The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-11

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nature are settled III a more important
manner, as for instance, a meeting
without defensive armor and for an in
definite number of rounds-that is as
long as the parties caH stand on their
legs.
"Let it be measured" said Vielbeer.
"Have you a measure?" asked Lutt
of the opposite second.
Eyes, here is one" he replied, pro-
ducing a little silver rule, graduated in
the minutest manner.
"Have the kindness to measure the
wound then, and satisfy yourself, =" said
| Luft. "Umpire, look at your watch"
Accordingly Hecht's second advance
ed toward his principal and looked on
while Luft laid bare his breast. A
ridiculous little scratch presented itself
from which the blood had hardly begun
to flow. The second took the silver
rule and gravcly adjusted it to the
wound. Ii was discovered TO be exactly
one inch and one-ienth in length, and
az the comment (code) only required
one and one-twentieth, its size was de-
| clared sufficient.
"But the bloodl the bloodl my dear
| SIR" said the second. "Vielbeer, please
~ dpDIOhCu Will yum "otSh'
Vielbeer plucked from his pocket an
antediluvian time piece, and hes seconds
and the students crowded around with
anxious and important faces. The
scratch looked very dubious and seem
cd hardly determined whether it womb
bleed or not. just after the umpire
declared the time expired, a few drops
| rolled slowly down from the wound.
Il M, ,nr,;,no fhrnn 1pAna nTI
blood to flow within Il certain time.
AS the blood came too late II counted
for nothing, so the blades were again
joined.
Whack, whack, whackl Felderstein
had OH first commencing the conflict
conducted himself rather warily. lie
had heard falsely of the high reputation
of his new antagonist, and determined
that his previous triumph over Brun
should not be thrown into the shade by
a present overthrow. He, however,
soon perceived how much he had been
mistaken in the character of Hecht, land
feeling he had n mere novice 10 deal
with, felt himself secure of all easy
victory. He accordingly contented
himself for the present with parrying
his adversary's blows, till he was
reused to exertion by being nearly cut
across the face by a successful quart
from his opponent.
"Tausend teufels'' Thousand devils).
he cried ,as he barely contrived to parry
it. "Take care of yourself now, Mr..
Hecht," and forthwith began to make
play in the most vigorous manner
His adversary, however, held his OWL
pretty well and parted the strokes
with tolerable success, till a back
handed fierce, something similar in its
character TO the fierce which had set
tied Bruins business, although far less
violent, took him inside his guard and
hit him OH the nose, the right wing OF
which it cut off, together with a good
slice of the lip. AS the blood spurted to
his eyes and blinded him, he. staggered
back into one of his friends arms.
His nose fell, of course, on the floor,
where Schnurkelya, thinking it a piece
of waste preizel, snapped it up and
gulped it whole.
"fSchwearnotel" howled Hecht's Sec
ond, as he saw his clubman's nose dis
appear.
ed several of his friends.
"What?" yelled Count Luft, aghast
at the proposition, ''not for ten thous-
and such Internal noses"
"Cussed dogl' said Hecht's second,
furiously. "Ich will dich aber mai fix
en-" Il will pretty soon fix you). He
aimed q blow at Schnurkelya with his
schlager which, had il struck, would
have made die funken davon fliegen
(the sparks fly. In his fury, however,
his rapier loudly whistled just above
the dogs back. Schnurkelya heard the
swish of the rapier and feeling a re-
newal of the air above him, surmiscd
what was happening, and without Civ
ing one backward look, bounded
toward the door. which, being ajar,
OBJ aned, landed Oh the ell and then
rolled to the pavement, and, as was
aiterward learned, had rolled like a
flour barrel to the curbing and went
bump into the gutter, where he lay on
t his back, unable to right himself, with
his feet feebly waving in the air. The
, seconds blow meeting no obstacle up
set him or the floor, and on arising he
rushed, followed by a few friends, out
of the door. ~Sunurkelya was hid from
view from the pavement, and they.
espying a dog apiece down the street,
IT., took after him, yelling "Catch him
Z Hold himi Cut him openl" etc.
Count Luft determined to save his
pedigreed pup, seized Hecht's rapier,
which had fallen on the floor, and with
several friends in a body rushed to the
door Just as Vielbeer, swelled with
: lager, was about TO look out. Theil
7 impetus jammed him in the doorway
t so tight that, though they worked
. g~loriously, pushing and pulling, they
could neither get him in nor out,
{ Family on the breeze came back to us
from the distance the voices of Hecht's
? second and his friends hollooing "Catch
him Hold him. Cut him open! J" etc
These sounds, so suggestive OF the dan.
ger of his dog coupled with his present
helpless imprisonment, sent Count
Luft into q fury, and he waved hi
> rapier around, jumped up and down
8 and swore till the whole atmosphere
: had an odor of sulphur. Whirling hi
[ schlager, he whacked through curtains
}, glass and shutters, an opening through
Y The window and bounded to the pave
ment, where, sighting a man running
8 across the street a few blocks down
I took it for the enemy after Schnurke'
lya, and flew down the street, his lons
hair streaming behind from beneath hi
g green cap, his sash's ends sailing to TIT
wind and his rapier in his hand. SOM
r OF the club men succeeding, after tn
liberal use of q saw on the door, il
pushing Vielbeer through, three o
four On each side of him, grabbed NJ
6 his stomach with both arms and gallon
: ed him double quick after Count Luft
who could be seen way down the stree
; flying as on the winds OF summer, still
G waving his rapier and his curses leav
ing blue puffs OF air behind him. Viel
= b. or and his "procesh" got along love
ly, and were making the fastest tim
: out, when his left leg suddenly CAV
out and the whole compOodie wen
down on the pavement, forming a
lovely q mixture as one can imagine
After rightiDg themselves, seeing II
sign of Count Luit, they went back I
e the club and there found a number O
students around trying to console eac
0 other tor the loss, as they thought, tn
II club had sustained i'll Schnurkelys
thinking that by now he had bee
caught by the enemy and cut open
Poor Schnurkelyal Poor Schnurke
IyaI" wept Vielbeer loudly, tears G
beer as large as ounce globules fallin
from his eyes. Suddenly a feeble bu
familiar bow! WOW! greeted us froI
the gutter. There was III .awe-struc
silence, a look into each others faces,
rush for the gutter and then a shout, a
Schnurkelya was discovered still on hi
10 tack, with feet still padding the ali