New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-02


| People said he lived mostly nov byplaying at
cards and dice, and that his carrylngs-o on with ths
actresses ct the playhouse the wicked, paln.saa
hussess were dreadful know he had borrowed
/ money Of Reeswing more than once, ana naa, =
least, two-thirds of his sisterlla7aws ';,
every quarter but still no one ceald help hkias
him, and he was almost adored By the Servants;
81 took the letter to Wild Mr. Will at his ioag.
i ings in Great Ryder street, st. James. he ~
drinking hook with captain oi dragoo,s Nh
fighting but he came cut on the iandng y spsaA
4 to me. showed him the letter, and hntea ~ my
1 doubts. ..,,a,, \, Ia
read INA lrtser twics through, and held Il 70 the
finn AItss Jack Cartfoil's fist for hve hundred
/ g1Sneas. NV lords name was John.) Newman
ket to the knockeT OF NeWgate tnat us my pfoth.
er,s hand. Nobody makes hlots like these, except
fhe Earl ef MiIlsmant. Besides, dontyou see that
IA spcls swept SWEEP without the sttn Jack
never could spell. Trot you away to the bankers,
nv worthy sonl, and get the plate and polish it all
up nice and bright, for you know how particular
my Lord Millamant IS, and what pother there
Will be if the coronet doesn't come well out on the
spoons and forks. There get along with you, and
there's guinea to drink my health Stop--mind,
you lock the plate up in my lady's boudoir.n
OF course, after the Honorable William Cartfoil
had given his opinion, hesitation was no longer to
be thought of. Beeswig and took d hackney
coach 70 Fleet street. and the head-cashier, when
he ordered one Of the porters to carry the four
writing was as plain as pikestatf, and he should
like to cash a checque for ten Thousand with such
Millamant signed to It'll ne gave me--such q
nice gentleman as he was, too--a guinea TO drink
the health Of the firm. All, how liberal people were
forty years ago!
We looked over the plate that evening, counted
everything, found all in accordance with the lists,
and, with tho assistance of the three h0usemaids,
Ihad everything cleaned and polished up by sup
per time. But still felt uneasy could not re.
press dreadful feeling Of terror at something;
knew not what. The plate was Unlocked up again,
and deposited, according to MT. WHY'S directions,
isiiny lady's boudoir, which was at the end OF 4
grand suae of apartments on the first floor. There
was no door to this room, only heavy hangings to
the doorway; but every window in the house was
bolted and barred up.
~ Still felt uneasy, and, towards 10 o'clock,
slipped ont, and going to- our butcher, Mr.. Chubby
chop, ia Mount street, Gr0syernor square, Dor
r0wed his Hell known and fierce bulldog, CowIer,
from him, to keep guard in the house all night.
One Of the butchers boys brought the dog muz-
zled to onr house, for he was dreadfully savage,
and just before We went to bed Beeswing unmuz-
zled him, and let him loose in the hall.
had dreadful dreams that night. dreamed
of procession OF men carrying collins, one after
the other, in long procession that never ended.
The morning came at last; the youngest house
maid awoke me, and came down to breakfast in
the still-room, when in came Mr.. Beeswing, trem-
bling all over. and with face as white as chalk.
For the Lord Almighty's sake, come this way"
/
He led, Or rather dragged me to the boudoir on
the first floor, ann there saw sight shall never
to my dying day forget The rich carpet was dab
bled in blood, and on It there lay his length along
the body Of a man, stark, stiff and dead. His
throat had been literally torn out by the dog which
crouched by his side, uttering low growl now and
then and licking his lips
In one Of the dead mans hands was bunch Of
skeleton keys. One Of the plate-chests had been
opened and the contents were on the floor The
men-seTvants bent over the body to raise it, when
there was q cry Of horror and establishment.
God forgive him, and us all We recognized
the body of the Honorable William Cartfo
1t was discovered afterwards that the letter
from the country was forgery, executed, proba-
bly,, BY the unfortunate and guilty man who had
died III this miserable manner. 1t was found that
be had made his entry through back door leading
into the News, of which he must have had key,
and, creeping up back staircase had entered the
boudor By side door he knew well, and had been
heard by the dog, and 50 persisted.
The story was hashed up, and it was reported
and believed that young Mr.. VIII had gone abroad
and died there. The Miamant title is extinct.a