The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-04-05
NJ aIn hfIaid must haye nerpetrat-

ItNc 1 SlfOtilu IiOt udft ttftl itANtiii'h
to let the conversation drop 50 suddel-
" with any one else; hit, az told
you just now, IN my heart / esteemed
Max thoroughly. and knew bun e he
by no means bad fellow. Eetween
you and me, really liked him, only
| did not like to own 1t. We are ~
desperately weak sometimes.
.'rhii little aItercltion Of ours was
trivial enough; but it had IL i'll eI-
! iects Notwithstanding.
''Before it happened. we were IN the
habit of shaking hands and eXchang-
! ing few friendly wonis witea We
met This was all-knoeked- -nu-the
| head after it. We bowed coldly 10
one another when we met apd IN
time even the bows became few and
far between.
.'And then the months slipped
away, and the winter came, aud with
it--at least, not very long afterwards,
the carnival.
''0f course, ! went to tie carnival
ball, and in costume. | remember i
well: it was Pierret dress, dane
I'd all night and got back to my lu'E-
ings ut some mccarthy l.oGr ia the
morning.
Il threw myself on tla bed. dead
tired US [ was; too sleepy, IN fact, to
take off a scrap Of my costume.
IL hid fallen asleep outside the bed,
but was awakened BY u loud knocking
ut my door. lful heart tle haora-
ing for some minutes, ard i m.Ned
itself f;,ntlsticaly enough with my
dielnls-
''Still the Knocking went On; INT
! when heard my liamc repeated two
or three times, started up Suddenly.
"Gome Income in tned still
confused, and very sleepy
"l'he deOr opened, and a man walk
cd into my room.
1T was Max Oppenleiln.
''IIe seemed very mnth agitatcd,
and w;ls as pale as death.
"'Why, Oppenheiin, what ~ earth
can yon want with me At rl,i, hanr Of
the moruingy' said |, rubbing my
ewes. aud looking eomical claugh, |
should think, in my lulnbled l'ierrot
dress.
".Mr. latham, said he, hc>itlting
a little. and with 4 broken voice, 'yNl
have shown Inc Kindness before now;
have come to ask you 10 do me Il
very great favor
"'By all means. What can do?
Max Oppenheim took two or
three turns mp aud down my room,
lIesitating once or twice, but at last
commanded hiulself, and said, in
nervous anxious manner. You can
not conceive how sorry am to put
you to any trouble or annoyance, Mr..
Eatham; but to deal honestly with
you, let me say that you are the only
man | know how to appeal to in my
present unhappy condition. | have
hearl, and | believe am correct in
believing that in affairs of honor, as
they are called here, you are some
what expert
MY, dear fellow, replied l, now
thoroughly surprised; you don't mean
to tell me that a duel is on the cards:'
Yes
''IIe looked me steadily in the face.
There was a flash Of something like
pride In his eyes, and tone of digni-
ty in his voice, as he gave me the fol-
lowing explanation:
last night my wife was very
anxious to see the masqleraders 60 to
the ball. | didn't see much harm in
this simple wish, and said that | had
no objection to take her. We took
up our position under the trees, away
| from the crowd. where imagined we
should be able to see everything with
oat being in any way disturbed. 1t
may appear strange, but | fancied
somehow that all would not go well.
Que has these odd presentiments at
times, you know; and, although it Is
perfectly impossible to account for
them, it is no use denying that they
| do occur
Mot doubt of it, said |
"'A party of students, as ill-lnck
would have it. passed By the very
spot we were standing, and recognized
me. They surrounded ns. | suppose
they had been dining freely. AT any
rate, they insultetf ME grossly; but
this I could have endured. They
beaped their Insults upon her who
was with me. will do them the jus
tice to believe that they were ignorant
that she was my wife.
~ am sure they must have been,
4 said I, eonsoling him; for there was a
wild look about his eyes when he al
ludcd to his wife, which rather fright
ened me.
"'Well. I informed them Of the re-
lati9nshlp in which I'VE stood to one
another. | told you the same, Mr..
I TatlIam, you may remember, and, like
4 gentleman. yon believed me. These
young riflians simply laughed hi my
face. | lad to defend my poor wife
} against their coarse and cowarlly at
taeks, andt9 compel their silence as
best | could. by degrees they Left me
0ne hy,one. One solitary individual
!, remained: lie was the ringIcader, the
most offensive, the most unpa1loliable.
J Swapping bis iiligers IN my face, he
} said, A consider 4 have been grossly
insulted by you, Mr., Max Oppelheim.
! shall expect satisfaction tomorrow,
II there isan atom Of pluck in your
composition
r ",.Well, what then?'
$ !, .ssI have tod you an, Mr.. latham.
The thought struck pe 0ice or twice
I during tle night that such foolish
!. and trivial affair would be allowed to
drop as hastily as 1t began. Thought,
q perhaps, tle morning would bring
y withitsober reflections. and that, hap
{, ply, an apology might be offered me
p iol the gratnitons insults received at
Y. the Lalids Of my fellow-atutlents.
! lloSSEnr, this morning. almost at ,lay-
Break, received n yisit from two "a