Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-02
THE QUIET MAN.

belong to a fashionable club In London
the members Of which were Just the sor
ofmen you read about In Levers novels
as wild as wild could be, always IN somt
scrupo or other, and spending their Who'll.
time IN riding, shooting, gambling OF
hghtng-al except one.
That one was o small. quiet. pal,
faced gray haired man, with % very sad
weary look. as n ho had once beou
crushed by fomo great sorrow and bad
never been able 20 shake it Oh. He hard.
~ ever spoke 90 any one, aud when IN
did 10 was in voice o. mock as bis face.
So Of cour we made great fun of him
among ourselves. finding those quiet
ways Of h.s very queer contrast 90 our
own r1raH.v, h1rum saurum style. aud
we nicEn1uel rm iIa "QuIetost Man
IN The CiHh" though, indeed. we might
just as well have called him the only
quiet man Ia a..
Well, ono evening WHOM Che room was
pretty full, and our friend cine quiut
man was sii,iHg ug usual in tho ilr cor.
ncr away from everybody elise. $50 h..
gan tDtsit about duclinr. 70 suhicctwiih
which we were 90 t1lerab.y familiar for
there was hardly man among us WHO
hadn't been tout once.
"rhoy did slms tidy duoliug In the old
times said Lord a.. who was killed
aitcrward he action "Nou remember
how those .x chums OF Henry III "
France tonight throo 10 three tll thpfp
was only one Doc alive ont OF tueHx.'
Tint was pretty fair certainly" crioi
Charlie Thornton Of tho Guards. "hlt
after all 10 doesn't beat tho great duel 90
years ago between Sir Harry Martingale
and Colonel fortc.auc."
lie had hardly spoken when up jumped
Tho quiet man ug n somebody had stuck
u pin into him.
"Whut on clrihs the matter with
himr Whispered Thornton. IL never
saw him like that before"
But what wH tho story. thon, Char.
ley asked another man. "lyc heard "
Fortcscuc, 81 course. for DO was tho
most famous duelist Of his time In All
England and Two heard Of his fight
with Martingalc, too but don't think
I've ever had any particulars. or az
least mono worth speaking o."
II can give them 10 you. then" nn.
swercd Thornton; "for my uncle wa,
Martingale'a second. Two heard hlm
toll tho story many timo. and he nl.
ways said that although ho had been In
plenty Of duols ho had mover seen one
like that and mover wanted 10 SEQ it
again. What thoy quarroled nbout 1
don't know and | dare say thoy didn't
know themselves, but my uncle used to /.
sny he know by tho lool, in their eyes 7.
when they took their places 10 dro that I
u could not end without blood. and Il [
didn't
They fired twice. and every shot told, |
nnd then their seconds. seeing that both .
mon were hard hit and bleeding fast.
wanted 10 put an end TO Il. But Fort.
eacuo-who was one Of those grim fol. |
lows who aro always most dangerous 10.
ward tho end Of the iight-insistod upon /
third shot. The third timo. by some .
accident, hAriiugalo fired moment too |
soon and gave him bad wound In tho
sido. but Fortofcue pressed his hand totho
wound 10 stop the bleeding. and then,
almoat bent double with pain though ho
was, he fred aud brought down his man.
KILLED himg'
Rather. Shot him slap through tho
heart. But Il was his last duel. for from
That day he was mover heard Of again,
and peoplo said he had either committed
suicide OF died Of a broken heart"
well. dou't sci why ho need hnye
done that, fer. after all, Il was a fnir
light struck In Lord H., who had been
looking over tho newspapers on the IA.
Bile But, n you talk Of dueliug. what
do you say 10 this3
Another duelling tragedy In pnrla
Tho notorious Parisiun bully and duel.
hst' Armand de Nillenouyc, has lust
added another wreath to bis blood stained
lnurols, the new victim being tho Chcy.
alier Henri de poliguac. a fine Young
fellow OF 20, tlc only son Of % widowed
mother Some strong expressions OF dis.
gust used by tEo chryalior with rotor.
enco 20 one Of DO Villououye's former
ducls having como 10 The latter's ears. be
sought out Do Polgnac aud iusultol
him 70 grossly as TO render meeting
The chovalicr having Grcd first and
missed, Dc Nillcnouyc called ont To INN.
Look TO tue second buttonholc OF vour
coatg hnd sent bullet through the spot
indicated into the breast OF his opponent.
who expired half an hour later Ia great
lgony. His mother Is said 10 DO broken
hearted at his death, H1wmuch lopgrr
We wonder, will this fuyurp IA. allowed I