New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-12

70 enlist for three months fishing for mac
Eersl, cod, or even for whale as am inclined to-
fhlIh fls l,s Larger the game the greater sport,
n out g0ls E8f BsT.r.E ERprF ssI .5
r ss-Ladles who 60 fishing should leave their
hoops at home, as sitting them on the rocks Is as
hard as sitting on . gridsrGn.
Hocp HurraIa - tale u tie TIMES.
5sSs9 5$S PREFACE. Ss+s IA II
FfRe5 vi BisasTe. S4s $$#2
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Aeep cool! and let me introduce YOU to Hiss
Blanche Cerceau. pr y
eH APTET i.
nd waited IN the room, till thoughttf
my hair iKond grow gray before she would anpear
Ihe carriage was at the door it was bitter coEd
night could hear the eoaehan inging and sop-
ping his arms to keep bis hands had wound
the musical box for excitement and Istane to It's
soulless jingle for occupation had made the little
king Charles spaniel stand on his till lie be-
gan to think that was his normal position 81 tried
with my right hand to coax g Incle Ned out of the
piano mnch to chagrin of that grand instrument
whose mission was classical music. i beat retreat
from the realm of sweet sounds to that OF sweet feel
patent leather boots were awful tight IN
blissnl agony heard, at last the opening door,
"a musical teruste of silks, and there before
me just giving the last Tightening 70 her goTesIaee
was Blanche Cerceau. Such seraphic smile, such q
5cooing voice III rs $S $ts'
Z z And did keep him waitin f-tis dear little
Arthur And did he grow fretful q, $5ss
s In the lexicon of Polfteness which Fate has or
daned for 2 hrght world, there is no such
word as Fretful Y answered. had been studying
this answer for two hours-BnWer gave the lesson
As replied my eyes fell on the ball costume Of
Blanche. The Pgramids Of Egypt were evidently IN
tended to be represented by that DRESS her head the
apex and the bottom Of the skirt the base. had to
open my eyes twice to take nthe full circumference,
there was no end4o that lower hoop gaT. she ret
out the front door,, thought i granted Vet can
she get into the carragei Hadn't better ride out
withthe riyer? mildly asked her this last thought.
She answered S5aS 8,.zi III
{ Never, dear Arthur, on such night as this Ride
can stand up.'' 8 s2Rs
fees you make for one you love entered the car
age first II was not gallant, but then she insisted on
it. Then she came inhow T can't tell, but she did
it. And standing up like q Hippodrome girl in her
chariot and holding on to the hand-stfaps, off we
started to attend Madame Rayencourts grand ball.
GHAPTgRsI
1t was q full house; how it would have gIaddened
the heart of a prima-donna, at 0 dollar head
Through the crush of human beings Z swept onward
with Blanche once only thought it was all up with
the whale homes but ne got through little bent but
still elastic: occasionaliy,a q passeF-bv would sWeen
the skirts round till saw those daintIy chGusse tiny
feet, and her figure looked like dinner-beu cut in
two; but the wave swept on, and the pyramid was
pyramid. s#5
!" win you waltz? ~ I said to her as the music
sounded
never G0nf0und those
hoops,n thought /. But We Z did, quairie-
easily. Only two steps, and the gure was complete;
an awkward step from the gentleman yis-a,yis, and
rip went the lady's skirts, hoops, ETC.; then came
apologies, retreat to the dressing room-Fepaiss ia
possible-had to send home for the age-and in
stead Of having splendid evening, Blanche and II
she sat down on the seat now, and took her dear
little gloVed hand in mine and poured consolation in
| to her heart-rOde home before Ii o'clock. O hor-
rors!
CHAPTER III. s5s*f 37fs Y55555YY334s- Y555YY ~
In few days Blanche and will be married Hoop,
hurrah! The wedding Eing-I wish it was some
other shape, it reminds me SO much Of hoops now
lies on my table. And that cart load Of WhalebnneI
saw going into her house one day last week
Blanche, ], said sis there an umbrella mannfactory,
near you ?-reminds me that the bridal dressesG Ia
Pyramids of Egypt--are being built.
Blanche HASN'T been to church for three months
owing to the narrowness Of the peWs, and the width
| of her hoops. zs i s3SSf
| cHAPT ER5I3v.
| And sit down in my arm chair, and wonder il
such things can be possible, and if what vas. was
right And I've come to the conclusion that every
thing is that is.
My wedding day! e e Now old boy!n Isoiloquized,
you can cDy go through this operation once in your
le-three four times at the outside Just raise the
window and see if there are any unusual operations
going on in the heavens above, or in the garden be-
low, in the neighbors houses the other side
of the street. Nothing! Then Nature is unauspi-
cous, Therel be a row to-day, somewhere ~ 8#8
Prophetic words! We are to be married in church
grands teue at ten o'clock in the morning. The
hour came, carriages, friends, etc, along with it we
went to the church. We descended walked up to the
door-sde door very narrow bride couId't get
hrough-eoudn't get into church. Hoops too large,
door too small. grew as red in the face as boiled
lobster. g Put her through gasped. confused,
agitaied and vulgar! s.
Sir.r.r! said Blanche, such language st such a
time.n
We reentered the carriage ditto the friends THEIRS
returned to the brides house, and then ]. Arthur
O'Bandylegge, received formal dismissal. got the
sack, Mile Blanche Cereeau retains the hoops. Shall
not write:
Things as they are @..s Z.