New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-22
Love and Glory.


My acquaintance with Mr., Tiddiiohn commence
with an abruptness that might have startled ri
grim less familiar than myself with the ways Q
this remarkable world.
90 You are admiring my wife, sir,r said Mr.. It'd
di1ohn, walking suddenly up within sixinches 3
my person. I'VE were on voyage from the nor
OF southampton to that Of Cowes, and the SCI
WAS am not aware ii the expression be tech
"sir,n, | replied, off the lady in the stripe,
Garlnaldl be your wife, it is impossible not I,
ADMIRE me composure, the grace, with which sh,
audptS herself to the singular motions of-o
thlsma,uneasy yess--Bless me, how she rolls,n
an me sea is lively, sir" said Mr.. Tiddiiohn
But the spirit of my wife scars superior to thu
F FhI J common to humanity, and never
En-! les, my idear--EXcuse me, s1r--Herf
STEWARDSHIP
And he darted away.
she is better, SIR" resumed Mr.. Tiddiiohn
presently returning.
4" am rejoiced TO hear it, sir ;" said J.
Glory loses no luster on these occasions sir &
continued my friend, punchy little man, with a
curious mixture Of stateliness and yulgarity.
Glory, sir, has more to do with heart than
stomach" l observed
~You are right, sir" said Mr.. Tiddiiohn.
NeVertheless, half dozen carawaya seeds would
have done no harm.n
" beg your pardonT
They might have absolved her from this ne
cessity, sir" said Mr.. Tiddohn. In another
the situation would have been humblng Glory
AAaheS everything attractive
Even sea sickness2n said T. laughing
cannot join in your mirth, sir,u REPLIED nv
queer lttle companion, drawing up his squat
figure to its full height. when see such
ppe!hg Stretched, limp and pale, upon saltish
| pe1ch, rejecting the offices Of friendship and
and great deal more--and with courtena6ce
I expressive OF the most profound Indifference as
I 70 me eyentualities of the Voyage-I ask myself
can mi t9s be !gloryH'
=, Glory, sir. My glory My wife's name is
Iloflana. Our family name is Tiddijohn.H
j g have the honor, sir,n resumed my friend
) g to be the husband Of that lady, on whom ID,
!ced that you were best0wing very marked atten-
tion feel til always do-as compliment to
/ myself accept your homage in the best spirit.
took me liberty Of addressing yon, contrary to
me customs of the circle in which we move, for
Ihe purpose Of inviting you to express, in the
PIanhest and most qnreseryed manner, your
opinion of my wife,.
,od glanced at Ct Mrs Iddijohn It was an nnlucky
moment. She was rising on her elbow while al,
attendant sylph, ornaiad-- II is no matter. for
l was already in position to confess, with ali
sincerity, that the wife of my curious little friend
was uhquesuonably very beautiful woman. 1t |
Is easy TO understand, further, that the beauty
mat can vndfcate itself under such adverse con
dltions must be of no mean order
i" Glorlana J" thought Come, she is wortbier
OF lhe name than that swearing boxing iron. |
AeaFted masculine firt upon whom Sidney's poet !
soul bestowed itn -
She had resumed her recumbent position ana I
could see the color timidly revisitng her smooth,
iar cheek, as ii 1t We're not quite certain Of its
texture, Her large, liquid, dafk.blue eyes were
n&ed upon the hurrying clouds, and she seemed |
maiterent even to the fact that an object raser1-
hilqg golden 32-pound shot, called, / am told a I
chlgnon," and carried at the back Of the head, |
mad burst its cerements, and hung a glitterinG
reclined. r.. @ "-Nts1- ~
IN Mr.. Iiddliohn was watching me with an express
1DIa p1ttaJ I.
g You are enchanted, sir,n he said, at last.
