The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-24

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into can't Dinotit's eyes. hlin,,ng him ft,s a.,
instant IN that instant ha fnlt I'm. he ,.,,iI
not spn. fha pressure If Ftu,tt,ie,'s aw,rtj
against his own ttlas and nj sfent,jte fru,,
tie sunlight he found that Ft,,1,,ier had
Withdrawn eli That Dtnpptss harls te,u,il ha
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Hits On pptnsite Sides nf The t,artnW sttip II
sunlight stt,pI a moment. and ,irt,ttpefi fl,a
points pf th.aif swords
II, Thank v,,i for a very graceful ctitrtesv.sss
staptafn.'' returned T5ulnet. with feeling,
HFtu, tatirlit me The lesson
With that they again took position. and
wnta al,t1it tn pttlnw The ipl,t -shnn d htonls
,,att,n AT the door and chaesatlf ei,tpfpd liz
salnted in military style. and saia ttBrnak
fast and ths horses ore ready, captain
Tie two naptains hesitatej a t1ip,npllt when
Dupont said 4 think this eut,ses under The
head " military duty, eantain7"
s'ltftih. said foufnier. and the Two sl,nathad
their swords, The etassa1, Withdrew
u presume you will return =, ltauen said
Fourtier, az they proceeded to fully ehlobe
themselves;
s'Yes, returned Dupont. two have had otir
bout. and although neither has beet, wounded,
! for une do not feel The less satisfied
Tliev mounted tlipir Horses and parted AT
the door. Foufnier going toward Paris, and
Dupont toward Houen.
f'Wait fot me If ypu cam said Fentner. as
they sliook hands On their departure.
On reaching Huueh Dupont reported tu thn
General. AID called upon Marie He again
urged naftiagH upon her
mo she said, "Sou cannot doubt my love.
urge liattiage upon me while This terrible
duel s pending
Tie very neat day. Dupont received orders
from the general to return immediately to bis
company and prepare fut the campaign The
great Napoleon was again about 10 take The
field
Dupont left his regrets will, Fuiirnief. "tt
seens," he wrote. that fate is against tis as
well as Tile general
Feutnief returned answer; TIT is hard but
we must have patience"
Over twU years had elapsed. and, at Austen
lia Dupont found Ftitifiiier almost uyepbpfna
hr an attack Of Australia cavalry. With his
own gnod company at his heels. he dashed II,
Tho res,sttn and 'b,y,,pllt Fa,tt,er baujt.
from The hands If the fnn
MS II Won. Dupont Y he askttl. family. nc ha
ot,ntlt,l bie eyes ttInw shall I thanh yti,, -
nv getting well again. thy pnpr friend.
sail bunmt,
t5t, enemies f,tt TERMED eas.l, +hss.
tsFtipud''- nuunnt. too vino had flatt4strd tl,,e-
ing and tlnaiss
When Toitnier was almost well, month
latsr. he fptln ton leagues f, n,nni Dnnnnt
The latar was avatjnyei t. SOS him loatipp 81
I'VE have not had fight for over two years. /"
said Ffittier. Ms II not sad p,
'tWn will have one t,uw.''
WiAh that Their ,aplers again sprang to the
,yutk dupont seemed at,straetsd He laid
ia truard nt,au frealv. Int Fa,,,,,iar dia MT
notice that he was notplayina his hest. At one
If these unlutAv tpntlie,1Is Tplrnifar plielei
him tnmercifulIy in the right breast bupont
Fpl alnost without q groal,, ITfurnier surana
h, him. and raised his head
I'M u friend my friend r he etind ttIpnlf m
He tore open his breast, and discovered
there a parchment commission ss colonel III
blssars for gallantry at the battle Of Auste,=
iii, where he had rescued Fnurniar,
"A eolanall'' lie cried. land vet he consented
IN fuht mo d rantain t3ond panarrt,s
srjend II
Ita rave rnl Dupont Init, Tho hands If his
servants aud his surgeon. and Withdrew Will,
/, b,twed head and nj, aehine heart. thinking
If the modest. generous deineanor If his
itbth ttH' 'tletHA
Two battles took place soon after that. and |
Foutnier displayed such consunniate daring
hat Napoleon himself conferred the cross
Upon him aud made him colonel. His first
step after receiving his tploneley was to ride
1vet to Dupont. Alas Dupont had been inads |
!, General Of brigade.
tribe fat,s are against me- said Fourner |
'.t IL hard said Dupont; "but have pa
lienue.''
Four years and n half had elapsed since
Dupont barred Foutiers entrance 10 the ball
4oo1n Mt Rounn. Fonrnler had recently won
'is promotion 10 general, and several bouts had
aiken place. with varying results. At least |
jen duea had beet, fought by tie two In this |
ime and at least five wounds were recorded |
IN each ones body by The others rapief. |
Fournlef. being Of opinion that dlieling was |
he normal condition If man was delighted |
Dumont was Respondent. for Marie remained |
irn TO her purpose
D He asked her again to marry him. "This |
luel. = he repeated. will probably never end"
"lshen viii never marry" she said. firmly. |
ut Gun only end by my sttrendering to |
Fournier," said he as hs turned bitterly from |
Ter presence |
This woman. who loved him SO dearly. gazed |
after him with flashing nycs "Ipd hs Eav