New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-06


select; aud as Mr. sairblossom had taken his seat
on side of the church where nobody happened g |
be near him, ne had the satsiacuon, before II
came 70 his irn, ofseeing that eysryhoay eiss pat
something in the box. Presently the man VITA the
receptacle of peeuniGry offerings came directly
toward him, crossed over TO that sde ot me church
solely on Ills account, and owing to the Isolated
position of the object OF this movement, and his
being a stranger Of no ordinary appearance, NEST
of the congregation, the young ladies especially,
turned their curious gaze in the same direction.
Poor Farhlossom shrank, like a sovitiate coun-
\ tetfeiter who sees the hand of a policeman ex-
tended to tap him on the shoulde1, and as ae sat
With dowucast eyes, burning checks and iEapeded
respiration, he felt rather than SEW that the money
box was presented OF Kim. Much ratherswoul he
/ that it had been q pistol or olunderbess. With
a forced cough of eating significance the pious
collector turned aws4y, and as Fairblossom timidy
glanced around, he saw thss the elderworshipers
were looking at lel with solemn rebGie, while the
| yeung ladies averted their eyes witt an express
SION of regret at the disay poiatment they had eN
s,erienccd in his character As soonas the closing
| hymn snd the benedicsson were over, he qulttes
the ckurch and roameS once more through the
suburbs, feeling accutoy that for the time beng
he was avss,abond ard an outoest from hufaan
fsooitsy.
4 Al length he reachad an old oak tree, on the
4 roe is of wksch he sat down in saisconsolate att
i t<le but hearing aF,proachug Footsteps, he uesed
\ hes eyes end obseryed that heTss near the dwell
4 ig of the old lady who had lately given him such
i q Serious homiy cn pies and his presumption in
asking for credit The footsteps he heard were
Il those IL Rosanra the pie-baaeFts daughter who
! shaped hsr coEsse directly towards himself. In
enc kand she carried small pitcher of 'tptre
couRtry milk -(not an s4secryphal article, snch
as certain speculative Hib9rnians sell under that
title in Philadelphia and Nssg 1ofk) land her other
hand supported a plate containing some Slices Of
i exquisite hosge-made bread. These refreshments,
wtsh many bilshes RosanIla offered to the fainting
tsFgirblossona, who was BOW too hungry by many
4 degrees, to stand on idle ceremony. In the mean
4 while his benefactfess tearfully amenteG aaer mo-
q thers upgenerous conduct, and regretted that it
4 was out of her power to offer him anything better
4 For the FIRST time that afternoon, Fairblossom
smiled with expression of pleasure, and most
ardent and sincere were his expressions of graft
Il tude when he had disposed of the provisions. But
fearful that her maternal parent would discover her
absence. or in vulgar phraseoiogy, that s her
mother would know that she was out the rustic
beauty briefly assured him that hewas 9. very vel
= Icome.a and hastened back to the house.
fsS Surely that generous girl was born to be the
salvation of Burlington, thought Mr.. Fairbossom
and as twilight had now arrived he again started
for the residence of Major Silverthorn, which hap
Ipened to be two miles out of town. He lost his
IL way, however, and darkness came on before he
could find the mansion; and, as he was unused to
: .so much foet travel, he was indeed weary wan
! dererwhen he knocked at the Majors door: but he
consoled himself with antcipations of the cheering
hospitality he should experience within.
His knock was answered by the Major himself,
1 who, by the light Of lamp which he held in his
hand, scanned suspicieusly the strangers dusky
| costume and inud-spattered boots.
