New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-11
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phenomenon was that sometimes my Uncle Ourrie-
hills musical devotion actually encroacned on the
canonieal hours Of prayer, blush TO confess mat
F6sn igSaa b snat dont know NOW to this
hour-had carried us past the hour Of the Muezzins
Call to Prayer, made no faint offer even to supply
that officers place, and remind my uncle that the
turn for sacred things had now arrived.
But his passion for the Sinners Opera had grown
by what il fed on and insensibly had, one by one
taught him nearly all the airsin that masterpiece
an incautous thing on my part; yet the gr0tesque
hunor of the situation had sort of charm for me
But was on a precipice.
One day he had gone out to his music-seer's, to
getsome. real old music" and was absent very
long When he came back read in his face that
something had happened. In faltering voice,
asked, q Anything occurred, Uncle CurrehHl?'
"This has oc carred, sir,n he answered in a
voice of deep anger; Just step with me into the
music-shop to-day, and they showed me to a new
instrument sir and asked me to try it, and did
try it, and played that--tltat thingthat icentious
drinking thing that yoU brought into this virtuouS
house And a gentleman at the end of the shop
called out, Why, that's the air in the -
| What dye mean, srY ] thought Id have
dropped on the ground. How dare you intro
duce such corrupt, filthy stuff into this house, that
noisome, unholy TravlatdT'' .-. FL.
He used the figure of personifcaton hera with
such force and graphic power that l actually
looked round to see if there was any person an
swerng the description present. He went on
| g You are not fit for this place. You have poi
soned the air You are morally corrupt, sir. You
| had better go home at Once.h / answered, with
| some penitenCe and pride mixed, that was very
| sorry, but would not trespass on his hospitality
| longer.
That night we had no music, but sat moody and
| solitary. The hours dragged on, and we went to
| the exercises which it seemed to me, he deiv cred
with peculiar and special ascerbity
| So went by several days, and not single scrape
was heard in the house. He scarcely spoke to me.
At last, one morning, in sort of defiant way, as
| tyhO ShOul1
self from amusement in my own house to satisfy
your sulks' he took his violin and began to play
Corelli, the "Gigas," then the g Corantos," then
the :. Sarabandas," and finally well through to the
g Ye Follia." (Evenat that moment Of detection,
when my prospects seemed dashed forever, /
found myself specializing as to what the admirable
Curriehill, warmed to his work. played other
tunes, and in few minutes-could believe my
ears? -had gided into the wicked drinking song
out Of the TRAY. No matter, he stopped in
moment, catching himself in the act, biushed like
a girl, gave an impatient /" Pish!n threw. down his
violin then laughed. He came over to me with
his hand out. "My dear boy" he said, there's
no use carrying it on. ! am like a fellow that is
in love with some low GIRL What can I do ]?
There is no harm in it, after all, though the Rev;
Mr.. McCorkup turns up his eyes, and says it will
light up in us all the-no matter. don't believe
him, though l mean, don't think he can know"
my dear uncle,n ] said, with enthusiasm,
"Verds music is now established all over the
| world. Kings, courts, palaces lawyers, priests,
and parsons delight in it, revel in it. 1t is the
music of the day. 1t is driving out every other
this particular production, | could show you
something that would astou@d you. 1t is being
played now.'
) He started Now"
eyes said, every night. to houses crammed
to the roof The Voltareli, the lovely little crea
ture, plays tue part Of the Trav -, | mean Of
royal family, the ministers of state, the two
4 houses of Parliament, together with their wives
and daughters, 60 Unfortunately.
