The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-25

vantage of mere brute strength against
the week, or who, practised in any art,
compels one unpractised in it to contend
with him, is coward and knavc. Do
you follow me now, Monsieur le Comte Z"
II came here, Monsieur"
s'Never mind for what you came, be
content with what you will get For ex-
ample--to follow what was observing
if man skilled with the small-sword,
for the mere vicious love of quarreling,
goads to madness boy who has never
fenced in his life, and kills him, that man
is murderer; and more-a cowardly
murderer, and knavish."
II think I catch your meaning; but
if you have pistols here" foamed the
bully
sI do not come to eat strawberries
with pistols in my pocket" replied the
other, in the same calm tone he had used
throughout. "Allow me to continue.
AT that school Of which have spoken,
and in the society of men who have
grown out Of il, and others where the
same habit Of thpught prevails, it would
be considered that . man who had been
guilty of such cowardice and knavery az
have mentioned, would be Justly pun
ished if, some day, he should be paid in
his own coin by meeting some one who
would take him at the same disadvantage
as he placed that poor boy at"
tour seconds shall fix your own weap-
ons, Monsieur said the Count; sslet
this farce end
presently. Those gentlemen whose
opinions l now venture to express, not
having that craze for blood which disin-
guishes somc-who have not had simi-
lar enlightened education-would proba-
bly, think that such a coward and knave
as we have been considering would prob
ably best meet his deserts by receiving
humiliating castigation BETTING his knav-
cry and cowardice."
/ "Ah! I see; have lawyer to deal
WITH" sneered the Count.
! "Yes. / have studied little law, but
/ regret to say am about to break one
of its provisions"
"You will fight me then 2"
ssYes. Ar the school we have been
speaking of, learned, among other
things, the use of my hands; and if I
mistake not am about to give you as
sound thrashing as any bully ever got."
aYou would take advantage of your
skill in the box?" said the Count, getting
little pale.
Exactly. just as you took advan-
tage Of your skill In the small sword with
poor young b.
/ "But it is degrading g-brntalv r
/ "My dear Monsieur, just consider.
You are some four inches taller and some
thirty to forty kilogrammss heavier than
| am. have seldom seen 30 fine an
outside. IF you were TO hit me coed
swinging blow IL would go hard With mo.
J In the same way, if poor young B.
j had got over your guard, it would have
gone hard with you. But, then, shall
, only black both your eyes, and perhaps
! deprive you of a tooth or 30, unhappily
J in front; whereas you Killed ham"
, ~ will not accept this barbarous en-
, counter"
"You must 4 have done talking.
Would you like little brandy before ne
begin No? Place yourself on guard,
then, If you please. When I have done
! with you, and you are fit to appear, then
you shall have your revenge-even with
the small sword, if you please. At pres
ent, bully-coward-knaye, take that,
, and that, and that r.
And the wiry little Anglo Frank was
, as good as his word. In less time than
it takes to write it tho great braggart wai
! rendered unpresentable for many long
day. That number one caused him tf
tsee fifty suns beaming in the frmamen,
with his right eye; Aat number two
, produced . similar phenomenon with hil
: left; that number three obliged him u
: swallow front tooth, and to observe thu
ceiling more attentively than he hat
J hitherto done. And when one or tw,
} other that's bad completely cowed him
: and he threw open the window and callet
for help, the strawberry cater took hin
by the neck and brooches, and threw hin
t out on 70 the fower-bed below.
j The strawberry eater remained q montI
: in Bordeaux to fulfIll his promise of Civ
ing the Count his revenge. But then
] again the bully met with more than hi
Q match. The strawberry -eater had An
i, gelo tor q master as we'll as Owen Swift
and after few passes the, Count, VIII
o was too eager to kill his man, felt an I'M
pleasant sensation in bis right shoulder
/ The seconds interposed, and there was u
E end Of the affair. 1t was his last duel
! Some ONE produced sketch Of him =
: he appeared being thrown out of the ho
tel window, and ridicule-so awful to
Frenchman-rid the country Of him
!. The straw berry eater was alive when tn
: Battle of the Alma was fought, and i
! ! the only man to whom the above fact
!. are known who never talks about them
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