Dooked at» and dropp ed again.....otkei’S were
treated in the fame Manner.
It was but a Trifle and not worth flaying
for ; but I could not tell her fo. That would
have been beating a Retreat, and to beat a
Retreat, when the oppofite party beats to
Arms, is an Inflance ot bad Gcneralfliip in a
Joldicr, and it is not lefs cenfurable in a Lov-
i r widely as Z-ff-teand War leem to differ,
there iS a greater Affinity between them than
the Callous imagine, of thole, who have ne
ver read the Amours of Venus and Mars, are
acquainted With; (Ludicrous as thatflnry is,
yet, ye Men of Gallantry, it teaches a Lcflbh
worthy of your Notice Secucy hiihtens th
\ but the fulpicious old Vulcan, with his
invifible Net; loured theirs.) a quick appre-
^henfion, and a Fromptnels to improve eppor-
^^unitiei, arc as efftntial to a Lover as to a Ge-
t>eral, and even that Tcndernels, which no
Man engaged in the dclij^tful Warfare of^
I -ove Ihould ever be witjjjjjm properly tem
pered will never bedeenwwa Blot in the Eb
cutcheon of a Candidate for martial Fame.*—
But whither, vagrant Pen, art Thou go
ing ! Not, i hope, into Honoria’s Cham
ber, to profane her Joys, or to wound hef
• Peace....!...Forgeting the lovely Brunette^
thou haft artempted a Subjed, which;
ho vever agreeable it is to the Heart, has
puzzled and confounded more and better
Heads than mine, and is^^foreign to my
Purpofe for, though boih lufceptiblc of
the tender Paffions, yet neither of us had
Canqiiefi in our View.
\Vc had never feen each other before, and
perhaps never would again. She appeared ve
ry aofeeabJe to Me, and I, of Courle, Wiflied
to make myfclf lb to her There was but a
Mon-Acnt for it; fo taking time, for once;
by the Forelock, I endeavored to model a
Convexlation for that Purpofe.
I nf.vcr pradlice Relervc, unlefs with the
Relervcd; and but fome'tfmes then. It hai
fomething lufpicious and ungenerous in it,
therefore 1 hate i:...!...She was of then fame
Opinion, yet flie ftridly obfervedall thatPunc-
ti/io which Decency enjoins the Sex.—There
was a Partition, Breaft-high; between us, and
the upper part of it, folded outwards, kept me
at adilagrceable diftance ; yet before the little
Moment had t lapled, we got better acquaint
ed than two ph Icgmatic Souls would have done
in fifty different tete a tetes, with neither
Partitions nor iDoors between them;
Whether it was Defign, Inflind of Acci
dent, I know not; but as I attempted to
take the Monc;f out of her Hand; my Fin
gers touched hers.—There is lortiething of
cledlrical Magi c in thefe Touches, but their
fliocks are infiuiitely more in Unifon with
Nature. ---My Heart felt this, and
Was lb plealtfd with if, that 1 couki noi
fecaii ' ftiy l4ahd, had thfe ’thdrei feiren tiiii '-
Lure, without giving hers a gentle PrclTure.—
Our Eyes meeting, at that Inflant, explained;
in one Momcnti all the dTfferent Movements
of our Hearts \ and when She withdrew her
Hand from mine, a mutual Sigh, at their Se
paration; confirmed the Intelligence of our
Eyes
(to be continued.)
John McDONNELL takes this method
to acquaint his friends and the public, that
he has juft opened an ailbrtment of goods
ofuitable for the prefent and approaching^
feafon, confifting of
W HITE blue and green plains; cbm-
mon and very fine oznabrigs, Irilli
brown hoi land, and Iheeting dp. tickling-
burghs; portabella flannel, duffil blankets
of a good width and quality, plain ftrip'd
and figur’d calimancoes, mens and womens
thread hofe, fine India chints, printed linnen;
and cotton gown patterns, neweft falhion’d
fiik hats, mits; figur’d and plain ribbands,
mens beaver Carolina and felt hats, do fad-
dles, ladlery and hardware, broad hoes and
falling axes ; all which, be will fell extraor
dinary cheap for calh of ready pay'in mer
chantable produce, his friends may have the
ttiual Ihort credit if demanded j As he finds
encouragement from the pubiic in the linnen
branch; he means to always keep up a well
affi^rted Irilh linnen ware-houfe, where any
perfon may buy in the wholc-lale way nearly^
as cheap as can be imported from England.
N. B. Said Me Donnell has alfo for fale,
t few hogfheads of melaffes weft-lndia fu- IT
gars and Jamaica rum, which he will fell VGrf
low by the hogfiiead or barrel,
tbcuf. Wilmington Nov. 1770;
To be SOLD, by the fubferiber cheap for
calh or produce;
R U M, lugar, oznabrigs, checks, fait;
linnens, broad-cloth, blue and white
negro cloth, &c. &c. ALSO, will be
expolcd for falc on the ^ofh inflant, eight or
ten negroes, all uled to country work; amongft
which are two coopers and fome breeding
wenches ; the terms will be known at the
t>rnc of tale All perfons indebted to me
by bond note or book-debt that has beeii due
four months or upwards, are defired to fettle
the fame, or they may depend their accounts,
&c. will be put into the hands of an Attorney,
if not paid within tWo months from this date.™
RICHARD BRADLEY.
^ tbcuf. Wilminptny Nov. 15.
WILMINGTON, (Cape-fear) printed fo#
ADAM BOYD i ^