Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-12-09

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occupant of the chalet. And they set to work
chatting between the passes.
i thought you we're employed in the in
terror p said Fournier.
The minister has put me into the fourtl
corps
Really! What curious coincidence.
command the cavalry there. And so yo
are just arrived p
Il got out Of the carriage five minute
ago.
sAnd your first thoughts were devoted t
me. How ver7 kind!
At last, General Dupont's sword, afte
traversing General Fournier's thrust, strucl
the wall.
'Sacre, die y shouted Fournier.
you did not expect tbatP .
sYes, I did. Directly I left my guard,
saw that 1 was caught. But tits you wht
don't expect what is going to happen
well, let us see what is likely to happen.
The moment you stir, shall give you {
thrust in the belly. You are a: dead man.
o. i will ward your thrust
Impossible .-.....
Il won't stir my sword an inch. l will
keep you pinned till you throw down your
sword ..
sDo you know that this is very disagree
able positionr said Fournier. ...
sFor you, especially. Throw down you1
sword, and 1 will allow you to quit it,
sNo; I intend to kill you
Fortunately, the noise which the two Gen
erals made was heard by the officers, who
came and separated the combatants.
Dupont, the more reasonable of the two,
now and then thought of the absurdity of a
quarrel, and still went on after SO many
struggles, and asked himself whether he
should not be doing right in killing Fournier,
to make an end of the matter. Besides that,
he was to get married. One morning be
called on Fournier.
sAre you come to fix day for the match p
inquired the latter, on seeing him enter.
perhaps am but first of all, let us talk
little. Listen to this; I intend to get
married and before enter the serious state
of matrimony, I should like to have done
with you
sOh ohp .-...
sOur quarrel has now lasted for nineteen
years. I do not wish to continue style of
life which my wife might consider not exact
ly comfortable; and therefore, by virtue Of
the fourth article of our treaty, I am come to
propose change in the mode Of combat, and
SO have final meeting, the result Of which
shall be decisive. We will fight with pis-
tolls
you don't think of such thingv cried
Fourncr, in astonishmeut.
Il know that that is your strong point ;
but, to equal the chances, we will do this, if
you like. One of my friends has, at Neuil-
ly, an inclosure planted with trees, and COM
pletely surrounded with walls there are
two doors to it, one at each end. On a day,
and at an hour to be agreed upon, we will
go to the enclosure separately, armed with
two hostler pistols, ready loaded, to take a
single shot with each. We will try which
can find the other, and whoever catches the
sight of the other, shall fire.
That's droll idea
sDoes it suit you"
Ten o'clock on Tuesday morning-will
that do?
That's it; agreed. Adieu, till Tuesday,
The hour and the day determined on, they
were punctual at their rendezvous. AS scon
as they were inside the inclosure, the two
antagonists sought after each other cautious
ly, hating to listen to every step. They ad-
vauced slowly, with their cooked pistols in
their hands, eye on the watch, and ear all at
tention. At the turn of an alley they per-
ceived each other; by rapid motion they
drew themselves behind the trunks of a
couple of trees; in this position they resolV-
ed to act. At first he gently waved the tail
of his coat just outside the tree which pro-
tected him; he then protruded half the
thickness of the feshy part of his arm, draw
ing it back again instantly. 1t was lucky
for him that he did SO; for Immediately af-
terWards, bullet sent large piece of bark
flying. Fournier has lost shot.
In the course of {; few minutes, Dupont
recommended the same maneuvre on the op-
posite side of the treG.trunk, and he embel-
lished his original idea by showing the trip
of his pistol-barrel, as if ho in turn were
watching for an opportunity to fire. Holding
his hat in his right hand, he displayed it as
far as the rim. In twinkliug the hat was
blown away; fortunately there was no head
inside of it. FourniGr, therefore had wasted
his second bullet.
Dupont then salliel from his fortress, and
marched up to his adversary, who waited
him in the attitude o.: brave man for whom
there is no further hope. When Dupont
was within couple of PAGES of his enemy,
he said:
Il can kill you, if I like; it is my right
aud my privilege; hut I cannot fire at a
human creature in cold blood. Ispare your
life.'
'As you please
Il spare it to-day, you understand clearly,
but I remain the master of my own proper
ty, of which I allow you the provisional en-
joyment. But if over you give me any
trouble, if ever you tty to pick quarrel with
me, I shall take the liberty of reminding