The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-03-14

presence Of gentlemen with the air and
dress of a masquerader." 81 did not
retreat SO hurriedly from the field as
some of those officers who appear here
in toilets more deliberately prepared,
your highness," exclaimed de Richelieu
and then turning to Lixen, he contin-
ued: Il shall now go and purify my
self, Prince, and in an hour You shall
hear from me-" And so he did, in the
shape of a challenge, which We're accep-
ted; after which arrangements were
made and agreed upon that the two
gentlemen should meet each other in
the trenches at midnight. They met
and crossed swords at exactly l2, and
in ten minutes the magical weapon of
de Richelieu had flashed through the
heart of his twentieth victim, and the
survivor, STOPPING over the
body of the dead prince said:
"Let us carefully bear his no.
bic body with all honor to camp. 1t is
the fortune of war. gentlemen, and may
be orr turn next" In a short time
afterward Gle Richelieu went to Paris to
acquaint his inamorata with the intel
ligence that he had removed one of her
troubles from the world forever. But
what was his establishment to discover
that the frail and faithiess Madame du
Rosiere had fed with an English noble
nan to London. QUEEN Sabe!
Some few wears ago Major Ben Perley
Poore, then Washington correspondent
ofthe Boston Journal, sentthat paper the
following account of q midnight duel
upon an island in the Savannah River:
Among the many bloody duels on
record as having been fought by Con-
gressmen was one in which James Jack
son, of Georgia, who had been and who
was afterward a United States Senator,
was the challenged party. He was an
E%nglishman by birth, but he went to
Savannah when a lad, studied law, as a
leading Free Mason and fought gallant
ly in the Revolutionary war. He killed
lieutenant Governor Wells, of Georgia,
i'll 17S) ina duel, and was en-
gagged in several other ''affiair
Of honor" until he finally de-.
termined to accept a challenge on such
terms as would make it his last duel.
So. upon his next challenge, which was
from Colonel r. Watkins, also of Geor-
gia, he prescribed as the terms that each
party, armed with a double-barreled
gun loaded with buckshot and with q
hunting knife, should row himself in a
skiff to designated points on opposite
sides of the Savannah River. When
the city clock struck II each should
row his skitf to a small island i'll the
middle of the river, which was wooded
and covered with unberbrush. On ar.
irving at the island each was to moor
his skif, stand by if for ten minutes.
and then go about on the island until
the meeting took place. The seconds
waited on the main land until after l
o'clock, when they heard three gun
SHOTS and loud and angry cries. Then
all was still. AT daylight, as had been
, agreed upon, the seconds vent to the
island and found Jackson lying On the
| ground, insensible from the loss Of
blood, and his Antagonist lying across
him, dead. Jackson recovered, but
! would never relate his experience on
that night, nor was he ever challenged
again. He died in Washington City
while serving his second term as United
States Senator, March IS, 1906.
In 1878 a Young gentleman named
Beniamth Woodbridge was killed il 2
duel with swords, late al tight. IN Bos-
ton Common, by Harry Philips. after a
short combat. Philips. who was NOT
hurt, made his escape from the city
nest day and later turned up in France,
where he died in 1929.
Eagene Bonneh1erc, in his "Hirtoire
des Peysans'. tells the story q how q
peasant by the name OF Lebre. wholived
IN the South of France, got more than
even with q sergeant of the Royal Guard
(Which was quartered near Lebre's cab
I'M. 1t was toward the end of the sew
enteenth century; and the sergeant,
~presulaing upon his gallantry and his
manly beauty, and knowing therroyerb-
ial weakness of some women for even
non-commrhssion officers OF his profess
sion took occasion to pay marked atten-
tlon to Lebre's young and pretty wife;
which, while being strictly agreeable to
dainty Mrs. L., was highly unsatisfac-
tory to the incensed husband; who at
last, gave Mr.. Sergeant Duprcz a
piece of proper advice, and was
promptly knocked down for his
pains. Lebre at once challenged his
antagonist, who declined TO recognize q
common peasant as his equal, and shut
ting Lebre ont of his own cottage, took
immediate possession OF it md It's pref
t.y matron. In a day or two the SER
geant quit the place for good, and Lebre
returned, sold all his effects. packed
the erring wife off to her fathers. en-
listed in the army, and was seen no
more in that neighborhood for upwards
of eight years. He fought through two
campaigns bravely, but without a
scratch, and by gradual promotion
reached the rank of sergeant. 'Aha!"
cried Lebre. ioyfully, at the end of six
years service. sergeant Duprez. Ser
geant Lebre is Your equal! l shall seek
you out, you villain, and punish YOU for
the wrongs which L suffered at your
hands six years ago." Lebre was two
years in finding his man. And when
he did find him they were at the point
of sitting down at the same dinner table.
with q dozen other officers of about uni
form rank. As oon as the repast was
over Lebre arose. and addressing Du-
PREF, inquired: Suppose, sir, a man
should give q blow, what would YOU
81 would return 1t and challenge
him to fight" responded Duprez.
Cake that, then" exclaimed Lebre,
dealing his old enemy a tremendous
blow which staggered him considerably;
and then addressing himself to his com
rades, he recapitulated the story of how
Dnprez had Knocked him down for de-
Tending his wife, and thereafter refused
fight him on the ground that he was
not Duprez' equal. @Now, Sergeant
Duprez," calculated that fellows assail-
ant, turning around and facing his enc
ny, "you and 1 are equal. / have re-