Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-22

Jack Lasiance's Experience in New
Grleana.

A correspondent of the Detroit Free Press
tells the following experience Of friend, Jack
LafaEce, in the French portion of New Orleans,
where CreOles dwell: Jack met the beautiful
Melanie at sOiree dansante on Rue BOns En-
fants. Being good dancer and also frst-class
waiter, he was Mile. Melanie's partner for many
| figures. and by the judicous use of the cream
and 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 called upon the Sunda Y
| following and was so cordially received that he
repeated his visit. On the third call Melanie's
papa tapped him on the shoulder aud said:
.'Msieu Batance | would lax 70 see you
one minute and led him to the dininaroom.
Once there the old gentleman produced a de-
canter and said:
mon anne TEX some cognac. You will fin it
YER fine. Ny fodder buy it from Cayaroc Aha!
you LAX it. eh? TEX cigar-nevah min, thass
| real Havana, shuah Now, fren' Laf1ance,
yOu lax 70 know TO wat want see you-eh
bien. Msleu Laflance have notz yO' atten-
lions at my daughter"-here the luckiess Jack
began to protest. "Oh, am not dispease. my
de young man. My family, sch, is one of the
bes IN the city. Yes sch, we are twenty-frs
coozin with Jean Baptist st. Louis De LOrne,
whose gran'fodder slap that Spanish canaille,
OReilly. on the chik. hondred year ago, as
you will fin wrote down by Gayarre. But my
frien', when those Yankee r-r-rascals TEX ou
plantations an Ou nigroes sch, we was force to
leave our place, sch. an come yeh an work.
yes. An ami Lafiance. do not Objec' to my
daughtah choose you TO husban' no.
Here the unfortunate Jack broke in with:
But. my Gear sir. you are mistaken. l did not
make love to your daughter" The old gentle
man bristled up MY de- sab, love my family.
Thass my h'only thing yeh on earth. You have
visited Meanie Sunday after Sunday. You have
talk with her, dance with her. sing with her.
You have compromise my daughter sab, They
is no otheh cose lef' man of honah, sab, than
to may her; yes sab, TO may her"
But. sir" blurted out Jack, 81 am only a
poor clerk with $50 a month. and could not sup
port wife even if wanted ONE
"Ah, mon cher. thass all ght-the monnaie
is nothing. You don't catch notch. thass true.
But TO that | don ken me. You come live
yeh, yes; an NE will see YOU have nice time
yes. Then atteh Vile W en yO' patron he get
10 lax you mo- an give you r-r-raise 20 seventy
Fl dOllah. we will do YER well. yes. So thass
all fix. eh? Come, you TEX some mo- cognac.
All. mon cher Lalance you don know wat it
1t is to De fodder. suppose? Then you can't
nevah on stan 'ow please feel wen Young
man lax you hask me To- my daugh:ah. les
sab. you are the only young man wat ! would
rathah have my daughtah than mos anybody
ateydh. sab.
so We viii come back to the salon wen
viii tell TO Nelanie 1 have grant yo' demand,
NJ sieu laiiaEce an to tell you de trut you did
not TEX me by sCpprise, no. An, fodder can
see Wen his daughtah love young man. An
MciaE!e she love you, ah! she dream CT YOU al;
night. yes. An. seh VI EN- a st. Louis dc Lorme
love she neTah let go, no. but she lax the peli-
can she die frs
''Thass all 'ight ami Jack will see Pere lie
Cure an we will mex the announcement next
Sunday. You can get one I'LL ring yes an Me-
LAME will be ready for next mont. | know YOU
don want 70 wait long. Ailons, let us tell them
VI at 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 designing Creole papas that am
constrained to publish this true story Of Jack
Laianees cOurtship.