The Ottawa free trader., 1849-04-20
The Student and Bully,
on
THE COWARD UNN asked
TRANSLATED FROM TIE GERMAN.

TRANSLATED FROM TIE GERMAN.
have myself, said Kreutzer. witnessed
many duel> but we are not so blood thirsty
generally, as you moral Americans. We
usually settle these matters with the sword;
a better method, by the way. and more
worthy Of a soldier, than your cold muir
dcrous pistol firing. Any poltroon may
pull trigger, but it requires a man with
| firm hand and steady eve to manage the
steel. However, as ] was at Jena. they
called cachchcr out as bpauX and bellies
to a dance. 1t was the ireadiug on toe
tile brushing Of an elbow-nay an acci-
dental look that Eel on them. when they
wished not observation. aud the next hour
there was clashing OF steel, aud the stamp
ing "f iect upon the crecnsward, and the
kindIlns and flashing Of fiery eyes, n plunge
and parry, a cut and thrust, till one or both
! lay s,rcached at length: the skull cleft
down, or hand of, aud the blood bubbling
and gushing forth like rill of mouutaii
water. There was more than one Of q o>c
/ iellows-GeviIS, ] must Say-whO, when
/ they found among them, some strange stu
dent. tiinid and retired. with whose charac-
ter they were acquainted, or with whose
courage they would sport, brush his skiIt,
charge the offence upon hnI, demand an
apology too humble for bare. aud dismiss
him from the adventure only with an open.
eh shoulder, or daylight through his dody.
There was among us fellow named
| Men'z, who assumed aud wore with impu-
nifty the character of bully. He WAS tore
most in all devilry. His pistol was death
and his hroadsword cut like the scissors of
ll gn IL y,lf E,
enc. two. thrrc-anh good bv Ia his an
tagouiN. Iii. friendship was courleG by
all; Tor 10 be his enemy was 10 lie in n
bloody grave. At length growing FEARLESS
ot being called to an account. he took pride
in insulting strangers. and even women.
His appearance was formidable; great
bully giant, with shaggy black hair. huge
whiShcrS. sud grim mu,tachcs three inc h, 5
long. mhlch under his nose. A sort %,
beauty he had, too; aud among the women
-heycn help her wherever those ,nns,a.
chcs showed themselves. every opponcn,
abandoned the ground. II was at last re-
ally dangerous 10 have n wcci. heart : for
out Of pure bravo. Mcn,z would push Cor
ward aud make love to n lady. frghlen her
swain. ann either terrify or f,cnate her
self. Should the doomed lover offer resist
ancc, he had no more TO do than 10 call a
surgeon; and happy could he consider him
sell II he escaped with the loss of a tooth or
an eye. lie had killed four men who had
never injured him, wounded seventeen, aud
fought twenty duels. He once challenged
the whole club, who had hlackba,!ed him
unanimously, aud was paciiieh only 10y be.
ing re.admi,ted, though all the members
immediately resigned and the club was
broken up.
AT last there came youth into the uni.
vsrs'ty-s slender. quiet and boyish. looking,
with handsome face, though somewhat
pale. His demeanor, though generally
shy, was noble and self possessed. lie had
been but short time among us, however,
before he was set down as \ cowardly crea.
tusc, and prime game for the devils brok G
loose, as the gang Of Mcniz termed them.
selves. The coy youth shunned all the
inis aud rrvpls Of the nivcrsiy--inSulled
no one, aud If his mantle brushed against
that Of another, npologizcd so Immediately
gentlemanly and gently, that the devil him.
self could not fix n quarrclupon him. Now
It appeared, too. that Gertrude. the daugh.
ter OF Baron DISABLE, the toast Of MI the
country, upon whom mos, ~ MS had gnIcd
MS something above us--it snon appeared
that, the girl loved the youthful s,rapger.--
Now Men'z had singled OH. Gertrude 70,