Show SHERIDAN VERY MUCH ALIVE good joke brought off in the days of the regency the first gentleman in europe dictated to sheridan a letter making tun fun or of the grotesque appearance of 0 a crony ot of the princes jaaj baj hanger at a ball given in celebration of the queens birthday the major on oil receipt of a letter hastened to show it to the prince who insisted that only a duel a could wipe out the insult on examining the handwriting the prince said he had no doubt at all it was Sheri dans and the author of 0 tire school for scandal was accordingly challenged the dud was v ss of s l n ih j v chiv beadil rass that it was rot not till throe three shots on oil either side had ben been interchanged and till sheridan tell fell that tho honor of 0 the major jr was sati killed by G e exclaimed clat med capt SI 11 orris in a voice of horror and he and his principal the major fled the field unspeakable was the relief of the re remorseful major ahel sheridan turned u atiat at night at the princes dinner table flow I low how bow is this lie he stammered 1 I thought I 1 had killed u no my good fellow replied sheridan 1 I good enough t go to the voiad above nor as yet q auke ile bad enough to go to that below therefore I 1 deferred my departure but I 1 say hanger t I 1 lie die well it was as then explained explain ed to the mystified mys my tined stifled major how he had been hoaxed by tile the pr prince ilce who had arranged that I 1 the pistols shou should be charged only with powder |