Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-02-09

my care his happy, brilliant life and pros
poets, and all his pretty wife's hope and
love and heart. Like a fool that was l
understood nothing of this. thought like
a fool, and like fool 1 answered:
"'If you knew the fellows as well as I
do, Oppenheim, and understood their mad
enthusiasm, for dueling and strange no.
tions of honor, you would believe that this
man spoke the truth. He will not rest un-
I'll he has had satisfaction
"'Do you know who ii is 1 mean p said
Max, nervously.
"'I know them all. What Is his n meY
Ferdinand Kohler.'
"A most experienced swordsman. What
practice have you hadY
III am ashamed to say that have
hardly ever had sword in my hand
"You don't mean TO say SOP
"At the time of which am speaking I
don't believe that there could have existed
two students at that, or, indeed, in any un-
Si.--ssity who would have made such con-
lcssion. Poor Maxs confession of ncom-
potency seemed TO me not only incredible,
but almost to amount to a crime of some
thoughts. for there was no time for ref,ec-
ton.
"'If you think, Mr.. latham, that ii is a
point of honor for me TO fpbt This man I
am prepared TO meet him come what may,
ITO this courageous and plucky speech,
without thinking of its consequences, l
said, Bravo, Oppenheiml That's spoken
like manv
"He didn't quite look all the couropc of
his words so I tried IN orcour,go him
".Whv tbis will Lo n snlord;d o,o,i,,,
for Won. I said. .You will novor hocono
n swordsmnn without practice. and to bo
ignorant of tbo wconon ia IN own voussolr
no student or indoed centloror oooord
ing TO the present idea. They will desniee
YOU no more after this and if Won do sbod
a little blood. why. il will bo VOL, worth
the min. Your ontogonist is M me,n rio.
al can ossure Won. and tbo mara fact or
vour standing unog,ipst hin, will roiso ,.,,,
nm n tbousond dogroos il, ,ho os,;,oa,;o,, ~
vonr fellow strdorts Won h,,o ,,o,, 49,.
heart already Give mo your band,
"I shook tbc moor fellow ,vor,,1,, b,. ,h,
hand. and tried to insniro him with conGY
donoo
"rbe whole tbipy ,vas oxoi,a,,or, aud
nleospre to mo and en;ovod ms, rosi,io,,
amazinplv.
"N,y y0nnorbo;,,,, boor, oo,,1a ho,.o, ,,,a
n very different story Eowovor i, wos ol,
n noint of honor with hin, And ,,oro,,,
Shoit. -.
thing in tbo world to no comfnrt,hlv ont or
tho scroro liloo ,,ro-hoa.,od .o,'ioa.,
no stifed his caolipgs
"There v,s opotbor Lrool ot ,bo doc.
".Here are tbo oapt,emon mast nroho-
blv., said he .Uonipo ;pdoed krau,;r,,
that Won would NOT ror,,so rorr ogs;s,,rao
hoooed ,hem ,o owoit ne :, ,ho stroo,
Sb,I, ono, ,bo doorp
"sCertainIv LET tbom in,
.Tbere tbev stood aushod win, ,,i,o
,,a,oless and cxcited- Carmo, s,rdor,s 10
the life. We all won, ou, ,ooo,hor
"There is n nicture of Gerome,s which 7
saw in Paris and of which GOO nbo,o-
graphs in the shop windows in Iondon
which ma.>es me shudder ooain II is
called lie Duel de Pierrot., ON inst such
spot Max Oppenheim and Ferdinand Koh-
Ter met.
SIT was inst such n vinter's mornino
lust such n bleak. drearv landscone inst
the same snow tbickly strewed on the
ground.
81 never look at the picture or imonine
the scene without seeing Max Oppcnl eim's
blood.
"For Max Oppenheim fell that morning.
mortaly wounded, on the snow.
"We saw at once he was utterly Ignorant
of the sword. and unanimously bepood
Ferdinand TO be gentle with him. Just
give him Scratch we said. and that will
do | have no doubt in nv own mind
that Ferdinand had no intention of aciing
otherwise. Poor Max brought about his
own death. He fought like a Young lion
wildly. and without an atom of head
Ferdinand gave lunne to defend his own
life, and il was Il fatal thrust for Max On
penheim.
"There he died where he had foupbt so
des peratelv. 1t was an awful thing for all
of ms and we would one and all bovo
emf Off orr right hand sooner tbor II sbould
have honnoned T shall novor roroot ,bo
awful stillnes. of the morning. rs we stood
ropnd the dead bodv or our fcIlow. studort
or tbe hitter sorrow with which ,o moro
his romans AWAY from tbe dreadful scope
"Tbe last sad and paintul dutics connoct-
cd with Mnx's unfortunate deotb devolvad
upon myself The worst mart was vot to
como. for bcroro no bro.tbod III, ia.ti,a
intrusted Il letter TO nv care and wbisnor-
ed only ono word-.Maricr
"J had IN moot ,ho vour, v,ido,,. c,oo 10
G,ca
con arriving ot tbe bouso want nm ,I,o
STAIR. very slowly and ortor r,uoh hosi,a-
tion. knocked
"NIorio borseIr c,,o to ,ho door
.,SLe was nalo as doa,h ,,,,o...oa a,
once she understood for what nurnoso Nav
had left bor en- suddanI, and =, sroh ~,