, 1879-01-19

Cest 1t himself, he Is welcome TO sh1s au'an'aSe'
which no honorable man would TAKE. =, "a
He now sank into sort OF stupol o. e.
fcction, which lasted some nlnu1es'
after which be broke silence with
ssThe hour-what is the hour liked for the
Dawn, tomorrow" ,,...a.
Hc seemed greatly surprised, and tmmedfatelY
l. insanity! never heard Of such thing.
Nobody is abroad at sucn an hour"
F." That is the reason I named It. DO you
mean to say YOU want an audlence!
'sIt is no time to bandy words. / am aston,
ished that NJ. Fourtou should ever have agreed
to so strange an innovation. Go at once and re-
quire q later hour"
ran down stairs, threw open the front door,
and almost plunged into the arms OF Al tou1-
tou's second. Hc said,
'' I hare the honor to say that my principal
strenuous'y objects to the hour chosen, and
bees that you will consent to change it to hall
past On
: stAny courtesy, sir, which It is in our power
to extend is at the service OF your excellent
time.''
IT beg you to accept the thanks Of
nv client" Then he turned to a person behind
him, and said, You hear, II. Noir, the hour Is
altered to halt-past g." Wnereupon n. Noir
bowed, expressed his thanks, and went away.
My aecomplice continued:
- II agreeable to you. YOUR chief surgeons and
ours shall proceed to the field in the same car
r;agc, as is customary.'
s.It is entirely agreeable to me, and / am
Obliged to you for mentioning the surgeons, for
am afraid should not have thought OF them
How many shall I wanta suppose two or
three will be enough2''
1.-TWO is the customary number for each par
ty. I refer to chief surgeons; but considering
the exalted positions occupied by our clients. it
will be well and decorous that each OF us ap-
point several consulting surgeons, from among
the highest in the profession. These will come
in their own private carriages Have. you en-
gagged hcarse2"
of it! I viii attend to it right away: !
must seem very ignorant to you; but
you must try to overlook that, because |.
have never had any experience of such swell
duel Us this before. l have had good deal to
do with duels on the Pacific coast, but see now
that they were crude atfairs. A hcarse,-.sho!
we used to leave the elected lying around loose.
aud let anybody cord them up aud cart them oil
that wanted to. Have you anything further to
suggsstz' %tt, .o.+ +hn+ ~. h..a rnaert,ke,.
shall ride together. as is usual The suoord1n-
ates and mutes will go on foot, as is also usual;
/ will sec YOU at o'clock in the morning, and
VIC will then arrange the order OF the procession.
I have the honor to bid you good day"
l returned to my clieut, who said. "Very
we'll; at what hour is the engagement to
beoiu?"
tt11lf-past 81
aVery good indeed. Have you sent the TACT
ASir! II after our long and Intimate friend
shin vo, can for a moment deem me capable OF
so base a treachcry''-
s:Tut, tut! What words arc thcsc, my dear
friend? Have / wounded you! All, forgive
me; am overlooking you with LABOR. There
fore 90 on with the other details, and drop this
one from your list. The biu0dy-minded Four
tou will be sure to attend to it. Or myself
YES, to make certain: I will drop note to ms
aOh, come to think, you may save yourself
the trouble: that other second has informed n
Noir,''
UH'mt might have known it. It is just
like that Fourtou, who always wants to make 4
disn1ay.n
1t llalf-past 9 In the morning the procession
onnroa.hed the field OF Plessis- -Piquet in the
following order: First came our carriage;-no-
body in it but II. Gambctta md myself; then q
sernni: then a carriage containing two poet
| orators who did not believe in God, and these
Ind Ms. funeral orations projecting from
their breast pockets; then carriage containing
| the head surgeons and their cases OF in*tru-
ments: then eight private carriages containing
Consulting SURGEONS: then a hack containing
fna f,oroner. then tie TWO hcarses; then car
| r;age containing the head uudertakers; then q
| trojn of assistants and mutes m foot; and after
thcse came plodding through the fog long
| 1tFnrHES10u OF E3n0-lCllQfGfS% auA
gencrnly. It was noble turnout, and would
have made q fine display ii VIC had had thine,
| wcather.
There WAS no conversation. spoke several
| times tn nv principal, but Judge that lie was
mt aware Of it. for be ALWAYS referred to his
note-buok. and muttered absently, II die thai
Franrr NAV liyc.n
| Arrived on the field, nv fellov-second and
noced off the thirty-tiye Yards, and then drew
iots for choice of position. This letter was but
M ornamental ccrnmony. for all choices wers
ai;te in snch weather. These prelninnries be
;no cnded' I went to nv principal and asked
lin In # he was ready. He spread him
Soice I1 ~ .sReaty! Let thu batteries be charged
Tho ,oof;;nG Das done ic the presence Of duly
conet;t,,tcl witnesses. We considered it best Il
Corfa,1 th;s delicate service with the assistance
r. thr lantern. on account of the state Of ths
weather. We now placed our men. i
lie had massed themselves together on the righ
and left OF the rield; they therefore begged I
DELAY, while they should put these Door peopl'
in place Of safety. The request was granted
The police having ordered the TWO multltudes
to take positions behind the duclisss, We vert
once more ready. The weather growing still
more opaque, it was agreed between myself ane
the other second that, before giving the fata
signal, VIC should each deliver 1out
whoop TO- enable tne couloat1ntS ~ -