Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-11-27


oi seispee he espeeldly relies upon,
] know howto e0unlernet them, ana
had my pupils, when challenged
attended TO my instruction., ihoy
might have boon alive now 10 credit
their instructor, ln.r aall llr
i. "You shall never have TO make
complaint Of me- lisdf -lI
. Dear ia, mind, your opponent
has great bodily siropgth. nnd "a
cunning Offences but folle'i ~ his
iayprito passes lao loses temper; ~
that lies yoar salsly, Having play
cd out his tricks. he takes his last
aud usually fatal move By theer
strength Of wrist b. presses his op'
popopi's firmly aside 80 asto mako
nm open, tlon BY feipt aud turn
of tho wrist, ho delivers a thrust
which, iii goes homsr all Is over
Yon must wait patiently for thisi
whom the thrust was sglyen, parry
with yopr left. and seer ia riSposte
-thus delivering tho s,ab not up,
wards, forlin that case the bone aud
muscles OF The chest may weaken !;
but downward, whore tho point will
only meet with tho softer parts, II
is only tho play from tho riposte
that your life depends! 4 l'.Ii d. !.
~ have, l fear, imperfoctly stated
tho particulars of the lesson, and
the technical terms made use OF, my
experience in fencing being confined
to q turn on two with blunts at An
.gelois room, ii OF course, us this was
to DO q duel in downright earnest,
my attention was more than com,
monty riyettcd 70 all that occurred.
sand now,for your weapon, said
tho professor, opening q closet ana
producing q sword. II have tho
measure Of tho Austriap's sword /;
this one is, the exact length p
The sword at a cursory glance
looked a very unpromising weapon
with, which to defend n mans life,
Ny friend evidently thought so, for,
he examined it with a dismayed
look, s.rsb.gu1q % .yrsu 9Ii
"Why," said he, otis hardly more
than1a lark spit = tho Austrian uses
a Konigsbcrg blade double tho
weight and width Of this toy 81
"lknow it; but this toy, as you
term it, surveying tho weapon
fondly from heel to point, has
qualities that in proper hands VIII
prove more than a mqtch for the
best swords eyer forged in Gcrna-
ny. 1t I is a real Seville blade
nothing better in the world. "See,
placing it lenglhwise on bis finger,
chow admirably it is balanced !; no
tice the hilt, cross barred and cross,
cd-no fearof wounds on the sword
hand then, its temper" "severing a
largo nail on which broastplates
were hung. "Look again" pressing
the point against the wall till it met
tho Tilt when, releasing the weapon,
the blado instantly, returned toats
normal condition, "And this last,
striking the blade on the fiat Of the
anvil with all his force, "there, that
alone is a test which | defy even
the famed Kohigsberg sword TO un-
dergo< Enough for this night,
Come early TO morrow MOI for your
lessons. s sat l.9ee-. esi
When We, Quilted the professor,
tho doctor obtained n promise for
me that j should not, leave Milan
until tie result oflthc duel was de-
tcrmined, and that I.wonld accom-
pany him to the field.
/ .sawfIitlle of my friend except
in the evening he was engaged
elscwhere-I did not ask in what
direction. IsurhasedS he was with
his feheihgs master. Z Hc.f never al
laded To- sahproaching duel,his
conversation WAS Tranquil and on
general topics ;L the ARRAY at the
theator had, however, been bruited
about tlrscity--everyone knew the
duel wasto come Of but no one
knew precisely when and where.
( We were abouLto part one night
whom he sad, quietly:
Tomorrow Spurning, at five
.'o -, !, "a 'eas so,, p, vsclf, aud sec
ns,a'i,ha "a asimrJ 'fat the surgeon and
,u' ], :. s,,,,,sssr ny IN; p,s,t; raYouf will
y es1 ,sstais ,ssssh Tason T,et nd
I pass 3 s't's J, son 10 maIso 10 objection;
e'.isrs a;Is RI i, ~ ,.ssdy. heen 6na1,
Ine ! uOss - .,nsa - al S'onnonont K pro-
.;dsa a r. I similar VIZ he and his
.pep ~; r. FSnna carr;o3,as Do lain.
ssspar y !, =. I cber md 4 real sur.
ooe. s;rI ss,,.r -, ,notuoI -.
geon e s.s sns n,aJos.s5''J To sarnd nm N vsslf in
=, a : y, - w;,b prof Di Pratt
''1 TSa S ,'lsSs ~ combat was ID be
~ p;ase ms, +, heuond the Milan
xs ,wyrofrcasona far