New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-02-24
NEW ORLEANS:
THURSDAY MORNING, FEBR'Y "A, 1863
AN EMBARRASSING POSITION;
OR, CAUGHT IN STRANGE CHAMBER.

"noy9 III a hurry my hctlonS Always preceuel
my thoughts; experience was Of no use and
any body would have supposed me destined tc
carry young head upon old shoulders to the
grave However, ] was brought up at last
with round turn" l was allow cd certain
space for reflection and plenty of materials
and IL ii did not do me gool it's pity
My father and mother both died when | was
stll great awkward boy; and |, being the
only thing they had to bequeath, became the
property of IL distant relation | do not know
how it happened but | had no near relations
was a kind Of wnifupon the world from the be
ginnngih suppose it was owing to my hay
ing no family anchorage that was in the habit
Of swaying to and fro, and drifting hither and
tmthel, at the pleasure Of wind md tide Not
That my guardian was inattentiye or unkind-
quite the reverse; but he was INDECENT and care.
less, contentng himself with PROVIDING nlln
dantiy for my schooling and my pocket, and
leaving every thing else to chance. He would
have done the same thing to his own son if he
had had one, and he did the same thing to his
own daughter
But girls somehow cling wherever they are
east-anythln@ Is an anchorage for them and
MS Laura grew up, she gave the care She had
never found, and was the little mother of the
whole house As for the titular mother, she had
not an atom Of character Of any kind She
might have been picture or a vase or anything
else that is useless except TO the taste or the az
iectlGns, but mamma was Indispensable # is
vulgar error 10 suppose that people who have
nothing in them are nobody in house Our
mamma was the very centre and point Of our.
home feelings; and it WIS strange to observe
tbc evout caro- we took Of q parsonage who had
NOT two dca n her head
It no ~onier dat was always in a hurry
tor must have had an instructive idea that /
had my fortune to look for. The governor had
nothing more than gcutec independcnce. and
this would he good deal lcssened after his
death by the lapse Of an annuity But sister
Laura was thu. provided for well enough while
had not a shilling IN actual money, although
plenty Of Hypothetical thousands and sundry
castles IA the air. IL was the consciousness Of
The latter Kind Of property, no doubt, that gave
lne 20 iree-and-ensy an air, and made me 50
completely the master Of my own actions How
dli worry that blessed old woman how Laura
locturoi ara scollel how the governor storm
ed and how was forgiven the next minute
ana we were all happy again as the day was
long
Bat At length the time Of separation came.
In.l grown great huiking fellow,strong enough
To make my bread as a porter If that had been
needed -hd 50 o situation was found for me in
II counting house mt barcelona, and after n lee
iure and hearty cry from sister Laura, n
losing anu "a KISS from mamma, and n great
suh kept down by hurricane laugh from the
governor, wen, alrift
-Four years pass rapidly away / had at
fsI . ttr.y,
share AZ i,o-,es Irs.{, '1'..L iny y1st
..o,I ~ r-E,st5- ol ~ ~ u 4tiF hoai-
,.r. IL, ~ ' ~ oit h,ue some pro
y,ban an I.rt,, H., I,-.o Ia w llIyuS'''cheY'
iaiiet what TO do; The governor insisted
upon my return to England, where his interest
Laura bintel ,oyeta,IsI,, VIZ .onalieraple
fba hots, ,g,,tIi ga,o Ta ena1 ny presence u
,ortanca :, m. f,IIo,. All ,es VI great IN
...r. bv y-rtti-,, 70, o H.. l-i'.a iel out tle
,bafe bor I;t;o, " @ ",lS gong
,ig gr ncw he ,gonlJ hs , ~ Y r ilg'lr
Who was Lama b,st'ni mi ,l,';-. i,itg I.,
INV t.ri d.. which ,y.,,,l,I III, - IN ~ va
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tution came IN I'm wt5. Gnai al tb,. Ir"o
lows ,.as Amen. tar'uy M. n Nh. XXI, ,.rtit,,
A quantity az pi5te I9v pnon tailc coin l,
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i've feet eleven VIM Sboulj var i.rosa,,t ~ -
,.ce.se=aul careful TO-, win, 49, ~
Len. 55sn -po5ns and t,,,lts left 81 ,,a,;l,t1
AN lie service m any es,,a ,b5 -
,lau.4 Il, ,s.. bv VII. T,..,is,Iti es,,'
Of neeeb asked ma 9uestian ~ ~,
ter tHe iIr, was Lar.ff,. ,vol;
when nv 10, were nsr9.s tbe l.aiIs
In.u1tLrr noro.p9 + LaJ c,,,.t IN H., 10
,7iufau5. and ehucli51g nv own cioyory,o '-e
aud Tie rrpat moral lessor was abaf ~ taacl,
.,fgi ,i, ;4l - 49, = 'eo0i'
while Inns engags.I the one,fno. IF doom -
ma, hall above alarmed mo, ,1j otra5l ~ 10
C,ilura ,f nv MN. I stp,raj n .Itlt, ~
saair which wa n5rti,lIv iiobtef ~ ~ MI
lauit5 A., was about T., eu,a,.ya a., tE, to,,
-s,yfng,ir ,yas co,95ng ant n ,o, ~ :.
oppo5iJe lido She Instantly retraoted sbmt no
do1r with = Bat,,. onl cInfJ Loar L.if
suppressed bv.terIeai erv
bounded on. sprang nm the draving-ro,,r,
stair afd entered the 5rst door at a ,enln,a
All was dark. and STONED for moment ~
listen LIGHTS were bnrrvina across rho Lo1i
and heard the rouob yoiSe of n mr., =
.coliiug ami tauntiu9 some ne1,son ma nh
had d5nbrleSs siyon file alarm aIthouob hon ~
formation n,sst have boan very indis7fnct. f,,.
when She saw me wa, in Tho .haIoy ~ ~
sf,jr ,ud >ba r.,trll have Ind ,ittlc ,oge 1,,,,1
vague filpras.ign that -ho HobeIJ = bn,nan
6rnre
However this may he. the mans v,icn an.
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