New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-29

piece OF road. You kin git down.. very tiahh-
fully we ayailed ourselves Of the permission, for
fourteen hours in one position becomes little
even if it is only sitting STILL Hitching
our horse, the old man began, s Here, you JAKE, c
Bill, Tom, some of you boys take this here horse
and give him a feed, and lock him and this mere
buggy up in the stable and you, Jim, bring that
there harness right along in the house. OF some
body'll make love to it, Walk IN, inarlh "e'er
mighty plain folks Mere" .s...@yss,5.
i wonder If ever shall forget that night, with
al, its events of fun and horror? The room we
were shown into was indeed "pooty full"
number ofsmen, some of whom from their ap-
pearance might have been jayhawkers or any-
thing else, sat around large wood fire, whose
ftful blaze as it now flashed out, then died away,
made their faces now CHASTITY, now ruddy, and
caused the whole room, with its cleaning, dark
ling shadows, to have a weird and unearthly
look. The conversation carried on in low tones
| was III a terrible murder that had been COM
mitted in the neighborhood that week. and did not
add any particular consolation to my wearied and
troubled mind. 9 .f sss
1 But supper was announced, and we all walked
| out to the supper room, where good cup OF
1 coffee and warm supper made US more com
/ Portable, and the conversation took gayer tome
and auib and Jest went round though much of it |
was lost on Lizzie and ], from its being of local
nature and strange to US. The old man began to
question us as to whence we came and where we
i. were going but those were times when indeed "a
n still tongue makes wise head,' and answers
did not afford much solid information. "Be You mar
ried mar,' said he to Lizzie mo sir" IVY ell you
ought to lie, nice looking woman like you should
not stay single, faint right" Well, sir, I've
made mn nv mind when can find man who is
~. ~. "A Ian nf IN
! Tll take him., Law, how funny, here is the
e very man foryou, them said the old man, slap
:. ming a tall, slender, genteel looking man on the
q chandler az he burst out into huge laugh, "Tve
# rot The yery man, and you can get married right
# away if that is all You ask, and than that,
l. he's q mighty nice MAJ and will do well by you"
e Lizzie,s face was sight to look at, while roars
o of laughter burst from all around the table, in
4. which the gentleman coolly shown up heartily
J, Joined. For once she ,eemed at loss in making
:. an answer In making her reply to the old mans
Of remark she had little lea of any present fill
a. ing the bill, which, stange as it may seem, was
IL really the case His eyes, like the black beads,
a. seemed alike clear md bright, yet one of them
IN was devoid Of sight md when we arose from the
Ii table, we saw be we, also lame. Laughingly he
he said: | .s-f5
ne "Well madim, ! am bachelor. and at your
MS service. dn't think could do better, though
he lyou might,n rrs4
m "Oh n tell you what l think of it in
Ie the mornin after dreaming on it for luck" re-
CHI plied Iizzi with blush and smile, as we with
ed drew frorthe table and asked to be shown to our
his room,
of It wasa large, unfinished room to which the
in. negress onducted us, and found that there was
civ no way fseeuring the windows and doors. This
Gr,,.nn J,,,tT rad tnn
Use 50 no ne could enter without sufficient noise tc
as awake US. Having large amount of money
ms, uponty person, and some of it gold, had got
of ten 10 quite nervous state before got ready
,m for ID, when, in taking the round of the ROOM tt
ice seef all was right for the night approached
in theireplace, as thought it to be-to my grea
est, dsay, found it a hole, no hearth, no Gimme.
ties the, simply an open mole leading nto Tue yaro
1 a al not over four feet from the ground. Urea
ling Evidence, Lizzie! LOOK atthis," cried l. wen
zine vat now, Judith 9. she fepiied rom 'he peo
the mere she was already shusiy tucked H. Jus
in e this great mole, ana no eafthiy way % sun
in ing It'll very wen, then, come 70 yea anu "
ica met." Ihere was hotiis eise ior ~,
ton ady IKE sitthg up Will 'nas nue. was wv vi
der-to 90 So anu loohiiis W see NY "'Spoi ""' :"
1aterlsnt, piaceu my eanuie anu nA".SNe' "n1ie
couiu fea0n .noi. ON .'"lu Iaa,,a ~ W.
10 had nagne.lc 'hhuenoe upon nv oolu NV .,
my tnougnls iroiii ~ anu ",u. an ny "oons' W.
sleepy 9ou was ooS' aiu :. NO W. AZ WY
sma hours ayoh' 'he 'faA. oeioi' ~ ppou NV
ooze. hao soaiee 0'oseu my YES ~ sees ~. '
me- oeiore siasn' noise s'lu'n upoii ny esi
the drection y, .iie hiep,"oe -. ,iau
Y ana ialht iishe can'e enfousn sn' Jus
v enough 10 enapie mt " oisoein wv oNye :,
h the ROOM hs'eheu' anu asa,n. nea a, vas :
l. strange nolse' a shgh'' uiassins soun ,t,. "a
( though some one was Trying " s.oaiS,ii.
!. pull up oy the ooaras. Raising NY ne"u iooae
-, toward the hrepiace lnefe was sone'll IN
w. there, Out coaia ho' u's'nsu'sn "na' ~,
ment, and tnen neao appeafeo, 'nen s'o"'
., the person ralsea ana gov up Oh sns noo'' on
90 .nete ~ ule ioo'l ".'n uS, VS. ~ aonnh.
10 blackened iace-hot negro iof nau o"usn'
,ar glimpse OF winte arm az ne nau pui.eu INNS
I'd up Llzz'e' worn oo1 WIN ',le u'y nv NV
IVA at all nervous, was souha asleep anu 1e
no gave hef had no ehec' III aiouslns NJ ..,, w.
Ia should dof was almost paiaiyNeu WIN IL"
and the dread uncertainty "haS W w. oh' 'iio III