The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-31
THE DOUBLE IRIS,
ny COMPTON RvADE.
tConcluston.l
EPISODE III.

EPISODE III.
on my arrival at Sinkin's hotel ordered dinner.
and inquired what had become OF the Marquis. The
with grin Mo s De De
lie limited, moreover, that something was wrong
with the Frenchman but In what particular he did
not state. For my part, the conclusion was forced
upon me that he had met with crushing misfortune
at baccarat, and, own, slight feeling of nervous
ness superyened lest he should want to borrow OF
and had just taken pull OF some cheapish red
wine, when raucous voice at my elbow sounded
"Sare |" much as sergeant Of the old school might
have uttered " shunl" OF "shoulder hums!' 1t was
"iiave a outlet ~ said |. "what, nor Glass of
something then? Why, what's up7"
"sarc, I'av com from my fren, sare, lie Marquis
"Ail right Tell him there's any amount of grub
going here, u he only looks sharp"
"neln, sare, you treefe vid me. You jayst sare.
Bot tell you II ees no jaysng mattair M. DE Bon
Dol daymand, sare. your blood"
"Ilello, hello, ~ CRIED" what's this nonsense
Demands my blood, does ne7 We'll, then, my COM
s y aSp ana s 00ss
"Tschut! l not ieesten no more. Are you Won
cowart, Monsieur Beaumanoir7'
Never subjected my nerve to any special analysis.
To drop enigma, man, what does i all mean2n
UT ases Y9s % play Mon; De b
Hotel dc l'Europe and you taxi away re Americaine,
who made him leetle promese only yesterday, den
ven he ask for re oder Americana she say not ad
"Dd she? well''
"sare. cat is eensoolt, eenshooree. 1t most be
VSkittles, my good fool,"I replied "I've neither
nsulted nor injured De Bonbol, and as for lighting,
"Pfui.n Missed the simious one CONTEMPORARY.
"Den De Bonbo boo your nos' before re ladies, and
sare, you veel have to fight"
I confess did not relish the prospect OF a scene
before Iris, and as for this fellow, there was not
grain of common sense In him. SO Ibcthought me
OF an oxford friend who was at the Fontaine at Os
WhereunOn EriCne
mont left, with the comforting assurance that De
Bonhol. we CHANGED to meet, would tear the heart
out Of my body.
Before an hour was past the intelligence that an
Englishman and a Frenchrnan were about to fight
eau heiress. was al over Brussels. De Bonbol
clearly wanted to discount his her0ism In advance
1t was, perhaps, In consequence OF this nan that
received the following missive at breakfast:
"DEAR COUSIN: So you aud the Marquis are going
TO make sensation, and all about poor me. Well.
intend to preserve an unarmed neutrality. and shall
tragedy az. But Iris will be glad to see you alone
this morning. Yours, relatively. TorsEY.'
obeyed this summons-only too readily. Iris re.
sweetness We sat in the window and chated for
long hour, quite like brother and sister. At last the
dGaire Bon62l cropped up, and told her that had
81 should not stop it" she remarked, "Meet the
man-only don't hurt him. He won't hurt you"
man. and for me to go in for pistols for two-its too
too.n
"a clersyman? she echoed, oblivious of the pistol
"Well, yes. My estate is mortgaged. I've no
other chance-unless
"What9r
"Unless marry Topsey.f
why don't your II you say hap she will say
'snnIWRi hv moi, indeed, o0c,, TO- know o0,nt
should save my estate from the Philisnes.
should make my poor mother happy woman7
ought
NV hat II my heart has been already glven but not
painful silence. could say no more She, ]
fancy, thought that would not, and cold proud
"If only" faliered, "Topsey and were as truly
was any mystic tie to bind US. II possessed the
power Of attracting her, or she me, .then'-,-
a nef no Is sIS e and yet
us 1t base?" pleaded, recoiling from her sereo-
typed query.
aloud. "But--but-don't catechise me, Mir. Embryo
Mr po esS M Sye and safe
A little ntoue. q little wave OF the hand, and a
slight tremor. Then she disappeared, and our chat,
which had begun so alphabetically, ended with
At sInkns. in the saloon, imbibing peg at my
expense, discovered my good friend Bottles, OF
course when he heard my tale his smile swelled In
volume MI thought he would have taken the roof
on sinkin's hotel; And when l said thought I'd
better go out with DE BonDol, his shrek Of "Arma
yrumqne cano" metaphorlcally shiyered my tim
bers: However, after while his brain steadied
ITSELF We discussed the situation. and induced him
to call on the sangulnary Frichemont.
