Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1821-01-23

IL suddenly struck me, tnat, IN my his OF
4 vexation and ennui, bad found OCCASION
! al relief from pinch Of snuff SO became
a snuf-taker five years ago, and from
that time to the present have no ennui
Come madam, let me advise you to try
lmy remedy for this dislemper, with which
we are all visited more or less"
4 /" j have no occasion for it," replied tue
iiady coidty q i ain ncs troubled with
ennui and il were, should think there
| are more rational means Of dispeiling 1t. !"
| Name them, madam, II you please"
| Reading, reflection the Offices Of
| behevoIence, the pleasures Of society"
$ All! madam, / have tried all that !;
reading SET me to sleep; reflection made
my head ache; beneyolence / own is pref
lty well, but one cannot occupy ones self
in that way from morning ill night: as TO
the pleasures Of society, | have been
cheated by one half Of my acquaintance,
and laughed at by the other; am there
fore not very favorably disposed 10 man
kind. So you see madam, have nothing
left for it but TO auuse myself 10 this
way;" and opening his snuff box, be took
a pinch, aud presented ii 10 her.
| Thoroughly provoked at what she con-
Isidered unpardonable rudeness, she rose
TO leave the room. " Nay, madam" cried
Milborne, starting up, 8 yon must not go
10 anger. -" / am moi angry, sir" cried
the lady, then trying to disengase her
hand, which he bad taken hold Of. "You
forgive me then ?"--s. Yes" replied she,
but not in The most placid lone IN the
world. 6 Very well then; 10 prove that
You don't bear malice, take pinch Of
snuff"
At these words, the widows patience
and temper both forsook her she burst
into tears. Some Of the gentlemen present
/ advanced, and one OF them, Cpmte de S.
asked Miiborne in naughty tone, what
he meant by insulting the lady. The Eng
lishman immediately took fire; he replied
i'm tone Of defiance wh;c', frightened
Madame DorvaI. She endeavoured to
stiae the dispute, by protesting she was
mot offended; but the gentlemen were both
too hot headed to be SO easily pacified !;
they dissembled their Resentment till the
widow had left the room; but as soon as
she did, the dispute was renewed. 10 a
flew minutes it rose to such height, that
a meeting was arranged for the following
Ifnorning and thus, for no greater cause
lthan lady's refusal TO take a pinch of
snuff, two men who were not destitute
leitIler OF common sense or principle, so
far 10 their anger forgot both. as to be
guilty Of the folly and impiety Of risking
their owe, aud seeking each others life.
| Both perhaps repeuled when the chal.
lenge was given aud accepted it was
then according to the notions Of false honor
lso prevalent among mankind, too late.
| They retired to their respective apart
ments, Milborne wrote two orthree letters
aud began to pace his room, deeply en-
gagged in ruminaiing on the probable event
Of the approaching meeting.
/ Suddenly he fancied he smeIt Ere, he
threw open the door of his chamber and
lbeheld the staircase developed in smoke.
His first thought was for others, he ran
TO the different apartments, vociferalins
/" FIRE." In few moments every body
10 the house was alarNed all hastened TO
escape; and Milborne, on going down
stairs found the greater part Of the inmates
assembled in the street before the door OF
the hotel. 1t was indeed time, for the
flames were bursting out in every direc-
ton. The first person whom Miborne
saw, was his antagonist. My God p
cried the Englishman at sight Of him,
Is where is madame 2" They looked ca
gerly around; she was not to be seen.
"Oh heavens I" exclaimed the landlord,
G she must be lost--see her chamber is on
i fire."-. A ladder, quickly" cried Mil
borne.-ss We have not one; and If we
had, it would be of no use; you would
perish without being able TO save her.
g will try, however," cried MIborne ;
and breaking from his antagonist, who
shocked at the certain death TO which he
seemed devotiog himself, caught hold Of
4 his arm, he rushed back into the flames.
i I" He will be LOST" exclaimed the by
ISLANDERS. I" No, not" cried Comte de S.
/" Providence will not suffer him to per-
ish:' and he FASTENED in search Of a
ladder. which he recollected to have seen
in the morning at little distance from
the hotel He was fortunate enough to
4 find il: in few moments it was reared
against the window at which Milborne was
seen with madame in his arms.
/ God be praised" cried the English
mao fervenily, as he descended With his
lovely burtIien, whom terror had deprived
Of her senses. I" God be praised p was
|echoed by all present with feeling Of
mingled joy and terror as they saw the
floor Of her apartment fall in with terri
BILE crash. Milborne bad found her lying