Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1890-09-04

Strange and Fatal Daei BeiUsea
TwO Jealous FyeEchmea

T1u0 Jealous FreEChmea.
a duel which occasloned great
sensation at the time of its occur-
renee was one benwcen Henri Della
grave and Alphonse Rtvirre, the
cause being the success of the form
er in wooIng young lady to whom
both were attached. Riyiere Insult
ed his successful rival by slapplng
him on the cheek in a gaming saloon
/ and IT was agreed that a duel should
take place Ill which the life of one
should be ended.
The details we're left to their Sec
onds to arrange, until they faced
each ether upon the field, neither of
the young men knew in what form
that they were to brave death. On
the following morning four men met
IN quiet wood they were Rlvlere,
with NJ Savalle, his second, and
Delegrave, who was accompanied by
doctor named Rocquet. The lat
ter informed the rivals that Nj.
Savalle and himself had arrived at
the decision that, III order to secure
a fatal result to one of the princi-
pals, it would be best to leave out
of the questions swords or pistols
and to trust to the more sure action
of deadly poison. AS he spoke he
drew from his pocket a little tin
box, in which lay four black pellets,
all exactly identical in size and
shape.
''In one of these" said he, ''has
been placed sufficient quantIty of
prussic acid to cause the almost
I instantaneous death of any one who
swallows 1t. Monsieur Savalle and
1 will decide by the toss of coin
as to wich of you is to have the
first choice, and you shall alternate
ly draw and swallow pill until the
poison shows Its effects" While
speaking the last words the doctor
spun into the air a gllttering gold
piece and, as it fell, Savalle cried
"tails." 1t fell with the head up.
permost, and SavUlle said, ''the
first choice is yours, Monster Della
grave. The two whose fate wa:
contained in these innocent-looking
black balls had shown Nc sign OF
trepidation while the doctor explain
ed the awful preparations that he
had made for the death of one of
them and Delegrave's face was per.
fectly impassive as he selected and
washed down with a glass Of claret
one of the globules, "And now, M.
Riviere," SAID the doctor. Riviere
extended his hand and took pill,
which he swallowed with as little
appearance of concern as his oppo-
nent. A minute passed, two, three,
and still the duelists stoud motion
less. ''It is your choice again, NJ
Delagrave," said the doctor, bu
this time you must swallow the pill
at the same time that NJ. RivIert
swallows the one that you leave fol
him. Delagrave paused for mo-
ment, looking in silence at the two
balls that lay before him. The very
closest scrutiny showed not the
slightest difference between them
cne was harmless, but in the other
rested the pail of eternlty-the 81
-, ce and peace of that sleep which
L,ou no awakening in this world
with = . art he drew his eyes away
g., ,ho. .. ithfuI little box, snt
putting his fine,
it drew forth one Z '''' IN ''N'"
pills. Riviere took thI
remaining and both men ' :" '' =
eously gulped down their fas . :
few seconds passed without an-s
perceptible movement on the part
Of either of them, and then Rivicre
threw up his hands, and without a
sound fell flat upon the grass. He
turued half round, gave one convul-
slve shudder, and as his rival bent
over him breathed his last. The
fair cause of this awful tragedy was
so horrIiied at it that she refused to
see Dclagrave again, and the mem
ory of those few minutes weighed
so heavily upon him that lie follow
ed Rlvicre to the grave in few
months time.