The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-02-11
Tor the Crescent
Tom HndgIkiss and the Widow.

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bottom of my heart-and you may no longer
continue in this lameutable state of ignorance, pray
allow me to introduce him to you. Our friend is
not Of the description known tall and COM
mandng;" far from it; indeed he scarcely meas
ures five feet five in his boots and so far from
being "stately and dignifed" he would make
capital model for novelist's little dapper gentle
man" " to figure in love-scenes with pretty bar
maids But, although he is physically small,
Messrs Editors he possesses a soul of such mag
nitude that his body had be peculiarly constructed
to contain it; honest brave, generous, unsusPicious
and truthful-no wonder that his legs were made
disproportionateIy short or else his body could
have never held his principles Added to these,
he is oblging, persevering and industrious, and
per consequence, popular and thriving. He is
"tlle match" for all the young widows, and the
object of particular attention from all mothers
with manageable daughters on sour street" And
many have been the plots laid by these vancouver
ing individuals to entrap him into the of
matrimony, and remarkably narrow the escapes he
has made from their evil Vaccinations against his
liberty One of recent occurrence, in my opinion,
will do " to print . and Notwithstanding the aston
ishment which will doubtless be created in the mind
of our friend on seeing himself figuring the hero
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family, and particularly his immediate progentOrs,
were sadly deficient in material for leg end-l ven
ture to give it to your readers.
Not many squares from Toms store, on -
street. there lives widow lady, who, until recently,
has been one of his "nsost particular friends"
| This lady had met Tom somewhere, and admiring
his principles, and approving his circumstances,
had come to the resolution Of maxim him the hus
r L. ,,xLt and
| girl of about fifteen After making resolution,
| Mrs |. was not the woman to hesitate in its exc
cution. She maneuvered to have him attend her
daughter at all the balls and soirees Of the
| to which she had access, and managed to take him
to the theatre in their party on several occasions
| and at church on Sunday, friend to be
found occupying place in her pew as regularly
as one of the family" And more than this-she
even opened an account at his store, and two or
three times daily, in fine weather, Miss E. was
dispatched to purchase some indispensable nothing
"that nobody could select but herself" "
Her plans worked admirably, for about three
months Toms attentions had been generally re-
marked, and the gossips of his acquaintance hac
long settled it among themselves that he was a" IL
for it," and the good mother daily expected, ant
was constantly on the qut VlUe for a proposal
This was the posture of affairs, when Tom callet
one morning about IL. He shown in thu
parlor, and soon joined by the young lady. Afte
a few moments of small-talk, he requested her t.
be so good as to send her mother to him, h
! wished to have few minutes conversation witt
her on business: We acknowledge that there wa
a slight trembling of the hands visible, as Mrs.
smoothed her hair to obey the summons. Sh
had been successful Yes notwithstanding tn
sarcasms of the widow M, and the inuendoes 0
the Misses T., and the opposition of the who'll
street, she had triumphed =" These, and othe
thoughts of like pleasing complexion, caused he
cheeks to assume unusual glow, and there wa
considerable eation in her step she entered tn
omandaffectionatelyg greetedherfu future son-n-av
S We have intimated that Tom is honest an
straightforward; and so without the least circun
q | locution or embarrassment, he at once approache
e the delicate matter.
i Gas l intend" opened our friend, leaving f
+ the North the latter part of this week. thought
Il had better have a word with you, Mrs. l., ar
4 come to an understanding about matters"
ut "You are perfectly right" replied the lady; sit
always best settle such things soon as poss
s. BILE. But have you spoken to my daughter 4"
IS Really, madam" answered Tom, " l have nc
True, Miss E. is principally concerned in the ma
OF ter-but then she is very young that l thoug
is it would rest wholly with you"
l. Far from it-far from itn exclaimed the cu
y ming mother. "The matter is left entirely to he
% and whatever she says will agree to!
. "In that case" said Tom, rising and putting
st hand to his pocket, 81 have only to leave Il
t bill -n
". BiU'-BILL! Sir ?" screeched the widow
~ "Yes, Ma am; just $50 5O-for articles purch
st sed by Miss E. But why are you surprsed?" f."
IN because, Sir-because | thought you'll
es thought-it-had-been paid, Sir" making an
fort, but choking with rage And rising, she ma
he dgniied inclination after telling him she wou
d. send servant with the money in the evening, Al
or swept out of the room.
K al WONDER" soliloquised Tom, on his retu
"a from New York, what can be the matter with t
te Is! Miss E. cold as an icicle when
called on her the other evening, and to-day the
c. lady gave me the cut direct. Somebody must ha
been telling lies on me while was gone. "a
W ~ glad, though, she pail her Ju;'" and he resum
o. his pen, and scratched away at his books.
We The UPPER RIVERS. = The river was fall
as fast at Louisville the 4th, with ten feet water
n the Falls Within the twenty-four hours previo
the river had receded five feet AT Pittsburg,
II tle ~u, leFe was elSnL Ieet water IN the chann
ID. and falling. e. The steamer Uncle Toby, at
RI Louis, on the 3D. reports the Upper MississiI
y. blocked with ice, five miles above Quincy, a
falling fast. The st. Louis Republican. of
,'' I'd inst, says There were three or four arriv
~ yesterday from the Illinois river. That stream
oT fully open to PEORIA with five and half feet wa
on the principal bars and are told perfectly lin
with pork and lard. There is very little doing
yet on the Upper Mississippi or Missouri, and tt
far we have had very few arrivals from either"
of STEAMER TELEGRAPH No. 2-This splep
lrs passenger steamer, says the Louisville Courier
H. the 4th, is now undergoing thorough renovat
ne and overhaulng preparatory to going into the N
lot Orleans trade. She starts out on her first trim
las week
The Telegraph No. has made the best time
in record in the upper trade, and beat all the o
o river brag boats easily whenever they attempted
~" run with her. The crack boats of the lower ira
me such the Peytona, Alex. Scott, Bostona or b,
al, Key, will have to look to their aurels whenever
Telegraph leaves port behind them.
IN SHIP BUILDING IN MAINE.-The followino
ch the amount Of tonnage built in the districts of Bg
| a WaldOboro' and Passamaquoddy, during the Y
nd, 1S49:
ay, AZ sbins. . q, o,o
ice 80 Barks. " 10 10 ' 'I5S "
gh ~ ..... b093
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