The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-06-29

slovs With ~ Esslisk lsdy, and shs ssci.
spessatsd HI a&srtion.
The husband was lonk while 10 see-
ing the stain spea his honor seve-al
years had passed away bslorb hs psroeMed
- lDf - MA ssry nneh pl@ased vitA The
astist. snd tbs, I'D lssg - j3ea tAs
most intimate footing. AlEhougb ssups
70 The quick by suoh fsithlesssess asd
JssA esoss vislatisa 81 ~ lsws u haspi-
tali,y and friendahip, hs said nothing be
dislfked scenes: hs ~, nsvertheless,
determined upon complies revenge, and
hs appealed 70 cooler re6sotions 10 furnish
. suitable panishnsnt.
The passions srs bed counsellors. He
len Italy and retired with his wife to
EDgisnd, saying sothisg bst a. yevoir to
the artist. When hs reached Enelaud 10
told his wife Of the painful discovery he
had made, and gave her back into her
father's hands. he then returned u the
Continent alone, and visited Germany.
Kssia, asd France, whers hs purchased
great many paiasiDgs hs then went to
Italy, meanwhile oonfisuing TO purchase
paintings, and at last-two years have
now passed away since their last meetipe
-he called on the German painter, who
It'll lived 10 Rome, and denasded salts
faction from him. His challenge Vas &C
cepted. and the Easlishmsn, acoordinp 70
the European oastom-much better than
ours-being the offended party, selected
the weapons. He chose pistols.
During the past two years be has prac.
ticsd daily for seversi hours, and his
kaown address With the pistol had become
40 snerrisg certainty Of shot He sent
the shot wherever he wished il 10 20. -
The parties vent On the ground-they
we're plsced as thirty PAGES apart, with the
privilege Of advancing ten steps before
firing. The signal Vas then given. One
Twel Three! Fire The word vas
scarsely out Of the seconds mouth when
the Englishman fred, without moving
bic antagonists pistol fell from his hand,
and was discharged BY the fall, the ball
burying itself in the ground The Eng
ishman's ball had shattered the artists
hand, and amputstion was necessary ::
his career was ended-and forever.
A few days after the smputa,ion the
Engiishman called upon him and With
oas noticing the angry reception he met,
said to the suffering artist
"Ifyou think my vengeance is ss,isfied
With your shattered hand and The wreck of
your artists career, yon straraely under
rats the agony of deceived, dish honored
husband Though have condemned
you to life Of vain regrets, TO a never
ending series of impoteut sig ehs, to to.
tal oblivion BY oil amateurs and hlstori-
Gus Of art"
"Oh. no, sir" interrupted the artist,
his face besming with ray OF hope, s,he
last you cannot do. Ny Madonna at ST.
Petersburg my Luther At Berlin my
fight into Egypt, st Paris M ="
The Englishman interrupted him in
turn:
"Spare me-" said be, sstha names Of
your works, but look over thib catalogue,
and see if have NOT the exact list Of
them all"
"1es, they are all there--even the
painting | finished the day before the
DUEL
so was persuaded. All the paint
ings on this catalogue are my property !,
being my property l do with them xha,
please. l please to burn them, aye, to
bsrn every one OF them, that you name
may be effaced from the glorious roll Of
artists. 10 two hours from this time Your
toll, your conceptions, your skill will b.
- ompletely si5assd from thi, vorli As the
lfnes which the urchin traces in the sand
are eff.eed By the rising tide; FIRE is as
destructive q water"
10 vain the poor artist begged for mer-
~ ; the wror ged husband Vas nseusible
to his sapplicssions. and in two hours the
servant brought to the srtisl's room q
large eaSthen vessel. commonly used to
contain oil, filed With ashes--it was all
that rsnainsd of his paintings.
-. An Individual, having BEEN Ia