The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-16

Inc mufnur thAt went r0unu rouse
the bully.
. Monsieur he Missed has presume
10 make uSO OF word which anon
men OF honor
i beg your pardOD7'
(which among men Oi honor
'lsut what Gan Monsieur Ie CONT
possibly know what ls felt among lne
0t honor asked tic other with n shru
Of inCrGdulity.
VIII you fight yourself with me, n
Will you not? roHred the Count, gOhde
to fury. 4...EE -
III Monsieur 10 Comte will give him
self the trouble 10 accompany me 10 ii
apartment which, no doubt, Is now prO
pared for me- replied the stranger, rls
Ing. i Will satisfy him.
Good, said the other, kicking dow
his chair; i am with you. valve th
usual prelimlnRrles. | only beg to OBJ
serve that | am without Hrms; but
you
oh! don't trouble yourself on tina
score, said tho stranger, with n grin
Smi lie. II you are not afraid, follow
Inp.'
This he said In voice sufficient,
| 'SAN W. buo HehIebt W uthTC anu I'll
circle parted right and left, like starllet
sheep, as the two walked toward thl
house.
Was there no one to call 'polIcef' ne
onH 10 try aud prevent what To al
seemed lmninenI Not n soul! Tit
dreaded iuetIst had his evil III on, ant
every one breathed freely now that hi
knew the victim was selected. More.
over, no one supposed II would enc
there. 20
The count and bis friend (?) were
ushered Into the apartment prepared
for the latter. who, M soon as the gar.
con had left, took off his coat and
wNls'cOat, and proceeded 10 move thu
furniture, 70 a. TO leave the room free
for what was 10 fOllow-the counl
standing with folded arms, glarinn AT
HIN, tho while. The decks heinR clear.
ed for action, the stranger locked the
door, placed the key ON the mantle
piece behind him, and said:
i think you might have helped O
little; hut never mind. win YOU give
me- your attention for Eve mlnutebY'
Perfectly
'Thunk you. / am, as have told
you, IL FFenChnau, but | was educated
In England at one OF her famous pub
lie schools. Had l been sent to one Of
our own LYcees, l should, perhaT,s
have gained more book knowledge
but NJ II IL, have learned somo things
which we do not teach, and one them
", not 10 tako IL mean advantage Of
any man, bat to keep my own head
with my own hands. Do you uudeI
stand mo, Monsieur le Confer
cannot 1aLter myself that do.'
Hal Then must become explicit,
l learned, then, that one who takes al.
vantage Of mere brute strength against
the weak, or who, pracliced IN any art
colnpelS One Impractical In 1t 10 con-
tend with him, IL a coward md o
knav0. DO you follow me now, Mon.
sIour 10 Conte7'
Il came here. MonElOur-'
Never mind what you came for: be
content with what you will get. FO,
cxhmpIe-to follow what l was oGsery-
Ing; II II man skilled with the small
sword, for the mere vicious love OF
quarrellng, gOAds to madness boy
who hHS never fenced In his life, and
Kills him, that man Ia a murderer: and
mure-H cowardly murderer, aud q
knave.' = .lILLI ~ :
Il think Icstch your meaning: bul
you have pistols hero foaned the
bully
i do not come to eat straw errIes
with pistols In my pocket replied the
other, In the same calm tone he had
used throughout. Allow me to con.
tlnue. AT that school OF which | have
spoken, aud In the society OF men who
have grown out Of 1t, and OF hers where
the same habit of thought prevails, II
would be considered that a man who
had been guilty Of such cowardlCo aud
knavUry HI | have mentioned, would be
Justly punished II. sOme dny, he should
DO paid In his own coin, by meeting
sOnIU one who would take him at the
same disadvantage n he placed the
poor boy ut.'
Our seconds shall tx your own
weapons, MOnSIeur,' said The Count;
let this farce end.'
Presently. Those gentlemen whose
opinions i now venture to express, moi
having that craZs for blood which distin.
gulshrd some-Who have not had q sim.
liar enlightened eduCAtlon-wOuld pro.
badly think that such 4 coward and
knnV6 IN we have been considering
would beat meet his deserts by recelv-
ing a humilitAtiug casLiKatipu betting
his knRVery aud his coWArdlce.'
'Ahl Bee; ! have a lawyer 10 deal
wlih,' AnesrBd the Count. 20 $500
Yes. have studied IL little law, bul
] regret 10 say am about to break one
OF iIS proviaiOns.' ,..
| You will light me, thHu2'
Yea. Al the school we had been
speaking OF l learned, among other
things, the use Of my hands; aud, II
mistake not, lam about 10 give you M
sound II Ihrashiug as any bully ever
got.' I'r.. - a
you would take advantage OF yout
skill In the bOX2' sHId the Count, get.
ting u little pale.
Exactly. Just IA You took adyau-
taSe OF your skill In The small sword
with poor B. -
'ButIt Ia degrading, brutal!
my dear Monsieur, Just consider.
You are four inches taller, and some
thirty or forty kilogrRmmes heavier
than ain. ! have seldom seen 30 fine
an outside. Ifyou were 10 hit me q
good swinging blow 1t would 10 bard
with me. lu the same way, II pool
young b had got over your guard II
would have gone hard with you. But
then, l shall only black both your eyes
and perhaps deprive you OF u tooth OF
no, unhappily In front, whereas you
killed him.
Twill not accept this barbarous on.
counter ,'-r, ~ -' ---- r.1G
You must; have done talking
Would you like a little brandy before
you begin? Nor Place yourself or
your guard, then, II you please: Wher
have done with you, and you are Fl
TO appear, then you shall have your re
venge-even with the email sword, |
you please. At present, bully-ooWart
-knave, take that, and that, and thall
And the wiry little Anglo. Frank
WAS as good as his word. In less tint
than It takes to write It, the great brag
CART was rendered unpresentable fol
many n long day. That number onI
caused him 10 see fifty suns beamlnf
In the armament with his right eve
that number two produced similar
phenomenon with his left; that mum,
Der three obliged him to swallow
front tooth and TO observe the ceilinI
more attsnLlvely than he had hitherto
done. And whom one or two other
that completely cowed him, and b.
threw open the window and called ioI
help, theatraw berry-eater took him BY
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