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The following extraordinary circum-
stance related by Gauignani's Paris Mes.
scnger, well illustrates the. danger Of try
ing tricks upon the sensibiiity Of imagina'
ton: s


Two young men, the Count de Brech.
tenstein and Baron Lieftern, lately lived
together at Perth, in Hungary, on init.
mate terms. The former always boasted
Of his intrepidity, and declared that moth.
ing could frighten him. s'What! not even
supernatural things?" said NJ. de Lieftern
"Even less than others" said his friend
'.since they do not exist" The upshot o.
the affair was, that bet Of one hundred
ducats was made by M. de Lieftern that
should be able to terriiy his friend. Four
months passed over and nothing was heard
Of the wager, when one evening M. de
Lieftern persuaded his frieds valet 10 per
NIT him to hide under his masters bed
He took care to draw the balls from pair
Of pistols that always hung at the head.--
M de Brechtenstein returned home, az
usual, and went to bed. AS soon as he
had fallen asleep M. de Lieftern came
out from under the bed, threw a sheet
around him, and put on mask represent
ing skull. He then drew the quilt tc
awake his friend. who, on seeing the spec
tre, cried, "be of, and leave me quiet!''-
Seeing the figure still remained, he took
down one Of the pistols and fired it at him.
NJ. de Lieftern then rolled on the bed one
the balls he had taken from the PISTOLS
M. de Brechtenstein, who was sitting up
on seeing this, fell back in the bed. His
friends ran forward to assure him that it
was all trick, but M. de Brechtenstein
was dead-h had been struck with apop-
lexy. NJ. de Lieftern Immediately gave
himself into custody. The valet has
been arrested, and both will be tried in the
course Of next month.