The New Orleans crescent., 1868-03-29

He got struek after rsmnta, and so did /. He had
wealth, while had exquisite personal beauty. and
was OF noble birth, having been stolen by gypsies
when infant. II you ever noticed il, sll children
stolen by gypsies ere Of noble birth. and very
handsome.
he (NihT) lavished bis wealth on her ! and she
liked him. He took her to ice cream and intro
duced her to Charlotte Russo. He bought her
bouquets Of flowers that cost as much as rs TO 30
cents apiece, and hunk after hunk Of sponge cake
and soda drawn from glass fountains, all without
regard to expense. t'.tr
OF course this got Araminta-it'l git any wo-
man. whar is the other sex that can stand up
against such temptations as the above? II Is wo-
mans nature TO want something to cling to- some.
thing to love; and II they love ice cream and
spenge cake they'll cling to 'em. 1t is circular
ciDgumstance.
But all things have an end, except rings, and
even some rings have an end, &" whisky rings, -
for instants.) One evil day we met, and he didn't
speak TO me. he had on his store clothes. His
shirt was ruffied. and SO was his temper. He
stopped and looked derceIy. he exclaimed:
81 am here J"
"stand back and let the parsin con.r sed L.
"a You are another" sed he.
"Yon're no better than you should be-" said I,
Enough, sir; we understand each other; here
is my card you shall hear from me, STRIP and he
left me for more refreshing beverage.
passed miserable night. Expecting that
should be obliged 70 kill this man who had so
grossly insulted me, / went and fortified myself
with three dozen raw oysters, five six glasses of
whisky, some fried sausages and fried potatoes
and retired. could not sleep. don't know
why, except that kept thinking that Mill would
want his honor satisfied, and should be obliged
to kill him te save my honor / knew 1t was
right enough to do II If only did il in a gentle
manly way with kid gloves, and so my conscience
r.-wfa H. - .t.n
was il, then, that kept me awake, 1t certainly
wasn't the oysters and potatoes aud sausage and
whisky, no, not them; but couldn't sleep.
When awoke, the sun was shining in through
the side Of the house. There was a window in
the side Of the house. There was knock at the
door and two gentlemen entered, bearing a note
lmotioned them to sit and they sot. One Of
them spoke.
"Mr. Head, we beg 10000 --v
g am sorry, gentlemen, but i haven't that
amount about me. except in New Orleans city
money, and that won't pass"
"No no. Mr.. Head, was about to say we beg
10000 pardons for disturbing you, and wouldn't
have done so. sir, for the world only that we have
a very important mess--n
"Ibope you'll excuse me. gentlemen. but eat
such mess last night that | haven't slept
wink!"
{" But, my dear sir. you do not comprehend
that we have a very important message for you
which requires an Immediate answer"
oh, you have, sir; then please to pass II this
way Immediately, and I'll attend to tito onct"
While he Is passing me the note viii describe
the aforesaid callers The speaker was an urchin
Of some 30 summers, or some'rs thereabouts, a
democrat by profession, gentleman by trade and
was neatly dressed in allo tailed coat paper
collar and white crayat. The other fellow was
also in the gentleman business and always drank
when he was asked. asked them both to drink
and they consented In the most natural and gen.
tlemanly manner.
The note read as follows:
bound TO Rue IT, -, 1865.
my Dear Mr.. Head
Dear ST-You grossly insulted me the
other day by saying that was no better than
should be. My homer demands that you apol-
lergise by sending me q note, or tell these gen.
tlemen where and when may kill you IN
gentiemapy manner. 4 glf 3ffli-7f SEQ
81 have the homer, my dear sir, to be your
most obedient servant, NIHIL.r
rose up in my bed, and, looking earnestly
al my enemies, who were drinking up my
whisky, | said: tfa
"Gentlemen, shall not send any note to
Mill, as am opposed to giving notes to any
body" ~
= Then You don't apologise?"
"Nsry an apol," said l.. -f
"Then. we can have no further conversation
with you. We viii take drink of your whisky,
as you have no champagne, and take our leave"
They took my whisky and took their leave.
Leaves have their tine to fAln
= Immediately rose from my bed. feeling that
II was the last rose of summer, and sitting down
TO the table in my-t0ot ensemble, wrote 10 of
my friends as follows:
CRY HOTEL, March, 1868.
4" FeLeT. citizens There is q man who imag-
ines his honor has been injured, and wants TO be
killed in gentlemanly way to satisfy the injury.
II he is properly killed, he ought to feel salts
fed. leave IL 10 you to arrange preliminaries
for funeral at your earliest convenience.
+" ferociously, A. HEAD"
Having sent this by my slave, was up and
dressed in short meter by my watch. Soon my
friends arrived and taking some whisky at my
expense, sat down and indicted the following let
ter 10 my enemy:
Gerry HOTEL, same date.
/" Mr.. Nitil-I take my pen in hand TO inform
you that am WE'LL and hope these few lines will
find you enjoying the same blessing. | received
your note, and desire TO say in the most gentle.
manly manner, that all communication between
us is at end, and that the gentlemen who bear
this note to you will arrange with your friends
the mode Of your death, and the when and the
whore Of the same. For further particulars see
small bills.
"Your gentlemanly enemy,
"A. HEAD"
Myfriends having taken another drink of whisky,
and invited themselves to dine at my expense,
got up and got.
After few hours, my friends returned, and the
principal spoke as follows latter drnkingl;
Mr. Head, your committee on the killing biz
enemy, and we are theirn."
We met by chance, the usual way, and shaking
hands all round and taking drink, proce sded TO
business. You being the challenged party, was
entitled to the choice of weapons | knowing that
yon could handle double barreled slot quo, we
chose shot guns, loaded with dozen buckshot,
at 10 PAGES averdnpois. You will aver care,
poise your shot gun and let drive. Shoot
low and kill him If you eau. Let us drink.
thanked my friends for their great kindness in
selecting such gentlemanly weapons, and We all
sat down to dinner. We all sgreed that the con
fiict was one which could not have been avoided
unless we passed IL BY, and that the injury was
perpendicular that nothing but bulood would
wash it out.
After dnnerT took my friends in carriage and
went ont 10 practice. Arrived ont, found my
antagonist hard at work with a spade, digging his
grave. Not 10 be outdone in polIteness. | jumped
cut of the carriage and procseded TO dig my grave
few feet from where my enemy was at work.
We neverspoke. buuafter the holes we're dug aud
laying down in them 10 see If they would ft be-
fore we ft we all returned to town.
Arriving az home. my friends went to Moody's
end bought some white kid gloves for me and
dozen each for themselves, besides some frilled
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