, 1877-01-27


7oEat Est.or cfshe xt,e 3ork smn.
On Friday there appeared in yolr co1uups AZ.
Interesting article UPON the rules OF luci;nr, In
which nlusivn u tnale 10 the notorious tueliat
gerald III Ireland who f5al,Iulcnt1y wore cou-
cea!ctl arInor to prutcet himself Permit me to
nar.nte bis Inst and fatal ducl,-l,au Which
none was ever 10 dramatic in the annals Of tho
code.
When Mr. Fitzgerald was introduced ut tho
French Court u HtnE Louis xvi. the Amtassa-
~, th'i'kln1 y eonp'lmcnt tho courags of
gentleman has killed nIueteei antagonists, IN
~ 1naI!y dlitls, aud never haA been Wuun1edi"
Ike King replied In sorrowfui rcbuke: II.
rA,nba-sadeur: should have been moTcplcased
10 have hcurd that he had saScd the lives Of
llnetce, per.ons, or Of csen one Of l1s Majcsty's
subIccts.'' II sras fact that lle a,l never been
wounded, though opposed BY excellent marks
men, who wcrc Instructed l.: those doJs to nm
between the belt and throat; for, 10 Shut aboYu
or below, WIZ considered ungenIlcuaply and
np'.-cayallcsu.
Fitzgerald was terror in the society Of every
club, anl he belonged TO- tnsny; for no person
t.are blaSknaN him fer fear OF lra1eu bail in
retusu. NJ one presumed to put hts name upot,
he bulletin for expulsion fur fear Ut bullets !u
hts own body. lie elnsulte1 auy one who Offend
ed Lin By blow !on tho 1acc with hts glove.
The insulsctl gentleman was compelled to cbal.
]enge him. which gave Fitzgerald the choice Of
"cnpoil-h!a deadly plstuf, With which hp hod
often '.snusfcd " q candle out at ten PAGES.
People wondeIed how It was TINT liz WIS uer-
er wounded. Many wcrr the sus,nIscs, with
bated breath aud whispered suggestions. At
that time, In Ireland, dlcstnE was the fashion,
anl ladies' favuFcu no LIVER hu had not becu
out will. bis man. FITZGERALD, Of noble family,
was the,s triguiug fasortte.
There lived i' County Galway rirlI country
gentleman, Richard Martin, who became ~
nuwnra as q modern Isiehara Cnur de Lou. liz
was thy father Ut Animal alurta,'' ao-cailed
from hls humanity 10 an!iuals;-she Henry
Dcrvh of PurltaIncnt. Richard AfartEn was u
quiet. brave nan; iu manners tue reverse OF
F'tzceraId. who was frvoi!ty pcrson!1et.
The euuTersation Ut 4 club turned upon tho
maryvlou, vasss: Of tha latter. when ST.. Mar
tfn observed tia. le t|l1 nut teeye Fltzgerull
dare fight u duel With Its body u hia belt en-
t!rclr laie,. This suggestive rcluntl: rearhel
The ducllst. who Instantly insuitcl Martln by
Richard Martin had meter fought duel, being
opposed to it upou principle, unless for libel Or
siander, or gross personal assau!'. ue was,
therefore, compelled 10 cha'ienge,-whlch iaet
gave Fitzgerald tl,s ehu!ec ot weapons. slartin's
tcennl Insisted that thr principals should be
PLACED Ut thirty parcs lIstanrc, approach each
osl'sr at thy stgual, a'rl tirs at pleasure as they
approached .-uel, STEP Of course, ltssenfns the
distance between them. This arrangement was
ngrcca 70, the distance measured, and the men
PLACED faee to face. "Asr yoa ready, gentle
inens' "Ycs." "one, two. three, aud nre!'
even IN tl,s pre!u.narie., for tho original re-
mark Of Masiln causing. the duel strongly sug-
gcstel knowledge or belief a. to tho fraudu-
lcntly consraled artuor. They had advanced
lrel, aud, Tor the first time, missed Ills nau his
bullet, however. earring away Il portion Of
Martins shirt rutllo. The arrangement wus that
whcn either had tlrrl he MAS to Stop md receive
SIX PAGES left between them. mud KIelsanl sfar-
tin slowly aayanrrd, mud when within only fur
PAGES tl.cl point blank ut the very heart Of Fitz
Eerul1, who stood erect. smiling, md unhurt.