Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05
STORIES OF DUELS.

curious Of modern additions To- tn"
litcralHr" If iurling is afforded by
NJ Theodore de- Graves les DraI,fs
IL / Lpce to which VI. jules Clarrtic
has written Il preface which i'll liz
OWL way is equally interesting.
VI. de Graves very curious and
amusing book deals. to very great
extent. with the fortunes of a club
which WAS formed at Bordeaux III
the 1890 period. under the name of
the FruterHciic. for the sole purpose
of rXterminating the professional
hullics and dupli>ts the brctfcurS. rs
they were called who infested the
place and made the lives of wives
ard mothers an unceasing anxiety.
There are still brctt",n,S. NJ Clarctie
tells us: but q, the new romanticists
are but the shadow of the chrrciuS Of
1880. so Is the modern brciteu but Il
poor creature to those who practicrd
the coup du Col. Zanccshi or the
coup du cochon. The first of these,
known also. as NJ. Claretie omits to
state, as the bctte du Movers, CON
sisted in fixing your point just be-
tween your adversary's eyebrows;
the second took its name from the
fact that the point severed the artery
beneath the ear. Mr.. Claretie goes
on to tell a story of what befell one
of these bretteurs who managed to
pick quarrel with an 'nonnete
bourgeois who occupied the same
room with him at all inn. We will
fight to morrow" said the duelist.
ION the contrary, We will fight now"
replied the bourgeois; and, attacking
the bully with his fists, beat him into
a mummy. I'VE will do this" he
added, las often as you like and
the next day the knight of the foil
left the town. Later on NJ Claretie
tells again the pleasing story of the
duel between Sainte Beuve and
Dubois, of the Globe. Sainte Beuve
appeared upon the ground with a
pistol of the time of Francis l., aud
holding an umbrella tit poured with
rain) over his head TO all protesta-
tions he answered, ''Gentlemen, Nj.
Dubois has undertaken to kill me to
day. Very well. l am willing to be
killed, but | will not get wet" As
late as the days of Benjamin Con.
slant we find something like the con
ditions of editorial life in tho far
west prevailing in Paris. Both Con
slant land a friend of his, n retired
Colonel who was a shareholder and
collaboration in his paper, We're weary
of continual challenges and duels,
and set to work to find some one who
should do the editorial fighting.
Such one was found in an old sol
der, who had served under the
Colonel, and who said, when the
place was offered to him, that he
must consult his wife. You have Il
wife?" said the Colonel. "Yes, .ir,
and three children" In that case
let lis talk no more of it. l will find
you something else to do" The
soldier, however, whom the Colonel
assumed to be good fencer. insisted;
his wife consented, and he took the
place. Two duels came quickly upon,
him, and in both he was wounded.
and thoroughly well looked after by
Constant and the Colonel, who
showered presents upon his wife and
children. A third duel came, and
the Colonel said, Come, no child's
play this time. One. two, and down
with your man." The old soldier
was wounded again, and the Colonel
asked him: What has happened to
you, Vincent? You, 'vieux de la
vieill,' to be three times running
worsted like this!' "Ah, me, Col
onel," Vincent replied, what can you
expect? | had nothing to do; had
a wife and three children; you of
fered me this place, which is well
paid. l took it. But, as for fencing.
know nothing whatever about it."
VOLTA, cette fois," says NJ. Claretie,
"du vra courage" and he does not
seem to be far wrong.
The club of the FrdtermeHe, with
which Nj. de Graves deals, was. as
has been said, founded in the 1880
period Of Bordeaux, and the things
which led to its being founded were
such things rs these. The Compile
de Larilliere, one Of the wei! born
among the bretteurS, met ono day in
the street a business man named
Castera, walking with his young and
pretty wife. He advanced to him
and said, with a polite bow. Il beg
your pardon, but | have made q bet
with my friend here, whom beg to
introduce to you, that l would kiss
your wife while she was walking with
you"-here the other man turned
livid after having given you a slap
in the face" Castcra fought him
next day with pistols. The Counts
first shot hit Castera on the right
ear, his second on the left Before
the third he said, "Cett fois 10 ferai
mouche," and with the third he shot
Castera through the eye. Castera
was avenged in manner dramatic
enough. One night as Larilliere sat
in his favorite seat in a cafe, while
masked ball was going on hard by,
a stranger in a domino and mask
came up to him, overturned his glass
of punch, and ordered a glass of
Urgent instead. Larilliere, for the
first time in his life, turned pale and
cried, You scoundrel, you don't
know who 1 am" "Oh. yes" the
stranger replied, II know who you
are quite WELL" and with the words
forced HIM down into the chair from
which he had risen. The orgeat was
brought, and the stranger, holding a
pistol to Larilliere's head. said, "Un-
less you drink this off 1 shall blow
out your brains on the spot; if YOU
drink it off l will do you the honor
OF fighting you morrow" with
the saber?" cried Larilliere, who had
lately been practicing with that arm.
"How you like" said the stranger.
Then, as Larilliere drank off the
orgeat, he added, Il have humbled
you enough tonight. 1 put off kill
ing you until tomorrow" The NOR
row came, the adversaries met, and
Larilliere found that he had met his