, 1879-01-19
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THE REGENT GREAT FRENCH
DUEL.

Atlantic Monthly for February,
Much as the modern French duel is ridtculed |
By certain smart people, 1t is IN reality one OF
the most dangerous institutions of our duy. |
Since 1t is always fought In the cten air, tie
combatants are nearly sure to catch cold. NJ. |
Paul DE Cassagnac, the most invetcrate Of the |
French duclists, has suffered SO often |
in this way that be is at last confirmed in
valid; ana tho best physician in Paris |
has expressed the opinion that il he goes On |
(ucling for fifteen or twenty years more-unless |
he forms tue habit Of fighting in comfortable !
room where tlamps and drauEhts cannot in |
trudc-hc will eventually endanger his life. |
This ournt to moderate the talk of those peo |
Rs To arc 80 c 1tu40oh IS the IL most % heasev aSe
inc IT recreattous because Of OPEN
ar exercises it affords. AND 1t ought also to t
moderate that foolish talk ABOUT French duel |
ists and sociallst-hatcd monarens oelng the only
pcople who are immortal
But it is time to eet at my subject. AS soon |
nc T hoard Of the late fiery outbreak between
n Gambetta and NJ Fourtou IN the French
Assembly,, knew that trouble must follow. |
knew it because 4 long personal lriendshlp with
NI Gambclts had revealed to me the desperate
M NJ mn1arable nature Of the man. Vast rs are
~; ast re;cal nToportions, knew that the thirst
fnr n,S reyenge would penetrate to the remotest
frontiers Of his person.
u1u hos W.: ~, ~ As I cxnccted. ronnd the
at once u ..aaned rl in n profound French calm.
brave s, 1ealoT coino. because French calmness
and English calmncss have points OF difference.
a. vas moving swiftly back auu 1orth among
~ ~ 1a,r;s T IF lis furniture, now and then STAY
the DEBRIS ~ nmrn1s n Of It across The room with
tS w fnat grintiing q constant grst of curses
thoonrh bis set teeth; and halting every little
while to deposit anotncl ,ia;a .. n's n1 i ~
the plle "n'eA1
taple- IT. arms around nv neck, bent me
,,,o, ~ lie stomach to his breast, kissed me on
both cheeks hl!seu ~. IN n,rn arn,.cha;r A. soon
then piaceu ~ III ~ aro;u we hrran hnsjness nj
as had got "c'i 's"'A'
aatd 7 supposed he would Wish ne TO act as
M, 1s ~ he aowed to act under French uamc go
that nllsnt na us nf fatal results. Be WINGED
country, ~ Iu7 nt he sugycstion that dueling
note ~ ~eGori1cl with respect in America
was not zarrro.d tn nv requirement. This
accnnnts for tie fact that in all the newspaper
reports NJ. aa1i1'''eA
Frenchman. , -, INV nrncina1,s will.
First, W We s'nen urem b this. "a ind stuck to my
| 1ns1s1eu ia 4p had neycr heard Of a man in
point. salu naar- A o,,t IN firht ailuel without
his right mlna gon1I A.I oI lie said hc had never
first making ms NJ ~. ~rht mind doing ANYTHING
heard OF n'nH 1vbon ~ % ne had flushed the viii he
o! lne A.no ~ ,rocecd to q choire ot his "last
Nd NoIas' 1x.no exclamation, struck me:
"o14e, 40 -; . ;nr i;nI. FOR nv country, for free
II die 1or ny u"u, aur..s' 1ur and :he universal
dom OF speecu, los ~ ~;
brotnernoosa 49, ~ ,h;s wonld require too linger-
objeetga tnaL u at ,n!s nood sneeca for Con
ing death; II "as q ,;,5, T., Tia eyiecnciss of
suihRtiae, q w honor. I've wranglcl over a good
tAe ne4u ~ .nrtam out,ursts, bat finally got