Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-14

How Two MelAbeTs ~ tne La-da.Aa
Ff1sornity Came Near HAv1ng q
Duol.

| From a. Nsw York 7ribuns
sone Of the younger ciubmen Of the CITY are
discussing with much enjoyment the subject OF
| bitter quarrel between two Of their number
This quarrel grew out Of certain bouquets sent
to Madame Thee. who u now singing In OPEN
bouffe ut the Casino. One Of the two "dudess-l
| both young men belong to that select class
had become acquainted with Theo In Paris.
This young man, for the purposes Of this
narrative, may be designated as W.. while the
friend with whom he quarreied may Be STYLED
T. W. was anxious to renew here the acuuaint-
ance which he had enjoyed in Paris.
! He paved the way with flowers. send
Tag costly bouquet with his card to the
an invitation to call at the Belvidere, where
Madame Theo Is living. and after that his bou-
quets and his calls were both frequent. He
seemed. in fact, good deal impressed But his
means were not ample, and the strain Of nightly
nosegays began to tell on his purse. He was so
proud Of the friendship of the fair singer that he
was reluctant to mitigate his devotion. and he
still kept up the rain OF flowers, though with q
constantly lessening pocketbook and constantly
iengthenlng face. Finally he had happy thought
His friend T. was blessed with a large fortune
and was very anxious to be presented to Nine.
TheO. So w. proposed to 7. that he should send
Theo fine basket Of flowers. and he would
Introduce 7. to her. T. accepted this sug-
eSotioA CaSclly, auu q Aol Ill OLeFl0g costing no
less than $50 graced the stage after one of Theos
songs that night But w. had called on the
florist, and. curlousy enough, though the bill
went to T., WIS card alone ACCOMPANIED the
flowers At a subsequent little supper at the
Brunswick 7. was introduced to the French
prima donna by w. Unfortunately. Madame
Theo referred to the flowers which she had been
receiving from W., and especially to the suberb
basket which he had sent her that very evening
Not q word for 7. All the thanks were for VI
A dark suspicion crossed Us mind that W. had
played him false, and inquiry at the fiorist'sne
day confirmed that suspicion Then there were
hot words brandshed fists and furious threats
duel seemed imminent. But a duel be-
peculiarly ridiculous affair that all thought
of the field of honor was laughed away by
their friends. Yet there is no doubt both were
very, very mad. T. took a solemn oath on his
silver headed cane that he would / ave revenge
while W. swore by his celebrated corduroy
waistcoat that T. should yet eat his words. 1t
was reported at some Of the clubs that W. had
secured the services of William Edwards the
professional pugilist and ''bouncer," to aid him
IN his fell design. On careful inquiry this was
found to be incorrect, but two young club friends
OF Messrs W. and T., who were present at the
time when the two almost came to blows de-
clared the scene as very thrilling, and said that
cOlilsion of the most serious sort was ayerted
only by the utmost efforts of the friends of the
TWO young men. They said also that while T.
had not employed William Edwards, he did have
IN his office as body guard boxer of vast mus
GUAR power. In consequence W. has closed his
ONCE and haunted DelmonicO's and the climbs bv
day as well as by night. 1t only remains to add
that W. Is engaged in real estate operations
While L. Is rising legal lumnary.