Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1862-07-31

"My reputation fortunately, was mot in the
keeping of a rather forward boy" returned the
other, with grim smile and hooking bow II
have come at last to ask the pleasure Of Mon
sieur lie Capltaine Henri Duvais to little quiet
walk. thinking the beautiful bride elect might be
pleased to hear Of the prowess Of her lover on
his wedding day."
| Duvais bit his lip.
81 think" he said, "I should be justified IN
putting you off for the present; but / win mot
balk your kind intentions We need not 20
far, nor wait long. Here are small swords, and
twenty PAGES hence is the garden" -.a
"Monsieur le CapitaiDe is SO obliging." bowed
the other. Perhaps they lied who said Mon.
sieur was coward and would not fght!"
you shall eew cried the young royalist al
most bursting with suppressed passion. @Cow.
ard or no coward. have sent your betten 10 the
devil and you shall soon follow. go
| In less than ten minutes the two antagonists
were in the garden, and their swords crossed.
Honitan was perfectly cool and selfpossessed,
but Duvais was almost blind with rage. The
latter was accounted the best swordsman in his
corps, and there were the fewest number that
could cope with him which was one cause Of his
! overbearing nsolence but in less than min
ute he discovered to his horror that be was only
u mere child in the hands of his antagonist. who
seemed rather disposed to play with than fight
him. In the course of FIVE minutes, however
! he received disabling wound and then, like
lightning, the blade of the other flashed close be.
tore his eyes and severed his nose clean down to
his face.
Monsieur lie Capataine did me the honor TO
pubmy nose-I have done myself the honor to
cut off his Good day, captain. / will send
your servant to look after you. When you are
| well, 1 will call again. My complimets to the
| hri,la ond how dnaS sha 20 voy,r hoo 80
The affair created great sensation in the up.
per circles of Paris. The wedding, of course did
not come off on the appointed day, and subse-
quently the lady declined to marry man whose
features were SO terribly disfgured.
| From his sudden disappearance on the morn.
ing of the duel, nothing was seen or heard of Cap
tain Hontan till his adversary had 80 for recov.
cred as to be again abroad, when, at like early
hour in the day. he as suddenly reppeared.
Il have been expecting you" said Captain
Duvais, when they again met.
Monsieur lie Capitaine does me to much hon.
or. Hope my visits do not prove troublesome"
Follow me-" returned Duvais, keeping him
self fearfully calm.
He conducted his visitor into an empty hall,
and produced a pair Of pistols. Handing one to
his enemy, he requested him to load it, while he
proceeded to charge the other.
| "You are more than a match for me with
swords" he said, and so we will Try these. Il
is my wish that one of US may not quit this, hall
alive. We will take our places and fire at the
word"
"Mensieur le Capitaine shall give the word"
replied IIontan. with the most perfect sang.
fold.
At the first fire, the imperielist received
flesh wound in the shoulder, and the royalist
lost a portion of his right ear.
monsieur lie Captaine did me the honor to
box my right ear" said Honitan, coolly;" al
have done myself the honor to shoot off his"
In couple of minutes the pistols were again
loaded and the foes in their respective places.
This time Captain Honitan received q wound in
the mock, not necessarily mortal and Captain
Duvais lost portion of his left ear.
The imperialist cooly repeated his haunting
words.
| AS they were taking their positions for the
third fire. Captain Honitan remarked, with Bit
ter emphasis:
Now, then. Monsieur le Capitaine, viii re-
member the foot!'
Both pistols cracked together at the word, and
both antagonists fell back dead-the one shot
through the heart tho other through the brain.
| So terminated this singular combat, the clo-
sing scenes Of which were reported by SER
want who saw and heard all.