Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-08-05


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eyes and blinded hiAszHIs a-
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INTO II from bis face Bat hq dk i al
the same. His adversary 4 exIs
dent, mas 81 .he end to he lhe g. hnpIon.
although be had received some Ne8 cpts.
one or which came near feveT'ex bis
nose. He was the Superior y y 'suan
and bad given Eve wtsndl be-
had xeesixs rSss&
him, the bloody man, was to be under
dog in the iigIi.. :" The contest lasted
thirty minutes. and would have contIn-
ued until one had been killed had not
the two surgeons interfered and ended
the fight. The two gIadIators, leaning
aud partly supported on the arms OF
their brother students, were led out into
the hospital to have their wounds
dressed. w
The waiting for the third duel was
long and tedious. Fhe sword-sharpen-
er, an old grey-headed man. came INTO
the hall tive ooTtlree times bringing fresh
ly ground weapons whlchah placed in
con venient positions. An ,ther man
come and scattered fresh sawdust to
cover the blood where the last duellists
had stood, that those who were TO follow
might not ''stand on slippery Places
Il was like the httle episode IN the Span
ish bull-fights when the arena has been
cleared Of the dead bull and horses and
occasionally the dead ball-6ghter, and
the attendants come in with Fakes and
sawdust to obliterate The traces Of the
bloody conflict. Ere long we heard the
noise of buried footsteps. and the two
men came striding into The hall, each
surrounded by several friends and sur
geon supporting their sword arms
There was no waiting or hesltaling; In
moment the men were placed in posi-
ton, swords placed 10 their hands, .he
signal given and the bloody work began
m earnest. We were told this was an
s.alIalr OF honor" aud that some affront
or imagined insult was TO be cancelled
or ipcd out with blood. II seemed an
uneven match. One was tall, pow
erlul athlete, while bis adversary was
small and below the ordinary stature.
But in sword duels the victory is more
apt 10 GO with the smaller and more
agile OF the two. There were several
short and sharp encounters. in which
the contest was about evenly balanced.
Both were splendid swordmen, and
their skiIlful strokes and thrusts were
watched by their friends with intense
interest. Each received three or four
slight cuts, but IT was difficult 10 de-
which drew the first blood. Sew
eral times their swords were disabled
fresh ones called for. Once the sword
OF the large man, broke an the centre,
and the flying end came whizzing past
me and struck student IN the chest who
was standing by my side. He Jumped as
IL shot, but fortunately was not injured.
Finalfy the small man received a blow
on the head which was to end the day.
sport" Although twenty feet distant,
We heard the sword strike the skull
with a peculiar thud that had a terrible
meaning. Aiarge lock Of hair fell to
the floor from bis head. We could see
by the twitching Of his body and the
partial closing Of his eyes through the
steel goggles that the blow had nearly
stunned him. In moment hss face
was covered with blood which flowed
freely down his body and formed pool
ia the sawdnst at his feet. The Sec
onds instantly cried "half' and the
surgeons and friends OF the wounded
man rushed forward and caught him in
their arms. His wound after q hasty
examination was pronounced serious
and he was led away weak and totter-
ing to the hospital. The duel, which
was now at an end, had lasted less than
ten minutes. Those who did not be-
long to the corps of the wounded stu.
dent soon lefl the building aud hurried
away to Heidelburg for their dinners.
II was after | O'Clock and we were also
ANXIOUS TO get back to our hotels
Passing through the hospital we saw
the young man stretched ont on a re-
cliAing chair, the two surgeons and sew
eral students at work over him. The
surgeons had partly shaved the head
and were sewing up a CHASTITY scalp
wound that extended several inches
across the skull. We hastrned down
stairs, jumped into our waiting carri-
age and drove away.
Among the sixty or seventy English
and American students at HeldelbuFg
none Of them belong to the fighting
corps. They are not towards either.
IL is known that if occasion requires
they can fight their own way, but they
have no desire that their good-iooking
faces shall be hacked and chopped up
like dogs meat and be di<fgured ever
after. Not long sgo an American stu
dent had slight quarrel with one OF
the fighting corps students and received
from him challenge Being the chal-
lenged party the American had the
choice OF weapons. He sent word 70 the
German By friend that be would meet
him the next morning al 8 o'clock Al 9
place outside Of the city. and the wea-
pons should be navy reviewers he bad
a good pair) al ten PAGES. The Ger
man and bis friends concluded il would
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