DI1EI.
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Did you ever fight duels Mo- nor send
challenge either? Well, you are fresh in
deed! IT'S an awkward business after all e.
ven for the boldest. After an immense deal
of negotiation, and giving the party every
opportunity of coming to an honourable un-
derstanding, the fatal letter is at length sign
ed sealed, and sent You pass your morn
ngs at your seconds apartments, pacing his
drawing. room with quivering lip, and un-
certain step. At length he enters with an
answer, and while he reads, you endeavour
to look easy, with countenance merry with
the most melancholy smile. You have no
appetite for dinner, but you are too braUe
not to appear at table; and you are called
out after the second glass, by the arrival Of
your solicitor, who comes to alter your will.
You pass restless night, and rise in the
morning as bilious as Bengal general.
Urged by impending fate, you make a des-
perate effort to accommodate matters; but
in the contest between your pride and your
terror, you, at the same time, prove that you
are a coward, and fail in the negotiation.
You both fire-and miss-and then the sec-
onds interfere, and then you shake hands,
and every thing being arranged in the most
honourable manner, and to the mutual salts
faction of both parties. The next day you
are seen pacing, with an erect front and flash
ing eye; with an air at once dandyish and
heroical--a mixture, at the same time. Of
Prummell and the Duke of Wellington.
Vivion Gray.