. Yes, and
she was a prisoner there, not simply
for short time; and she lived and
died there. Whatever Parish did, who
ever he was, he never loved any other
woman as he did that one. And by
the Lord! when 1t comes to that, no
other woman in that town ever was
loved more than she by everybody"
Facts incorrect.
This reads well. 1t has a fine, ro-
mantle swing about It, But the weak
ness of this collocation of events is
that the novelist's Missouri senator
was not correctly informed in the
| premises. The episode of Nine Yes
pucci's stay in Ogdensburg and her ca
reer as the informal mistress of
George Parish's bachelor establish
ment are too we'll remembered by mid
die aged residents of that st. Law
renee county city to leave any doubts
as to her career in the CITY of Ma
PIES" or what became of her and Of
George Parish in later years, when
Ogdensburg knew them no more in the
flesh
In setting forth the details of these
two lives as they are concerned with
this story, let lib adopt the courtesy of
ladies first. Nine. Vespuccis career
began in America, when she made her
appearance in Washington in connec-
ton with some mythical land claims
against the government She was
young, fair to look upon, and an
nounced herself as direct descendant
Of the great Amerigo of her name.
She had come to this country from
Paris and speedily enlisted in her
cause, the merits of which do not seem
to be very sound at this time, the two
most famous members of the Van
Buren, family-the former president OF
the United States and his son John
who was best known throuoh his so
cial graces at the time, though he was
the attorney general of New York In
the years 1856 Under what circum
stances she left Paris, where she had
resided all her life up to that time
is not definitely known, although it is
believed that she accompanied one o.
the two Van Burens to the United
States. But there is no question o
the fact that John Van Buren, looked
after her closely for the first few year.
she was in this country, and that h,
made scant impression on congress-
with her claims. There is also n,
doubt that she travelled about will
him. 1t was one of these journey
that she first met George Parish ant
fell in love with him, as he did Will
her.
Van Buren's Love Cooled.
It was time this fate befell Nine
Vespucci, for John Van Buren, hat
grown tired of her. This son of tn
former president of the United State
did things CALAMITY. He was, in fact
SO courtly gentleman that he wa
known as Prince John" wherever h.
went, and his social graces were 8,
conspicuous that to him was dele
gated the duty of managing the fam
GUS ball In the Aston house for tn,
Prince of Wales. So 1t was only to b.
expected that when his old friend Par
ish met him one winters night in a,
inn at Plattsburg, N, Y, while Parisl
was on sleighing trip, Prince Johl
should be perfectly willing to play
game of cards for anything one coul
mention-not even excepting lady
favor. And under the circumstances
with a waning of affection in the cas-
! of Prince John, what more natural wa
. it than that Parish should have wo
the game and the stalker
On the morning after the momer
} tous game Van Buren, went his 1oui