Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-03-07
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From ne KnickerLocker
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A few years ego, ! left my ns,l,s state, on On
invitation from my Kind uncle Sc,apings, Of H.
vana, to join him IN parsoss.hip there, uDds, the
firm Of scsspioss. Scraps, and Company; but
before | went, I had incontinently fallen In Iovs
with q beauty Of my nstivs city, ofeish.een years.
md 4 little money. She VS. : most volupluou +.
looking little c~sss,urs, with eyes % black q : psi,
Of suspendsf buttons, snd two little fairy hands,
~ whiss-oh, hoD white! And the dsss csss,urs
loved me. TOO; sod 90 j. cane IN pass, thst Va
'wsrs snssssd.' II was arranged .hss I should
20 to Havana, get well established In business,
then fe,urn to claim Clara Smith, (sn own sister
Of John,) for my bride. In due time, was es-
.sblished, sod business prosps,ed fsmously.
Every thing We touched was converted into gold,
and almost without N effort.
KEEP. up . correspondence with Clara in which
thsrs.:was Q due proportion Of VOWS, rhspsod.s,
snd spost,ophiss; but occasionally insshpsssed,
on her sids snd on mine, with little triAing jss.
~Iousiss, which tended to give . lively dash Of bit.
ters 10 the Otherwise too sicksning d,sushis Of
sweets. There wss nothing very serious in shsss
lovers qoasrels, however, and sfes . short time.
w slwsys returned again 70 The old WORKOUT
track Of unsdulisssisd love.
Two yssrs had passed sway, and ! wss mskins
ready TO return for my beloved. ~sr slwsys
fond Of exciting surprise, and determined, on this
occasion, to make . sort Of trap doo' enires into
the presence Of my little idol. SO, having decei.
we'd her - to the time when she might Degin 10
expect me, / found myself, 10 the month Of Sep.
.sunbsr, in Newly ork, on M wsy homo; and the
next evening found me At Clsrs's ssis-tbst ss,s
over which I bad taken and given many q parting
kiss: Tho evening was warn; tho ps,loS win.
dows were open; end heard within voices sDd
laughter. Softly I approached. and silly looked
in. With q thrill Of horror. l bsheId Clara seat
Cd in a rocking. chsi,. while . fellow. . yoons Eel.
low. . handsome fellow, seemed with ono land
10 be plsyfuI'y covering her eyes, and with The
other padding IN her neck with his damned fin.
gers;' while her mother and sister sst on . sofa,
quietly s~rinping al the fsliow's impotence! Ifst
my blood Kissing 10 my veins. yet stood s,In. ]
saw him play with her ear; i srinnej horribly .
CHASTITY smile He spanned her face with bis
6ogers; ! twisted of two buttons Of my coat. He
enciscicd her head with his arm; ! tore out . hand
ful Of hair. Finally, the domb sss opened bis
mouth and spake; aud felt my blood reddenins
the very tip Of my nose; bot l restrained ms in
dignstion, 10 listen. ts-r~ a
.I,hink.' said he. you are fondof men in general;
and ! think you would 6ni little difficulty in
|Assnsferring your affections from one to another,
after the decssss o. ,reschsry Of the fret. Now
suppose your lover prove treacherous-don't you
think sol
paused NO longer. Job him,elf, when incrus.
ted with sore boils,' would not have waited 20
long Is ] did. 1roslsd into the room. and catch
iog the dog BY ths throat, laid him PROSTATE.
.villain!' cried !. and Is it thus you siiempt to
inveigIs sway the elections Of my betToihed!
Know. Sir, thss ] will suffer death, rather than
dishonor!'
The mother and sister ran screaming from The
room; bot Clara, recognizing ns ., once, fell up
On my neck, cried out, o Judgment, Reader,
my euphonioos name is } Judgment Scrapps.) dear.
dearest Judgment: spsre him, and ] will explain
all t, your satisfaction!
Half Doubling, ! qsitsed ny hold, and half
doubtinsly I returned hes embrace. Say on then,
my la,a:I shall be bu, too happy to bslieve sny,
thing you can say in explanation
That gentleman whom you have 20 wranged
10 Dr. FeeIev. the Phrssoiosiss.'
'Phreno!ogist!-and pray what msy that be-
why, dearest. il u one Who uses the same
means 70 discover another . intellect and disposi-
ton. tbst . monkey does 70 discover . csrtsin spe-
eies a. the animal creation +,
.Ah, understand; such - We used - call crsn-
~iolosissa Humph! ] never had the pleasure Of
seeing ons. But i thsa indeed alil What . fool
fbsvs besn! NJ Jsar cisrs, end you my dear
Dr. Fssler. isH possible you can psn5en my stro-
| eious ~,iolsncs! Sir continued ], hesisssingly.
for he looked rather needy. az I thought, SIR, il
l mnnes- ~ 2 .a - .