The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04

elegant velvet, but it was threadbare
and in places hung in rags. The tables
had had their legs gilded when they were
new, but the gliding was mostly gone,
and the marble slabs were stained and
cracked. There We're two tallow candles
burning on the mantIepiece, where there
was an old-fashioned clock that said it
was twenty minutes after II o'clock
though probably it lied
Sit down said the woman, taking
off her hat and throwing it on "A chair.
/ noticed then that she spoke with some
sort of foreign accent, and it came into
my mind that she wasn't English after
all.
Where Is your sister?' / asked
She burst out laughing. My sister,
Oh, you shall see her presently. Mean
while sit down and be comfortable.
This made me pretty mad, for / was
sure now that she hadn't any sister and
that she had brought me into a trap. 1
didn't stop 10 ask myself what her motive
was though for the life of me ! cant see
any point in laying a trap for poor art
list. What | had to do was to get out of
that room and that street as soon as pos
sihle. So / said. 'That'H do, ma'am. You
can't play any game on me- and I turned
TO the door Just then two men burst into
the room, making as much noise as lot
of medical students coming into a sick
room to see an operation. One of them
was a big, red-faced fellow, who was sure
enough an Englishman. He even had on
top boots, such men used to wear in
Hogarth's time, though / don't pretend to
know when that was. The other man
was smaller but deal wickeder looking
and l judged that he was low-class
Frenchman
The big man had drawn sword in his
hand and as soon as he was in the room
he called out to the woman, I have caught
you at last and I'll attend to you when L
have killed this scoundrel" The woman
shrieked and fell on her knees. The man
paid no more attention to her, but came
toward me, cursing like al alderman
while the other man kept crying out
Down with him! Down with him"
Now comes in what is to me the queer
est part of the " hole business. Consider
ing that ] wasn't armed, and considering
that neither of the men had pistol. what
/ ought TO have done was clear enough
Any man brought up as ! was IN a COM
munity where rough-and-tumble lighting
was the national amusement as YOU
might say, would have thrown the first
thing that came handy into the big mans
face, and then Knocked him and his com
panion down before he could have used his
sword. But l didn't do anything Of the
sort l sprang into the corner Of the
room where the figure in armor stood, and
snatched the sword that 1t had In its
hand Then | put my back against the
wall and pulled one Of the handicapped
tables in front Of me, and said very quiet
ly to the man: Unless you beg this lady's
pardon and mine on your knees / shall do
you the unmerited honor of killing YOU
We'll, the big man came on. and for
the next five minutes we had some Of
the prettiest fencing you ever dreamed
Of. I told you ] had never had sword
in my hand before, YET there / was fenc-
ing as II ] had been at IL all my life, and
l felt just as confident that the fellows
sword would never touch me, and that /
should Kill him. as ! ever felt of anything
since ! was born. Good gracious! how /
did enjoy that fight. Presently the man
stopped to get his breath, and bowed
very polite 10 him, ana said that perhaps
his comrade would take his place while he
was resting. However, the little man
didn't seem to banker after lighting. and
he kept Ia the background, aud confined
himself 90 telling the other 10 cut my
heart out, which was an easy line ~ policy
for him.
I'VE went 20 fencing again, and ! could
see iu the mans eye that be- was getting
frightened This time, however. / didn't
waste any time ga airs and graces Before
we had fenced two minutes J ran him
clean through The body. and he was dead
before ! could fairly draw out my sword.