New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-06-18

we can, we shall tell u for him, til his own Ian
guage;
81 was standfn' on Laf'yet sguar, looksn, at ,sm
shootin' off de rockets and Dustin de bombs out or
De big thing dey had dar. A gentleman comes up
10 me and says, Good evenin', uncle.' says,
good esenin'. sar. He ssys, wouIdn't you Ike
to make tree OF four dollars tonightT toIe him
yes didn't mind II did, as money was rather hard
to git at desc times. and I'D Hke to make Tree or
four dollars, If y was possible. He says Ms very
possible, IL I'll do what he wares. ! says WIN.
providin' it don't get me into no draiculty, He
says never yon fear, rs 'sponsible. and Il wes,t
git you into no difficulty. 7 says very well den.
he told me to follow him, and We started ap
town togeder. He says to me, Look hea, now
Texas, dis is what wants you to do. "A lady has
sent me q note to come and see her tonight vile
her husbands away; he can't git home sonse time
yit, for he's maxim one OF de speeches at Oda Fell
las Hall, and rs no time to lose rs goinr IN de
back way, and de ole man goes in De back way,
too and want you stand al de corner of de aEfey
and look up and down street alta goes In and ii
you sees de ole man comm, you run to de gate,
and clap your hand and cough / says, how
gwine to know de ole man. He says. Hes ole
man dat's lame, and limps, and walks wild big
stick, so,' and he show'd me how de ole man
walked. Says he, You can't help know him If
ne comes, and If he does, you to the gate, and
clap your hand and cough, and den run ont de
| oder end of de alley.
| he says to me, Don't you know me. Texasp
1 says don't know as I does. He saws. WHY.
you ought to know me, as everybody about de
City Hall does lis Mr. Stark de coston broka ana
my Office is Oh Carondelet street, near Common,
He went on takin' to me, and at last he axes me
| if knows how to manage hosses and can drive Z
/ carriage. tole him lowed had some ssperi-
ence dat way. He then tole me he live up town,
but his family was gone de lake, and his car
riage driya had run off and he couldn't ketch him,
and he wanted some one dat understood hosses to
hitch 'em mp and drive em every day, for exacise;
dar was nobody at the house but few servants,
and none Of dem could take de hosses ont; he said
dey was bfooded hosses, and wanted mighty
good and earfal driya, and he tole me he'd pay
| me well if he found out I was a good driya. or
cou'se jump at de chance, and make de bargain
| to drive de hosses out.
p" We went on up and turned into St. Joseph
street; and when was passin ON, he says, Oats
Capn Walton's house, amt it, I says yes, btieye
it is He said he didn't want the Gapt'n to see
him in dat neighbahood, and he didn't go by de
house. He turns up alley and tells me to follow
Dar's two alleys runs through the squar, and den
darts little short alley between the oder alleys,
SO you can dodge any way you wants to. He goes
up de alley till he gets to de little alley whar dars
a gate, jus at de corna. He says, sSh-h. Texas,
dis is de places gwine in at dis gate look here,
and see.' looks through de crack OF de fence
and sees room all lit up, but doesn't see any
body in IT. He Whispers mighty low, and says,
NOW mind what tell you Texas dats de room
whar de iady's watn. and I's got jus i've minute
to stay. fou go to de corna and watch mighty
sharp for de ole man, and if you sees him comm,
come to de gate and cough, and clap yonr hand,
and go out de oder way. Mind what l tells you
now, ne says, III play HI with you If you fools
me- ! says, all right, massa, won't fool you If
you doesn't fool me. s., (. "A gl sSI 81
jus as start Tor de corna, he says he has only
hye minute to stay BY de watch; he pull cut his
watch and looks at i, and he says, damn it, my
watch is stopped; Texas, you lend me your watch
till | come out or If you don't see me agin, you
call at de office in de mornin, and I'll give ycu de
watch and de money both gives him my watch,
and ne wraps de chain around i and puts i in his
pocket; den he says 'sh-h! agin, and whispas to
me to stand at de corna, and be shua to give de
signal when sees de ole man limpn along.
wen lett MN, ne looks at me, me ne was
'fraid fool him, and look at him. All at once
felt de wool on de middle OF my head rose right
up; dat's shu sign somethin's wrong. says
to myself, maybe dat mans foolin me afta all /;
but he was such gentleman couldn't help
b'llevin him; he was dressed SO fashionable, and
talked SO nice and purity. went to de coma and
watched long time, but neya saw nary ole man.
went up DE alley to de gate, and It was OPEN !
didn't see my man, and his five minute done gone
long ago. was fraid to go in de yard; but /
, stays outside, and gives dc signal, mighty low.
Il Chaps my mana ana coughs q little iDuQa. N0D0dY