New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-29

Fever, that am now unable 70 retreat
am AFRAID my gerry particular friend
Miss Matte Pemberton, of Forty -nint
$straet, had something 10 DO with it. Their
lis most seductive power in fsttery, del
cateIy administered in homeopathic potion
by pretty girl. remember q picture o
il parrot, which bright vision in airy vest
ure was feeding from her own mouth. NJ,
{friends-to whom make this long delayed
c0nfession-b was that parrot. Matti
$p0sed for her own picture. Indeed, THAI
by this time taken to reading and commit
tting to memory whatever appeared nnde
$my own name. It was a measure of sell
3defense: And it had once occurred to no.
that if 1 were ever driven to the dreadful
dilemma Of furnishing an autograph poem
Per elee exposing my OVID incOnpetency.
B should by this means be prepared.
paid diligent court to the dear Mat
tie-more diligent than to any Judge o,
/ the bench of the metropolis. 8 bad i'm
aeIned q wild flight-like chat of d,
and then disclaimer offered there at frs,
and working it0way back among my friends
1 But little knew my fate. When the edge
begins to crumble one falls from the prec;
7 pice with swiftness which is surprising t.
I all except the individual who knows tina,
such fate must come.
T. had arrayed myself gergsous1y in broad
? SAOuA 0uU uu0- I'm 0uO uAU RUG inc U6ll
in ty-ninth street, feeling with pooy Tom
Hood that
There iseven happiness
Which makes the heart affaidS
There had been little disturbance that day
| in the city, consequent upon some Commu.
mist excitement. believe it grew oft of
1 the siege of Paris. I had not minded it at
alb, and should probably never have noticed
it had not met the banker,papa iDstesd Of
/ AZ near an approach % , chill a. 7
ever experienced affected me when met
him: My moral and mental atmosphere
FOOLED down as quickly Is though had run
out of the Gulf stream into the shadow of
an iceberg: l have NO doubt that my change
| of countensnce told against me.
The banker papa wished stirling explain
alton with me. The Eremimg Nail The was
good enough to observed had named An
thony Todd as the orator of some red
capped sanscuIottes in noted wine shoD
that morning. OF course it could not be
the gentleman with whom he then con.
versed! He paused for Q reply" like
Brutus-h0l1ing the Eceaing Maiias though
he were ready to show the rent the envious
Casca made" It amused me, even in that
moment of agglomeratibg misery, to per
upon column of rents quite different from
Casca's: And when he paused for my reply, ]
was able to declare with clear conscience
that there was . mistake and that was
not the man. Indeed, was quite voluble
on the subject.
The banker cleared his throat. 1t was a
most unfOrtun ste circumstance that Mr.. |
Todd was the only American prefent-that |
he had reWained, by the newspaper report. |
strictly sober, while all the rest got drunk |
and that finally he bad been arrested for his |
lnfiammstOry harangue, but had been re. |
leased Oh bail. Atid at this last statement |
he eyed me closely, severely. and with an |
austerity l could not have expected from
his port why appearance.
l fastened to explain.
Caesars mantle fell upon an arm chair.
Another mantle-the Ecentng Post to Wit
was Outspread before me. Tie countenanca
of Brutus became placid. He begged tn
compliment me on one Of my pretty poems
which he bad just discovered. took the
paper and read:
SEMBLANCES..
The rim Of the moon.
Fhe Tilt Of tune, |
AND POSE leaf blown by the breath - luna
The watt Of 3 cloud,
The drift of q sbrour +
And . thsusht which q dreamer spcfe slsuA
For see them there
In her face 80 fair
Aed fhsy hide IN the tsngles Of hes hais. ).
ANTHONY TODD r
Rather inconclusiye," remarked 4ha
banker papa, "but of better tone than some
hings Fve seen of yours,
mustered moral courage into q leap for
ife.
THE fact isl began
The fact u.s." repeated my prospective
ach word; ''the fact is, that the Ereniu1
Post editorially identifies the author of that !
'oem with the low lived scoundrel who was Z
'ullyragglng around in that wine shop this
norniDg. wonder have had the patience
0 hear you civilly. James,"-and James be-
anne visible in the darkened hall-"open
hat door, and show Mr.. Todd the way ont. =
ON needn't know Mr. Todd when he calls,
ames."
There was pretty blue blood in the | =
ankef papa, or he never could have done q
so nicely. And / meyer was more puz. a
led than when found myself on the last a
the brown stone steps. e.
MY drst effort was to find my Aoyyel "
niger II 1 could. But. lawyer as ! was, : NJ
'und che defendant in error Q most in. q,
'nRible quality. After my long accept. | g
nee OF homage Twas thus suddenly cast k
own. Dagon on his face before the ark. Ii
y only bope was to prove an alibi. And II
lat, !or curious season, was utterly inn n
racticable. =,
had spent nearly the whole dav roam - -
g among old book stores, and had been h,
ana down Nassau street twenty times. 7 IN
aving discovered nothing of which was h,
search, not having reported at the Office NJ
at day. and then having gone into Green
reet 10 see man who printed in gilt q,
tiers on silk, l confess had compromised =,
character most shamefully. The onlv tn
'rt OF the city in which l could prove nv w
essence satisfactorily was the shon of a ; ~
~ French silk printer. ~
thought Harrington ought now to come s.
my rescue. But Harrington was con. hs
u !.Tbe1s worse amo than myself 1g m OF
me-. Shall have to lind him. But I'm ~
eadful sorry thoee aren't your verses" c a.
Well: to make long story short. We could " "
t hnd bin. He was released on suspend All
sentence, and then he began turning mn so
exDectedly at every corner. The news M
pers and periodicals could not help me to e.,
N; they considered his name Q nom de ~
lime. He had refused his address, He 90
70 not in the directory. ~
N! He was ubiquitous, and in rows. is'
lbs, violent assemblies, and incendiary an
'etlnfs, he rivaled Billy Patterson. His -
rses were the reelection of his better In.
'eds, and they reminded one of that an
aDge contradiction, Adah Isaacs Men. at
LAS speaker, too, he seemed to be in in,
pute. but it was among . class never ov
CIV, never associated with, and did not ac
sn the defilement Of investigating. be-
BY this time was out of society in dead I'll,
Fnest. No one wanted me any more. on
ere were only two or three who disbe- ne
veo IN my double existence, and they
. . troublous time of it with questions vo
answers. contradictions and COM hn
risons. The poems, too, became redo ina
u OF tobacco aud gin. suppose Tb
might have tried tho 1a%a.t;ro.