New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-20
A Grateful Friend.

inat1s whose ADVENT mere was caused by o. cir
cumstance equally serious and ludierous, and
might well justify him in exclaiming. save me L
from my friends"
Many years ago our acquaintance, whose ini-
itiaIs are L. B. was located in fhe romantic little
village Of Vermillionyile, in the interior Of T
Louisiana. where, although Yankee, be coon |
felt much at home as If to the g manor born "
Game was plenty, and SO was claret, but dearer |
than aught beside was the dark-eyed Creole, |
whose radiast smile made that sunny cline ap-
pear more bright and beautiful, and whose fra
grant breath impaired sweeter perfume to the |
orange blossoms, as when laden with dew the |
morning zephyrs waited their incense through
the boneysuckle vine, that twined in intricate
|gracefuiness aronnd the easement of her neat
though humble boudoir.
The only covetable thing not plenty in that
Arcadian land was money, but the want of this
sseyil . was not regretted beneath those blue
skies, where +" love and flowers" aided by Alta
kapas beef and bread, with a due proportion OF
|gclaret, was all sufficient.
I In evil hour, wanderer from ssLa belle |
France found his way to our village He was |
a poet and like the whole Of the fraternity, who
| form rule without an exception, church mouse
| He had an eye for the beautiful-eyery poet
\ has--and he concluded to remain there some
| time. He travelled in true poetic style; namely,
| with knapsack over his shoulder. and on foot.
| and soon being snngly ensconced within the
u QuleL llttle NllldSt lua ut C0umcAtSu Iuhhlug
| acquaintance, which was not a difficult matter,
| for the arrival of a stranger in that primitive
| place, Of itself curiosity sufficient to make
| him the focus of the whole crowd of inha bitants.
| and their natural warm heartedness, and abb
sence Of suspicion, banished those ideas of mis-
/ trust, which in more northern and civilized lati
tudes, would have surrounded him.
4 Time passed, and the stay Of the stranger was
prolonged from days to weeks, until finally
mine host presented his bill---for alas, even
in that simple country there are paper bills, as
| well as bird bills-but as we before remarked,
our poet was professionally poor, and although
he had a mine of wealth in ideal notes, he had
not one solitary bank note in his pocket,
In this dilemma he called upon the glazer,
with whom more friendly intercourse had ex-
listed during his sojourn than with any other.
and the result was that our hero assumed the
debt besides advancing his little store of world
ly wealth, consisting Of about $15, to the i'm
! poverished wayfarer, who the following morning
expressed his determination to pursue his jour
ney to Texas.
A parting souvenir was concocted, in the
shape of rural banquet, which the hospitable
glazer got up, in friendly testimonial Of his re-
gard, and few choice spirits were invited to
aid in this last tribute to their departing friend
After the repast, and during the circulation Of
cigars and claret, our poet stealthily withdrew
; from ''the gay and festive scene and was abb
evident from his agitated manner that some
3 thing uncommon had occurred. and tha aessA,- :
/, bled company gazed upon him with epauirieg
: looks Nervously elutching the glazier ay the
e arm, he drew him outside of the door and hur-
! ried him onward, beneath cluster of Accaca
i trees, through the boughs of which the beams
of a full moon played in fitful radiance. Grasp
! ing his hand with a grip so nervous that il
caused our hero to elevate his left foot, he ex-
claimed
t sDearest and most generous of friends, /
have thought until within the past hour, in
vain, upon some expedient to repay your kind
ness. During the evening lucky idea flashed
: across my mind, and hare done IT. but in
D stead of delaying my departure until morning,
r must go OF once"
"HoW so'" replied the other. e What kind
e ness have you done me, that should cause you
!. to hurry off at this hour =
d Hush p said the poet. drawing him still
e farther into the shade, and continuing in hol
8 low whisper, .s have seen you on several occa
!: sions repairing the broken glass in the church
o your business is dull, and to help it, / hare
a ,oithin the past hour, broken ecery ,osndo,c IL
y it!n
]. "D--n!,' shouted the glazierin plain Anglo
IS Saxon. " I'm ruined, I'm undone, I'm o poor
h wretched, miserable bankrupt Y
= ' How so p exclaimed the Mortified poet
: { How soe' replied the glazier. S do n
n The poet and the gazier left together. [Cin
> cinnati Columbian.
y A CURIOUS SToRY.-Any one who has beel
this winter to the italian Opera, must have seel
l the lady, "a beautiful brunette,1 and the gen
}, tleman, "a young, handsome, aristocratic look
d ing man. who is, alas one-eyed, and also limps
| ~ both English people--who furnish forth th
10 hero and heroine Of the following story, whicl
se is current and generally believed in the orches
re ira of that opera house. They are cousins
y This is their history Arabella -- is tn
l. daughter of Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy
y When she was sixteen, her father married he
tn to one Of his friends, captain, who was great
Ih older than herself Shortly after the marriage
lie his wife with him and lodged her suitably
'g Malta. Her cousin William, who is also in tt
nt navy, managed to come to Malta by anothe
be ship of the squadron He was soon at home
n, the captains house, although the latter fe
1d somewhat jealous, which he was too proud I
'st show. As the ship lay some distance from th
IS, quay, the captain returned home late almo
4 every night.
4; One night the sea was so rough that the cal
ny tain sent in word to his wife, Arabella, that
to would stay on board his ship all night. What
ss rough for captain is rough for a lieutenant
nd the lieutenant staid on shore-he stad with b
lss cousin. They were sitting costly together, al
~ TALKING SO aSreeaDiy lhe tlme paSSeu away vi
Ill perceived, when ut one O'clock in the morniI
~ there was knocking at the door; the wife r
ais cognized her husbands knock They felt guilt
'm l know not why, and they scarcely knew VIII
ey to do. In his fright, William ran into clos
siy and hid himself behind the clothes which hu,
IL there. When the husband came in he found f
ng wife very much embarrassed; he was furio
Is with jealousy suspecting something was CO
ID, cealed in the open closet, he drew his sword o
eo gave some twenty vigorous thrusts in every pa
'h- of it. They seemed to produce no effect.
'nt explained the cause of his unexpected return
ose his ship had just been ordered to Greece to
ait force the claim of Don Paciico, and he sail
ISL that night.
Inc As soon as his trunk was packed he left t
ger house, convinced that his suspicious were U
ny founded AS soon as he had gone his wife r
at to the closet" William? p She saw q liz
aie hand try to push aside the clothes there, a
seo then body fell covered with blood. Willit
ay had received four wounds, but conquered
OF O pain to save his cousin. Those wounds occaslo
ed ed his blindness and his limping. The capita
ne heard at last of them. He separated FROM
ner wife, Her father having died shortly after 2
or marriage, she lived in Paris with her cou'
nat William They have each of them fortnn
1or and with gold dust one pight blind Argus HI
'me self in Paris. paris Cor. of Boston Atlas.
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