Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-02-17

IT'S effect; GeOl1ry vanished IN an instant,
aud shortly ro-appeaFed as Ganymede.-
In a few minutes afterwards, the noise of
wheels announced the return Of Lady Dem
yers, who, on being informed Of the stran-
gers arrival, like a woman Of spirit, went
straight into the dining-room to demand
an explanation. On the next instant, the
servants heard loud scream from their
mistress, and, concluding that she was
murdered, they very dntifully ran out of
the house, and sets6f at full speed, each in
a different direction, for the doctor. 1t
seemed that no sooner had the lady cast
her eyes upon her visitor, than she uttered
a piercing shrek, and sank upon the carr
}pet. Now, when man faints away, the
approved method Of treatment is to kick
and cuff him till he recover; bu, with a
woman the case is somewhat different
The stranger raised her in bis arms, threw
half q glass of water in her face, and pour
ed the remainder down her throat, aud, at
last succeeded in restoring the PATIENT
And is it really yon,s Sir.hahn?' exclaimed
the lady, when she became somewhat tram
quill. sAy, in very dseGs Caroline was
the reply: ghosts do not drink Madeira
and devour chickens sThen you were
not killed and eaten by those frightful Ash
anlees T You greatly wrong that very
respectable and much slapdered people,
said Sir John they bave better tastes, land
preferred my society to my flesh, insomucl
that bad some dilficultyin escaping from
their hospitali,ies.' / hope, my DEAR
said the lady, you were duly sensible Of
their attentions Il was very nearly be-
ing insensible to them and Everything else,
for the worthy gentleman who did me the
honor TO engross my society, seeing me de-
termined on quitting him, followed me as
far as he could, and then fired a parting sa-
lutte from his musket, into which he had,
Inadvertently, put bulles. and left me
with an half ounce in my shoulder 20
dear y exclaimed the lady, how very hor-
rid ! and did you walk an the way in that
state z Il did not walk two hundred
yards, my love, for fell into bush ex-
haIs,ed from the loss of blood, when was
picked up by an Ashaniee .damsel Of sixty,
whose charms would have made your lady
ship jealous, and who extracted the ball,
put plaster of herbs to my wound, and
smoggled me- down to Cape Castle, where
found the report Of my death SO we'll au-
theniicated, that was challenged by an
Hibernian brother officer for presuming to
doubt it, '-And were you SO rash as TO
! fieEE With hns q RS, -. sss.d :isrs,
being anxious to embark for England, to
relieve your amxicties and to save my exc
cutors as much trouble as possible. But
how is my nephew 20, in high health
and spirits, and Theoretically vain of his
title / am sorry for That, because /
have not quite done with it, At this mo-
mcnt noise was heard in the passage, oc-
casioned by the return Of the domestics,
bringing with them the posse comit0tus and
fourteen Of the lady's lovers, who, taking il
for granted that the ferocious ruftian would
have escaped before their arrival. valiantiy
rushed to her rescue. When, however.
they heard the voice Of the intruder in the
parlor, it became point of prudence a.
mong them which should enter first: ut
length clown, in the back ground, press
ing forward 10 get glimpse Of what was
going Oh, inadvertently applied the stimn-
lus Of pitchfork to the rear Of a man be-
fore him, who communicating the impetus
to The next, it passed On to the van, and
they all blundered into tho room, where, to
their utter establishment, they beheld the
living Sir John fete-G-teke with his lady,
Doubtless. you will conclude the baronet
enacted Ulysses on the occasion, and drove
out his rivals at point of sword. Credit
me, reader, lie did no such thing: he was
an old soldier, and man of the world, aud
knew better than TO make enemies Of four
teen blockheads so he ordered up doz-
en- of claret, aud they made night Of it,
Detraction.-Though the moral law is
generally allowed by Christians as the rule
Of life, yet it is lamentable to observe the
little attention 100 often paid 10 the ninth
commandment. How frequently we hear
persons exaggerating the faults OF their
neighbors, probably without considering
that the least deviation from the truth, in
order to deprcciate the character Of anoth-
err, is as much breacl, Of this command as
malignant invention. Persons whose im-
agina,ions are lively, are particularly La
BILE to fall into this error. They paint
every thing in the highest coIors aud
when speaking of the mperfectioDs OF their
fellow creatures, do not fail to give them
what they think their due varnlsh. Such
would do we'll TO keer strict guard over
their words, and to remember that SANDER
lis much worse in its consequences than