, 1888-02-16
ioetllng him. turned to mc and rniaed M

jostling him, turned To me and raised hI
bet with u meaning smile. ! suddenl
discovered that had been selected as
second In duel. Tho I'll Spaniartl bUwc
and VIC approached each other while In
crowd fell baci: and tho gambler hurrie
Tomaso OH toward tho entrance. The
drove to our hotel and tho Spaninrd, hi
brother. tho Euglishman nnd myself wen
out on the Prada, stepped into earring
and drove rapidly down to IN oil nigh
I club-wlich was the only one open C
that hour--whcre we arranged tho pr
liminaries within tho hour. They wer
simple enough. Dueling swords wer
agreed upon us tho weapons and tho hor'
was to DO o'clock That same morning &
quiet place on tho beach two miles fro;
the cemetery. The Spaniard agreed (
bring surgeon, which made three spe.
tator9 on each side, not including Il.
principals. The Spaniards wcrc courteo,
and exceedingly polite in making all tl
arrangements, and the whole matter W
settled within ten minutes. We parted /
meet again within four hours.
The Englighmun and drove back to t
hotel and went up to tho second corrid,
where we discovered tho man from e.
cago still smoking aud leaning against
railinss outside OF his room. Ho look
ut VI and then said:
"Wcllp
"They are to fight at 2 o'clock.
ANY stakess"
Both Of us grinnod, but tho gamt'
seemed perfectly serious. because"
continued, "if there Gro any stakes 1 W;
to back this youngster right here, and 1,
show you why"
lIc pulled back the 1uttering curtain
lad s..,
stretched out upon tho bed sleeping :.
swcctly ~ u e.year.old chlldi
THAT'S what l call nerve" said {
Chicago man, ''and that's what Ike
back"
think IL dawned on all of us ut I
time that the AFFAIR wn3 no longer fa'
Wo allowed tho hoy TO sleep unt.
O'Clock, by which tino we had succce
In ilndinB fouciny master, Gnd then
aroused Tomaso, and MI of us v.
round to the gymnnst's apartments
Acquila street. We had discovered
Tomaso had never held foil In his h.;
He waD taught two thiugs---how to tn
and how to parry Tor TN hour hc G
ciGed there, and then wo ill drank &C
took two hacks and drove out ON the
road. l have never seen u more
ouShly self contained aud well bala
man in my life than tho young Gu
who sat by my side smoking cigarette,
that beautiful drive Ia the carly morr
There WAS q gentle breeze blowir
from the sea, over which tho suns
were dancing like network Of diane
and the few lahorers we passed nc
end smiled with tho conventional
tcsy OF the children Of tho tropics.
We were five minutes late for the
ers were there when we arrived.
| duclist looked more CHASTITY by day
| than ho hcd tho night before, b
bowed pleasantly to us all. l tol.
seconds thGt Tomaso had had no
ricnco with the sword, but they shirt
| their shoulders carelessly, and one OF
Gaid something about the fortunes OF
It was quite evident that they kT
the ignorance of tho boy, au1 that
principal was also acquainted with IL
dGtion Of affairs. 10 tell tho trutl
was rather Il source Of satisfaction
for 1 Gid not believe tho duelist
| butcher tho young Cuban outrigt
| would probably czerc!se hin Slzill /
| Ing lin scmo slight wound which E.
| cntisfy tho demands Of honor.
wc1 wrong. a quicker duel was
| fought. Tho men fuced each 9th.
| rtood fer moment with their
| crossed. Then tho dueiist, who, !
| Wcy, was ~ agile and firm swor t
| % / cycr caw, made conventional
NJ tho boz. Tonarso parriedit and
| forward again precisely us ho had
| the attncE after tho theatre. HI
were Get ard Ills eyes gleamcd.
| Claught NGs 60 unexpected and Gel
| idD antagonist threw his sword to
fOr tho parry, crd the point Of Il
| CTord swept under It with u H.
| lightning end laid open tho check .
| dtclist straight down TO tho neck
| tho boy bounded back and stood
| bladc CT his swocl clGsped IN his L -
staring CT his nstounded fee. It
| quickest thing 1 ever saw. The Il.
| was g Cicilguring enc, bat by no
| dangerous. Tho presence OF bloc
| fled the honor that had been soN
outraged that night. There wa
vcational Land chaklng and
| later wo were rolling back to {,
! DON'T think We had been out Of b..
| riago I'll. minutes. Tho arnazemt
duclist vco so complete that I
| lo realigo5 10 this day what had
| cnd tho hilCrlty CT the three Angl
! who he'd made up the party OF {, e..
| Cuban extended far into tho
night. Tho ignorance CT Toro D.
cavcd Lin, for no man with u L
| OF fencing would have exposed L.
| ho did In thGt furious onslaught.
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