The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-07-08

school Of hich | have spoken
and in the society of men wht
have grown out Of it, and other:
where the same habit Of thought
prevails, it would be considered
that a man who mad been guilty
of snch cowardice and knavcry
as I have mentioned, would BIZ
justly punished if, some day, he
should be paid in his own coin by
meeting some one who would take
him ut the same disadvantage as
he placed that poor boy at"
soar seconds shall fix your own
weapons. Monsieur,' said tic
Count 'lct this farce end"
"PresentIy. Those gentlemen
whose opinions I now venture tc
express. not having that craze 70,
h!ord which distinguishes some
who have not had q similar cnlight.
rnrt! cducation-would probably
think that such 4 acoward and I,navc
as we have been considering would
best meet his deserts by receiving
!; IumiIialing caStigation hefttInS
his inavcry and his cowarlicc.'
"Ah | see; | have a lawyer TO
deal with," sncercd the Count.
"lrs. | have studied i little
law, but | regret to say I am about
to break one Of its provisions"
"You will fight me then ?'
"Yes. At the school we have
been speaking OF: | learned, among
other things, the Use Of my hands;
and if / mistake not, / am about
to give you Us sound i thrash!ng
as any bully ever got
"You would take advantage OF
your skill in the box % said the
Count, getting little pale"
"Exactly. Just as You took adj
vantage Of your skill in the small
word with poor young B"
"But it is deyrading-brutal p
"My dear Monsieur, jnst con-
slider. You ar four inches taller
and some thirty to forty kilo.
grammes heavier than | am. |
have seldom seen SO fine an out.
side. If yon we're to hit me a
good swinging blow, it would go
hard with me. In the same way,
if poor young B-Aad got over
your guard, it would have gone
hard with you. But, then l shall
only black both your eyes, and
perhaps deprive you of a tooth or
so, unhappily in front; whereas
YOU killed him."
II will not accept this barbarous
encounter"
"You must; | have done talk
ing. Would you like little
brandy before we begin? No?
Place yourself on guard, then, if
you please. When | have done
with you, and you are fiji to ap-
pear, then you shall have your re-
vcnge-cvcn with the sma!I-sword,
if You please. At present, bully
coward-knave, take that, and
that, and that"
And the wiry little Anglo-Frank
was as good as his word. In less
time than it takes to write it the
great bragyart was rendered uD-
prcscntablc for many a long day.
That mum Der one caused him to
see fifty suns beaming in the tirma-
mcnt with his right eye ; that
number two produced i similar
phenomenon with his left that
number three obliged him TO swal-
low 4 front tooth, and to observe
the ceiling more attentivcly than
he had hitherto done. And when
one or two othcrthat$ had complete
IL cowcd him, and he threw open
the window and called for help,
the strawberry eater took him by
the neck and brccchcs and flung
him out Of it On to the fower-Gcd
below.
The strawberry eater remained
a month at Bordeaux to fulfill his
promise Of giving the Count his
revenge. But then, again, the
bully met with more than his
match. The strawberry-ca cater had
for i master as well as
Owen Swift, and after q few
passes tho Count, who was too
eager to kill his man, felt an un-
pleasant sensation in his right
shoulder. The seconds interposed,
and there was an end ofthc affair.
1t was his last duel. Some one
produced q sketch Of him as be
being thrown out Of the
hotel window, and ridiculc-so
awful to . Frcnchman-rid the
country Of him. The strawberry.
eater was alive when the Battle
Of the Alma was fought, and is
the only man to whom the ABOVE
facts arc known who never talks
about them.-Temple Bar.
The tears we shed for those We
love arc the streams which wafer