New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-19
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happened in the parlors of Wizards last
night whenI noticed circle of quill.driverf
and congressman gathered about the piano
at which sat fair lady, made up of stee
springs and grasshoppers. who Kept hei
body, the piano and her tongue in continu
Gus play, She wore crop OF short, light
hair, wavy to curls almost, on which rested
a mans straw hat, contrasting oddly enough
with 8water proof c1asped ABOUT her round
white throat. Her face Was lit up with q
pair Of large. luminous eyes, and vOmanly
enough; but for a chin, mouth and Roman
nose that nature, intending for man, hest.
tatingly gave to this woman. ssts .,zss4 =
Little Copeland, who, satswith his mouth
andy eyes open, rs it seeking to fill them
with amusement and admiration, called me
up. and / was introduced to Miss. Pennie G.
This is our most distinguished CORE.
spondent," said little Copeland.
= "Eh what ?" asked the female bull OF
bear. as the case may be. tossing her straw
into the air with one large white hand,
while she clasped mine with the other.
"Eh! what did you say the name was ?"
Pee-att-Colonel Pee att Colonel Dom
Pee.att, }" responded Copeland, with emphasis.
Evidently the name and fame of your cor
respondent had. never reached the female
recesses of Wall street. The light died out
of her harmonious conference.-the had
evidently gone in On herself wonderingly in
search of that unknown name. Suddenly
her face Lit ur like lantern, and she asked,
tst it+- - s..i"' ~
"Spratt, did you say?' f Ue,ab tss
Little Copeland grew desperate.
NO. did not say Spratt; said Donn
Piatt, correspondent of the Cincinnati Com.
n,ercidl.". a. TH icAs NSi14~.I'
cincinnati Commercial" triumphaptly
exclaimed the fair broker. II know every
body in the Commercial. I did over thou
sand dollars worth of advertising in the
Commercial. They all love me there. Are
you a son or brother, or anything of Mr..
Halstead?" she asked of me.
81 come under the head of anything I
believe, Miss Ciaflin.n aftoa rs
''Well, he's goodish sor. of man, and
we'll hammered, If you advertise good
'sHov do you find Washington. Miss
Clafiin ?" : t4c.s g raaae 1sy $500 -a
Perfectly charming. You ought to see
me in the lobby, as they call II, surrounded
by Congressmen. They are delightful PEG.
ple-gfeat deal better than brokers. Bro
kers are beasts, called Bulls and Bears.'n .
They are as bad as thieves and cut
throAts."
II beg pardon, Miss Clafiin, but that is
rather hard on our thieves and cutthroats."
'Eh what did you say 2" she asked. look
ing puzzled. To get a joke into Miss Clafin
would require fearful operation.
LOOK here, Miss Clafin," exclaimed
Copeland, Indignantly; that's humor-thst's
the Colonel's humor, hang it. Why don't
you laugh 2"
Miss Ciat1in looked more puzzled than
ever, and, suddenly retreating to the piano,
struck into wild, plaintive air. that
sounded like. "Eerguson's Lament or 'Bo-
Retreat
II say, Copeland" remarked to my en-.
lhusiastic young friend, IF you don't sub.
side, / shall be taken with temporary ut
Of insanity, resulting in 4 death IN your
family" -
''Birst it, erred Copey, don't want the
woman to make fool OF herself"
"Quite impossible, my dear Copey. Nature
lid that for her.
: "Oh! come, now-none of that; she's a
friend of mine.n =--
Il did not insinuate that she was not"
Miss Claim, having recovered from her
slight embarrassment, came out from behind
her breastworks-I beg pardon, / mean the
piano and charged On me again. srI
II went to see Graut yesterday.".
"And how did you find his Excellency ?''
"a great deal better than / expected. He
s better looking" i. -s1i ~,
"That is because ne keeps Dent as back.
ground" -. 80. .f
.'Whose Dent?" asked Miss c., again re-
apsing into doubt and amazement.
"a small man attached to big nose. and
High Custodian OF Card Basket and Boot
ack." '-
shoemaker she asked, looking more
puzzled than ever.
: "Well-yes-aboust the same thing; regu-
ar army. But about Grant?"'
swell, he's more sociable, and has more
ense than the world believes. l met him
md giving him both my hands, asked, Are
,ou 'Lysus Grant, he said 'yes;' then said
you are the picture of your brother, Or
nile Grant; do you know what said to Or.
7ille?' NO. said the president. We'll 1
vent to him to bay pair of ponies. and as
We were trying them he kept blowing. and
It last said '0rville, if your brother 'Lysus
s no better master than you are he'd better
top trying to be president You ought to
AVE heard 'Lysus laugh. l met him On the
venue this morning, and l made up my
mind as l saw him approaching to let him
'peak first. He lifted his hat with smile,
md you ought to have seen mine go up. /
lad quite crowd of gents about me, and
Ill their hats went up"
sit was firing by platoon
~ don't know; you make such odd re-
marks and those gentlemen laugh as If they
Jaw something in them. Do you know that
,our face is very familiar to me? l yet
ion't know where to place it."
place 1t next your own. MISS Clahln,
md while stim ulating your memory it will
oe very pleasant to me-"
Now, that speech would be an imper-
inence to any one but Wall street
3roker. I have gone through that until
I'm utterly Indifferent; and as much so as
t l were an ilimannered, stupid man."
Your rebuke is just; stand corrected.
You had lively time in Wall street?'
Didn't l? The vulgar, selfish wretches
we're determined to drive me out. was
determined not to be driven. said to
hem, at last: 4 have paid tor my Office
Tor one year in advance, and / intend to
keep it and do business there. If you say
i've there. They tried all sorts Of little
games to do me; but all of no use."
1T is strange, that with your lack of
financial education and experience, they
did not trip you up" -
"Bless your soul, kept my eye on old
Vanderbilt. I advised with him. 1t was
good fun for the old Commodore to see
woman too much for the sharpest; SO he
helped me; and kept my eye on him, you
bet"
swell, Mademoiselle Bruin, must take
my leave, having an engagement that tears
me away from your fascinating conversa-
ton will return in the morning and con-
vince you that we are old acquaintance"
"How old? Where did meet you be-
lore? Your face is very familiar"
"That matter of years is too delicate a
subject for you and /, and as for the cir
You must not expect me to re-
veal them in this crowd
"Then the crowd must excuse rs, for l am
determined to knows" and taking my arm,
We swept into the hall. and marching to
md fro for half an hour, tried in vain to
,all to the fair broker my gentle reminis-