New Orleans daily crescent

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lighter than was his parent, being of a saddle tint,

ad Dumas junior, eon of Dumas senior, pretends to

be almost white. So he is--in the dark.

ly The Haytien envoy, after diplomatically beating

about the bush for a considerable time, finally came

to business, and wound up by informing the aston

ished novelist that his (the envoy's) mission to France

was for the purpose of demanding the hand in mar

riage of Dumas, junior, for her Imperisl Highness,

tthe Priucess Olive, daughter of'the Emperor ot all

the Haytis.

"The hand of Alexander!" cried father Dumas

d thunderstruck. "Goodness gracious! Graciousgood

ness The colored possen must be insane I sayyon

Y muost be--"

y He paused. The fact is, the author of Monte Christo

e bears the enviable reputationof never having deliber

ately said a disagreeable word to anybody. So he

simnply added, by way of saying something-"It's im

Spossible, sirl Utterly impossible"

00 "Why?" demanded the envoy.

at "Why 7-Because--hum !-because myson's origin

is too obscure for him to dream of such an honor."

And papa Dumas thought this a triumphant piece of

of "Nothing of the sort, sir and, after all," continued

pe the envoy. "what are we Only parvenus. I myself

once peddled oysters. You would'ut imagine it I

know but it's a fact. Besides, sir, if we were to de

mand a prince we should be refused; or, at all events,

e be fobbed off with an old ugly one. A literary prince

i --that's the ticket He may write as manybooks

as and plays down there ashe chooses."

of Papa Dumas, terribly embarrassed, scratched his

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New Orleans daily crescent. (1859). [New Orleans, La.], 1859-04-07. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015753/1859-04-07/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New Orleans daily crescent, 1859-04-07.