The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-11-05

ged fellow came up and asked me if | was the
editor oi the -. | was about replying to him
afiirmatively, when his words arrested my atten-
ton. " little gentleman with hat and cane"
he said, had been inquring for the editor" ETC..
at the adjoining hotel, and had given him six-pence
to run up into the woods and find him." | rushed
precpltately, | thought, into the thickest re-
of the wood. The path, however, being
very circuitous, suddenly came into it, and nearly
against person whom it needed no second
glance to recognize, although his back was luckily
toward me. The hat the breeches the cane, were
enough. If not, part of red-covered pamphlet,
sticking out of the coat-pocket, was. " 1t must be
number thirteen !" | exclaimed and the little
old gentleman sauntering north, | shaped my
course, with all possible celerity, in southerly d.
rectiOn
In order to protect myself for the future, | took
precautionary measures; and in addition to having
myself denied, | kept the window down, and made
my egress and ngress through door round the
corner, as Peter told me he had several times seen
the little old gentleman, with package in his
hand, standing opposite the one through which we
usually entered, and looking at the office wistfully.
by means OF these arrangements, succeeded in
preserving my solitude inviolate, when, to my
Indignation, received several letters from different
parts OF the country, written by my friends and
pressing upon me, at the solicitation of the little
old gentleman, the proPriety of giving the " Thes-
plan Magazine" go6d notice. ] tore the letters
each | read them, into three pieces, snd
dropped them under the table4-~-3usness calling
me- soon after to Philadelphia, stepped on board
the steamboat, exhlarated with the idea that was
to have at least two C6r three weeks respite
reached the place of my destination about five
o'clock IN the afternoon. 1t was lovely weather
Tie water spread out like unrippled glass and the
sky was painted with thousand varying shadows
of crimson and gold.
The boat touched the shore, and while / was
watching the change ofa lovely cloud, | heard the
splash Of heavy body plunged into the water A
sudden sensation ran along the crowd, which
rushed from all quarters toward the spot the la
dies shrieked and turned away their heads and |
perceived that man had fallen from the deck, and
was struggling in the tide, with only one hand
practiced swimmer, hesitatsd moi a moment, but
uBg off my hat and coat and sprang to his rescue.
With some difficulty succeeded in bearing him to
a boat and dragging him from the stream. | had
no sooner done so, than to my horror and astonsh-
| ment, found had saved the little hard-faced old
| gentleman His snuff -coored breeches were drip-
| ping before me-his broad brimmed hat hoated on
| the current-but bis cane Chank Heaven had
sunk forever He suffered no other ILL consequences
from the catastrophe, than some injury to his gar-
mens, and the loss of his cane. His gratitude for
/ my exertlons knew no bounds. He assured me of
his conviction that the slight acquaintance pre-
| vlously existing between u.s. would now be rpened
into Intimacy, and informed of his intention to
| lodge at the same hotel with me. He had come to
| Philadelphia TO about plate for his sixteenth
| number, which to surpass all its predecessors
| and of which he would let me have an eatly COPY
| that might notice it as it deserved.