Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-08-19
VOLUME III.
LOUISIANA MONTE CHRISTIE

city. bot ~hs, would pass ,ha, old hOus'
on 81. Ann Street. ~i,hoa, even noticing
IT, broad doorway through which carriages
enter. or rather once entered. and the
euriously wrought iron knocker with IL
dolphin. bead and intricate desiga. There
are 80 many houses of near kinship to
IL that an ordinary pedestrian should b
excused. Two stories and half in
highsh. with a narrow gallery project
/ ing over the Sidewalk IL. once brish, .,ue-
CO in a deep varioloid condition. and over
al an atmosphere Of abanoOnmsn,. Il
certainly Is not calculated TO elicit CON-
men, o. even attention A dusty. tnei-
looking Pomegran.,s tree leans Asains, .
bit of fence that separates = snail side
yard frorn the street in that supplieA,ing
Way agc seeks supper, from stronger
shoulders Oaee !, bloomed every sPring.
BAT no. sometimes two OF three seasons
pa,s wi,hoa, a siagle bad. snd thea. som e
NAY morning CONES round, aud brilhan,
in their rich crimson. four or Eve blossoms
~ill BE- foand .singing merrily TO gray
gusts 0f Wind ,ha, blOs down the street
An Old man. dressed in linen check
blouse and At,akAPas Jeans pants can be
found on the froat gallery sometimes Of
summer evenings. 20, particularly a,,rae'-
i've 70 look a.. Yet curious A. an antique.
His ,kin sPpesrs 10 have undersons a
ooar., Of tanning. for the eorruga,ion'
on hi. forehead. cheeks and chin are e.
.en,ially lsaihsry. and his ws,ery gray
eye. leave the impression ,ha, some Of the
tanning liquid must have gOi into them.
With al this. ho~svef. bis head is well
shaped and his ooan,enanee s,ill shoss
that. ~saihsr- beaten a. I, j.. there ~As
time When IL. owner nigh, have lad
some claims 10 be a good-looking sor, Of
per-oa. Of afternoons be ,iis there in-
haling The dslica,sly Psrfamed smoke of
his yello~ paper sigAres,e. hecdins moth
ins that j. ,fsnspiring Ia the nsighboF-
hood. Indeed. people say that ~hen Nine.
Evariste. little glove cleaning establish.
men, AZ the corner eAugh, Gre one even
ing. ,hi. Old man hardly turned his head
q look a. re vigorous aud noisy steam
eagiass 4 The new regime =, ~ork 10
sabdue the flames. bu, Pufed on Phsls-
ma,ically a. his cigarette.
Hs oaly pilgrimage r to the Preach
Market. and lha, daily With little In
dian basket. These dashes into the osisr
world be makes aboa, o'elock IN the
morning. aud returns a5oii half an hour
later With little meat. loaf Of bread
and some vegetables. he mas do bis
o~n cooking. zoe no a,,enaAa, has ever
been seen 70 enter the queer old plaee.
Oncs Or twicc a year drAyman comes
and earrie. of load Of empty bottles.
BAT the.s shue.. when Questioned. ans
VET only ,ha, all they saw were three OF
four immense vine hos.heAds. With hoops
ras,ing OF. IN one u the back room'
down Stair. and raaks upon ranks failed
bottle. in bgilding once used As a stable.
Few knos the history of that house or i,'
sole oecupnn,
Thoss Who remember the good year
1851, in New Orleans. doubtless rene m
Der What an sxei,smen, there sas over
the drasing Of the Havana lo,isry. In
those days. befoe the depreciation Of Gu
ban euusaey. capital PTiIe meant some
thing. and for some reA.oa the blind god
dss.. Fortune. seemed 10 have beoome
enAmored with her ~ooers in Ne~ Or
leans. Month after moath the schooaeFs
arriving here With the lo;,sry lists would
earn the tidinss in few hours tina, the
lucky ticket hal been plrehAssd In this
city. until q, last Havana merchants reg
ularly ssnt over here 10 bay their num-
ber.
Al TIA. time among all the brave gal
lAn,. of Noavells Orleans there was prob
ably no oie whose jadynsns IA all taiass
vas more soagh, BY his comrades than
Charles Llrigo,. HIS brilhAn, success
AZ school ia Paris. bis sansfrOid in an az
fair Of hoaOr With thai bully. Henri Mat
amors. and hi. elOqaen, graees in ladies
.ocisty made him favOrits par excel
leaee. and when 10 this was sdded pc
ealiar personal magnetism. one can read
ily see Why the young men clustered
around him Ills s~eePing moas'aehs >
and imperial wAsessAyed BY many youth,
and his bla u.o,s were repeated all over
the city. ,
Basinss. be had noae. he had arrived
in toe city from France with letters OF
Recommendation a. rsmArkabls natural
iss and good feIlow-ihai was all; and
thrse months after his arrival be had va :
s.,el hi. garnet in tensmsn, on the le-
wee and taken up his quarters oa Royal
street. preparatory TO baiiiins himself a
residence
Noosy seemed TO a1w TO him in = Nile
aood and a. rapidly vas Il absorbed Ia
the sand. Of horses. the table and the
opera lie wss never seen to seek .
specimen Of natural history. aud as fO'
playing the ,axidsrmis, be smiled when
friends asksd him TO have an exhibition
Of hi. dsxteri,y. He bad one hobby,
ho-ever--and Oae that his friends rallied
a, him Coz and made little jokes about
- ,h., hobby vas turtle doves. lie