Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-23

II know you arc, dear. Jac., we
will forget what ! said few moments
ago."
"What for, George :" she asked, pa
thetically.
"You now be amply provided for"
"No, George, not wholly provided
for, unless l have you to share it,"
AN ENGLISHMAN'S REFLECTIONS.
HIS OPINION OF HIS COUNTRYMEN WHO
LIKE TO TALK ABOUT "LUNNUN."
Atipsy Englishman with a tall white
hat perched on the back of his head,
a long mohair duster, and carrying a
half smoked cigar, strayed into Police
Headquarters in Brooklyn to report
that he had been robbed of So and
some pawn tickets. ~ was ard up,
you know, and planted some of the
valubles, and ere am done out of
me money and me pawn tickets too.
I've been on q 'undred thousand
drunks, but never before was skin.
ned. lost $4O,OOO in Bedfast, hut l
didn't mind that as much as bein' gone
an done out of the few dollars which
had tonight. Dye know, l think
it was bloody countryman Of mine
that robbed me. / don't like these
Englishmen meet around drinking,
who are allus ready to talk Lunnun
and Manchester. Every one of 'em
busted up hon the hother side. Dem'd
if they didn't. Cause if they didn't,
why did they come out ERE ~
Here the Englishman tried in vain
to strike a match on the damp sole Of
his boot. He at length got a light
and tried to bring it up to his cigar,
but he held the light so far out and
puffed so hard that he blew the match
out. Then he tried another match,
and by raising his spectacles he got
light. Pulling on the cigar butt un-
til he had made smoke he resumed:
~ busted up on the hother side and
l says to my wife, lets 60 across to
Hamerica. Two days later l sailed
out of Liverpool with seventeen pun
in my pocket. spent twelve pun on
the way over for drinks, and pretty
soon after got ERE was 'ard up you
know. pawned my wife's seal skin
sacque, me own watch On ring, and ]
got $25 on them. Well, howed nine
dollars aud q 'alf for board, and !
gave the tickets as security, and blast
me heyes if when | went after them
the landlady didn't tell me that
she had disposed of 'em. Now that
was a regular Yankee trick. l think
l was done out Of that property, and
some of these days Pm going to see a
lawyer about it."
Once more his cigar went out. He
took lighted match and t,ied to
make it meet the cigar end, but he
failed, and the match went out. He
patiently took another and pulled on
the cigar while he held the match ina
line with his nose. Then he tried to
light the end at a gas burner and burned
his fingers. Finally raising his spec
tacles and carefully watching the end
of his cigar, he got light, and sail
ing back in his chair, said:
Mgo to Talmage's church. I wrote
to my old father that he Ought to get
Talmage down to his place and ave
i'm lecture. So he wrote to Talmage
and asked i'm if lie could come. 'Oh,
yes, certainly writes Talmage in a
very nice letter. 'One 'undred and
fifty pun writes Talmage. Now
when a five pun note is looked upon
as big pay in the hold country, you
can bet there was no bargain"
After scanning the faces of the de-
tectives the Englishman said: 81 don't
believe you care whether l get my
property or not. l don't think you
want me ERE. So I'll say good night.
But dem'd ifI like bein' gone and
done for in this way" Then, after
another pitched battle between the
end of his cigar and match, in which
the match was put out and the cigar
wasn't lighted, he moved away, hum
ming "Rule Britannia."-N. Y. Sun.