New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-06-29
Aunt Sally ) 6uH.
y BIZ q. N. KENDALL.

Miss Sally Strong was q peculiar woman For
sixty Years she had retained her hard nature; and
the man having the assurance to ask her to exchange
for his own onld have been 4 raIe companion Iol
At least, no one in the village Of B- would dare
ito question his manhood. NJ ~
i she was one OF those who seemed to have been
bo!n A. gid maid in perspective Before she arrived
nant delight and, ere she was out Of them, her con-
tempt for the opposite sax was so srikingly manifest
that 81 prudent young men, If accidentally walking
upon the same sidewalk, 10 avoid meeting, would
very quickly cross to the other side, and allow her
| tie whole Of It.
Yet she was privileged person, and people would
smile st IN ill.natnrea remark from her as though it
were q compliment. Even the young minister Of the
certain to have his last sermon wonderfully crti
cised in answer TO his kind inquiry regarding her
health The secret OF all this might have been writ
ten 10 three words she was and even the cler-
gymAn was worldly minded enough to desire to be on
good terms with one who was the largest contributor
to bis support. a Is N, Il
Aunt Sally, as the villagers universally called her,
had received the bulk OF her property from de-
ceased aunt which her shrewd business qualities had
enabled her to invest SO advantageonsy that she in.
creased in wealth as she did in years. and like many
other rich people well advanced id life, had scores Of
affectionate y0nng relatives, who each hoped to OBJ
tain large slice of the cake of real estate which
would be cut up in the event Of her decease. Her
cold gray eyes were too shrewd not to see through
their eager attentions to the very selshness Of their
source. 4 fss
One nephew, however, did not belong to this class
Of schemers, On the contrary the old lady was very
often the victim Of his jokes and he would dispute
with her just for the fun of having hot argument
Yet for any real SERVICE she would oftener apply to
him than any one else. She had even loaned him a
sum sufficient to stock fine store, but still this Fred
erick 90 often annoyed and vexed her, that public
option extending no further, of course, than the
limits Of this village-was equally divided as to
whether he wonld be the tayorite heir Or be cut off
with q shilling. @ iis & 5@sa l9l Fs
One evening upon the meeting of the parish sew
ing Circle at the house Of the clergyman this nephew
preparatory joke upon his aunt the result Of which
be never forgot. She, unlike most maiden ladies',
considered these gatherings q sort Of fashionable
nuisance, but usually was present. in order to indulge
in her sarcastic remarks Her nephew was there os-
tensibly to wait upon his aunt, but the fair Lucy
daughter OF the worthy practitioner, Dr. Blood, par
hcularly allured him with her charms.
Did II ever occur to you girls, said the old lady,
\ tWhat you are here for ~ it fIa,
To be sure aunt said one Of her nieces asimply
TO make clothing for the poor heathen."
there may these objects Of your great pity
f aOh, in Siam, Burmah and other like places"
Indeed! Well heavy WOODEN shirts are very SER
yiceabe garments upon my word, for the people liv-
ing under tropical sun. They will doubtless be very
grateful for clothing SO suited to their climate
well done, aunt ~ exclaimed Frederick. IA good
shot and no mistake. Butthese circles are grand AZ
fairs, after all. /" 1sliiI Il !.
Grand affairs indeed, for young men to say soft
things and silly girls to listen to them Grand affairs
to dispense the accumulated gossip of q month |!
Grandafairs for scandal mongng, and for everything
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