The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-01-29
CREOLE LOVE-MAKINQ.
Dangers OF Flirting I'm tho French Portion
OF New Orleans.

Dangers OF Flirting I'm tho French Portion
OF Now Orleans.
Down in the old, French portion of
Now Orleans it is highly unsafe for
young unmarried men to vcuturo alone,
writes n correspondent. Tho black
eyed beauties arc only too glad of the
chance to capture an American, and
Will resort to all sorts of devices to en-
trap tho unsuspecting youth. In order
to depict for our Northern friends this
peculiar phase of creole character,
will relate the true story OF tho exper-
ience of my friend, Jack Laflance, who
foil victim to creole strategy not long
ago.
Jack met the beautiful Melanie at q
soirec dansante on tho Rue Bon En-
fants. Being good dancer and also
a first-class waiter, he was Mile. Nc
ianio's partner for many figures, and
by Judicious uso Of croam and cake
gained the good will of Mclanic' s man.
ma. An invitation to oall next Sunday
was accepted, and the visitor entreated
TO "call again" Jack did SO upon tho
Sunday following, and was so cordially
received that he repeated his visit a
third time. For my friend Jack was
an innocent soul, totally ignorant of
creole customs, and ho walked right
lanie's papa tapped him on tho shoul-
dor and said:
IN sieu Laflance, would lax TO- SEQ
you one minute" and led him to tho
dining-room. Suspccting nothing,
Jack followed him. Once there the old
gentleman produced decanter and
said:
"Mon ami, tex some cognac You
will fin it ver' fine. My fodder buy it
from Cavaroc. All! you lax it, ehP
TEX cigar-ncvah min, thass real
Havana, shuah. Now, fren' Laflanco,
you lax fo' know fo' wat 1 want SEQ
you-eh bienP M'sicu Lafance, have
notiz yo' attentions at my daughtor"-
here the luckloss Jack began oprotest
80, am not disploaso', my de- young
man. My family, sch, is ono of tho
bes' in the city Yes, sab, we arc
twenty-firs' coozin with Jean Baptisto
st. Louis do Lormo; whose gran fodder
slap that Spanish canaille, O'Reilly, on
the ckik hondred year ago, as yo' will
tln' wrote down in Gayarrc. But, my
fren', whose those Yankee r-r-rascais
TEX ou' plantations an, ou' nigroes, sch,
we was force to leave ou' place, sch,
an come ych an work, yes. An,
ami Latlancc, do not objcc' to nv
daughtah choose yo' fo' husban', no."
Hero tho unfortunate Jack broke in
with: "But, my dear sir, you are mis-
taken. / did not mako lovo to your
daughter" The old gentleman bristled
up. My do sch, I love my family.
Thass my only thing ych on earth.
You have visit Mclanic Sunday after
Sunday. You have talk with her,
dance with her. sing with her. You
have compromise my daughter, sch!
There is no otheh co'se ,lef' a man of
honah, sch, than to may her; yes, sch,
to may her."
But, SIR" blurtod out Jack, II am
only poor clcrk with $50 month,
and could not support wife even if I
wanted one"
"Ah, mon cher, thass all light
the IN onnaio is nothing. You don't
catch notch, thass true. But fo'
that 1 don keh me- You come live
yeh, yes. Then, aftoh w'ile when yo'
patron he got TO lax you mo- and give
you r-r-raise to scvonty-f' dollah, wo
Will do vcr' well, yes. So thass ali fix,
CHI? Come, you tek.somo mo- cognac.
All! mon cher Lailancc, you don't know
vat 1T Is to bo fodder, | suppose?
Then you cant nevah on'stan' 'ow
please feol when a young man lax you
hasE me TO my daughtah! Yes, sab,
you are the only young man wat |
would rattah have my daughtah than
mos anybody w'atevah, sch!"
$50 wo will come back to the salon,
w'oh l will tell to Melanie havo grant
yo' demand. M'siou Lallancc, al, to
tell you the trut', you did not tex mo hy
sopprise, no. All, Il fodder can soc
wen his daughtah love young man!
An Mclanio, sho love you, nh! she
dream of you all night. yes. All, sab,
won st. Louis DO Lormo love she
nevah lot go, no, bpt she, lax tho peli-
kan, sho die frs.
''Thass all light. ami Jack, I
will sec Perc lc Cure, an We
will mek the announcement next
Sunday. You can get ono It'll
ring, yes, an Melanio will be ready
for next mont. know you don'twant
to wait long. Allohs, let us tell them
wat wo 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 arc many who arc
not Melanios, and it is to put our visit
ing friends noxt winter upon their
guard against the Wiles of designing
creole papas that am constrained to
publish this true story of Jack Lafancc's
courtship.