Show ROMANCE DY THE FINDING OF A picture tta WAG this T 11 hurry 11 of a I 1 lord nit in north dollna ro llna till 11 a clow to tier rals iturry altory of a I 1 agle special letter wier A portrait believed bell to be that ol 01 flurr alatan tir tb ill fat daughter ot of the mere III bated 11 aaron burr hai has come to light in Kli elizaboth city N C and with the portrait have emerged wire some detail that nay rd r rf rd d the veil of grew some mystery which baa has always enveloped the culminating orty in ber her life the atory story of her father a 9 career la Is one it ff the moat most picturesque in amer lean annaia and she he vos tributes to it oie ole of if its moat most picturesque episodes epta odee shrewd crafty polished and witty bla this toa ot of A new jersey clergyman clenry clergy mau bad deftly and sinuously made litway litwar way upward a availing himself 0 oc die the foibles of men anil and the frailties of women until in ikeo be he receive a e tote ate with jefferson Jef fenon in ho the e ceoral collen for president of the united state states it W wa this 1 daughter who formed the ba tit e art rt of hie his lire life her in fidelity was henceforth all that linked him to bu the of man she had had a joyful welcome luto 1116 world the beautiful girl who waa wao to bae ao so terrible an exit it froni froin it avery ICY er Y step of at ber her aduce ion had been thoughtfully oy a father bo was always kind ilind I lind if it not alway always lie ise ile II 11 react reached hed that ahe she should grow up supreme among all the weasels of the land if I 1 could foresee be wrote to hi his wife in tho the day of ber tier infancy that then would become a mere fashionable woman with all the attendant lant frivolity and vacuity of mind adorned whatever bat ever grace and allurement I 1 would earnesta earn estl pray tc tir take tak ber hor torti with hence slut I 1 vet t hope by her to convince the world what neither sex appear appears to bleie that women bae have gou so she he grew up a well el educated uell moll mannered brilliant brill tant witt and moat most estimable soong lady I 1 ilic he cares of womanhood ornan bood bad had been car y thrust upon her at fourteen her mother had died and abe the had bad become the ule sole barer sharer of her father fathers a home the 11 of bla his household the friend and companion comp anLon of ot hl his mind then in iso came cause the separation hut but it cane ran e in ilk ita its least poignant form she w wa WOO wooed pd and married by a young gentleman ent leman of bouth south carolina who wa as ever way worthy of ber her ilia ills name aa as joeph alaton alston it la Is true that south carolina ras then a twenty daa da a journey from new york that wai as be the must most serious drawback to the marriage tor for both fa ther and daughter hut but Theod oala made lone long and frequent visits to the borne home of ber her childhood she wrote back letter letters full of exuberant rapture about the feenery around new ne york the society within it an above all about the renewed delights of her father a companionship sometimes mr air alston accompanied ber ter on these tsilta lafr lator anoche traveling tra trai cling eling com lem pa ion waa was added this waa was master varon burr altton he lie ft as Theod lae only child next to be he grew to be the dearest object on earth to grandpa rand pa burr that gentleman was ae neer utter weary of the lad a company N hen be he was at richmond nor could he be er eier tear enough u gh of bl lis childish exp oil and sa inga inge when be he m as a nt home barly in 1806 be turned his face to ward the great rest west which wa was then a new country lie ile went ent down the river 1 in a flatboat A few nilles below marietta be lie came in bight of an lelafu calm acure romantic which took its name of Blenner hauet baet from the ec cen trie irish gentleman who owned it and made it his home burr t copped efre made the acquaintance of mr air blenner basset and took notes of the military of his hi bume home As ne pru ceedee on hie his journey first down the ohio then the mississippi lie carefully rare full bUr rf 0 eyed the all the way down to new orleans huge ir oct acts beere ere re of I 1 ing in his head which ere are encouraged cou raged by the cordial greetings 1 ha received in louisiana Loul ilana the government at be thought la Is imbecile louisiana is din dl A I 1 L 4 2 1 11 ax i t k WE 1 2 r ah I 1 I 1 11 TIIE ODOSIA aurit ALSTON frol A PORTRAIT affected across the border toe the span lards are unquiet u NN hat of an empire in a mexico 11 hat tt if th the frn states ultima ultimately tel away from the union should cast heir lot mili his makina new the capital of a new nation of which he rould be dictator he lie matures his big plans easefully cre eare fully and warily he ile edurda mr with till visions of ip wealth alth fotr u and tit ular grandc i NJ W v a island hon bome lit to be las base blase at up plies for a contemplated expedit an other men of wealth tk energy or pel pi M tion were interested in the tho sch rne 1100 prominent among thene these were his own daughter and her husband teach to ach we Care career ery and lind A residence for ber her ner her husband and her JQ 10 akas as barrs burrs darling object then the bolt le tell 11 carof eon son who for some time had doea been vaguely conscious cone clous of skirt a i 1 rott in a proclamation dated oct 27 tak ISO publicly denounced it and arced all good citizens abe project immediately rut cut lapsed in the succeeding 9 june durr burr was arrested arr cited HI ills trial tor for ty took place in 1 it ass as lis possible to prove any overt act set ast attig him burr decided to big bl bail and he escaped to england after five ave yeara years of exile be he tar heart to rt turp sailing selling under an aa as L A sk lowd iharos he in new ew york at the right moment br be caused a line to appear la in a newspaper to the effect that aaron burr bd returned to 0 o the city bcd ad had resumed the practice of law saw in dawan street one only with as