!, !" lhe spell is powerful, l must own. But,
excuse me, does not the lady at this instant
=" 1dursnt-thatis, Icannot approach her. ), said
FIR. Iiddiiohn, II have this moment received a
earning glance-famiar to me-and which ] in
lerpret thus: .. Keep your distance; you have
leen smoking" On atoendong, as we have yet
Y hour to Cowest will, with your permission
lGate TO you one of the most remarkable stories
Iou ever heard, and afterwards present you to its
e1roine.H nix
1f" embrace both offers, sir,,, II repJied. nand
ar cigarette, whose flavor will not survive its ex
Aeactlon above minute, will not, trust prevent Y
asE Delng admitted to the honor you propose. | I
Rs,ay begin.r ii4 gs-lEl - s
wgAir. Tddijohn placed himself in a comfortable I
" 2luon, commanding good view of his wife,
dht IN We4-chosen language, excepting when, for
pinoment or two, he became excited by the f
frEf4e, favored me with the following narrative.
am Born, sir commenced Mr. Tidiijohn. 5tein h
yedntock street, simmery-axe, transferred All an
thy age, about ten months, to the ancient feudal d
peqenGe Of the docks of Brandon, in Hampshire,
5shssed my sunny childhood among tile streams t
EsWoodlands of that beautiful DOMAINE Iu
theHou are connected with the family?n asked. 4 /
trilt am, SIR" replied Mr.. Tiddijohn, calmly: '
ViT mothef was wife of the DUKES under butler I
It'd subsequently aIy entity became housekeeper His b
esee' ~ all inc world j. aware, resided princ-
faa N modest lodging in Paris, and my {
ceaer's chief duties, for many wears consisted G
81 nltung little groups Of people (yYho thought b
stiwere taxing p!easure) at one end of the pic
siil perenptory at the other, for shilling. a
\ e fy excellent mother found this occupafion "a Il
sgtaDle tLat she conceived the idea of brinrYIG
\ zap to the same, and had already ,nastepad tt
pct;G m1a history Of the noble Brandons, down
/ DE ninth century, when--you'lI hardly believe.
! Nj hears, sir" (8fr. eTiddijohn was 6eenmino Il
fted) " a herder come for to sell the IDLE Iof k
SVn down to the Lady Halithea, who died M fc
aaea, OF Doping cough, .hlaged nine. Halter o.
h sackeriligioGs act nothing praspered, "A b.
IL Of, the mansion was burned down, tenants Of
I'D, hagents come to grief, the cook died and Sc
Hinother gave warning, which was took.
ne 5a d saved good lump Of money. sir-so, &c
last, thought it then,n continued Mr.. ITddi lii
Ns nigh five hundred pound. My father pro
III 10 take charge of this sum- to add TO it the dr.
lie OF his savings, (which proved to be nine. sa
M seven, take the whole to America, and in.
t in the purchase Of land. My mother and l til
I Z 10 return Tor the present, to Simmery-axe, I'M
!ne mm-my guv-nor, that is-atta future ha
promised to write, and KEEP his word; but sh
ten years to do it, &nd then he only men. lot
4 a that he would write again. / was, by this
ahout twenty, and thought should like to sa
Tnething for living, seeing it wasn't yery an
pie that my guV'nor and the five hundred tie
odd, had come 70 any good. My mother
anne what sheuld Like best TO be. l made he,
El a traveller, You see, had read a eel
/ Shocks of travel, Sinbad, Peter Wilkins, A 6is
3pn Crusoe, ansetterer, andhad great Wish Z
stforeign lands. We had q relation in the Pr,
LldS me at Liverpool, and when my mother bat
TELLING him my wishes, and asking his adj of
lme.i Iea
a 81, sir. took an affecting leave of my 9
III promising to return at five years at the fair
81 and to send her, in the meantime, little rell
pr my safety aadrememhranee-- diamond, g
Purses OF sequins, hundred monkeys. OF was
off, started in high spirits Tor Liverpool Gus
event DID not justify my. expectations low