Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-28

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put sui nothing had been heard of that
oihcer' ana the little affsi was nearly for.
| gotten OF remembered only as a sneerino
yeso. More months passed and Captain
hurais' aindnced to beautiful lady Of
rank began to prepare for his wedding
Inc morning of the intended vve51;r.
day arrived, and Captain Henry Dnvais
rose early TO prepare for auptials that were
10 make him the happi, st man in par;s
| "hAe engaged at his toilet a servant n.
| nounced visitor-a stra niger.
am engaged, and ca n see no one now ~
was the reply.
| Deg your pardon, Monsieur lie CANT
tse, saio the voice OF the stranger, who
. nsu i1iiowed on the heels of the servant,
out know you will see me-"
And who are you, sir, and why this in.
trusionF" demanded the young officer in
an imperious tone, as he coldly ran his avn
over the person of middle aged man in
| plain citizens dress. AZ
am captain Honita 4, formerly of the
imperial guard, at your service"
We'll, sir?"
Mohsleur lie capitaine seems not to know
me- out yet monsieur may have the banni.
ness 10 remember the pleasure he once had
In pulling the nose, boxing the ears and
| treadlng on the foot of a quiet looking
Gentleman under the ga lery of the 4alais
royal, some twelve months since"
rms was said with the most freezing M.
ilteness, but there was something awfuIIv
wicked in the cold gray eye of the speaker
-. ~ IL All the time rested quietly and stead
lily upon the other
Hal" said Duvais. flu shing to the fem.
pies, Il know you now; but to save vour
reputation you should have come sooner -
My reputation, fortur atelv, was NOT in
the Keeping of rather forward bow. " re-.
turned the other, with 4 grim smile and
mocklng bow. Il have come at last to ask
the pleasure of Monsieur lie Captaiue Henri
D'lVals TO little quiet walk, thinking the
beautiful bride elect might be pleased to
near OF the proves of her lover on his
wedding day.
Duvais bit his lip.
Il think" he said, 81 should be justified
in putting you off for the present. but /
Will not balk your kind intentions. We
need not go far nor wait long. Here are
small swords, and twenty PAGES hence is
the garden"
Monsieur lie captaine is so obliginr."
bowed the other. Perhaps they lied who
said monsieur was a coward and would not
fightp
You shall see." cried the Young roval-
ist, almost bursting with suppressed pas
sion. Coward or no coward, | have sent
your betters to the devil, and YOU shall
soon follow"
In less than ten minutes the two antao-
onlsts were in the garden and their swords
crossed. Honitan was perfectly cool and
sell possessed, but Duvais was almost blind
with rage. The latter was accounted the
best swordsman in his corps, and there were
the feweSt numoer that could cone with
him, which was one cause of his overbear-
ing insolence, but in less than a minute he
discovered TO his horror that he was only
mere child in the hands Of his antagonist
who seemed rather disposed to play with
than light him. In the course of five min
utes, however, he received disabling
wound. and then, like lightning, the blade
oil the other flashed close before his eyes
and severed his nose clean down to his
face.
Monsieur lie capitaine did me the honor
to pull my nose-I have done myself the
honor to cut off his Coodday, captain.
will send your servant to look after YOU.
When you are well will call again. Nv
compliments to the bride, and how does
she like your beauty"
This affair created great sensation in
the upper circles of Paris. The wedding.
of course, did not come Off on the appoint
ed day, and subsequently the lady declined
to marry n man whose features were SO
terribly disfgured.
From his sudden disa opearance on the
morning of the duel nothing was seen or
heard of Captain Honitan till his adver-
sary had so far recovered as to be again
abroad, when, ut a like early hour in the
day, he as suddenly reapreared.
Il have been expecting you," said Cap
tain Duvais when they again met
Monsieur lie capitaine does me too
much honor. hope my visits do not
prove troublesome"
Follow me-" returned Duvais, keeping
himself fearfully calm.
He conducted his visitor into an empty
hall, and produced a pair of pistols. !
one to his enemy he requested
him to load it, while he proceeded to
charge the other.
You are more than a match for me
with swords" he said, land so we will try |
these. 1t is my wish that one of us may /
not quit this hall alive. We will take our |
places and fire ut the worl"
And Monsieur le capitaine shall give |
the word, replied Houitan, with the most |
perfect sang froid.
At the first fire the imperialist received a |
flesh wound in the shoulder, and the |
royalist lost portion of mis- right ear
Monsieur lie capitaine did me the honor |
TO box my right ear" sale Hontan, coolly; |
u have done myself the honor to shoot off |
his"
In a couple of minutes the pistols were /
again loaded, and the foes in their respec- |
tive places. This time Captain Honitan |
received wound in the neck, not neces
sarily mortal, and Captain Duvais lost a /
portion of his left ear.
The imperiaiist coolly repeated his taunt-
ing words.
As they were taking their positions for !
the third fire Captain Honitan remarked, |
with bitter emphasis:
Now, then, Monsieur lie captaine, l will |
the footn'
Both pistols cracked together at the
word, and both antagonis IS fell back dead
the one shot through the heart, the other
through the brain.
So Terminated this aiurrutur cp,Dbat |