Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-02
CREOLE CoURrsHIP.
Nice, But Exceedingly Dangerous spor
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Nice, But Exceedingly Dangerous Sport.
Down in the old French portion of New
! Orleans, says a New Orleans letter, it is
highly unsafe tor young unmarried men
to venture alone. The black-eyed beau
ties are only too glad of chance to cap
! ture an American, and will resort to all
sorts of devices to entrap the unsuspect-
ing youth. In order to depict for our
Western friends this peculiar phase of
Creole character, will relate the true
story Of the experience of my friend Jack
Lafiance, who fell a victim to Creole
strategy not long ago.
Jack met the beautiful Melanie at
soiree dansante on Rue BOns Enfants.
Being a good dancer and also tirst-class
waiter, he was Mile. Melanie's partner
for many figures, and by judicious use
of the cream aud cake gained the good
will of Melanie's mamma. An invitation
to call next Sunday was accepted, and
the visitor then entreated to "call again."
Jack did so upon the Sunday following,
and was so cordially received that he re-
peated his visit third time. For my
friend Jack was an innocent soul, totally
ignorant Of Creole customs, and he walked
right into the snare. On his third call
Melanie's papa tapped him on the Shout
der and said:
s'M'sieu Lafiance, would lax fo' see
YOU one minute" and led him to the
dining-rOom. Suspecting nothing, Jack
followed him. Once there, the old gentle
man produced decanter and said:
"Mon anne, tex some cOgnac. You will
fin it YER fine. My FODDER buy it from
Cavaroc. Aha! you lax it, Ell? TEX cigar
-nevah min, thass areal Havana, shuah.
Now, fren' Latiance, you lax, TO- know
fo' wat want see you-eh bien! M'sieu
Lafiance, l have nOtiZ 70 attentions at
my daughter''-here the luckless Jack be-
gan to protest. so, l am not displease,
my de- young man? Ny family sch, is
one of the bes' in the city. Yes, sch, we
are twenty-frst cooZin with Jean Baptist
! st. Louis deLorme, whose gron'fodder
slap that Spanish canaille, O'Reilly, on the
chik, hondred year ago, as yO' will nm
wrote down by Gayarre. Bot, my frIen',
when those Yankee r-r-raScals tex our
plantations an Ou' nigroes. sch, we was
force to leave ou' place, sch, an come yeh
an work, yes. An, ami Lafiance, l do
not objec' to my daughtah choose you TO-
| husban', no." Here the unfortunate Jack
broke in with: ''But. my dear sir, you are
mistaken. did not make love to your
| daughter" The old gentleman bristled
up. ''My de- sab, l love my family.
Thass my h'Only thing Yeh on earth. You
have visit Melanie Sunday after Sunday.
You have talk with her, dance with her,
sing with her. You have compromise my
daughter, sab! They is no Otheh c'ose
lef' man of honah, sab, than to may
her; yes, sab, to may herW
but, Sir" blurted out Jack, 81 am
only poor clerk with $50 month, and
could not support wife even If wanted
one."
''Ah. mon cher, thass all 'light-the
monna e is nothing. You don't catch
notch, tbass true. But TO- that dom
I, Va ixvox am
l will see you have nice time, yes. Then,
aften vile wen yO' patron he get to- lax
you mo- an give you r-r-raise to seventy
fl dOllah, we will do YER well, yes. So
thass all fix, Ell? Come, you tex some
mo- cognac.' Ali mon cher Lafiancc, you
dom know wat it is to be fodder, L
suppose? Then you can't neYah on'stan
low please 1 feel wen young man lax
you hask me fo' my daughter. Yes, sab,
Won are the only Young man wat l would
rathah have my daughtah than mos any
body w'atevah, sab!
so we will come back to the salon
Wen l will tell to Melanie have grant
yO' demand, M'sieu Latiance, an to tell
you de trut', you did not tex me by sop
prise, no. All, fodder can see wen MS
daughtah love young man. An Mela-
ME, she love you, ali! she dream of you
all night, yes. An, sch, wen st.
Louis De Lorme love she nevah let go,
no, but she lax the pelikan, she die frs.
|'Thass all light, ami Jack, will see
Pere LIE Cure, an we will mex the an
nouncement next Sunday. You can get
one li'Il ring, yes, an Melanie will be
ready for next mont. know you dom
want fo' wait long. 'AllOns, let US tell
them wat we have arrange"
And off Jack was hustled to the parlor
before he could say Jack Robinson.
And though, as it happened, Melanie
has proven an excellent wife, there are
many who are not Melanies, and it is to
put our visiting friends next winter upon
their guard against the wiles of design
ing Creole papas that L am constrained
to publish this true story of Jack Lati-
ance's cOurtship.