The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-06-14

shoulder. Il he Id qusrtered Of ineenEes,
and win meet us on. The ground
Z. Quite "a. y rel olned Lamb lilo, not much
chaareli by this cay cosanlu nicatieD and ac
ar,nned in. During the whole OF the drive
tf,st d, stisd ne kent asking tkifnseR now,
when. and where be could possibly have
sna,,ltefi III ds Grad uetot's i fSfE reiatife.
Ne siif,ry ,setf ii nluss hsre been nj the opera
haii b,Is being little esed to iasuit laoies,
1e cursed the efefyescfng beverage Wnicn
had npparensIv dragged bin deWn from Tue
heaghts or bis noble nature. & J. .'5.
ME sitc chosen sor the deatiy encounter
With firearms was a most favorable one LoI
slIef, work. Behind the grand q OF tfls
race.course Hes patch OF TURF, snestese =,
ON the enc Side by clump OF trees, on sue
other BY the enclosure OF wnat was cne sS.
tie weighing-sng. a couple OF een is a,sa
rniete exchange shots for an houI ia 49,, ss.,e
s,gaex suot. md ali creation remain sgno-
rant OF il, Add 10 this that 1t WAS a fopeiy
| n,orx,inn. fresh aud -ciear-ins the weather
for turning out OF bed tearIy and tsslng a
nice country drive.
I,an,f,kin and lis friends We're the urst 10
STRIVE on sbe grouod, and there Bset po-
Gfe pcntlesaan in spectacies. VINO proved 70
ha the military surgeon. On Beng 1ntIo,
dnce a to Lambksn he felt his pa'se ana
nodfse d without making any remark a
seyc inmates after a cab hove in view, an
there presently descended from It q young
gentleman with an eye-glass ana cigar
anti two other we'll dressed ETeHchthsn,
likewise smoking. LambkinS SECONDS
forthwith rafsed their butts, aud Sse ,Lng-
Hsbunnsi mechanically initiated them. nese
courtesics were repeated when. ane Two !.
eroups came within speaking distance .oi
L $50 f "
each ether ..;t ..s-.
The young man with the eye-gsass was
M de Craauetet. He was snail ana cap
per, hut perfectly cool; ) and LasnpAin was
secy;atJ q slismayed at the look OF inpsacable
generalization in his face. He shook his
head yeresnptorily when his seconds made,
as it seemed, a last attempt for forms sake
10 smoot, matters whereupon THESE Two
entered In coNouuy with NM. de Tarta-
rim and de Fiamberge, while the pan OF
PRINCIPALS stood aloof. Inaless 2tnaa TWO
minutes the preliminaries were settied iheh
twenty saoes! were measured, ana iour Iis-
tolls ware loaded ssHere, take these
two. . said de Tartarin, advancing towards
Lambkin,e sand mind you don't tire TIL
drop my handkerchief, after the "ofds,
one. two." ~ g55s'
There was a huge lump, in Lambktn's
throat. but he took the pistols. M. de GA
aue4ot had thrown away his cigar ana $1,000
facing him.. exposing. however. inut one
side OF his body.n Captain de Tartarin TOOK
IN position out Of reach OF accidents ana
c,anped his hands, adding sharply '-one-
lwo-now fire!" and he dropped the hana-
kercbief.s i3ras3 ~ ~, -
-Four reports seemed to bang out imme-
dinteIy., I.ambkin heard la thud on bis NAT,
and felt. something like e prick on Tue
III &c on did,
been transferred and his thumb grazed,
,utr blood was flowing from it. As for M.
dc Craouetot, he lay ON the ground Wrlth-
ING. with one bullet in the calf OF bis left
leg. and the other in bis coisar-bone. Poor
Lambkin' turned icy cold at the sight. i. =.
.tMone diou have killed him! cried
he. and he ran forward with both bands ex-
tended. ,mMossoo, Ilbeg your pardon; |
meant to fire in the air. See Whatla lnai !!
am: Are you hurts oh, my goodness! -
These were his words. q >j.- 90 =
ipHe nFrenchman raised himself on an
elbow nand gallantIy held %'ont !hand.
{. Never min d., said he; family. "Oniy,
next time YOU come to Bourges remember
we are a sensitive people, and don'tcriti-
else lalies' ibonnets too loud lin public" I
.Bonreas--Bourges!" echoed Iambkin,
achast. "Why, I have never been to
Rourpes In my Iife."3s n3a+.n .r1S .TiEtl
..Wha,?" calculated M.ade Craquetot,
between two imoans Of pain. "Arelyou not
the EneIishman who ten days ago was stay
ing at Bourges, and insulted a.lady ihff the
dining-room Of thelLion dor fp I1""" 80
Good forbid What aDfdealia never,
never insult ladies" protested Sylvan Lamb
Kin. az s.n,,t,=E.-.sttfI i,;.. A.. - H.''.H ~
"Well, then, you look very like him; or
perhaps last night was a lutte giddy, ana
had lost my memory for faces. However,. |
beg your pardon" =. 80.
1No, II beg yours" pleaded ,Lanlbkin,
mortified at the sight of blood. < ~ ~
"Enough of this, Messieurs, "interposed
the surgeon. .HYou will become good
friends bv aud by no doubtful Meanwhile
let me bind up Mohsieur's wounds"
stAnd RS for you, imy dear friend. ad-
wise YOU to return to London, "saId NJ. Gle
tTartarin amicaby to Lambkin; 81 dare say
you len'twant months imprisonment"
"No; but ;Pll stay@to share my adver-
sary's fate, whatever it u.s." said Lambkin,
chivalrously! II have nm aunt, Meissieurs,
and she is nervous; butPll explain 1t was
all mistake.3,r .t3s,.i r-u: ~ e.. s..'i a..
And he did, writing fortnight later from
the prison Of Ste. Pelagie, where. he had
been sentenced to ;soiourn forrtwenty-eight
days. One lis pleased to add that his plous
relative forgave him on hearing that he had
g fought for Old England a,@ n5-s.a
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