Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-08

tinctiy saw himself lying there, under the
very same covers he had Just left His Taco
had tho holiowncss OF a dead face his hands
had tho linpness Of hands that will never
| move again. Then no became afraid of hts
bed, aud In order Ia escape u, he went into
his smoking room. lie took cigar, mechani-
| cally lighted IT., and began To walk ny and
down again. lie teit cold. iie startcd 10
| ring tho bell, In order 10 wake up tho patct-
| dc-chdB,Jre; hut stopped suddenly, even
while his hand was raised to grasp the bell
cord -.
| "Tbe servant would soc that am afraid"
And he did not ring. lie made the ire him
| self His hands shook n little, with nervous
| tremblings Whenever they they iouchen
anything. His mind wandered, his thoughts
began to fly in confusion, ,-brusque, painiul.
| A sort OF drunk enness came upon him, n II
he had been swallowing liquor And over
aud over again he kept asking himselL-
"What shall do? What ~ going to no
come of me ~
His wboie body shuddered with spasmodic
quiyerings lie ross, and going To the win
dow, drew aside the curtains.
The dawn was break ing-a summer dawn.
The rosy sky made rosy tho city, the roof-,
aud tho walls. a great glow of soft heht en-
veloped tho awakening city, Ike tho cares'
ot the sunrise aud with tts coming uhefe
passed into the viscounts heart ray oi
hupe-ncrry, quick, brutal What u io"i
he was 10 have allowed himself Ia be worried
by fear beio,e q am thing at all had even been
decided before hrs seconds had seen those
OF George Ianil before he 10 much az
knew whether he would have Ia fight at all.
lie made his toilet, dressed aud walked out
" ith "A iirm step.
A. no went along he kept repeating
must bo energetic-very energetic. |
must prove that | am not a hit afraid"
HIS witnesses, the marquis and the colonel,
put themselves at his disposal and after n
hearty shake-hands, they began To discuss
the conditions.
| The colonel asked
DO you insist upon a serioutduel 49,
The viscnunt repied
Very serious"
The marquis asked A:
You wish pistols ~
Yea"
"welI, we leave you FREQ to regulate tho
rest"
The vls'ount nfticuicd in u dry, iersy
voice
"rwunty pares-to ire at the word to
iirc on the rise, Instead Of on the fall balls
tO be exchanged until one or the other hc Sc
rinuSly wounded"
Tue colonel exclaimed, in a tone of fsatisftc-
tipn
These RrO excollent conditions. You
shoot well aud all tho chances ara III your
favor"
And they departed on their errand. The
visCount returned home to wait for their re-
turn. Ills excitement, tenn pOrariy appeA'ed,
now began to Increase every minute. lie
ielt all along his logs and arms, in his chest
a sort of sin nking-a continual puivering he
found himSoIf utterly unable Ia remain quiet
in any ono place, whether sitting or stand
ing. His mouth felt dry, ~ II wholly devoid
OF saliva, and he Clarkoi his tongue loudly
CNory once in a while, ~ II trying To unfAsien
II from his palate.
Ito wished to breakfast, but could not eat.
Then the idca came to him Ia take a drink in
order u give himself courage and he or
deT.d n de, inter OF brandy brought IN, from
which h5 helped himself to six small glasses,
ono after another.
| \ hcar ~ or a burn, passed through him,
| followed almost immediately hy sort oi
mental nnnhncsS. lie Thought Here y
the remedy Now | am all right
| Hnt ut the end OF AN hour he had omptied
| the docanter, and his excitement became in
| tniershIe. lie felt mad wish TO roll upon
| the floor. tD scream, To bite. Evening came.
| \ sudden pull at tho dOor-bo gave him
| such IL sense of suliocatiun that he could not
Hud strength To rise to receive ifiS seconds.
| IIo did not even dare speak Ia them, not
| even to say " GOOi.eNening,' or anything
| else, through fear that they might discover
everything from tho alteration oi his voice.
| The colonel said
| Everything had heen arranged according
| Ia tho conditions you stipulated. our al
| vcrS,ry at first claimed, ~ tho insulted
| party, his right To the choice OF weapons
| but he almost Immediately after waived his
| claim, and accepted everything a. you
wished It. Ills seconds are two military
| men"
Tho visrount said
| Thanks"
The marquis exclaimed
" You must excuse uS tor only coming nnd
| going out again, but We have still thousand
| things to do. We must secure a good sur
| geOn, since the duel - to end only Ou tht
| serious wouuuing of one of the principals
| and yOu know bullets are not things To Joke
about Then va must settle upon gooI
| plara-near some house or other, Ia which
| We can carry the wounded party II necessary
| and all that sort of thing In short, We ',
got two or three hours work before us
The viSc0unt second timo artIcuiatad
| "Thanks."
| The colonel asked
| Well, YOU ieel all right You arc cool :"
| Yes very cool, thank you"
| The two men retired.
When he found himself all alone again, h
felt "a IL he were going mad. When hi
servant had lighted the lamps, no sat dowI
At tho table to write some letters. Atte
having traced, at the head Of Il blank shee
of note-paper, the words, This is my Ia.
will aud testament" he rose to his feet will
"A sudden start and walked away, feeling II
capable OF putting two ideas together, {
making any resolution, or deciding ahot
anything whatsoever.
{ So he was going to fight There was n
getting out OF II now. What was the matte
, | with him? lie wished Ia fight (; he had I'll
| firm intention OF lighting he had resolve
! | upon it and nevertheless he clearly felt,
| spite OF his utmost determination, in spite {
! | the utmost tension oi MS VIII, that ne c'lul
| not possibly nud the force necessary To al
: able him 10 go aS far ~ the place OF meeting
Y | Ito tried 10 picture the scene in his mind
/ his own attitude aud the department OF h
I | adversary.
Z From time tn time his teeth chattered Wi
!, | "A little dry noise. Ito wanted To read, al
u took up Chateauvillards Code du puel
| Thon he ask cd himself:
Does my adversary frequent the shootii
o galleries Ia no known ? Is his name pu
| lished anyw here How can find out wv
n lie remembered Baron de NauNs book
{ the expert pistol shots and he went throul
ll IL from one end Ia tho other George lauli
% name was not mentioned in II. But stlil,
that man was not good shot, ho won
10 never have been ~ prompt To accept "A dt
under such fatal conditions, and 50 dang
o. Gus "A weapon.
st As he walkcl up aud down he stopped
le fore n little round table, on which lay ono
Gaslinne ReneIte'S well I-kuOwn pistol-cas
lie took out one of the pistols, placed hi
er soli in the position Ot "a man about To Ii
IL and raised his arm, But he trembed ir,
ie | head TO tOot, so that the barrel of the pls
ie | uuiyered and pointed In all directions.
h. Then he said tO himself:
Ii il simply impossible. | shall NO
be able TO fight ~ am now"
ly He looked down the muZzle of the barr
u into the little peep, black hole which II
he out death. lie thought of dishonor,
i'm whisperings in the salons, OF laughter mt
at clubs, OF the contempt that women can sh'
TO Of illusions in the newspapers, OF tho %