The
officer himself, who had been the first that presumed to lay violent
hands upon him, felt the first effects of his fury in a blow upon
the jaws, in consequence of which he lost three of his teeth, and
fell athwart the body of the receiver, with which he formed the
figure of a St. Andrew's cross. One of his myrmidons, seeing the
fate of his chief, would not venture to attack the victor in front,
but, wheeling to one side, made an attempt upon him in flank, and
was received obliquely by our hero's left hand and foot, so masterly
disposed to the right side of his leg, and the left side of his
neck, that he bolted head foremost into the chimney, where his chin
was encountered by the grate, which in a moment seared him to the
bone. The rest of the detachment did not think proper to maintain
the dispute, but, evacuating the room with great expedition, locked
the door on the outside, and bellowed aloud to the receiver's
servants, beseeching them to come to the assistance of their master,
who was in danger of his life.
Meanwhile, this gentleman having recollected himself, demanded
a parley; which having with difficulty obtained of our incensed
candidate, in consequence of the most submissive application, he
complained grievously of the young gentleman's intemperance and
heat of disposition, and very calmly represented the danger of his
rashness and indiscretion.
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