The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-12

The HanIOns OutdOne !--Husband
and Wife Flying !.-New way TO pay
a Hotel Bill.
In this seemingly demoralized state
Of sOciety-or, rather under the pres
ent state of sfiairs-we presume that
but few of our readers would be sur
prised at the occurrence of any event,
no matter how awful, how revolving,
how terrible or how ludicrous. We
feel therefore, the more justification in
laying before them the history of at
least very singular circumstance.
On Wednesday morning last a gen
tleman, we'll dressed, entered the
Broadway Hotel and composedly regis
tered his name and took a room. He
was reticent in his manner, took his
meals regularly and retired early to
rest Nothing remarkable in all that,
say you, gentle reader, and we agree
with you; but hold. Yesterday morL-
ing there alighted from a conveyance
at the same hotel a lady with q babe in
her arms, well and comfortably muffled
up, as is usual, we are told, with
anxious mothers. Our polite friend
s. at once waited upon her in the
parloT, when she inquired with trOub-
led air for W, the reticent gentle
man Of the day before On being told
that he was in the house, she seemed
delighted and exclaimed ''He is my
husband Show me TO his room" This
being done, no more was heard Of the
supposed-to-be happy couple until about
ten o'clock next morning, when an
order come from their room for lunch
con to be served there This order
having been duly complied with,
changed the scene for a time TO room
No The luncheon WAS dispatched
with vim aud gustO, as all the proven
der at the good old Broadway gener-
ally is, when Madam and her liege
lord, or attendant, must needs see the
Queen city; "but what shall we do with
the baby2 Ali | have it. Here. my
good girl, Ito one of the house-m aids
busting the room,) will you not care tor
my babe for about an hour, while we
take a short walk2 The girl, having
obtained permission from the worthy
Mrs, M. the housekeeper, agrees TO
do so, and the husband and wife depart
for a short walk They did not exact
ly fly, but they went The hours,
how sever, flew on with their usual
speed and precision of movement
Elevcn-girl and babe doing well.
Twelve-eirl and babe anxious, latter
fretful houseloeeper sstonished; no pa
rients One o'clock--girl in despair,
babe in a crying tit, exhibiting wonder
iul lungal capacity; housekeeper, IN
great distress, examines the room and
the child; no baggage; some baby
clothes in stand-drawer, nothing else;
pinned on child's dress a slip of pa
per, name on it A. D; nothing
more. We suppress the name. The
child, a very sweet one, by the by, ia
evidently deserted by the parents from
heartlessness, or 10 hide ~ crime. At
nine o clock last night nothing had been
heard OF the parties, nor will there
probably be. Aside from the cruelty
of the affair, this may be said 10 be
novel way of paying a hotel bill The
little wsif is not a greenback; its skin
is white. We think likely, however, -
may be called promise TO pay" In
the meantime, il is and will be we'll
cared for and the amount and guam
tity OF sanitary supplies that our genial
friend, Colonel Davis, patsr tami1ias Of
the Broadway will cause the new
boarder to imbibe, we leave TO conjec-
ture, guaranteeing, however that there
will be enough.-CueiHaati EHqlirer.