The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-08
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
A Drummer's Romance Charity Hospital
to. be Enlarged Opposition to a New
Medical Col1ege-Picayune's Cup.
Increased Liquor License.

Medical lColIege-Picayune's Cup.
Increased Liquor License.
New Orleans, La, Dec. 5, 1906.
Staff Correspondence of The Chief.
'tEver been to Joplin, Missouri?n I
heard one travelling man ask another
on a Tulane belt car few evenings
ago. well, say, that's where they
show you, all right. I blew into that
thriving villa not many moons past
and it just happened that my Sample
case went breezing off in another di-
rection, SO in Joplin, Mo-, little Willie
was booked to hang out till the missing
case put in an appearance. Oh, say,
you should have piped me floating
around in my gladdest with a twenty
ive-center stuck in my face and looking
as ii were selling railroads instead
of cut glass. Ofcourse Igot on speak
ing terms with the skirt that runs the
cigar stand and one evening when we
were having an amin ated discussion
on Peary's chances of reaching the
north pole or "A Working Girls
Wrongs which was playing at local
playhouse forget Which-in blew
the swellest bunch of clothes thatever
came down the pike. Take it from me,
that girl was a winner, and she had
enough junk on her left mitt to start q
jewelry store. Up she glided to the
cigar stand and began chewing the
rag with the presiding divinity. got
a knock-down all right, and after that
it was all plain sailing for little
Willie. I IN not denying that I got
pretty chummy on, short acquaintance
Offered to see her home when she
| murmured that it was time for her to
hit the trail, and as the moon was
doing its durndest that night, I didn't
realize how far we had gone till I
| heard her announcing sweetly, Here's
where [ live. looked up, and I'm
blowed If there wasn't before me the
swellest collection of broWnstone you'd
ever want to see. Was I impressed?
sure and certain was, and when the
divinity asked me to call around the
following evening, I pinched myself
to be sure it wasn't pipe. [ blew
| in the next evening and was admitted
by "a supereilious looking hunky who
showed me into a swell reception room
and trai1ed off with my card when I
murmured q request for Miss De-
Lancey.' Delaney that was her
handle, and il sounded like the real
thing to me. In few moments il
breezed a stately old dame, rustling
| like the wind in a pine grove, and lift
ing up pair of lorgnettes, surveyed
me curiously like was some sort OF
new-fangled insect. / was on my feet
in an instant, and with my best society
manner I asked: 'Pawdon me, but is
Miss DeLaWncy in?' Miss DeLancey?'
repeated the old dame, sort Of puzz' ed
and still eyeipg me through those goo
goo glasses, and then by the gods %
war, all OF sudden she began tG
|laugh--breathlessly, helplessly, hys.
terieally and as if she'd never gel
done-and finally managed to gasp
t Il suppose you mean Maria. Yor
have been directed to the wrong en-
trance. The servants quarters are il
the rearl' Say, I'm kinder sore abou
i that Joplin business; keep it dark
won't you? and-but never mind. oil
man, here's my corner; so long" Ant
with that he swung off the car leavins
I his companion and several others con
| vulsed with ungovernable amusement