Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-11-06


/ t. Iie attic, I discovered that one
=fotthe. oolls was licked on the in
1 side, sa,1elss1saEsin the door violently,
! demanded s4tlt,ittance. CIaF;. l,pk
led tllrongh the aperture at the top
|of the doora | spoke, and replied
-''lt' y'1 please, ma, won't yosl
send Us up some bread and water,
and q switclf2 Rosa and I are O. o.
i ing to be n',ns, and want to fast
and scpurge ourselves y
i ''1f you viii come ont, I'll apply
the switch to yo1 myself" | ans
"erd, for | WAS out Of PATIENCE
|"Do you know where Fanny is 2"
w 6 left l,er with Dick" replied
Rosa aud Iflew down stairs again.
nearly frightened cut Of my senses.
i in. Dick.had not seen Fanny, neither
had Hepsiba,. and it was d long
time bei''re we discovered Eho child.
when she was found playing with
Ia little Irish boy in a lluveI at no
great distance. They were,,aking
mud pies on the hearth wIieIIzI ar
| rived. A pig was looking ol1 from
| one cozner, and two children, .siek.
wild de naseIs," (as tie mother,
who. vas enjoyingza mug Of whisky
il the middle 1t ii f1ts,r, informed
me were ii the bed svhich= occupied
the other ! could hardly restrain
my anger until T reached home :;
and then when I informed Fanny
that She must never speak t., Pat
Laffertv again, and that It I found
her away 1rorn home, especially at
sl'ell aplace, again, would whip !
her as she never had been whipped, |
She called me- q 'serueI par Mt, 'ard
CON pared ne 20 80 many dreadful
characters in those books, thatzI |
fouud It necessary to lock her up in |
auother closet. |
/ had a pretty story to tell Psa1t-
er when lie returned; and when the
nuns, the iII-used maiden and the
embryo htgIl*aynan stood before
their father in Il row, declare I
telt ashamed of them. t
This" | said to Hepsiba, 'sis
the result of those abo,nniable books
I OIL see what you have done,
S. Why, AIissas Psalter," said
llepsiba, indignantly, 81 never
waited 'e'1 totaHgspat'ern by that
story, I'm slltire think nothin'
.wuul;llt't be toe baf.sffor 'e,n. WHY.
~ give EN- .iIstIlI chapter Of the
Testament tozlea Ii b. heart It they
was mine Nuns! why nuns IS
Catholics !! How dare they think
1T bsil1, sslcl, wicked things, and
TREY Sunday scholars p |
+ Ass | was somewhat doubtful as
to the effect # this mural reason.
.llgg, -. + told Hapsiba tn carry the
the kitchen, and, after a
Ion: lecture, the children were sent
a. he'd.
! believed, of cosrse, tat our
trouble WIS all over; but to my
.reat establishment, Fanny was
the next morning at break T,
fast tin,e- Size had got: MP, aud .
CLARA had dressed her, and that i
was the last we had seen Ut her
| went straight to Mrs. Latfierty S.
dwelling, but tile child hadnot z ne
tIlitl,er,and Pat himself was abb {
sent I applied at all the neigh +:
boring houses without success, and |
returned in CONSERVATION. The mo- {
|neflt entered the door, Clara met
me, and handed me slate. withI
The words ssIsead sshat1zsl1e has ell
opedr after which explanation she
fell in q very rigid state upon tile
sofa, and called Tor water. + took {
he scraH'l, and with some "i1tlcul-f
y spelt out the following words:
DEAR MA-Tou have forbidden =
ne to szeeak to Pat. You are =
.ery cruel parent, and we have e1
oped. lie is going TO drag me in +
is little cart +; and we are going to
Tiuboken TO lire in the woods, and !,
Keep q pea nut stand when We are =
oig.
Farewell,
FANNY, the Rose Of New York
II would be tiresorne to recount t
,ur adventures in search Of Fanny. f
suffice it So say that it was near Y
hight when we discovered her t
sln3ng the lost children in ssxlaan n d
own station ho1, e.. Pat LaHerty r