, 1861-02-07

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Atiour O'Clock IN tne AFTERNOON my new ac
qualntance, Aicide, entered the room, a. the mo
ment was giving orders ior boat ana Ooatlner
to take me TO- hanstad.
hoId on, salu JoiiVet' you arc not going
away nowE You Know that nave an account
10 settle with the Englishman, and, as you are
my countryman, l thought you would be my
second.
Bah y said !, hoped you had forgotten
that ridiculous quarrel.
Much Obliged for your good opinion.
man throws bottles at my head without ever
saying Look out ! and you think VIII let II
pass, as il nothing had happenedl Obi you
do not know Alcide JollivetV
"Well, sit down, at least; and let US talk
about i"
"With all my heart; but wouldn't you like
a little glass OF kirschwasserg" Z"
eyes have some excellent Wait mo-
ment."
"No, no; do not move. | see Il; and here
are some glasses. Now preach; l listen"
"Well, then, my dear countryman, do you
think that the insult you have given or received
is serious enough to make i necessary that you
should kill man, or be killed !"
Listen to me-" said Jolvet, slipping his
glass al am gOod-natured fellow. l would
not harm a child am not quarrelsOme. How
should be, since don't know how to fight.
If this had happened with Frenchman, should
have said: The affair concerns only ourselv $.
Between countrymen such things can be arrang-
ed But is different with an Engllshnlan, you
see. In the first place, l never could endure
Englishmen; they murdered my emperor
With an Englishman it is quite another thing.
Then there were Germans present. and Russians,
and Poles, and Americans, too, for what know
and they would tell in all the four quarters Of
the world that Frenchman was afraid Of an
Englishman. In France, now, one might bear
something from co1ntryman, ana u would
have been nobody's affair but our own; but
abroad every one oi US represents france. II
this had happened TO You, you would nave lousht;
or, il not, would have tought for you. See.
now: at Milan, last year, there was CONNER
cial clerk from Paris who wanted money AN
Italian let him have some, and he gave bis note.
II was not paid when it was due: The next day
l arrived in the city. | heard them talking
against the French. " Hold on thereV salu,
he is one Of my friends. lie commissioned me
to pay it. ! am two days too late. 1t is all my
fault; IL is not his. ! stopped to amlise myself
at Turia. i was very wrong 1--WE me tne
note, now; l VIII pay
AnI uiu your Iriehu relihDurse !ou' y" J"ui
return
MY irlen1t 40 hC' KNOW n.'n: ne Mas J, "
the hae 81 Marti'l, and am O' u.e hue -. ~
DENIS he Travelled lor wine nlsrcnanti 70 70.
silk merchant was nve hundre9 q Irallcs ~
Tess IN my pocheti out inc name Oi EIaloe was
unstaln d. ....
lou arc oraVe leilo", sAlu' eAVc"ui"e
my hand 70 nun. -,
les, yes yes Anope SOL nave " sIea'
wit, nor much education ahneI make IRA
mas like you,-l know your name y0u see-ou.
no one can beat me IN ai1thmetle- know thai
two and two make Tour; and that 0ottle thrown
at the head is worth pistol-ball
Well, believe you are right;
"Ah! now you begin to see but u was haro
enough 10 get the truth out Of you.
The singular mixture oi Vulgarlty OF appear
ance and manner, and elevation Of sentiment
in this young man, interested ne; he was
type not apt to be found in any other country
than France, and had never had the oppOrtu
nifty before to study It 50 closely. Besides th'
general interest which he inspired, l icit some
thingof the curiosity Of an anatomist u u VIII
the dramatic author as WIN tne Physlcnni u. Us
sees everything on the sue Oi nis a''' a'lu WIN
the feelings are toucheu' lhe inihu ana'y -es'
gave my promise to be NJ. Aleides second u
this emergency, with lingering hope that th'
matter might be accommodated, and went TO cal
on the Englishman, whose name learned wa
Sir Robert Leslie. They told me at the hote
that he was in the garden, and | went thither
| | found him firing at waters, which we're pastet
against the garden wall, at twenty five pace dis
tant. AS he did not hear my approach. hat