The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-08-29
The courtship Of Jack Lafianee-~..

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the people "a lew Orleans, perpetrated by
a correspondent of the Philadelphia Ne,cs:
"Down in the old French portion of New
Orleans it is highly unsafe for young IN
| married men to venture alone,' writes
correspondent. "The black eyed beauties
are only too glad of the chance to capture
| an American, and will resort to all sorts OF
! devices to entrap the unsnspecting youth.
| In order to depict for our Northern friends
this peculiar phase of Creole character, will
relate the true story of the experience OF
| my friend, Jack Lafiance, who fell victim
to Creole strategy not long ago."
Jack met the beautiful Melanie at
soir6e dansante on Rue Bon Enfants. Be-
ing a good dancer, and also first-class
! waiter, he was Mile. Melanie's partner for
| many figures, and by judicious use OF
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 did
SO upon the Sunday following, and was 80
cordially received that he repeated his Wis
it 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 visit Melanie's papa tapped
him on the shoulder and said:
| "M'sieu Lafance, would lax TO- see you
one minute" and led him to the dining
room. Suspecting nothing, Jack followed
him. Once there, the old gentleman pro-
duced decanter and said:
] "Mon ami, tex some cognac. You will
fin it YER fine. Ny fodder buy it from
Cavaroc. All? you lax it, oh? TEX cigar
nevah mine', thass real Havana, shuah.
! Now, fren' Latiance, you lax TO- know TO-
wat want see you-eh bien? M'sieu La
tiance, have notiz yo' attentions at my
dauchter''-here the luckless Jack began to
protest. sob, am not displease, my de-
young man? My faml sch, is one OF the
bes' in the city. Yes, sab, we are twenty
frs coozin with Jean Baptist Louis De
Lorme, whose gram fodder slap that Span
ish canaille, O'Reilly, on the chik hundred
years ago, Ms yo' will fin wrote down by
GayarrG But, my fren', when those Yam
kee r-r-rascals tex ou' plantations an ou'
niproes, sch, we was force 20 leave ou'
place, sch, an como yeh an work, yes.
4 An, ami Lafiance, do not objec' to my
daughtah choose you TO- husbnn', no."
1 Here the unfortunate Jack broke in with:
"But, my dear sir, you are mistaken.
did not make love to your daughter" The
old gentleman brstled up. "My de- sah'
love my family. That's my h'only thing
yeh on earth. You have visit Melanie Sun
day after Sunday. You nave talk with her,
dance with her, sing with her. You have
compromise my daughter, sch! There ls
| no othet co'se lef' man of honah, sab,
than to may her; yes, sab, to may herr
+ "'But; sir" biurted out Jack, =" an only
| poor clerk with $50 month, and could
not support wife even if wanted one.'
"Ah, mon cher, thass all 'ight-the mon-
naie is nothing. You don't catch NOTCH
thass true. But TO- that I don KEN me-
You come live yeh, yes. Then, afteh vile
wen yo' patron he get fo' lak you mo-,
and give you r-r-raise to seventy-ti' dollail,
| we will do very we'll, yes. So thass all fix,
| eh! Come, you tex some mo- cognac.
All! mon cher Latiance, You don't know
wat is it to be fodder, suppose? Then
you can't on'stan' 'ow please / feel wen
| q young man lax you hask TO- my daughtah'
Yes, sab, you are the only young man wat
would rattah have my daughtah than mos
|
| $50 we will come back to the salon " en-
l will tell to Melanie have grant yo' de-
mand. M'sieu Lafiance, ah, to tell you the
trut', you did not tex me by sopprise, no!
All, fodder can see wen his daughtah love
young man! An Melanie, she love you,
ali! she dream of you all night, yes. An,
| sab. wen st. Louis De Lorme love she
nevah let go, no, but she lax the pelican,
she die frs:
"1hess all light, ami Jack, will see Pere
LIE Cure, an we will mex the announce
ment next Sunday. You can get li'll ring,
yes, en- Melanie will be ready for next
mont. l know you don't want to wait long.
Alton, let me tell them wat we have ar
range" And off Jack was hustled to the
parior before he could say Jack Robinson.
And though, as it happened, Metanie has
proven IN excellent wife, there are many
who are not Melanies; it is to put our Wis
iting friends next winter upon their guard
against the wiles of designing Creole papas
that am constrained to publish this true
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