La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1865-11-11

oiu $3.50 ny
meeting the skirts of my cont, who could
criticise my pantsa
With a well-established policy Of mod
%'erate enjftss*fneht ,'evsiaing the scilla Of in
toxication and the Charybdis of sobriety !;
determined to see and taste every rational
happiness, and only to get drunk late ut
night. / sailed forth with all the 'comTla-
cent dignity of u Bishop General on his
way TO an egg nogg frolic-
] soon encountered a group of %acgaain-
%tances, who greeted me with q warmth tru-
ly gratifying !; and when they described
the pride they had felt ut my ex ploits and
their grief at my wounds. I.would have
been indeed ungrateful hadI not glanced
around for a drinking saloon. Most singu-
lar coincidence ! We were standing in front
Of one-the citadel of which we attacked
in solid column: and4 found that, unlike
mot assaults, my column INCREASED as
we advanced, SO that by the time the glass
es were deployed had gained a loss of
about ten drinks. But they were all men
who admired me, and wanted to drink to
my g speedy promotion SO | threw down
a Confederate twenty with as much nom
chalance as a quartermaster, when the ex-
pert and gentlemanly bar-keeper leaned
over the counter and whispered with his
blandest smile" seven. mere if you
please, major dollar a drink
Bidding adieu to my enthusiastic friends
! lett them planted where I found them, at
theirpiquet station. exercising a most COM
mendabie vigilance lest Some new conner
should escape their congratulations, while
/ dfifted slowly along in the direction of
the headquarters of her whom / had
thought Of in the SHOWS ofTenaessee and
inDre dust Of Mississipm-ihtlre midnight
i(aRac and in the din of baRe-who Had
been my guiding stasxmy ai1Ea and my
dream. Now Isssas toa mad her dark eyes,
WHICH Ihsd leHFdimmed with tears, spark
- with pride at my fame Bully for me.
After | had turned the corner of Royal
and Dauphin, ! overheard an exclamation
bdfinAkM which made me tnp<A by head
in-time to see the neatest lfttl bt in tha
world, at the end Of tho most Bewitehing
open-worked stocking,as an angry beauty
shook her dress out after clearalg the
crowd Of soldiers, citizens, police officers.
and newsboys c~ongregatea ON the corner.
1.-The odious wretches' y she said to her
companion, = they had much better be
~ ~ t'Iai StdilQltlG OU GF-
cry corner staring people oat Of couate-
nance"
Major Comb !" / said to myself, !. rs
long as you remain in Mobile, never suffer
yourself to stand ON q corner and stare at
pretty women"
Fifteen minutes walk brought me near
the present residence of my fair refugee
without other adventure thar hearing a
female voice ffem the back gallery of a
hrst-class mansion, ia genuine caterwaui-
ing ones.
You Nancy Jane! What's them stock
ings doing blown down in the dirta Put
that baby down and come right mp here
this minute and fix my hair. you know
Colonel Buttonzolyer will be here directly,
and there you are nursing that nasty St
ng little brat-oh, lord, there's an oficer!s
she exclaimed, making a hasty but not
very graceful exit, as she met my admir-
ing gaze.
Whereupon | made the following philo-
sophie observation !: when you getmar-
.ried, Major Comb, don't have any back gal.
iery to your house, and then women emit
scream at the s~eryants.sA sweet voice. as
has been justly observed, is an excellent
I'LL III oiha II JoatiS III
have it expect when they speak through
their noses or scream at seryants-but
when they do both, together-scream at
niggers through their noses from a high
back gallery, it is a combination hard to
hear.
After having delivered myself to this
effect, / gave my moustaehe a fascinating
twist and entered the mansion where dweh
my Julianna Mariana. When my eyes be-
came accustomed to the obscurity of the
parlor, j found myself drawn up in line of
battle in front of a creature that [ must
describe.
It stood in front of me in the full uni
form of a major of cavalry, with the most
braid on his sleeves, the biggest stars on
his collar, the longest boots and brightest
spurs ever did see. Its hair was sleek,
and its moustache an goatee were waxed
to sharp points. On its hands were pink
kid gloves, and it smelt sweet. / had seen
such things, but not atIarge. They were
either following a hand-organ or riding a
black poney in the ring Of a menagerie.
While we stood gazing thus on each o.
Their, that mysterious r~Gstling Of silk and
volumptuous perfume which precedes a
pretty woman, announced the approach of
the ambition Of my lite.
Juru Llama ~
"My dear Curry ]"
were exclamations to be followed up
she saw that thing behind me, Pau
sing in her advance towards me, she ex-
claimed to wit:
Why, how de do. major; Tn delighted
to see you. Do you know major Peter Nip
Ninnego? Major Currycombe. Major Pet
er Nip Ninnego, of General Heltersplit's
STAFF
1t addressed itself to motion, and to my
utter astonisllment, it did speak.
law, Miss. Julia, been!taking a dwedful
wide with the General. Always ~wequests
meto wide with him, you know, although
! wemonstrate /; but WEAKLY, he wequires
my advice on all occasions. / am bwoke .
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