The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-04-08
THE PRECIPITATE NAN.

Your fault said worthy old gen.
ileman To his young friend Frederick
0'3ang. your fault. nv dear boy, is,
thai vnu are very preclpilaie--s very
dangerous one in q man of " arm temper
Now Frederick was about tn prove the
ruik of tins observation by fatty deny
ing il IN the spot. but the absUrdily Of
dung so fortunately struck him: and so,
after telling mis- friend that he would con.
slider the point. he shaek him b, the
hand. drove home. and smut himself up
Nv be- study.
Fs~drrIck. at the period when our sto
n cunm-nces. had been for two years
affisnred 10 a lady oi wealth. beauty. and
srra: inability of disposition. Miss
Wrenrnore loved our hero devo,edly,
0'Bang loved her vehemently. Ensign
o Slap was introduced 70 Miss W. En-
sign O'Slap was an uproarious admIrer
Of Miss VS. style OF beauty. Ensign
o'Slap made her an offer Of marriage;
she declined il; he persevered; she re.
sisted. In the course of time, O'Slap
and O. Bang became acquainted. and the
former shortly afterwards making use of
the appropriate simile that = it was the
last feather on the camel's back that broke
it, made one more try Of it, and was
FINAL, rejected: The lady's affections we're
engaged. O'Slap was not man To brook
az in>rl;; and having ascertained that
0'Bans vas the proprietor of the lady's
heart. he challenged him; and fighting
one ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bstiersea
fields. O'Slsp was killed by O'Bang. So
Tar so bad.
A month or two afterwards. O'Bang,
on his return from the continent, wrote
a letter to Miss Wentmore, informing
her that he had 'cOme tn the marvellous
" hnrr,d conclusion that. as such risks
to hi person might he If frequent future
occurrence, the marriage for all sakes
had better he broken. off. II was. on
bearing from his own lips that ne had
wnuea this letter. that the worthy Mr..
- III him that he was presipifate
Ha,1rc SAID thus much nv way Of pre-.
face. we will invite thesre.der to accom-
pany us tn our hero's study.
There he sal in his ponderous arm,
chair. with his elegant legs extended To
the mantel piece. his arms folded, his
head thrown back. and the smoke Wind
ing upwards from his mouth, giving him
the appearance Of COMMEMORATIVE chin
ney pot. Our hero was engaged in the
noblest study Of mankind--himseJf; -not
himself. o. Bang, but himself as one Of
the species. After keeping himself TO
himself as chamber.maids say, some
thirty minutes, he slowly began as fol
lows:-. Then shall | do so! shall do
so! shall DO so! three times. Is that
enough! Yes. il is evidently proper for
both nur sakes that ] should do SOL In
another quarter of an hour he was knock
ing at Mr.. Wentmore's door. IN Por,man
square. He had determined on enuesl-
ing Miss w. TO consider his last letter as
not written. Not long he waited in his
mistress's bOudolr, before the door open.
ed and Mr.. Wrenlmore, jun. made his
appearance.
Mr.. WrentDore. jun. said his beha-
viour was most precipitate. sO'Bang ex-
postulated; it was of no use. Wrent-
more demanded satisfaction. O'Bang told
him that to avoid being preclpitate in
this instance, he should act Immediately
counter to has feelings, and decline Civ.
ing satisfaction
you re villain and cowardr said
Wrentmore, opening the street door.
Good evening. SIR said O'Bang,
nakiog his EXT through it, and our hero
walked sloa Iy honewsrd; and Oh finding
hins='i once mnre in the quie Iness Of his
study, he wrote a second letter to Miss