New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-06-29

4 MculaTly aiiured MN Win her cnarmS.
Did II ever occur to you girls, said the old lady,
sswhat You are here for ~ M II IA +5s,.5
10 Be sure aunt said one Of her nieces s.simpy
70 make clothing for the poor heathen.'
Where may these objects Of your great pity
"Oh, in Siam, Burmah and other like places.p
Indeed! Well, heavy WOODEN shirts are very ser
yiceable garments, upon my word, for the people v
ing under tropical SUM- They will doubtless be very
lgratefuI for clothing 50 suited to their climate.
4 well done, aunt !" exclaimed Frederick "a good
shot and no mistake But these circles are grand At
/ fairs, after all. /" s-siig q 4
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 a month
Grandafhirs for scandalmonging, and for everything
but the purpose they profess"
\ And Aunt Sally looked about her with triumphant
glance as though her charges were unanswerahle.
In fact, two many felt the justice of her rebuke to
measure words with her. Even Frederick agreed SO
much with her in the abstract that he was content to
remain silent Having achieved sucha moral victory,
/ the lady continued in anwonted good humor during
1 the rest of the evening.
When the party broke up, as Frederick was TAX
ing leave Of his young trends, with his aunt upon
one arm and the fair Lncy upon the other, the old
lady suddenly remembered that she had left her muff
Oh never mind, aunt, y said the young man, +" |
will get it and send it up to you in the morning
But do mind, Fred. Strong, for it is not my way
to leave things about in this manner. But where can
it be certainly left it with my bonnet and cloak"
/" Where can it be?" echoed all her afectionate
nieces dividing into sundry places in their eagerness
| to assist in the search.
1. Somebody must have taken it! cried one.
i" That Is impossible" answered another, !" for
aunt muf is unlike all Others
That is true said Fred laughing, .as barrel is
unlike a two-gallon keg" And he gave Lucy mis-
chevops glance. which she interpreted to mean that
he knew the whereabouts Of the missing article bet
| ter than any one else
1t certainly is not with any of the ladies' things,
said one Of the young relations.
80, plague upon you all y was the kind reply 81
must hunt it up myself, suppose
Deacon Gray, you have taken aunt's muff by mis-.
take, have you asked Fred maliciously.
That flnctionary drew himself up sthly, as though
| the imputation was unworthy Of an answer, and
| stepped aside. II ysa a.85 ts
We'll, I neverln exclaimed one Of the young
ladies.
:" Who could have done it y added another.
!" Be silent-will you p? cried the irritable maiden
| /" or tell me where can find IT," ,..i -is5
}" Why, it is in Deacon Gray's hat, pressed in so
tightly that he cannot remove it.''
N O, fe upon you, aunt Such hint, and the
deacon only recent widower" exclaimed the laugh
Aunt Sally seized her muff, but the hat adhered
most afectionatey to it. BY an angry wrench it was
liberated, and the unoffending hat flew across the
entry projected by the vigorous foot Of the ncensed
maiden When it arrived at the terminus of its short
Journey, it had assumed most questionable shape,
and its condition might certainly have been termed
& shocking bad y III a
~ Will pay you lQr Ibis, young man," W.
& Don't trouble yourself, dear aunt. So far as
am concerned, yofi are entirely welcome. sen
You win perhaI, u tell me that you have had no
hand in this matter ~ fd7
No, will tell you no falsehood about it but I
intended it as joke upon our stiff deacon, as much
or more than upon youfself.a ~.
Athest it is but an in trick you have played upon
me, and now mark my words: You shall have reason
to remember this mnf to the latest days Of your ex
| istenee.h
As you please, aunt, since you take 1t 80 serious
": but did mt thing silly joke would have thus
offended yonn
Time thus passed on. and young Strong prospered
famously in his business. He had amassed sufficient
had loaned him she declined receiving it, alleging
that she preferred to have it remain interest In
the meantime he had also persuaded the gentle Lucy
to share his fortunes. As for Aunt Sally, singular
mania seemed to possess her. In the matter of real
estate stocks etc. she had become perfect alchem-
ist turning all to gold.
The neighbors looked on and wondered, but none
ventured to demonstrate with her. She was often
seen to visit the office Of Squire A., and 1t was
rumored that she was making the final arrangements
for the hestowa of her property after her ecease.
The affair OF the muf was not forgotten and it was
current with the good villagers that Fred would have
to pay dearly for that joke. ,f
One morning the village was all action. During
the night the spirit of the redoubable lady had quietly
taken its flight She was found dead in her arm
chair, and had died as she lived, alone. She had
alarmed no one during the night nor had she suffered
previous illness. Curiosity Of course was intense
on the subject of her will, and it was produced as
soon as deceney would allow All her connections
were present and their eager, hopeful anxious coun.
tenances, would have furnished subject for the
pencil of an artist. The reading of the will pro.
ceeded until it was finished except simple codcil.
Each OF her relatives, excepting her nephew, had
been remembered-some to a greater extent than
Others, but none considerable. ia sss. Is,
AT all events, not onethird of her fortune had been
ind nc tpa He'll ut nod rn
were turned to Frederick Strong as the lucky one
after all. But what was their surprise when they
found 1t only made him recipient OF her old sable mui
and contents The word contents again excited their
curiosity and to satisfy them, the article was pro-
duced, and found only to contain simple paper
sewed on to the lining. When detached and opened.
in the bold hand writing of Aunt Sally were found
these words:
DEAR NEpHEw: You will doubtless appreciate
this the last joke shall ever be guilty Of as appre
GATED yours on certain time, you remember God
bless You and yours. FAREWELL
Frederick declared he was satisfied. The old lady
had fairly retorted upon him. and he certainly deserv
ed nothing better at her hands, But what had be-
come OF Aunt Sally's money that was the mystery,
and Il became more than g nine days wonder u TO
tne worthy villagers, who discussed it every occa.
| sion. she was known to have large sums of money
at various banks but all this the anxious relatives as
certained had been drawn out few days before her
death. Squire A. was consulted, who had drafted
the WILL bnt he stoatly maintained that the will Gov
ereu tne Wnoie OF her property, and he would have
nothing further to do with it. . IT, -
One evening, about six months after the old ladys
death, while Frederick was conversng with his wife
the ject of the muff was introduced
That was costly joke of yours, dear Fred!r said
his wife. gaily.
/" But got the muff at all events Lucy, and what
Is better no one has come forward to claim the three
thousand dollars which she loaned me. l feel conf,
dent that she intended to present it to me- and there
fore destroyed my note.n
Let us have lock at the old relic Fred, if the
moths have not eaten it wholly up. l will return
with it in q momentn
The muf was produced, and, as Lucy predicted
the lining was wofully moth-eaten.
Ny dear wife, you must look to this, for I prize
it dearly on good Aunt Sallys account. | think you