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

the women, and it being by this time as.
cerfained that no lives were lost, Mil
borne and the Comte FASTENED TO convey
her to her new lodging. She was at that
moment hardly capable Of speaking, bur
she begged to see her preserver in the
morning. The gentlemen then separated
TO take some repose, but not before they
had shaken hands in amity.
The next morning MiIborne waited
upon the widow. g Ah! my preserver,"
cried she, starting up as be entered, and
clasping both bis hands in hers, g wha.
shall ] say TO you. how can thank you
how can ever repay, -" Repay! Mons
sense--take pinch Of snuff" cried Mil.
borne ina tone OF affected gaiety, which
ill disguised the emotions The beautiful
widows ieryent gratitude had called forth.
My readers will believe that this time she
did not refuse. Don't you find il excel.
lent = cried MilborDe. /" Yes, excellent
indeed" she replied, when the fit Of
sneezing which it occasicned had subsided.
~ thought said Milborne in tone of
triumph, ~ that you could not fail TO like
it if ouce you could be prevailed on to
taste il; but this is nothing have with
me samples Of all the different kinds of
snuff that are used, and some which
have myself introduced, and had COM
pounded under my own direction; you
shall try them ALL
The widow would perhaps rather have
been excused from giving this proof Of her
gratitude, but wha: could she deny TO Der
deliverer We do not know how far she
became connoisseur 10 snuff, for in a
very few days Milborne found that his
penchant for il, began TO be superseded by
another penchani: in short, the widows
fine eyes caused certain uneasy sensations,
which even his farorite amusement Of
snuff taking conld rot dissipate. One day
while he was sitting with her he snddenly
FELL into fit Of abstractian, and his boz
which he held open in his hand dropped
|Hpea The Aaar. 6 How nnlnckv you
have spilled all your snuff" cried Madame
Dorval, STOPPING TO pick up the box. =
G Never mind,' said MiIborne, gently de-
tanning her hand as she presented il to
him; 6 snuff is good thing, but it is not
a panacea for every care"
g Indeed 70 cried the widow archly /:
" and pray when did you discover that 2"
!. Not till to-day have taken three
times my usual quantity, 10 order TO pat
you out Of my head but | can't. see
clearly there is only one way to manage
that matter satisfactorily must either
marry you or run away from you. Now
my dear madam, which shall do ?"
Run away, TO be sure" cried the
widow, but what signifies what woman
says when her eyes contradict her tongue ?
Milborne trusted 10 the former. and he
was right he pressed his suite with ardor (:
mutual explanations took place. The
Eng!ishman was rich, whimsical bat
noble minded being the widow was vir-
tuous and well born, hat comparatively
poor. No obstacle opposed union which
they mutually desired. In the course of
two years after il had taken place, Mil
borne was the happy father Of two lovely
children, and their infaptine carcsses and
the attentions Of his beautiful wife occu-
pied him so completely, that he no longer
felt enRui, AID we are assured that his
snuff box was discarded.
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