Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-03-11
shall pass the night in this position"

shall pass the night in this position"
GA pleasant perspective! Do you
know that 1 am not at all at my ease?"
"Let go your sword, then, and | will
let you 60"
."No, not till Ihave edisembowelledyou." /"
Luckily the noise brought some officers
who separated these inveterate enemies.
But after lapse of time Dupont
wished TO marry. This he could not
very well do SO long as Fournier was
alive. So he went to Paris to find him
out.
"Ah! you here?" said Fournier, "We
shall have another little bout, then"
eyes," replied Dupont; "but listen to
me for moment first. want to get
married, but to do so l must get rid of
you. So this time we will fight with
pistols.
"WhatP are you ?" said Fournier, as
tonished.
'No. | know your skill, but l pro-
pose to equalize the combat There is a
little wood near Neuilly. l propose that
we go there, and that after getting out
of sight of one another, we shall track
each other at our convenience"
"Agreed to. But don't think about
marriage, for | promise you you shall
die bachelor"
Ontheday appointed, Fournierand Du-
pont entered the wood. Each advanced
stealthily through the thicket, till their
eyes met in the foliage. Each at the
same moment rushed behind tree. The
position was delicate one. Dupont pas.
sed the tail of his coat beyond the trunk
1t was struck in momentjby ball that
whistled by.
$50 much for one," said the general.
A few moments more elapsed, when
holding his pistol pointing with his left
hand, as if about to fire, he pushed his
hat out with the right. 1t was struck
in a second.
"That is the last" said Dupont; and
he walked, pistol in hand, right upor
Fournier "Your life belongs to me-" h,
said. "but will not take it"
"Just as you like" said the hussar.
"Only remember this, preserve th'
rights which l suspend to-day. And i
ever you cross my path, will shoot yo,
like dog"
And thus ended the long succession o
duels, which altogether had been carriet
on for nineteen years.
SEVEN THOUSAND GENERALs.
Two generals of the empire managed
to fight six out of the hundred days o
the Emperor's return. General d Ornan,
was going to the Tuileries, when he me
General Bouet, with whom he had ha'
some slight misunderstanding. He how
ever, saluted him, but Bouet did not re
turn it. Whereupon he turned back
and, addressing him said:
General, was it by mistake that yol
did not return my salute, or was it inten
tional p
"It was not by mistake"
The next morning, without further ex
PLANTATION, the two generals exchanged
balls. This was repeated for six days
till General Ornano received ball
which, perhaps, prevented his being kill
ed at Waterloo, and obliged him to us
crutches for two years afterward. Gen
eral Bouet was hit at the same time, bu
his life was saved by ive-franc piec
that lay accidentally in his waistcoat
pocket. Money and watches have saves
several lives in duels.
DUEL IN THE DARK.
AT the restoration, scarcely day pas
sed without meeting between royalist
and imperialists. The insults chief
took place beneath the wooden CALLER,
(now the glass gallery of the Palai
Royal, where tread on the toes or
push with the elbow sufficed. An oil
imperialist fire-eater, certain Colone
Dufai, thus took in hand one day yout
of herculean frame, Raoul by name, WHIT
wore the uniform of the Royal Guard
, but barely eighteen years of age, he wa
but little practiced in the use of arm.
The parties merely adjourned to stree
, close by, that led upon the Louvre, an
; the combat began, but so great was til
inequality of the parties, Colonel Duff
, having disarmed his antagonist sewers
, times, that to bringan impossible combs
to conclusion, he made the extaordin.
5 ry proposition, that they should be tie
r to one another with the exception of th
t right hand, in which should be dagge
: and they should be thus placed in hacl
, ney-coach, with orders to drive twit
Q round the place of the carrouset. Tw
of the witnesses drove the vehicle, tv
:. others got up behind. First one cry I
aoopv xvas haar rd then another and n