New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-06-25
iLY CRESCENT.
60 N lsn.ls iodgsr " stairs
1rm@1n &hnnohf In hin, who lodfeR

G1s1R }h11eht In HIM who lodges under.r
softSkey, tho'i Not deuced thing have
bssa ~ y Do since that ittlo gypsy took the
roo egqt1eeA, about week ago! Pat-pAt--
pst, sees httls feet over the floor TIL am
q natyVus - . cat in china closet, and (coa-
.fssa1si pretty feet they are, too. for caught
sit&eM 'om going up stnirs.) ThmI can hear
hsr NJ rocking chair creak, - she sits there
seWln1 md keeps singing " Lor< N0f--Iore not
Gust - = fellow could help it) Wish she
wasn't qu1te 20 pretty; It makes me feel decid-
eddy uneoulortAb1e. Wonder If she has any
great sfx-fboter Of ) brother, or a cousin, with
Z sle1<s- hsmmsr III Wish was her washer
wcGnan, or he 1ittle Niger who brings her
breakfast ~ she'd faint away on the stairs
wish he - would ketcb FIRE tonight! Here
am u ~ great barn Of q room, Gall alone,)
chair ~ Alngs set square up against the wall
no iit1l9 Feminine .frin round; / shall have to
buya eooend hand bonnet, or little pair of
gaitR boots, to cheat myself into the delusion
that sthsre's fscc Of u.s." Wish that little gypsy
wa1't shy - : rabbit Ican't meet her on the
stair, n die for it I've upset my ink. stand
dosen times, hopping up when thought heard
her coming Wonder if she knows when she
sits Negotiating there that Shakespeare, or Sam
Slick. Or somebody says that "happiness is born
twin = cause If she don't Pm the missionary
that will eulighten her Wonder if she earns
her living (poor little soul y It's time had
0p1k ~ Christopher! Sitting there pricking
her ngsrs with that murderous needle If she
was sewing on my dickeys it would be worth
while now! That's it--by Jove Ill get her
to make some dickeys; don't want 'em any more
than Satan wants holy water, but that's neither
hefenor there; shall insist upon her taking
the measn1e of my throat bachelors have to be
right fasty. There's pretty kettle Of fish now
either hell have to stand on a cricket, or r
shall hsve to get on my knees to her Solomon
couldn't fix any thing better; deuce take me if
couldn't say the right thing then. This fitting
dickeys is work of time too. Dickeys isn't to
be got up in hurry.
HAllow there's the door-bell! there's big
trunk thumPed down in the entry Is Mrs Le-
gare ct home Mrs. Legareii like that now
Havs been in love whole week with Mrs Le-
care! Never mind, may be she's widow
Tramp, tramp, up comes those masculine feet up
stairs-handsome fellow, tool! Nebuchad-
nezsar!
If ever heard kiss in my life | heard one
then! l won't stand it!-it's an invasion of nv
rights; I'll listen at the door as I'm simmer |
Whst right have sea captains on shore, I'd like |
TO know1 Confound it all Well, always |
knew women wer'nt worth thinking Of; set of |
decetoul little monkeys; changeable as rain |
bow, superficial as parrots, as full of tricks as a
conjurer, stubborn rs mules vain as peacocks. |
noisy - magpies, and full of the &c Old Harry |
all the time! There's " Delilah /" now didn't |
she take the strength out of Sampson and |
wernt Sisera T" and sJudith' born fiends |
and didn't the little mink of g Herodias dance
John the Baptist's head Off Didn't Sarah
!" raise Cain" with Abraham, till he packed
Hagar Oft Then there was-well, the less said
of HER the better! but didn't Eve, the fore
mother of the whole concern, have one talk too
many with the "old serpent" OF course, she |
didn't DO nothing else! Glad never set any of |
my young affections on any o'em! Where's my |
cigar case How tormented hot this room is,