Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-04-19
Absence Of Mind.

"Of his 1.-THE Earl OF Dunlty) extra ordin.
airy absence Ot mind, ami has untOTlnua'e
hab.t OF thinking alUlm,' many amusing
anecdotes have been in GircuialiOn. 1t rs II
iacl that when he Was 10 the Foreign Otilce,
he ,ilrcrled IL letter Intended tor the French
10 The Russian Ambassador, shortly hefuIe
the affair at NavarImO; and, strange as Il;
may appeal, il attained him the highest
honor. Prince Leven, who never made
any mistakes OF The kind, set II down as one
OF lie rleveieSl fuses ever attempted 10 he
PLAYED utt, aud gave him>e I inuen>e Gre &.
d., .uI mo. falling into the tap laid for him
nv the sinister ingenuity OF the English Sc
cIelaty lie returned The les'er WI. h most
pol,le note, in which he vowed. Vi course.
that he had NOT read WOId vi IL, after he
had ascertaiLed that il was imien ior
Prince Pulisuac. hui could nUi help telling
Dudley, at AN evening party, That he was
rOp ill., hat dipiuDali>iS Ut ni> PrInce Lie
ven'S) standing were not 5" easily Caught.
"Lu.d Dudley was attic Ell with what
may n,n improperly he termed the d'seaeS
Ut thinking aluud-lhat is, u unc0MSciUu>Iy
giving ut,erance 10 involuntary thouSh'S,
winch other men cUnfide 10 the secret Ie po.
STORY vi thei: own MeaSlH. All amusing
amecdOle ,,I this singular failing Vi THE MIntl
is reiaied Of ms lUIu>Lip.
Loud Dudley hat tween invited 10 the
house Uf trend npuU the WcaS'On Oi s''ins
great ir,e. but being II" n,aM Of cary habits,
| had vr.ieavd his carriage Al a ctltai" h'"'s,
having svn,e miles 10 Ifavri before he could
U5t in his accustomed irT"Se. 10 his great
mora tlra,,,n, ..i,et repeated inquiries io'
I h.,l 81 hat laal al
aud his iv,.Ahip as we'll aS Othe's: imag'"'
ell that some accideiI must have haPpe""'
10 il. On. vi the guests, seeing h"" much
his loldship WAS disconnected by The event
very politely offered him seat 1" his
| The gen'ieman in question b I'd 10 pass n'~
luru>h p's house ON his reiur" nome. an"
,huugh he was aislO>t stranger 10 FAN"
Dudley. his rank aud position i" the cou">
NV were, oI course, we'll known 10 hin'' AN"
the c,vti,iy WAS no one 'han Que gent 'eha''
would, under similar circumstances, nave
offered To another. Nevertheless, they had
net been seated ~ the carriage more than
twenty minutes when the peer, vino. being
tired, had, up To- thai m"Inen', IN inlaite'
a most perfrci 81 emre, i,bseIyeG In low
but distinctly audible some of vOice-'' an
very sorry arrrplel his offer. dO"'
know The man. I. was civil, certainly hui
,he wofs, is, suppose ] mus, ask him {"
dinner. lis deuce Ut a hare? lie the'
re.aPSed into h y tOrne1 s'a e OF Iaci'urn'ly
| when, after q I. " mimu rs. the gentleman
pretending TO he ffl,c;ed wilh the Same fail
ing aud im,la,iug his lOrdship'> ao'r, Oh
served Perhaps he'll think l did II N
make his acquaintance. why, should
h we done the same 10 any rmer on his
estate. hope he won't think il necessary
, 10 ask me 10 dinner. III he damned # I'll
accep, his invitation = Lord Dudley lis
! tened 10 him with earnest interest, imme
diattly comp rhendrd the joke which he
had himself p' evoked, offered his hand with
much happy good will TO his companion,
making every proper apology for His invol'
nMlary rudeneSs-and trim thai night the
travellers Became inseParable friends"