The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-02-04
Written for the Herald
A PORTRAIT,


| must introduce Won to Captain Gardner. Heisa
most delightful being-ta handsome and we'll propor
toned. His countenance is the index of mirth-good
humor and hilarity emblaZoned upon it. His ewes
are as sparkling as his witticsms-his teeth polished
the phrases which escape from their portals But
do not fall in love with him. He married. His wife
"a very young, pretty, and lady like personage-with
dimped cheeks, aud laughter loving eyes, declares him
TO be most amidble-and who knew her. should
doubt the assertion. There is one however, who gain
says it. Ii is her husband.
How strange il is that men should have such an abb
horrence of this most delightful appellafion: by some
strange allacy, they led conclude that the soft
of the heart, which is its characteristic applies
to the head, and thus, with the utmost Indignation they
will deny all right and title to epithet in hich they
should glory.
You shall see how hard our gallant Captain fights to
prove himsefa foe the society into which he has been
unceremoniously pumped by his wife, who tells party
of friends assembled al their hospiable house, that her
husband on OCCASION arose from his warm bed
in the middle of the night, and above hour the
Indictment cold, hunting for liquorce 10 still the cough
of his darling child.
wish you could have her heightened color and
her lighted eve, whilst she narrang the incident
she seemed in conscious pride, TO say, what treasure
possess in the lore OF such And she right.
Compliments of course poured upon the aniabke host
in quick profusion, and Of course sit and
listen 10 his praises, without blushing and looking
exceedingly foolish. Accordingly, the Captain fur
nishes with entirely version of the affair.
He declares that his wife enterains notion thar
Spanish lquorlce is an lnialabie cure Tor coughs OF
every description from the sotest fasetto the deepest
base and equeny doses all the family who will
endure the nficton from herself TO the domestcs upon
the slightest symptom of the enemy. To such ex-
has she carried her practice that the very cat il
afraid TO sneeZe ia her presence Now the infant who
possesses discretionary power, and who puts every
thing into its mouth that into It's way-has its
sweet lips and fingers, and its darling cheeks together
with dresses, sheets and pillows, constantly bedaubed
with the refined juice.
This promising, he goes state, that on the night
in question: just he comfortably settling for his
first sleep, he hears from the room where the child
and nurse placed, faint snesze. Upon which his
wife darts up.
Henry, did you hear that"
"What"
"The cbild's cough"
No dear, it nothing of the kind
al say il was sir"
"No love- Here he endeavours to get up snore.
Its your lying sleeping there, while the dear
child is tearing its inside TO pieces"
Here another unfortunate sneeze, which he at
tempted to drown in a louder 4
Good God Henry how caous you are. Get up
directly and get the liquorce."
Finding that all attempts avoid Drawing the nce-
night unavaling, he most reluctantly rises TO
get the quorice which he is told he will find, most
likely, on The manfel piece He goes down in the dark
cropping in every direction-smashes French clock and
some aabaster ornaments, and at length thinking il
might have fallen the ground he has the
foor-seizes large lump which is put into the fingers
of the infant. The sneezing fit having subsidized, be-
being unbeever the efficacy of black juice treat
ed curtain lecture the sovereign efficacy of that
balm which has Quoted the child and lulled re-
pose, which ends with
"Now sir, will you believe II now!
In the morning he asks whether tie child has
the liquorce the nurse believes it is still somewhere
the bed. II is hunted for-produced-and discovered
| to be piece of coal.