New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-23

ant from their presence and closed the door behint
him. Bob rave vent TO his feelings in prolongee
whistle. At this, the girls removed iner hahuAe,
chiefs and il excited admiration g see now ma y,
these young ladies cond weep without having w
rims Of their eyeas Or Ups OF taer noses =" s''s
least Redeemed BIZ their emotions
y The KilImctripa were delighted with Boh's pros
poets, and made all haste to get his wardrobe IN
4, order by dins of steady persey some TASTE
|, among country tailors, and some knoWiease o.
!. inurnev.aer, shoemakers, they succeeded in fur.
n;shiur their brother with an outfit they deemed
snficient for i twelyemonth. When the day Of his
departure arrived they took him to the cars in the
I family carriage; and when they saw his handsome
i trunk, covered with canvas, lifted into the bag
gage car, and remembered that they still owed for
! Ii twenty-five dollars. they were confident that nc
young man could start for College in more respect
able style.
It Was sometime before Bob saw cit to write
Then he sent very short letter to his sisters, and
i very long one to his dear Cousin Cotton. He
stated he was having the biggest kind of times;
had made lots Of acquaintanees, and wound up By
saying be had barely escaped an attack Of brair
fever; 50 diligently had he applied himself to his
Latin course. He limited that he felt Z kind d
mean at having no money to spend, when all the
other boys seemed 80 flush, and closed with .
promise TO study the hardest kind. 70 be sure
there was good deal Of bad spelling in this epis
tie; but the Kilmetrps thought Colton's reply, in
which he advised Bob to drop his Latin course
until he knew more of English grammar, was very
harsh indeed. Cotton enclosed some spending
money, epjoining upon Bob to be prudent in his
purchases, and economical In his desires.
The next time Bob wrote, he enclosed . small
bill for cigars; having learned with his other les
sons how to smoke. 1t only amounted to sixty
dollars; and when he wrote that he was forced to
smoke in selfdefense, as the other students vowed
they would smoke him out if he did not join
them, and that he obliged to the very best,
as bad cigars nauseated him. Cotton paid the bill
and forgaye him admonishing him, however, to
give up the practise. He had invariably noticed,
he said, that it was with men as with chimneys,
when either were given to much smoking, there
was evidently fault in the flue.
n Bob wrote again. This time he was laboring
under an attack Of doubt. He was doubtful
whether he could be gentle and quiet enough for
q sick room. He was doubtful whether he would
ever dare bleed patient; he was liable Of course
to let too much blood; then he might be sued for
damages He was doubtful about how many
times mans pulse ought to beat in minute. He
was doubtful If it was the same in every wrist.
he was doubtful whether it was righteous to adj
minister pills and potons without frst trying their
effects upon himself. He could not otherwise
guarantee their operation. But his stomach
troubled him as much at this point Of the disease
as his conscience. Didn't Cousin Cotton think it
would pay better for him to acquire . fair educa-
ton, then take position of clerk In some store
Wouldn't it be better for him to inspect tapes than
tongues prints than pulses and attend to run
OF custom instead Of run OF fevers Cotton wrote
back very emphatcally that he did not think SO;
that he was displeased with the tickle nature Of
his intentions. II he ever wished to be man and |
scholar, now was his time. If he did not, he had |
better return to his hoehandle and plough.
This seemed to quiet Bob's conscientious scru-
pies, and for . long while nothing was heard from
him beyond his own unstinted accounts Of rapid |
progress. s4ss
I About this time, Cotton thought as the term of /
Bob's preparatory school was near at hand, he T
would just run down and witness the closing ex-
sreises, and learn how his protege compared in
mental caiher with the other students. Just az he
was about to start, letter arrived from Bob, en-.
closing one from "sAunt Martha, y in which she
stated she was suddenly called to Paris, to look
after some business matters; and as she had no
protector, she wsuld pay Bob's passage and hotel
bill, if Cotton Ware would provide what little
spending money the young man would need while
abroad As Bob wrote that hard study had so i'm.
paired his health that he would not be able to take
part in the closing exercises, Cotton gave up his
Intended trip, and wrote to g Aunt Martina to take
Bob with her, as the trip would doubtless do him
good. He urged npon her the fact of Bob's youth
md inexperienee, enjoining upon her the necessity
II her restraining powers being exerted over the
voung man, and begging her to give him ready ad-
rice upon all occasions. He enclosed fifty dollars
i spending money; at which the Killmetrips threw
lp their hands and eyes in unspeakable scorn.
What would fifty dollars be for young man In
Paris they cried. Really, Cotton Ware could be
IS mean AZ anybody, when he set about it but it
vas scarcely to be wondered at, when it was re-
rendered he was only lime-burner. When they
tinted something about Bob's spending money to
Jolton, he said he had given him an abundance
III he wonld wish to purchase would be few for
ign nick-nacks. If he should fall sick and need
medical attendance, Aunt Martha might settle the
ioetor's BILL and he would make it all right on her
'eturn.
Iuc lAHiAuctIirs uuu leit very BUou when Lney
vere able to talk of g our brother preparing for
ollege;n but they felt still finer, and Lucretia
ndulged in new pair Of stays, when able to speak
I our brother in Paris.n The happiest day Of
hair lives was that which brought them letter
nth a foreign postmark; and they read the letter
nd showed the envelope to the Robe-de-Soies
hat very evening. When the r. SIS wished to
NOW who this Cousin Cotton was, 10 often men.
Toned, the girls told them conadentialIy he was
lothing but . rich relation. He had taken a fancy
o Bob, they said, and wished to educate him, and
hey had no objections to his spending his money
his way, provided he didn't presume upon his lib.
srality to become too intimate with the family.
After while came letter from Aunt Martha.
she stated that she should shorten her trip AZ much
IS possible, inasmueh as Bob devoted himself to
aking care Of q moustache and whiskers lately
ooted, instead Of paying due attention to herself.
for her part, she had no desire to travel in COM
amy with . balloon, thinking too much Of herself
0 run the risk of being regarded as travelling