New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-03-27

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When he reached hls own room the excite
ment had passed away, but il was succeeded by
. cool deliberation and determination that was
s bsoiutely blood ehiyfnr ~ a cold pack in
nlber. Undressing Re- prepared for bed,s
al shen Sc; zina tie pEssi of poison lie drank
It's e5nteriss unfq lteringly Getting into bed he
aroused his eAuna, who had slept throughout
the whole of this terrible scene, and babe him
arise and call his parents and also send for his
false lady love to come and chin de- His re-
quest was complied with, ,snd soon big weeping
parents arrived to bless their dying son
While they were famenting oyer him the door
opened and Susan-the crueis bat now repentant
object Of his love--entered the room 3As she
approached the bedside Of the expiring youth,
he raised himself feebly up and said
Susan, for thee die! I" and sunk back help
less on his pillow. "
Who shall paint the anguish. the agony of the
lovely maiden With shrieks that rent the air
into shreds and drove the ancient tabby from
the room, she rushed to her doomed lover and
implored his forgiveness. She called him by
every endearing epthet, but alas, It was too late
too late! Fondly she embraced him, tenderly
she parted the hair from his brow and kissed
his pale forehead. They were neeonciled while
ne was ON the brink Of eternity, .44
But the poison was II work within . he felt it
coursing its burning way through every vein
He was conscious that be had but few short
tered TO hid him last farewell, inquired what
ne had taken. Perhaps there was an antiiote
:. Alas--no5 pG'irmnred the unhappy victim
q it is too lais g9 think Of remedies Il am al
most gone. Ire bottle Of poison is5on the man
tel do not know its name..' ~ 4;.H
! The chum sslzssl the phial; he locked at what
remained Of the fatal draught--dubiousIysh he
sighed, and extracting the cork applied it to fis
olfactory probeses. Three long shifts took he,
and the phialfe with q crash from i,iss almost
palsied hands, wilhelm tones Of wonder he eiac-
ulated--s.{ 9 -.,.g-t @
!. !. Ge,t,,iga ft,tsl,., b LII 5aaa,lss ls .,
springing bolt upright in bed. -ejS Il
SO Extract of Catnip as sure as skunks you
are not poisoned at ALL, a ,.,-.
With one bound the dying man gained the
middle of the room. His lady love fled in dis
may at behoding him in his seanty costumes
and he, picking up the fragment of the pbial,
soon satisfied himself that it was indeed catnp
that he had swallowed
Great was his rage at the discovery with
horrd imprecations the luckless wight who
had deceived him, he got into his clothing and
arming himself with big stick he sailed forth
to wreak bloody vengeance on bis devoted head
But to his deep disappointment the drug store
was closed and the attendant gone Taking the
edge. off his wrath by shaking out Of his boots a
small boy whom he encountered on his home
ward way, he sWore a,iieep and terrible oath of
vengeance on thedruggists clerk.to be inflicted
the first time he encountered hinTat large and
in the open air after sundown Horrible to hear
were the words he breathed, and the oath was
egistered-somewhere. 81 Es4 ae4ss
And now each night may be seen slender
STRIPPING vending his way honeward at rapid
pace He has big bowie knife and revolver
in each hand, yet he starts at every footstep
and trembles at every shadow Ever. and anon
he casts looks of terror behind, for he fears the
acengert 1t is the doomed druggists clerk,
and since the threat of the poisoned man has
been told him, he has grown 80 thin that his
employer intends to use him ass an illustration
to a course of lectures anatomy
MoRAL.--When asrejected young man. bent
on suicide, seeks to purchase poison, let him
have it; it is decidedly the best thing he could
take, and by complying with his request the
apothecary may escape future drubbing
secondl ly-Young men, when you get the
mitten,H don't commit suicide in a hurry if you
do, you may Ire 10 rspent it.