New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-03

what could of the subsequent proceedings of
the night. Upon inquiry | found that / had
been brought home by young gentleman in a
carriage, who had left fands for the emhloyment
Of physician, andhad also left a letter for me.
] opened the letter as soon as I was alone, and
found a fifty dollar bank nnta with these words:
'sYou did last night deed worthy Of more
gratitude than present mems enable us to
express, The property which 30 nearly belonged
to the infamous hag who struck you, will soon
be ours, and you shall then hear from US. May
the same kindness which prompted you to tear
the paper, seal your lips hereafter as to the
painful scenes oflast evening. Gratefully yours,
Dora AND HER HUSBAND
My fret act was to conceal the letter beneath
my pillow my second, to call my host and
tender him the amount of my board bill to nv
astonisbment, he told me that my companion
| pa'd 1t when he left the letter. It seems |
raved a little about my inability to pay nv
| most when was unconscious and thus the hus-
| band Of Dora (for have no doubt it was he
| who brought me homes1 had ascertained the
| fact and paid my bill Added to this my wound
| Was not severe enough to nee1 any surgery
more than was offered by my kind land1ady; 50
| when / had recovered (Which was soon,1 ( had
| only my Office rent to pay, and then resumed
business with the larger part Of the fifty dollars
| in my treasury. / made cautious inquiries
about the - House, as TO the subsequent
| movements Of my mysterious clients, but could
| only ascertain that the old couple arrived on
| that eventful night, the old man ordering a
| pleasant room in which he could die; that the
| young couple came by another conveyance, and
| had taken other rooms that the old mans
| body was Immediately boxed up and shipped for
the North nneer charge Of his man servant;
| that the old woman went off alone; and that
| finally the young man paid the whole bill, and
| left also with his wife. To do my worthy host
and his kind lady full justice, must say they
| never even limited at the matter, and never
| had question TO answer: they probably took
| it for granted that I had been the victim of
some broii, and avoided annoying me BY any
| reference to it
| Thirty years Of hard work rolled by, Harry,
| during which I acquired a family, fortune,
| fame and gray hairs; but never, in all that
| time, saw or heard from my clients, with the
| exception of one letter, which was received
some years after the occurrences which I have
related, and which contained two more fifty dol
| lar bills, with the words:
''W We are very happy; may God bless you!
/ .sDoRAv
But in all that time, have never forgotten
| that beautiful, angelic face, nor the mute appeal
! which 1T made to my heart; the answer to which
cost me the deep scar which is the object of
your present curiosity, and q one thousand dol
lar fee, less the amount received from the young
folks. Neither did |. in all that tine, regret
the course I took
come ten years ago, as you probably remem-
oer, | spent winter in Havana. | boarded
with Spanish landlord, whose house was gem
erally filed with American visitors. But,
| strange to say,I passed one week with him
without single American arrival; and was
mentally resolved, one day, to leave for New
Orleans. where I could find troops Of friends,
and rid myself Of the ennui consequent upon nv
solitary position, when heard my host calling
| ne
s.senor, Senior, los Americanos, Amercanos Z
Looking through my window, I saw fine
portly gentleman attending to his luggage and
answering the demands of the thousand and one
eeehes of porters who each claimed to have
brought something for him. Thinking might
be of service to him, | went out, and with two
or three dimes dispersed the villains, who. know
ing me for an old stager, submitted to my
orders The gentleman turned to thank me,
nut suddenly started back, then glanced at my
temple and seeing the end Of my candle-stick
mark peeping cut beneath my sombrero, he
caught me by the hand, exclaiming:
g We have met before, Sir How glad am
J to see you'll
And then, without explanation, he drew me to
the doorway, in which stood matroniy, but
still Beautiful woman.
See, Dera,'' said he, ss is not this our old
friend 4"
At the word .s Dora," I started, and there
; before me, sure enough, stood the Dora of thirty
! years previous, still retaining many Of her
u charms, but with the marks of time, notwith-
| ytandirg, impressed upon her features.
fou may well believe our reunion was most
pleasant; and after dinner was over. and we
were out enjoying the sea breeze, the whole
story was told to me. | will not give you the
letails of it, it was long. but the main features
ot 1t were about what | had surmised. Dora
d vas the only child of her wealthy father ; her
mother died when she vas q mere child old
| Angeline had remained with her father in the
capacity Of honse-keeper ana had, Rhile Dora
was away at school, acquired, as is generally
the case, complete influence over him Dora
WIS wooed and won by q poor clerk; the father
} would not listen to it; an eiopement was the
! consequence; and the old man in his rage broke
o up house keeping, and taking old 4ngeline with
e him. had started for the South Dora followed
/ him with her husband, although she knew he
d would not see her, and although he had always
D been harsh and unkind to her, yet she knew
he rs in the last stages of consumption, and
u she determined, if possible, to be with him when
a he died. Az the time of his death, they had
j. been following him about month from place tc
J. place, keeping concealed from him, and aludine
even the ke.n eyes Of Angeline When Dora
J. appeared in the room, it was only because thu
man servant, who had been with her f4ther
i md who, as you remember, left the room wher
| entered, had observed their arrival and haG
v kindly gone to her aud informed her that hel
f4ther could not live an hour; she was entering
the room 10 make one last effort at reconciliation
y when my voice reading the fearful words of m.
fathers curse caused the outcry and denoue
ment.
:, Her husband, who followed her in, found tn
% old man dead, Dora in a swoon, me senseless
~ and old Angeline in vain trying to put the ma
:; ny pieces of the will toge her. ravng and ours
~ ing like hedlamite. He and the man servan
- put the old mans body in the bed, took Dora t
= her room, and while the servant kept guar
oi over Angeline, he took me home in carriage
ne The rest you know
le have only to add that, whenever I wande
G north, either alone or with my wife or family
I We always stop at the house Of onr kind friends
they have spent one winter with Us at tn
NJ south, and we expect them again in the comm
" season And the young gentleman who studie
> law under my instruction, and who now prat
tices Law with my name On the sign with his e
senior partner, although he does all the bus
e ness.) is Dora's son, and from certain conseiou
ne looks and bright blushing on my pretty dauet
pe tcr's cheek when he calls, | imagine he ma
m possibly be mine, too But of this, Harry, re!
ed .ssured-I shall not curse her if she marri
him.
~ 'sL0YE IL i BAssaos'-An individual, bt
n longing TO brass band in the National Guard
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