The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-06-12
The Greatest DueIist In France.

Fayot fought more duels than any man
In France. His aim with pistol was GER
tain; but he was not cruel, and he usually
wounded his adversary either in the leg or
arm. He was likewise good swordsman.
General Fourier was afraid of Fayot, and
only once measured swords with him; while
the latter had horror of Fourier, for hay
ing killed so many young men belonging
to good families.
In his rencontre with Fayot the general
was severely wounded in the hand, and
ever after Fayot hunted his antagonist from
one end OF France to the other, determined
to put an end to the assassin" as he was
called; but the Revolution of 1880 came,
and all was chaos. Fayot's father was
fgulllotlned in the south of France in 1898.
His mother, after the severe loss she had
| sustained in the death other husband, whom
she adored, brought up her son at Avignon,
telling him, as he grew up to be a man, to
take every opportunity of avenging the
death of his father
Upon the restoration of the Bourbons,
Fayot, came to Paris, where, by his sngu-
lar manners and dress, he laid himself open
to remark and ridicule. In the daytime
he was usually dressed in green coat, white
waistcoat and neckcloth, leather pantaloons
and Hessian boots, with his hat on one side.
He visited London in 1914, where he
brought u tilbury and horse, which he
brought to Paris; in this gig he paraded ev-
cry day up and down the Boulevards, from
the hue Lafitte to the Place de la Made
lelne. His evenings were generally passed
either at Tortoni's, or Silve's the respective
rendezvous of the Bonapartists and Bour-
bons. In one or other of these cafes Fayot
was sure to be found. He publicly gave
out that he was ready to measure swords
with any one who dared to insinuate any
thing against the royal family-a threat
sure to bring upon him serious rencontres I;
but nothing intimidated him. 1t was re-
ported at the time, and generally believed,
that he had, in the period of two years,
fought thirty duels without having been
seriously wounded.
Upon one occasion Fayot repaired to the
Theatre Franchise to see "Germanicus -
party spirit then ran high, and any allusion
complimentary to the fallen emperor was
received by the Bonapartists with applause.
Fayot loudly Kissed, and great uproar
arose, when Fayot entered the breach by
proclaiming himself the champion of legi-
oiiho'Ny' Inv consequence was endI Caiuo
flew about the pit Fayot carefully picked
them up, and placed them in his hat. AT
ter the play had terminated he repaired to
Tortoni's where he wrote his address upon
several pieces fpaper, which he distribu-
ted all over the Boulevards, stating that he
was to be found every morning between
the hours of eleven and twelve at the well
in the Bots de Boulogne, near Auteuil.-
Strange to say, after all this row at the the
atre, only one antagonist was forthcoming.
On the second day, at the hour appointed,
a gentleman arrived with his seconds, who
found Fayot in his tilbury, ready for the
fight. The name of his antagonist was a
Monsieur Harispe, the son of the distin-
guished Basque general. Pistols were cho-
sen, and at the first discharge Fayot shot
his adversary in the knee; then, taking off
his hat, he left the ground and proceeded
to Paris in his tilbury to breakfast at Tor
toni's where great many persons had con-
gregated to know the result of this terri
BILE DUEL" Celebrities Of London and Paris
By Captain GrOnooo