He returned from the visit exploding; In truth, the
bubous, hyacnthine cast Of countenance. feared
"Well,' gasped he, sits all pleasantly arranged
I $50 tomorrow morning; pistols; venue, q mile OF
on the Waterloo road. nice easy distance! breakfast
here at 4. n, and beparticular to order ro0nons
was fairly nabbergased. "Breakfast!r cried
shut supposing there's nobody to eat it7r
"TheIe VIII be four people, he reloned. Listen
you led me to expect. ithereupon Informed the Eel
low that, not he professionally Straightforward,
must decline personally 70 ass. assist at any function
bly, that his dislike OF horrors eqnaled mine that he
was a gentleman OF won sentiment, and that ",
blood yos only NJ for representation on 70 stage.
Blood, he further explained, In the language OF the
French duello, was used liz purely Pickwickian
sense, inasnuch an when, AZ In the present instance
the seconds were nlled with the enthusiasm OF hu
many, they invariably loaded the lethal weapon,
without bail. And So, he ended, re afiarc tair
inmate our agrayaole 70 pr,nceepaIs, icy FIRE 2.
We com bac' breakfast
"a solemn farce guoth !.
ayes; but advise YOU 10 90 through II, for II yot
DON'T AZ sure as eggs Is eggs that clever frenchmat
Do Bonbcl will denounce you as a coward"
We arrived on the ground a few minutes late mex
| There awaiting US were DE B0nbol, Frichemoni,
and ye gods doctor; with any amount Of tourni
qnets aud bandagef, IN a case OF positively porien
could hardly refrain from laughing. for there
stood, sort Of cfoss between an ourana.oui
buioned IN 10 the chin Ia militaire, an expression
OF deInoniac hate ON his visage. intensified by I'M
Fricieinsni measured twelve PAGES, aud we wer
put in position. Then tho seconds retired, aud VII
give the essence OF their brief talk, AS q was subse
| luenily narrated 70 me by my faithful Bottles
| Frichemont; al y load 40 peesiols You tai
Won for yon maui le oder for De Bonbol,r
Hotties; 'Oh, all Hut what about bnllcisf"
Trchemonl: 'My tear sare. You connde In me
| geef you my wort, eef NV go0i fren NJ. De B0nbo
soospee zere yos boollets be would he agfenf. 70
zee him. lie stand ayreci, yair courageous. 10
eef be s0ospec booklets he would be no more coorsgs
Gus. bah Get would he hnposslblew
| Bottles; "Mcll, 10 avoid accidents, you won
mind my trying the maKkles with my ppe.rokery"
frlchemoni. "ceftainemeni not"
And NO Bottles did. Good fellow ~ he was.
satisfied himself that that The two pairs Of pisio
were perfectly harmless Then he returned ON
pair 20 Frichemoni, who whispered andihly;
| "hlnd, after 40 second ftgf, We are satisfy. zen
embrace. Zen We congratulate 40 doctor, aud Y
raytoorn breakfas.n
bc iienboi sni salulsd each other, aud at he CO
"rree'from Frlchcmoni blazed away. The result WI
nil. Then there was another consultation OF second
We were moved forward two PAGES each, aud tn
weapons, hauded me my pistol With the advice
| my ear, "Tako ATM
| confess ina not Ike this. Was the farce. aft,
eilre nous, was considered at the iney Tavern
bhaulng eyes Natcu tue WOf
and then, steady as Old Time, bazed straight al 1
BOnhol's head.
NJ aim was true enough. for the Frenchme
with a veil OF supreme anguish, sprang into the a
and Tell on the turf cudding hs nosc with both h
hands.
Doctor and all, we rushed to the spot. Upon "A
honor, | felt sorry for lie ionbol, who howed mi
eraby, while frichemoni stamped and rayed al
tore his hair. There was, however, no harm don
Something had hit my antagonist On the tip OF n
nose, but what that something was did not the
transpre. II must nave been very ANAL, Tor q
skin was barely abrased, and all the blood ysib
amounted 10 less than pins point.
"Ughr groaned the poor Frenohman. "Qu
doueur. lam keelt."
"Ah. no ~ murInured the doctor. "Not keelt. N
vonded. Only u leeile beet Enlightened"
} Ae for Bottles, his eye was twinkling with meri
ment. ~ say" he remarked as soon a. TIE chait,
, OF the Gauls had subsidized, "is your man satisfied
"Parfaitement, Oui," cried DE Bsnb0l, evident
horrned al the notion OF further ylvlsection.
"In that case" said |, "let's shake hands, anu v
back 20 our kidneys, or they Will be spont,' Al
then, suitIng the action 10 the word lifted up II
fallen MARQUIS who was all ola shiyer, Invited Il
doctor to JOIN us, aud we drove back oomfortao
and amicably.
, The Belgian papers published an account OF u
affair, with the Inevitable gloss, that the Marqu
me an EnglIshman OF the name OF BOwnans. I'll
was improved In Paris, 10 the extent OF making n
, recovery OF the Marquis DO bonbol doubtful; VIII
In London my antagonist was shot dead, aud IN Ne
York the duel was said TO have been strictly a on
rance. aud We both tell simultaneously shot throni
the heart.
ii wonder how II happenedg' remarked
Bottles, as rode With him TO the station 70 see hi
on for 0stende'