The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-24
AN OLD TIME DUEL.
HawTwe FRENCH aFFngRHs KEPT Up
A DUEL FaR HALF A QUEEN YEARS.
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commenced duel which lasted nearly i've
years. TUutniet was the NEST fatitos duelist
in the French army at the time. He was q
! slsillful swctdsnan, and even more skillfu
with the pistol When qHatfes were scarce
he, would frequently smash Will, his pistol.
balls the pipes Iii the mouths Of soldiers who
/ sat uhsuspeetinglv thirty pacps away And
uuarrels, Of course. becanie lamentablv scarce
with sueh an expert as Fourier, and the sol
diets, hneoining wary, would not sit outdoors
as usual nor, IL fact, at their windows with
were. IN this strait young Hlnniin, wealthy
lliliehet. who had henn registering ain,,nfl
Foutniet's, quarters In Rpuen, one evening.
Was found q corpse next muinhg. with q
| lappr thrust III his throat, Dutnui bniuH In
exp erieneetl, some Indignation was excited
a,tlung The citizens against lfuutlinr. who was
believed to have dispatched him Fotlinie,,
however tpvpi replied 10 the indignant iniii.z
If his shoulders "A fight" he would SAY.
''s too precious to lose.
On the night succeeding Rlumm's funeral
hall Wae given at the Grand upsta. the finest
many day. 1t was reported that Touiner
had expressed an intention Of coming This
following SO close on the disastrous duel, pub
liz derenrt was shorRpd At the suggestion
The General saw that It tnttst lie fftvpntpa
He sent fpi The captain Of the guard. who han
. Captain, said the general, 'reutniar pro-
poses to come to the ball Tonight You eee IT
is plainly impossible that he should be al
United"
Yes. general
'Hon YIN. therefore, prevent his entrance
eyes. general
CART. Dupont Hnnw Tnnrniat by sight and
fame alone. The two could not he intimate
| friends fet Dupont dntestnd Huelli,e and
duhllists. lie was d good sWpfdstnail. a man
pf honor. and had brave heart He loved
Marie Hutton, q lovely young lady Of Hpuen.
aii,l the day iust before the tall el,h had con
scented t. become his wife. Now lie felt That
| he must be q better swn,tlsnan than -Four
iiet. If he won here Not that Fourier loved
her, OF even knew her but Dupont saw that a
duel was Inevitable. and he must kill uf be
| killed
! The ball opened, aud Dupant was at his
post. Late ii the evening Fourniet arrived
| Captain said Dupont at would sep,,e
somewhat indeccroi,s fur YOU to attend {, ball
| u, the night Of young Bltiinma funeral .,
| II presume" answered Fotrnief. THAT |
alone have the right 70 Judge Of that
| general has decided that you should not AT
tend
Has the general Effected you to prevent
n'ytsnt.t,anee y o
II suppose You are willing to answer at The
| sword point tur impettinenoes that YOU re-
| tail second hand
i am wiling 10 answer at the sword =
| p.,int'
| usual spot. said Fourier eagerly $50, bon
| aotri | assure YOU do not regret the ball
| The parties met at the anpoinetl time and
| place. and, after q few we'll -contestel thttlsts
| Dupont was wounded III the shoulder. As he
| fell. he exclaimed II claim another fight
| Then he sank into inaensibity.
Perhaps YOU will claim 1t when vou recover
| and perhaps you will not. said Fourier and
| leaving Dupont Ia the care Of surgeons he
Withdrew. Within two weeks Dupont was
well again, and he sent word 10 Fuufnier that
| he claimed HE privilege.
| The etle Of honor in those dafs guaranteed
a fight until death or surrender. but t,essa-
tinn when either party received wound sufJl-
dent to ineaparltate him.
Fuufnet Yves ,siattied at puponts demand
| for another fight Q
zone man for two or three fights, said he.
zig economy.
They met agaI and Fo,rniet ths time re-
ceiveda severe thrust in the shoulder "Ah.''
said he ~ anguish as he fell. II claim tile
privilege"
They tnet thitd tiii,s. a,,tl Fu,,,,,ias vac
again wounded. and again claimed the priei-
lege When he had nearly recovered from his
seuand wound he sent a note to Dupont ask
Ing him to come aud see him. Dupont went,
MY dear captain said Faurnier. 1--WE have
had three bouts. aud | hope we shall have
many more. | therefore propose that we
draw up a convention by which to govern our
future tsntnliatE."
II had hoped, captain resrend9l dupont.
that we would not have more than another
lsht At The tattheat. but ! heartily subscribe
And between them e, they drew up ssn agree
/, A fight shall no arranged whenever the
PARTIES are within thirty leagues Of one an
other
q There shall be no excuse from fighting
except Illness or military duty.
g. Pistols shall not be used except by mu-
t,lal consent,
4. Death. surrender OF mutual agreement
shall alone terminate the fight.
Fourier objected to the third clause ps he
EXPRESSED himself anxious to0try pistol
fight once more. but Dupont insisted upon 1t.
az he knew that the fight would be unequal
with that weapon.
That night Capt. Dupont. with his company
Of huEsars. was ordered to Heauvais. He
went TO see HE sweetheart Marie. before his
Departure. He asked her to marry him then
and there, but she refused
No she said 'you have duel on hand
with lCapt. Fourier. and | will not marry
you until the duel ia ended
ALAS. my dear Marie answered the cap
tain. I'VE have just drawn up an agreement 10
fight at every opportunity. until we die or
surrender.
Heavens cried Marie "the duel may
never he endndf
Hope better than that. Marie, "eI,e an
awered. 1T may be ended the next bout
But abe was discongolate. and he won't away
to his quarters with u heavy heart.
a He wrote the following note to Capt. Four
Tier:
"'Si,=I am ordered with my company TO
ReauvHis Address me in case you should be |
in that neighbolhood. Yours. etc.
"Ahnx1s burotr."
The next day the company departed to the
inespressible regret OF Marie Luton and Capt I
Fourier.
"Ah." said Marie in tears at her window.
what q hateful thing is this duelingl'
"Ah.' said Capt. Fourier. in his sick chair
on q balcony. what an exquisite dueIlatl
Six months passed. and the comhatants
were still separated, One day. Fourier was
ordered to carry important dispatches TO
Paris He was accompanied by two chas-
seurs and. while lahoring through a tangled
forest path. he met Dupont
MY dear Dupont he cried, II have been
almost dead 10 see YOU
MY dear Fourier responded Dupont.
II am quite glad to meet YOU Shall we
fght?"
Heavens said Fourier II have no time
am carrying important dispatches to Paris.
Etit Won ~