New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-22
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The mysterious Pace,

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am An oldfsshinnad oIibov and vher -.
child, va an aId fashioned 90 - -.
fashon really an Il IL ha,d ~ een;eci,,e rn.s
tried 70 ,ssd NJ Tt.Ias @.L tt nAvc
think outs unerstand tsy NJ h;,e n. " no
feeling puzzled by satircsI remarks . h.
know beforehsnd tha, d. o,,.t \; tcGsy w.
ought, therefore tn And h;a5e - ~, su ..as
line vet from what havs L III - g ~ ese ~
should say that was fnsr A. - ta1o, j. ~.
club, though my means sye comfartsfIaM i've III y
London and have often besn asIed wass- ahe,d
like to join the PoIynjces or Artsr.vvss VII '
should like and vet Won = s,5 Mens
make up my mind becauee nessr ~ meseI e1assy
club. No there Il = ta.srn g,c nave belonged 70
same minute, in the same corner Once that corner
was usurped-I tried to dine at another taie n
II was unwell the next day, and had "a tate ma.
dicine but the waiter, Charles has been yerv eare
to be subjected again to similar Inconvenience tbs
proprietor would feed succession Of beooara eras
IN that place, Tor the entire afternoon 10 keep 1t r
me, Just as noblemen with younger soDsat college
present ostogenarians to their Ivinps Why nnnsf
dine in that particular corner Because 1 always
have done so. That uninteJliQible remark ahont "a
blemens sons and livings is not mine but INV nenhew
Tom's-Tom, whom have employed to write out
this account from my dictation insists nm yntf;n II
bis remarks. will :" touch mp" my narrative "A he
calls 1t, and do not quite like it no more do like
bis Shaping me 30 hard on the back and rubbing
down me calves Of my trousers when have been
and do not know why i should let him and every.
body play upon me, but always have. =
There is also cigar divan to which 70 every
morning at ten O'Clock, and read the newspaper Tiff
halfpast twelve, smoking during that time two CT
gars. One paper always lasts the whole time, a.
peruse every column and yet, somehow, if any one
in the course Of the afternoon, asks me about the
news, hnd 1t has all slipped out OF my head. No,
al fna Asrrnn. y r
cigar wonld go ont, which it does not-often. re-
member my childhood we always had roastbeef
and Yorkshire puddings on Saturdays cold meat and
su,s PIE On Sunday can also call to my mind my
NE been able to discover such tay as that sold at
the danes round the corner, or such open tarts "a
appertaned to the pastry cooks higher up the street.
earth possessed charm, mot fasGed equal 70 EATING
and drinking but only secondary TO those pleasures
the name Of ,conan began 70 stir my heart /; / il.
duged N reVerles and poetical ances and often in
have thought how sweet it would Be- to see fsir
form grazing the opposite seat enhancing the favor
by her sympathy, and, when there was enough for
both, participation
When in the presence OF ladies. however. 7 "a.
bashful embarrassed, awkward Ind ~, th.;s
dresses spiN scaldinQ coffee down their acta IIa
all their music off the piano. split their fans dronsS
and broke their smelling bottles. and made mrrse,f
generally dsagreeable 50 that retired eaTv fron,
the field and made up my mind to die an old bachelor
Still, could not stife yearninr toward hesntv
which, after while, took the settled form Of fancy
arts took the female face and form or their st,,dv
never bought but pottered about Gales and e1ibi.
tons and spent hours daily in staring In al shnn.
windows, and turning over second hand prints Tie
society Of womens pictures is certainly not 90 thrill
ing direct communication with the real artice Int
then it is more comfortable bewtched smile il.
painting never turns to frown the expression Of
the features fades not into broad apathy imme.
diatey you are left alone with it. You have not rot
to tickle its vanity-you feel no jealousy when others
gaze on it, on the contrary the admiration Of friends
enhances your pleasure; and if Won are noeticaliv
gifted what charming scenes, tender and domesticg
OH how far above reality may the IMAGINATION con-
jurs up. - ~
Even I. who hate noetrv-tbot :, r c.n,. ..,a :.
can't make ont what The rtsr T. T.; Sn lesu y,
can fancy all SORTS ~ +h; = asLsven
Of aventnres yrh;,e ra.;' a1t s ail sorts
beautiful woman. never came ~ nudertad ~
thing about the art an nm at ona 4
before picked M The picture For inStancs