Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-02

splersont Adventure of an Impertinent
GOxcomb-He Follows the wife and En-
counters the Husbnnd-The Game OF
Quarter-StRff Substituted for AmOPOus
DalIiance.
The Paris correspondent Of the New
Orleans Della relates this adventure of an
impertinent coxcomb;
A conceited young jackanapes fond of
seeking adventures In the Tuileries Gar
den, caught Tartar, a short time 20, and is
now the butt of ridicule in all the clubs of
Paris. Lounging in the garden, one after
noon, he noticed a handsome and aristo-
cratic-looking woman, seated under the
trees with a piece of embroidery in her
hands, and entirely alone. Don Juan at once
determined that the opportunity for display
ing his peculiar talents was not to be lost,
and, after passing and repassing the spot
several times in succession, to make sure
that no gentleman might be at hand to nun
jsh his impudence, he drew q chair near to
the fair brodeuSe, and opened his batteries in
brilliant style. The lady listened without
reply to all the pretty batteries addressed to
her an occasional smile fitting across her
lips, betraying that she heard all that was
said, and seeming to encourage the unflag-
giDg stream of rhodomontade, poured out
for her subjugation. -
At length, she folded her tapestry, rose
from her seat and walked toward the outlet
of the garden, on the river side. The gallant
stranger was instantly at her elbow, and
persistently accompanied her across the
Seine into that part Of the city known as
the taubourg Saint German, until his inam-
orata entered the courtyard of a handsome
mansion, in the Rue st. Dominique. During
all this time she had not vouchsafed a word,
pro or con. But what of that? Her smiles
conveyed the, most eloquent appreciation of
the smitten gentIeman,s suit, and she had
clearly determined to receive him at her own
house. So he resolutely followed and en-
tered the hall close behind the silent lady.
Louis" said she to the powdered footman,
who opened the door and saluted her with
deferential bow, "this gentleman desires to
see the Count, Conduct HIM to your master"
And off she went up the wide stairs. Here
was nice piece of business, thought the
dandy. ".t q
A look at the broad shoulders of the foot
man convinced him that it would not do to
run any unpleasant risks by making excuses;
and, after all, it was perhaps cunning plan
OF the Countess (she was evidently Count
css) to introduce him on an easy footing
Doubtless, the Count was q mere nobody, a
slave to the caprices of his wife, ready to re-
ceiVe, with open arms any friend she chose
10 present. So he permitted himself to be
conducted across the courtyard to a sort of
pavilion, in one of the wings of the mansion
fitted up as gymnasium. The walls of the
spacious apartment in which the puzzled
Lotherio now found himself were hung
round with foils, masks, boxing gloves, stout
canes, pistols, muskets, and other sporting
utensils, while several swings hung from
the ceiling, spring-board was in corner,
tall wooden horse stood at the further end
of the room, and the whole place was re-
dolent of sawdust. A tall, notwithstanding
parsonage, in his shirt sleeves, was fighting
the air with stick, evidently awaiting the
arrival OF something more substantial to
attack.
"Ahp exclaimed the Count, offering his
hand TO the new conner, without stopping to
hear the servants announcement. 'Iye
been anxiouslV looking for you, my dear sirl
Every thing is ready for the lessen. OFF coat
and to workp
Anxiously expecting him l. lesson off |
coatl-what could be the meaning of all this? |
Had the Countess sent word to her husband |
to- No, it was impossible The Count |
had fallen into some strange mistake, and |
must be humored. at all hazards. So. with |
secret misgivingS and silent curses upon the
luck which had got him into this scrape
the visitor removed his coat, and accepted
the stick which the Count placed in his
hands. sf
"Now then," said the latter, 'we shall see
if Pons was jesting or not. He SAYS YOU
are the cleverest quarter-staff in his school,
and will polish me off without ceremony,
When 1t comes too heavy, / shall cry
enough, and you must spare me. En-
Oh horror! This Hercules then was a
patron of cane practice, and Pons, the
had promised to send him
an adversary. The rascally adversary, who
was doubtless some brutal butcher, had NOT
arrived, and he, Don Juan, who knew no
more of stick-fghting than he did of Chal
daic, was mistaken for the absent butcher,
But there was no help for it, and he must 90
through the ordeal He would do the best
he could not TO undeceive the Count, and
would seize the earliest chance to acknowl-
edge himself vanquished Perhaps he might
get of with tritiing bruise or two after
all. rHa
The struggle commenced, but it was as
may well be supposed, all on one side. from
the outset. The formidable Count rained
upon the unlucky dandy's shoulders back
and ribs, such shower of sturdy blows as
soon left his body one black and blue mass;
and, worse than all, the Count refused to
accept the capitulation eagerly offered after
The first "round," declaring that Pons had
boasted Of his supposed envoy as a "crack
pupil, and to surrender thus at the COM
was altogether too transparent
a piece of tiattery. So the poor wretch was
obliged to undergo one of the soundest drub-
0lngs ever administered to mortal man, and
when hnally permitted TO declare himself
put on his coat and limped away
N truly pitiable condition. To aggravate
his sutierings, the discomftted beau fancied
be saw the Countess peering at him with a
3atirical smile from behind the drawing |
room curtains, as he dragged himself across |
he courtyard, on his way to the street, As |
or the Count he is still wondering what |
'ould have induced Pons, one of the best |
aa'res ddrmeS Of the day, to send him an
opponent of such very inferior caliber, and
lis ialth in the master is 80 shaken that he
ias cut his acquaintance The Countess is
iouDuess Keeping the real story as a bonae
'oaehe TO amuse her husband at some future
moment OF connubial ennu.
PRoPosED REMOVAL OF A BUILDNa FROM
iosThEAL TO BOsToE.-Several gentlemen of
boston propose TO purchase the temporary
Duiidlng erected in Montreal for the grand
al given to the Prince of Wales. The build
eg IS octagonal, 800 feet in diameter, and
overs about $1,000 square feet of land. They
Z oppose to remove it to Boston, and ask Of
nc city government the free use of q lot of
'and a at the South-End for its site The
costs about $50,000 and the parties
Csmro; ve ~ would pay during the political
i, ~Paign as plaeefor mass meetings, and |
~ .neT nMInteT they would convert it into a
aasng Sao,,n place by throwing open the sides and
'e'uIlng flooring Of ice.