The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-01-26

even Johnny's hand-the patient, much-enduring,
and devoted Johnny-rose against the baby. Yes.
| Mrs. Ietterby, going to the door by mere acct
| dent, saw him vicously pick out a weak place in
the suit OF armor where slap would TELL and slap
| that blessed child
Mrs. Tetterby had him into the parlor. by the
| collar, in that same flash of time, and repaid him
| the assault with usury thereto.
"You brute, you numbering little boy said Mrs.
Tetterhy. Had you the heart to do it,! -
why didn't her teeth come through, them" re-
torted Johnny, in a loud, rebelous voice, 3" instead
of bothering me How would you like it yourself,"
Like it, sir" said Mrs Tetterby, relieving
him of his dshonored load.
Eyes, like it," said Johnny. How would
you Not at all. If you was me, you'd go for a
soldier: TWILL too. There amt no babies in the
army"
Mr.. Teterby, who had arrived upon the scene of
action, rubbed his chin thoughfuly instead of cor
reetng the rebel, and seemed rather struck by this
view of military life.
g wish was in the army myself, if the child's
IN the right said Mrs. Tetterby, looking at her
husband, " for ! have peace of my life here.
I'm save-a Virginia slave!'' some indistinct
association with their weak descent the tobacco
trade perhaps suggested this aggravated expression
to Mrs. 1etterby. " | never have holyday, or
any pleasure at all, from years end years end
Why, Lord bless and the child !! " said Mrs.
'Fetterby, shaking the baby with an irritability
hardly suited to SO pOus an aspiration what's the
matter with her now?'
Not being able to discover, and not rendering the
subject much clearer by shaking it, Mrs. Tetterby
put the baby away in cradle, and folding her
arms, sal rocking it angry with her foot
" How you do stand there, Dol phus'' said Mrs.
Tetterby to her husband why don't you do
something1''
-" Because don't care about doing anything"
Mr.. Tetterby replied,
" Pm sure fdon't,'' said Mrs Te,terby.
I'll take my oath don't" said Mr.. Tetterby-
a HI md
five younger brothers who, in preparing the family
breakfast-tabe, had fallen to skrmshing for the
temporary possession of the loaf and We're buffet
ing one another with great heartiness the smallest
boy OF all, with precocous discretion, lowering out
side the knot of rombatants, and harassing their
legs. Into the midst of this fray Mr.. and Mrs. Tet-
terby both precptaied themselves with great ardor,
as If such ground We're the only ground on which
they conid now agree and having, with no visible
remains of their late soft-heartedness laid about
them without any lenty, and having done much
execution, resumed their former relative positions.
GU had better read your paper than do nothing
at all. y said Mrs. Tetterby.
w hat s there to read in paper" retuIned
Mr. Ietterby, with excessive discomfort
What ?! said Mrs. Tetterby 1" Police'
s nothing to me" said Tetterby "What
do care what people do or are done toy
Suicides" suggested Mrs. Tetterby.
No business of mine, replied the husband.
Births, deaths, and marriages, are those nothing
to you 20 said Mrs Tetterbv
Ii the births were all over for good, and all to-
day, and the deaths were all to begin to come off
tomorrow, dOn't see why it should interest me,
III Ought 1t was coming to my turn, grumbed
Ietterby As to marriages, have done it myself.
| know quite enough about hena'
TO judge from the dissatisfied expression of her
lace and manner, Mrs. Tetterby appeared to enter
tain the same opinions her husband but she op-
posed hum, nevertheless for the qualification of quar-
reling with him.
Oh, you re a consistent man" said Mrs. Tet-
terby, amt you You, with the screen of your
own making there, made of nothing but bits of
newspapers, which you sit and read to the children
by the half-hour together
Say used to, if you please replied her hus-
band You won't find me doing so any more.
| m wiser now''
Bah! wiser, indeed" said Mrs. Tetterby.
care you better9'
The question sounded some discordant note in
Mr.. Tetterby's breast. He rumnated deiectedlv.
and passed his hand across and across his forehead
: Better! - murmured Mr.. Teterby 81 do MT
know as any OF us are better, or happier either.
Better, is it 20
lie turned to the screen, and traced about it with
ms finger, until he found certain paragraph, of
which he was in quest
This used TO be one of the family favorites,
recollect, said Ietterby, in fororn and stupid
way, and used to draw tears from the children.
and make 'em good if there was any little bcker-
ing or discomfort among 'em, next to the story of
the robin redbreasts in the wood Mechanically
case of destitution. Yesterday, a small man. with
a baby in his arms and surrounded by halEa dozen
ragged little ones, of various ages between ten and
two, the whole of whom were evidently in FAM
lshng condition, appeared before the worthy mags-
trate, and made the following recital:'- Hal
do Mt understand it, IN sure said Tetterby; az
do MT see what it has got to do with u.s.
Conclusion tomorrow