He burst out warmly, For shame, sir, ! don
believe you. This is an atrocious libel. You arr
z d n abandoned fellow. Go away"
LAS live | said, "Unce Curriehill, I am Sc
! rious. Look here. The morning Plush of yester
: day-list of the company-at the royal Italian
I chioness of Kllfeathers and the Honorable ks:
Downies ~, Lord Tyburn, Yiscount and Wis
countess Ketchup,-and listen to this, unce,n
: said what do you say to this?-Lady Catharn'
u MacgregOr and the Miss Macgregors ~
g 1t came on him like a shot. For Lady Catharin
I was shining light at our synagogue had e2eT
I cises herself; maintained a cold blue ascetiea
a rule in Scotland only lately had been seduced t
h London by the noble family Of Hilburys who wer
\ to show them good society. Whatwas the result
= They were fallen women" so the Rev. Mr.. Nc
- Corkup called them.
Ny uncle groaned yet the effect on him was nc
what it was to be on Mr.. McCorkup. It was pur
II wonder and establishment, and not at all to th
y prejudice of the fallen women" He had such
as high opinion Of the sanctity of Lady Catharin
V, that it seemed to him not so much that she ha
" sunk by going as that there must have been a mi
10 take about the nature of the thing itself. | sa
a. his indectson, and struck in with fresh blow
lg 40, I have seen her name very often. She got
"a to everything. Never misses anything. | 81
as the-the-''I stopped.
X, ''La Traviata, said my uncle absenty.
Yes Invent on, - is fixed for tonight. 81
win be there again with the Queen and royal far
s'cOf course, - he said testify he is included
ut the royal family Very odd, very, very odd"
ne He went away Illuminating. 1t was now about
lg o'clock. He went up to his room and shut hin
1d self in, perhaps for the private exercises. 7
n, wards he suddenly came down
he 81 have to go out he said, "my dear boy,
ia meet friend I shall have business in the eve
n ing and shall very likely dine at a chop house,
m q Dine at chop housed" repeated, astounde
81 q Yes; So make yourself as comfortable as y
eu can without me-
his When he was gone I repeated to myself, ''Dh
". at a chop house!' l could not make it out. ST.
nS denly little bill on the chimney-pieCe met n
49,, eye. It was to the etfecttha on that evening
20, " Rev. wilkins Hubbard, - who had spent seven
J. eight years in the Sandwich Islands, would relf
le' how he had been, so to speak, snatched out of
Iys lions jaws. This explained it, for wilkins Hu
- bard did not belong TO our severe Scotch denoE
y" nation, but to sort who were supposed to ha
. no saving grace = whom elders had settl
tP, were to be q cast outtinay." Yet notwithsta1
*, ing, Wilkins Hubbard was a remarkable man, q
L.. had suspected Uncle Curriehill hankered at
that pdl IiCuldf spiritual utsupOI' 1udt
on the whole quite Clearl y.
we Let alone, horrd, secret, oyerpoWering ten
gu tation entered into me. Here was an emporium
us for vision that had haunted me day and mig
OK, Here it was in my grasp. wilkins Hubbard,
pug he was worth his salt l said contemptuous
ana as a Sandwich Island missionary" could
mad take less than two three hours for his dscoul
oo If he be not good for that, let him retire from
uld vain and proftess task and give place to bet
TED men. While my Uncle Curriehill was ORWELL
elu in his lights, what if I?-the opera house was
mat mile away, the curtain would rise at eight pu
er s tually (no matter when it came DOWN. Ye
own would do it.
tum A hanson was passing. A wild cry arres
Z, as his progress, and brought up the serious II
ght. servant IN. B.-I never believed in his seric
love ness going beyond gin.) He thought was of
nae, had wilkins Hubbard and the Sandwich Islanders,
nat also thought it unspritual in me to choose sue
'scarnal vessel y as hanson. We drove aw
TOT. I almost derious, and got to the opera he
nay, safely. Never did l feel SO gullty-so full
7hce crime.
r.. Gorgeous sight! Dazzling, bewildering b
our of beauty! Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp was
.,c to be named with it-no, nor the Arabian Mig
1ant. little country town n ..hsnd y of fifteen ca
u MS by courtesy and with reasonable pride-for it
an enormous etfort-the o1'ctestr0, I looked
saluJ to it with DISGUST, Here eyeryt hing was