The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-30

be construed that I WIS trying, to beg
ofr. Then. too. I don't quite like the
beginning. why should IT. seems as
II / was 90 confident OF her love that l
couldn't be jealous. Well. III change
It," SO he sent the letter. and when she
received it the girl had q tit OF dry hys.
terics, and said: "Algernon, you must
imbr1e your hands," Then she
IT don't know" said the brother,
doubtfully; "he's bigger'n / am, and
tossing about pieces OF calico and boxes
Of thread and playing the counter with
q set Of parallel bars is powerful in de-
veloping the muscle. He's q brazen,
fiery serpent, and / always said he was,
but Ii you will go on nursing brazen
serpents in your bosom you must ex
pect them to turn again and rend you.
He must have counsel learned in the
law to advise him !; besides, he has taken
an impression OF his letter in copying
press. He is q three-ply traitor. Per.
haps, though, we can scoop him yet,
and SO they tried, and after session OF
three hours produced the following ulti-
matum
"How funny your last letter was !
Congratulating me on my engagement
to Ferdinand The idea! Who better
than yourself knows where my affec-
tions are unalterably placed? Won't
you come up to.nlghtP "a and ma Will
be at home, and they will be glad to see
YOU"
"That's pretty good, I guess" she
said, land italicising that they will
make the jury think that all our allu-
sions to the old people were put in to be
| interpreted the other way. I guess,
young man, that'll make you sick"
It did, too, for awhile, for when the
young man got the letter he read it over
backward and forward, and whistled
soft copious selections from thirty. five
standard operas before he saw his way
clear to an answer. Eyes," he said Bit
terly, cher pa and ma will be at home,
but the old man'll 60 up stairs at a
quarter to eight, and the old woman'll
20 out and tell the servant about put
ting the dry Goldfish to soak, and forget
to come back-oh, I know the old frauds
like book. Bully, I'll take witness
with me. That's til" So he sat down
and wrote:
"Thank your parents for promising to
be at home, and tell your respected
mother that shall expect her to teach
me whist. And so Ferdinand isn't the
happy man who is? / was just begin.
ming to think that I might, when We
| q
hopeless adorer Of yours, but it seems ]
am to have no chance. You can't have
told me whom the groom expectant
Is to be, or should surely have remem
bered."
The poor girl did not find much con
ISOLATION in this; but as she had her par
ents we'll drilled in their part, she looked
forward hopefully to the night, being
pretty sure that she could keep hin
there pretty late, make the weakness o
her eyes an excuse for turning down tn,
gas, then" said she, my word will b.
as good as his before q jury with mar
riagable daughters. When the bel
rang at 7 :35 she started up with beat
ing heart and when he entered with {
companion and said: IT have made
bold to bring my friend, Mr.. st. -,
she screamed wildly. Lost lost!" ant
fell fainting to the floor. That Is how
the matter stands at present. Ths
young man thinks that he turned hel
position very neatly in his last letter
and placed it on record that up to tina
time he hadn't been paying any atten
tions to her. As for che future, tha
must look out for itself.