New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-19
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| / was mad,
Needless of all around me, I worked on, day
after day, week after week. month after month,
and on the 9lst of April | walked into my little
garden aud i'll did notfeel exactly as proud as did
the great historian, Gibbon when he completed the
Rise and Fall / nevertheless thanked Heaven from
| the bottom of my heart that the business was at
an end.
0n~the following morning rose in high spirits.
1t was as beautiful day as ever was seen. had
now leisure to admire the flowers that were bloom.
ing around me and perfunne the air and TO watch
the wanton birds on the wing chasing each other
from beugh to bough.
gave orders for the bair.dresser to be sum.
moned: after d brief delay he came. He was a
| tall thin man with long red nose and a yery
liquorsh eve His manner was so nervous and
restless that was half afraid to trust him to shave
me, and was not little glad when tile operation
was over. his hand rembled so Violently, aud he
looked Mt me in such strange and terrified fash
ion. Whilst he was cutting my hair | began to
talk to him, but all that cunld extract from him
was Yes. sir; o YES. sir. Won are 0nite 1ight
siri Even when asked him question, for in.
stance. Have Won an5, idsa how Far \ Il from
this to Hastings by water 4! Ills only response was
conveyed in the words above quoted |. Yes. sir !:
/ @ yes, sir: you are quite right, sir, When ills
man left the house the impression on nv mind was
that he was insane; and intimated as much 10
Robert, my servant but he only smiled and re.
u marked, g He may be- sir, for all I know .
/ My toilette completed sailed forth to mjpgle
| with the world. 1t occurred to me that | would
in the first instance call at the shops Of the trades
peonle with whom had dealt fbr9noI the areney
Of my servants, and eypress to them some fey
words of compliment. /. Of course took il for
| granted that they knew my name, and that was
one of their customers
/ The butchers shop was the first that was pass
i ing and looked in ss(3ood morning sir y said
4 crossing The portal, % - =
4 The butcher, whose size was about double that
of mine eyed me with some cnnearn and hafoTa
repiying to NV salQtatiou removed from The hlnek
his cIeaver knife and STEEL which he had lust bean
usirr and tben. IN somavhst coffnsea' ma Sner
he made his exit through q back door leaving me
in sole possession Of the Sion. yyaite q rsSsan
1 able time; but finding tiat he did nnf return I
4 took my departure, perfectly CONVINCED thai fhe
4 butcher was mad
1 The next visit was to the haker's-a yery re.
spectacle man with n yery inteaailt eonntensnca
observed that ie tno was ratjIs 7,easv ~ boy
i spoke 10 him. ana To nv sstonsiTsnf zybea
casually took np halfspound weight which was
4 on the counter he rushed-liferalIy rn ehad i,to
the street. and stood on tils onnosfe sie tpTanf
| There was but one eonelusion at which I co,,ld
arrive namely tllot tIe b8eJ was az rnaa a. tba
butcher
1 The grocer into whose shon ravt want he
haved far better than either fbe hntebor ~ IA
baker far he talire 10 me "a, AZ lt - e9
AT the expiration OF that time however he asked
me very noIifel,, If not nliectiy T. a,-a ~ -
for fsv minutes a4,5 1,tft;y ~ - ~ a ~
took hastv enarture into tha S}reat apl tnr,a5
the corner, It "a perbaps neejeas FAR M Se
that did not see auy mare Of NV grocer If yass
sanity then ertaftained INIT serI Il s,t
oninion. 'HA' A4N''st s't'
| ODposite to lie nrooer,s sbon yr,s tha+ ~ +ta
bookseller and etntioner who had s,,n,,1; i,h
pens aud lux aud other little matters on enterng
| founfI fha b eg,,T,t,- ~ IL, l5
and his Wif,srtTeTs IN alarm, t S
through 10 small glass window Isyniie IN Nil, ~ ~
them. bowed, and eyinoed by nv manner fhSt y
/ wished ia he -aervefl Int in 9yein III rsN
smiled the more soleaK became he eeson ~ f
their eonnfa,,ol.es RecnTsino -
/ vheyeutop t JoaLses, Ill 1 LIZ tts''
| eether, '' y 'iA = y ''''o'
|
directed nv stems towards fbe IT,
ers where I nteTtleI to birs b - Asep-
posa Of taking n cf4ter IN some II ti - q.S f
the vicinity, gba IiySar,,sfoIi, ~ ie ~
siderable distanee fro51I H ia ~ r. ,ii
that he had horse tlat yot,ld s1iit ny tat ~
would 40 and see. He did 20, Ht I i H. nj
come back aqain. I Hen wsnt m t ysrJ uJ a 9,og
called out ostler Il! several times * j nn ef @ ~
voice frathor q land one hnt az ~ S.s ~. " ts
swer. deemed It useless 10 remain anv latser
and made INV yyay To the hotal oT,nosita bs
asked for pirt Of Ganferbnrv aIe ~,
b,r a ott - 20 - ; I ny. WAS served
desrad sJ to nav a rnaast sg g9Gn aa % Wom
But alast no sooner had ala T1sca1 t az hs
me than sba rar,id, vanisbs5 ai - t ~ ~ pe'9le
room door aftaT ber ''''' anoN ''iS ooAlse
When had dr,ntt 4bo o1a 7 49,. AZ 4.n =.
was not ansWerad fban ,,oiI taus .ne oen y
aoar With nv baa ~ tif lnt = iio.se otl tAe
onannd %iSI tS G easy ~ 10 no purpose
na ,s oae aooF q sae eeneefoo and looked
called alaud Waiteri Tbara %sa ny NO. ole tllele @
conld hear M one. not sas,,I - th ~ aepay
seemingiv e,,,nt,, LII eia,' ny s.e ouse was
honavs5c cIia & ~ . ~ 3is aaa piece OF
ayyav in ntter disgnst ~ ''DA'su ''aiu 9alAea
M wateb regnrsd raonIati,,, t,,,t oa,,Ia ~
aef INTO NE ~ ~ 4 oou,u hot
Els door when he saw me- ns a% II peitse ts
same Of tie cireniatina III hrapp, ~ Ws te
was anxions tn sI,bserihn ~, A. rlle
had crown To- liz tbis tts W. tie winter
solved m snengin5 ti " ses' anu fe
Wbat eonbn t5a M NJ ;,,qr y e
conduct was onastin t = ~ we 5,lif pep
over agen on ~ tse y nia ~ pxet aa
landed hiring bast @ oaiI II M ~ IL LOW n
eonld nof ret hoat Fga.v ana " th aaqo m'ts,
whom snoke made some ecItsa ar = tia tn9 tsn -
fakno me m tbe Iyater s said tit ~ 9 ot
sganld soon shift and bi5 1,n t s@I i.s "ia
hack tbat nibt 4notber foid No y ~ aig H. .o get
was sprung third that the naint vas -. n i4r
inside and that wnnld snniI nv nlt}os ~ nog VI
what was even more nTnvai,e tiIl ,,,,a a @
seIf surrounded by At least score of Ie.'e tieIe
nhihions animals who iistenad to al n T;S i ai
much eagerness, though upon each face there was
a broad grin, which struck me as very meaning |
less.
! retraced my steps to my cottage, men, women
and children avoiding me as | passed through the
few streets of the little town. and summoned nv |
manserFant, Robert to whom ! mentioned what |
had taken place, asking him if he could possibly |
account for such demeanor. Robert smiled ana |
replied:
o, yes, sir y