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


I SYLVAN LAszRExlN's EsCAPAD1'Esa..s
YFew ne Maintained sfse Hoii or OF l. kaas
Gonntry Agaanss = F 1sss' isssl'a''' .
The London 1sasa tells sais s'nsalar
s's ~ sv,yan Lambksn, of Yadhsus. having
,,ss ss Sss eyaIr,inatson not hon or,
pS say;ry re5,airei 10 Paris 10 saIe weeks
rannse after his arilous aboTs, was myss.-
Dad or,e morning when. on agaRing IN AIS
,,s,,, NJ the Hotel dn Louvre, he goiind Oh
~ ian. sable 4 card bearing these words:
Ass :. 1 s,snsasn de T'artarin, Sd Ciiras ssers,
"a r.iensena,,t lie Fiam berge-Auyent, OH
Tyn,,ss S,hassetirs, will wait upon Monsieur
5snibkin at 8 O'Clock Tomorrow W. nnes.
day3.n :. ..,,~ : -, r,n
had drunk too much punch over nigat, for
he couId not recoit ecS at all under waat CIR
c,smstances he had made The aeqastnlance
of NM. de TSrsarin and de flaaiDsfse.
Nor could he inagiBe why Efese Na a,I'n.
sntcndea TO cali upon him aL NO ely ~ Az
hour In the merning- de SAY VI, ~ rss ~ ~,
,o,.snIsees,ces OF what had; happened since
1saf. i,our on the previous night when PC
had s,llied forth In q !dress-ceat and CRUSH
sss M attend masked ball at the opera.
He remembered having put on carr
hoarf, gnt,se :, 4, having danced baViag
etnod treats OF bottles OF 4 ebampagf nc
frat b, black domino IA then TO "a
mink .oyse. then to ngblue one Alter taaC
q tseea,ed 70 bin. that he bad gone on WHn
tine blue domiuo to sup at the Cue Angaals'
but then he could remember no more: ne
glanced EosHd thereon and saw BIS esotaes
so neatly folded on chsir that u was EVIL
dent be had not placed them there MIN,
self. Somebody must have unanessea
him: aud that somebody had removed DIS
boots--so il must have been q water,
Next Sylvan Lambkin looked at tue ssock
on The n,antci-shelf, and perceived taat IL
ryas ahort to strike s. The following min-
ute there was knock at his door, and
two splepdid-looking gentlemen OF military
bearing walked into the room. The one
Yas tail. stout aud dark The other lighter
OF complexion and build, but equally erect
md strong both had waXed tips to their
Ino,,stacbes, and they could have been re-
coynized for, cavalry officers anywhere,
Though they wore civilian clothes. @..t|a :. :,
"Bop Jour, mon cher Monsieur" cried
the first ioyially. ssNot up yet ~. Ah,
wei. We have bali an. hour to spare, SO
YOU have tinlefo dress at your. ease"
-ioyous etes tray bong" said Lambk'n,
shaking the two bands that were proifered
him. Then 1t occurred to him that ne must
have invited this par OF strangers 10 preah,
fast. .sI'n be ready; in ten minutes"
SAID he. and I'll ring up the waiter. Fray
excuse me for having OVERSIGHT myself
What do you like for breakiast- fried hsh,
game" ,.ss.; ... -. ~. ,..,.,.,... ),
answered the dark and stout officer. Wen
do that by and by; besides. copious eating
molhhes the nerves. Well lust go down
stairs md order some black coffee, and you
shall take d cup before startfng."
"Starting for where 2" echoed Lambklp..
He. had n vague idea TINT he had asked:
somebody to take him to see the Catacombs,
and he wondered whether this might be
the object OF the projected expedition.
HEXcusay moa. Messieurs, but l have
entirely forgotten, all that, happened last
night" = :
"Aha!" said the stout officer with a
laugh, In which the other Joined. "Well,
well, that can happen to all OF us. But we
must introduce ourselves, then > am Cap
tain de Tartarin, iand this is my friend
Lieutenant de FIamberge-Auvent. We
have the honor to be your two seconds"
"My seconds PR echoed Lambkln, star
ne.
ayes; we came forward to take your
part last night, when you were insuited by
that whipper-snapper into whose face you
threw the. plate Of lobster salad" re-
"Vous etes tray sbong," repeated Lamb
kin, rubbing his head. "But why did l
throw the lobster salad into his face?"
.sHe accused you OF having insulted
lady relatettto him. Then he abused your
country and countrymen al round, saying
YOU were afraid Of the Russians and buined
the Zulus. This was more than you could
stand, and we sympatbized with you, for if
we were in England and heard anybody at
tack France, we should act as you did. SO
we stood by YOU" ~ s.'1''l. = 20 .s:
.a+Je,e7yoo remercy boccoo," faltered
Lambkin,lin as good French as he could
command. 90 It's very good OF you, Pm
sure; but now-now, what Is to be the re-
suit Of all this p" .....s.e.,,.,, ..,a s.s..r
t.You meet your antagonist on the old
race-course OF Vincennes punctually at half
past g, with pistols,.s anWered Tartarin
cofnfoiacently. You.are each to have two
pistols, and to fire couple of shots at
twenty PAGES. AS soon as you had accepted
our services we placed ourselves in commu-
nication with the seconds on, the other side.
aud. it was decided that such insults as had
been exchanged could not be wiped out BY
q mere mock duel. The other side wanted
a duel to the death.:< go .:'
"Ah, quite so,n muttered Latnbkin, ssand
may II know my an,agonist-my blood
thirsty antagonists name Pr s'sa So 80
The officers laughed, thinking he intended
to- Joke : but, he was as serious as sexton
at burial. He felt that the honor of his
country had somehow got into his keeping
temporarily, and that he had a bad head
ache-neither of which were jocular refec-
tons. Lieutenant de Flamberge informed
him that hiss6pponent was q NJ. de Cra-
quetot-a young gommeux, u fanfaron
whose head would be much steadied by
getting, an, ounce Of lead into 1t. This
said, they requested Lambkin to make haste
aud dress, and they left him repeating
that they would wait for him Ia the coffee
room below. When they had gone Lamb
kin turned out Of bed and gaZed at his
socks In CONSERVATION. Here was a usually
weli-behayed young man; who had. been
pionsiy brought up by maiden aunt at
Bath, whose heir lie was, and this excel
lent relative warned him when he started
for Paris of the many pitfalls that would
beset him there. She had strongly OBJ
jected to his visiting what she called the
capital Of sin; but he, had disresaded
her advice, saving be wished to perfect
himself in the use sfsthe French tongue:
and here was the result Only the
day before Syrian Laanbkin had cogi-
Sated as to what euphemious periphrasjs1