a left to the stricken trick father and laughter that was for needy speedy reull reunion jolL slut Theo Thead doelas a bus band was now governor of the state aed and general of militia the war of 1112 1812 bad broken out he lie could not leave big poet pool dually finally it waa was decided she ne a hould come by ua sea she embarked 19 29 loll 1812 at Charles charlestown town on a small nver nam d he patriot the patriot was peen nor heard of acain it has always ben been presumed that tho he wai was loat lost off lape cape in a 2 a adorni tar ru which broke out a couple of dan days after abe she ailed sailed to aaron zarr 2 irr waring waiting in sew new lurk tor for the vessel that oat rever cime clime cruel stories were ere ed od that the Ilat patriot riot bed bad been captured by pirate pirates and that all on board hd had been murdered with the exception of who waa was carried on abare a captis no aid said burr decisively rhe la to c u ad d mere ere she he ache all the prisons in III the world cou d not keep her from eer father and now for our promised alory story of the portrait home I 1 e years exo the late dr NV 0 pool a I 1 r I 1 I 1 FROM TIIU till NORTH nOLINA CA mulva TO lit BURR ALSTON well known at county north orth carolina wa as anding the cummer summer at bacs ago head this Is I 1 a waterlog at ering plate on the north carolina mast situated on the banks a narrow to strip of land laug between albe marle found and he the atlantic ocean the of the he banks are primi ive folk and at one time the land thereabout as a infested by pirate pirates it I 1 appended lapp ened that dr pool N wa as called in to toy see a destitute old woman oman named mrs mann all her surroundings were wretched but on the wall hung a band rome oil ell painting out of all keeping with mith its it environments dr pool pools a daughter who ho ie is now mrs john P overman of elizabeth city N clife of the postmaster of that town ton frequently accompanied her father on errand errands of mercy to the poor old invalid both ahe she and her father expressed a desire to purchase the portrait but the patient would not bear of it she aid said it had been glien ghen to her by her first husband a man named tillett and she aduel it for his eake sake the old lady fot got well ell onedas one alay ebe she appeared at the nags head hotel to pay her respects to the doctor and hie his amily family they were astonished to see ee her wearing t handsome silk dress of an antique pattern it was an evening dree dregs cut abort in tte walet waist and only reacted down clown halt va way sy between the old lady a hoe shoe tops and her klam she had bad come to tell the dodor dotor that as she jibe had no money he hoped he be would mould accept the portrait in payment of his hi services the doctor and his daughter were overjoyed especially reci ally when phe he related the circum stances under tinder which it bad come into her possession she had no head for dates but ebe abe remembered that one aim calru w inter e day buring th time of our lait last war ar with till england her first husband tillett and some of his associate lounging on the beach at nas ag a head mere ere surprised to tee see a emart smart emsel under tu fu I 1 fall rail making for the shore the men watched her with interest I 1 suppo supposing eing ahe she would tack instead she sailed straight ahead and in a little w bile was wait beached the men got into on of their boats and rowed up tip to ler ter they found that all the c anas canas can as of the strange eael easel wa war spread and that her tier tiller was lashed climbing aboard they into the cabin here a table waa was screal with a half halt finished meal the berths were unmade A number of silk 11 drebes were natt el oer the floor et ee y indication pointed to tb tit foet fact tha the persons on ibid ijo nd had hod hurriedly left the vessel in the midst of a men meal on the wall of the cabin hung th portrait which ml fell ut to her husband tr gether ber with one ct gf the silk dress dree as his share of the treasure floal such duch to I 1 the tory story which I 1 obtained the other day fram the lipa lips of mr q Ov orman to whom the portrait bad had descended I 1 had beard heard some rumor rumors of the facts and aud be ng in elisabeth elizabeth alty called a tied at N rs re overman a resi denro to for 5 guv ment over ov r tk th particulars tic ulars above riven gien and showed ane tae toe por trai ski this ie is pointed painted on wood about eighteen elb ten by twenty inches in ise and in in viliam waa was once a silt frame th the gilding having been worn morn away by aee age it depre represents Is a agen woman of about 30 eare ears of age with well shaped features piercing blak blai k ce es brown bron hair slightly tinged wilh auburn alij an olive loc the hair in 1 done up much in the modern style high on the head bead ath with comb 1 in back and in front when the portrait wa wait first presented to him dr sir pool naturally recalled the abory of beo oela burr buff a and ad at the first opportunity compared the portrait with a well authentic a ed ad e r graing gra ing of theodosea Theod osla who has ever made the comparison comp artson declares de rara that the likeness la is striking and while it au not be proven of course that this Is a likeness of Theod rheo oala doola burr the c reum stant lal evidence Is almost not of loi JOL ago a lady who la Is connected with tae the ury burr family earry came all the way from one of the western citler to faiz abeth city to aee see this famous portrait and went away pretty well vell convinced that she bad had looked upon the portrait of her relative I 1 DM it not seem ns as it if the story were trie true that the patriot was wa attacked by t pirates who murdered its crew and 2nd dan oa senders and carried off all the booty athey they cf id ld convell con ven antly dispose of and nd I 1 tofu kent tent the boat bout si adrift if the ocy tory ry ib b tnie true la is it al all I 1 true wa ato murdered or carried off as a legend aaers to a tate worse than jtb k I 1 |