. Y
to ask for shelter beneath your roof, srH meekly
inquired Mr.. Fairblossom. Major Sverthorn Gn
whose face, by the way there was little or no ndi-
cation of beneyolence OF lIbeTality} nsWered
: somewhat gruffly:
!" There's d tavern not far off, SIR
g But have not a cent of money" ingenously
replied Mr.. Fairblossom.
ts0hi and pray why mightFnt you as well beg
shelter from the tavern.keeper as from me?" de-
manded the Major. He has more accommoda.
tions and is less particular than am as to what
sort of beope he has in his house. Try old Win
gleton in the main street, he takes in almost any,
Ebody.''
q This Wingeton was the very landlord who had
refused to let Fairblossom have dinner on the
lsseredt system wherefore the young man an
4 swered with some embarrassment:
| 81 have already had an interview with that per-
som
n s' Ah ha! he knows you too we'll / suppose,''
said Silyerthorn, with sort of vndictiye triumph,
tIiudged, young man, when you confessed that
you had no money, that you were suspicious sort
. of person, and / think now that remember hear
ing that Wingleten had pair of silver sugar -tongs
: stolen from him lately. Good night to you, and
bear in mind that there's steel thieftrap and a
very savage watch-dog about my premises"
, Here the Major slammed the door and fastened
it, and Fairbiossom, after standing paralyzed for
few moments, and almost doubling if this was the
same planet in which he had hitherto resided
turned away with many sorrowfnl and some angry
| reflections. He made one more trial to obtain
lodging at a neighboring house, but the individual
who popped his night-capped head out Of window
| to answer the summons, merely referred him as
Major Silyerthorn had done, to the tavern, and
| then closed the conference and the window.
| Seeing barn close at hand, and remembering to
have read in novels of vagrants taking shelter in
such places, Farblossom tried the door, and find
ing it nnfastened, entered and threw himself on
a pile of straw. 1t Was cool night in early
spring and the Indifferent substitute for the warm
feather bed to which our hero had been accustomed
did not make him quite comfortable. When he
awoke in the morning he could not imagine what
produced such a stiffness and aching in his limbs
and between this and the fact that he was half
| famshed for want of food, he could scarcely drag
himself along. He managed, however, by stop
ping every now and then to rest to reach the land
ing place of the steamboat for Philadelphia, to
which place he hoped to make his escape.
Il A boat was about 10 start, and Fairblossom very
frankly related to the collector of fares the whole
i story Of his experiment promising to pay for his
passage, with the addition Of handsome bonus,
as soon as he arrived at Philadelphia. 70 his NOR
4 tfication, the steamboatman seemed to regard it
as quite incredible that wealthy person should
voluntarily make such trial of poverty For,''
said he, g every sueking baby knows that no per-
son can get along in this world without money!
Fairblossom was about to resign himself to des-
pair, when his hand was elasped by his friend
Lukens, who, knowing that the young man would
get into difficulties, had considerably come to
, Burlington on purpose to meet him.
Lukens viewed with concern the pale and hag-
gard appearance poor Fairblossoni, who honestly
Z confessed that he had learned more of human ma
ture by this one days experiment than he had in
all his previous life.
A few years after, however, Mr.. Fairblossom
spoke of his penniless pilgrimage as very fortu-
+ nate event, as it served to make him acquainted
s with the amicable character of Rosanna, the pie
bakers daughter, who is now Mrs Fairblossom,
and is regarded by Mr. +. as the only specimen
81 Of humanity that will bear critical examination.
Il +p-----
4 tlYouEa FELLowi TRAMPs.-The young fellows
4 who trudge along bareooted, five OF six together,
their boots slung over their shoulders their shah,
by bundles under their arms, their sticks newly cut
from some roadside wood, are not eminently pre-.
Il possessing, but are much less Objectionable
There Is tramp fellowship among them. They
pick one another up at resting stations and go on
in companies. They always go at fast swing
though they generally limp too-and there is inya-
riably one Of the company who has much ado to
/ keep up with the rest They generally talk about
\ horses, and any other means of locomotion but
walking; or. Que of the. company relates some re-
cent experiences of the road, which always dis
4 putes and difficulties. AS for example.
SO as I'm standing at the pump in the market,
blest Il there don't come up beadle, and he ses !:
Mus stand here.'
Why not2 ses.
No beggars allowed in this town. he ses.
Who ever saw me beg? Did you 2 ses.
Then you're tramp, he ses.
4 I'D rather be that than beade, : ses.
lrhe company express great approyal9
Would your he ses to me.
sYes would / ses to him.
L. well, he seS sanyhOW. get ont of this toyyn.f