New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-30

mefeiy gong lot morning walk together; a.
terwards he opsned closet. took ont oft q cass
excellent swords. which I put under my arm
and thus provided, We proceeded along skemaay
toward the port. The beatr1sn seemed =
know him. peter, your bosty Hs ktsd
himself in the stern.
Sc You will have the goodness 70 row. he
said; 81 win take the tilser 90 thst ~ hand
may not become unsteady =
took off my coat, ard rowed sway bsiskly,
and as the wind was favorable, wshoisted Asail,
and soon reached Cape Verd. We could remark
from afar eur thTes young men, who wero ~
ting at breakfast in o garden not far ffem The
shore. This was the garden of = rest1ryatesvs
and was the favorite resort Of the intsb sbifante e.
Marseilles. Here you find excellent fsh and
also, in high perfection, hefamous b1iesbvssss.
national dish in Provence, = eslshRatsd -
the Ola lodridu Of Spain. How many asIcver
nesting has occurred in this place! But thies
time it was mot love tnat brought the psrtiO
together, but Hate, his step brother; and
Provence the oneis - ardent, qaisk, ard infs
tient as the other " I
Sisted in asking the Joung men vhaa xse1sns
they choose, AMI vita which Of than thH dial
was to be fought. The dsrk -Aairsi ycna ~
name was NJ L., insisted fhat II s1pha
should settle the business, and his friepd9 were
obliged to give their word not to interfess
" You are too stout" he said to the one,
pointing to his portly figure; g and you "Ast
the other are going To- be married; bssids
am first rate hand with the sword How
ever, will not take advantage Of my youth nx4
strength, but will chose the pistol, unless the
gentleman yonder prefers the sword /"
A movement Of convulsive joy animated the
face Of my old captain. g The sword il the wss-
pom of the French gentlemen, he said; g ] shall
be happy to die with it in my hand
9. Be It 60 Eut your ages''
It was ssssnee sight the handsome young
man On one side, sys1bssring con6dencs in his
look, with his youthfHs form, full Of grace and
suppleness /, and opposits him that long figure.
half naked-for his blue Shirt was furied up
from his sinewy srm, and lis broad scsriet
breast was entirely bare. In thee I'D man every
sinew was ike iron wire his whole weight 1sst-
ing on his Left hip, the long arrn-on x,hich. In
sailor fashion, red Cross three lilies and osheY
marks, were tattooed- held ont before him. 6od
the cunning murderous gaze rivetted on his adj
versary.
"'Twill be but mere scratch p said one Of
| the three friends TO ME. made NO reply. but
! was convinced beforehand that my captain, VINO
was an old practitioner, would treat the matter
more seriously Young l., whose psrfumed
coat was lying near. appeared to me to b slrea-
dy given over to corruption He began TIE at
tack, advancing quickly. This confirmed me in
| my opinion for although he might be prac-
ticed fencer in the schools, this was proof that
he could not frequently have been engaged in
serious combat, or he would not have rushed for
! wards so incsutiously against an adversary
whom he did not as yet know His opponent
profted by his ardor, and retired step u step,
| and at FIRST only with an occasional ward and
half thrust Young L., getting hotter and
hotter, gre fun ried; while every ward yf his
| adversary proclaimed. by its force and exact
ness, the master Of the art Of fence. At length
the young man made longe; the captain par
ried it with o powerful movement, and before
L-- could recover his position, made d thrust
in return, his whole body falling forward - he
did SO, exactly like picture At the Academic
des Armes-ss the hand elevated, the leg stretch
ed ont and his sword went through his an-s
tagonist, for nearly half its length, just under
the shoulder. The captain made an almost in-
perceptible turn with his hand, and in an In
slant was again en- garde. L felt hinsslf
| wounded he let his sword fall, while with his:
other hand he pressed his side; his sys grew
dim, and he sank into the arms of his friends,
The captain wiped his sword carefully, gave it
to me, and dressed himself with the utmost corr
posure. Sc / have the honor to wish you good
morning, gentlemen: had you not eung ysster-
day, you would not have had to weep to-dsys 2
and thus saying, he went towards his boat.
s''Ts the seventeenth % he murmured hut this
was easy work--a mere greenhorn from the fsn-
icing schools Of Paris. Twas a very different
thing when had to do with the old Bonapartist
officers, these brigands Of the Loire. But It d
; quite impossible to translate into another Lam
suage the fierce energy Of this speech. Arrived
at the port, he threw the boatman few pieces
Of silver, saying: ''Here, Peter; here's some
thing for you. y +
s. Another requiem. and q mass for 9 departed
soul, at the church Of st. Genevieve-is it not
so, captain? But that is q matter of course: =
And SOON after we reached the dwelling Of the
captain
: The little negro brought us a cold pasty, oys-
ters, and two bottles OF oia d .Irtoss. Is Such
walk betilnes gives an Appetite said the cap-
tain gaily. "How strangely things fail out r
he continued in q serious tones g I had long
wished, to draw the Grape veil from before the
picture, for You must know only deem myself
worthy to do so when 4 hive sent some Jacobin
or B0napartist into the other world, to crave
pardon from that murdered angel; and SO
went yesterday to the eoffee-house with my old
) ffrisnd the able, wh IN knew ever since he was
eld-preacher TO the Chouans, in the hope of
: finding victim for the sacrificing among the
readers Of the liberal journals. The confoundsd
walters, however, hetray my intention; and
when am there, nobody will ask for . radical
paper. When you appeared. my worthy friend,
l st first thought had found the right man.
, and was impatient--for ! had been waiting
> for more than three hours for reader Of the
National, Or OF Figaro How glad am that
at once discovered you to be no friend of such
infamous papersi How grieved should / be. i
had had to do with you instead OF with that
young fellow n' For my part, was in no moed
: even for self felicitations, At that time, was
, a reckless young fellow going through the CON
ventionalisms Of society without a thought; but
: the event Of the morning had made even me
reflect. ,.a5s ss.s
- Do you think he will die, captain I"
asked s :. is the wound mortal p Ms
For certain !" he replied witha slight smile.
y IL have knack--of course for Jacebirs and
a Bonapartists only--when thrust en- qudrfe, 4
9 draw cutsthe sword by an imI Ierceptible move
J. ment OF the hand en- fierce, or r:ee rers1, 40
y cordng to circumstances; and thus the blads
/; turns In the wound--and that KILLS; for tn,
lung is injured, and modification is sure I
= follow s
: On returning to my hotel, where L. III
: sas staying, met the physician, who had jus
= visito him He gave up all hope, The oartai
> spoke truly, for the movement Of the hand IN
the turn Of the blade had accomplished thei
lin, and the lung wa injured beyond the pow
er Of cure. The next morning early L.
: he'd went to the cap lin. who was returnin
. home with the abbe &c The ahhe has just been I
= read a mass for him. he said g it is benef