Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-29

vs,si Of NV friends party were eApeeuus mn,
and having stabbed our horses, we ,ei, ,he 'u"h
~ ,o,. q narrow path across the neius' "h.."
lei 70 mill abon, half mile oil; TINS was 'he
80 Of repdszyous On cur way, we over t w.
,Sa othsr Marty. who had all passed the preceding
n;,,bt AZ Neissner; and guess my surprise anu
hn,ror IN find that my friends antagonist was
nn. If NV own intimate acquaintance anu INC
80 s,ndcnt who had been the first to sho" me
anx sttent;op ON ms arriving IN Gottinseh' ne
80 vnnu Prussian named Hautsei'' "hoe.
iii manners and genteman-like dePortnen.
had acquired forhim the sobrquet OF ae' N'' s,ar
Tthe gentlel among his brother students. "a, =.
salutine each other, the parties Prooeeueu
the ground together. There was h''le u LII
u arranging preliminares; 1t was aS'eeud a. for
were we'll known marksmen. TO throw d'ce 10,
We vs. G.. tho seconds then came forward, and
~. r.;cnds announced that Eisendailer
had won. e.,,;,o b,cl If all
,,,. tho two nr;ncipals. who now took their posi-
.;on .hout 6fteen PAGES from each other; twatc"-
"a thsr b,th closely, and never dsd see men
800 ,r,,reotIy unmoved than they were at that
.o.non,,r-not muscle of their features betrayed
| tho least emotion OF any consciousness VI .'e
awful situation in which they were paced-!he
n;stoI was handed to Eisen,laer, with direction
TO fire before the lapse of minute; he i'nmeu'e
ately levelled it, and remained IN the atu'u"e y,
| covering his antagonist for some SECONDS, put a'
leneth. finding his hand becoming unsteady, lie
deliberately lowered his arm to his SIDE suneh-
ng and stretching it to his utmost length anu re-
.a;n;no thus for an instant, he appeared 10 DC
gaining resolution for his deadly purpose; IL
was a moment of awful suspense; felt my hea,'
sicken at the blood thirsty GOODNESS OF the who're
proceedinp. and had to turn away nv head IN as
INST: when again looked round. he had raiseo
| His pistol. and was taking long ana s'eauy
aim. he at lennth fired; the ball whlzZed through
Hautzell's hair, and as it eraZed he whee'ea
half round by an Involuntary MOTION, anu 'r's.u
his hand to see if there were blood. no" 'coh-
ed anxiousv at Eisendaler, but he $1,000 HIN
and molonless as statue i thouSnt a' "is
moment saw his lip curl, and mar scow' VI
disappointment and impotence cross nus features
but in an instant IT passed away, anu he ie''a'N
ed as passionless as before.
| II wac now Hautscil's turn. he lost no time IN
presenting his weapon: there was small red spot
burning on the cheek that had been grazed, which
seemed 70 bespeak the fiery rage that had taken
nossesson of his SOUL for he felt that his antago-
MIST had done his best to take away his lie. l
sLuddered 10 think that was looking on my friend
tor the last time. for from the SITUATION IN "hlch
| stood. could distinctly see that ms heart was
covered. and that the moment Hau'seii drew
the tripper would be his last. Maddened with
an auonizino thrill of horror felt an lrrlslstaoie
impulse to rush forward and arrest the arm that
was about to deprive him of life; but while sense
of what was due TO the established customs ~ So.
ciety ON such occasions restrained me, and l
stood breathIess with terrific expectation OF the
fatal flash: Hautsel. to my amazement. sudden
" rising his pistol to vertical position ilred IT
streioht over his head, flung his weapon into the
air and rushing forward threw his arms round
Ei,endailar, burst into tears eXclaim,ng, "Nleln
B,uder!' and wept upon his neck like child.
We were wholly unprepared for such scene,
and though not easily unnamed, the over wrought
feelings of all sought vent in passion OF tears.
We soon left the ground, and mounted our hors-
pc 70 return 10 Gottingen. On our way home
ward there was little said. 1t happened that once,
and once only, found myselfat the side of Haul
sell. he coyyersed with me fnr short time IN a
low under tone. and on my asking how ne felt at
| the moment of his adversarics missing him, he
answered. II vas then my determined purpose to
shoot him. and up to the last moment this deter
m;nat;on remained unaltered. but at the instant
| ,,f nlaciny nv finger upon the trigger. thought
saw an EXPRESSION abomt his face that reminded
me of earlier and happier DAYS, when we studied
and plaved together, and had but one heart, and
| fell as if were about 10 become the murderer
| of nv brother | could more easily have turned
the pistol aoainst nv own breast, than have shot
the friend of nv childhood. Doubfn Lit. Gas.
Washington Cify--We find the accompany
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