The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-13
He borrowed arl tho moner in the oorman crowd

He borrowed all tho money in the German crowd
and bought tho bank for sixty-seyen marks.
the peryerse wheel upset all tho bankers hopes
and whirlea money out Of his pockets instead
OF in. At tho end, Of the hour Melssner was not
also the e7 he paid for tho bank and ITO besides:
"Himmel. Kreus .zehn.million' Donnerwetterl"
dammtSn pRsdi scSwindeli Cheat, Mate in
gnsps as hc ripped the layout from the table,
threw the chips on the floor, and, hurting tho
wheel heel, after !; them, stamped on Il In wrath T,no ,yho
had been In Germany long enough to scent in
suit, looked grave. One, who did not under.
seized him BY tho ARM and giving him a shake,
IL there's anything crooked here, you're the
only man IN It, Now pay up those chips, and IL
yoS don't IKE ihS game get out ,Sd IT, .or,. nro,.
ably, but he understood the shake and scowl
that accompanied them, and at once drew out q
It and gave back one Of his own. He then re.
marked that he didn't know about lighting with
Germans. for "wclch :" is not in the American
At the corps meeting that night Meissncr Sc.
American who had insuited him. One Of tho
him. 1t was Of no avail; he must have blood.
were named as tho weapons. The American
brothers were In despair. A pistol duel would
shot, as the American insisted on the condi::
ton that shooting, must continue until
one Of the n cd priInciPa IS. ShoI tyb be t too de ABLY
dol After hours Of anxious reflection they
formed a plan Of action. They went to M,cissnoI
once been u cowboy: had been one OF the best
pistol p1ssOaS sh p}t,.d II nth, the WYE Wesi h for 6ro his axe re and nnini h1 ID
their Intervention lay 5I in the warning to Moissne er
that he must beware Of wearing a coat with but
t Sns hi Az b1t thrss t Gf t1 his victims aSa ssc6 ths bn,tans on
death, Mcissner. must go without buttons on his
That was something to think about. To stand up
against a dead shot from the Wild West merely on
was a ditlicult proposition for Melssner after re-
eeiving THU new light. He consulted his second.
His second conferred with the Americans second.
The American. who was not anxious to fight,
told his second to- make any decent arrange
ment he could. Finally it was agrsed that
chips TO be left uncashcd, and roulette wheel to
had been kicked after the fray. SO Meissner
called on the American to say he took back his
and the American replied that. in that case,
he regretted having shaken Meissner, and peace
ro IL again rdn,. An der der. A A. i tn, in H Ha;Gd1SSts
case. The town is so small that everybody knows
everybody else of consequence. and public opin-
force for most foreigners 4 few resist i. but the
majority yield to 1t, and the average American,
II forced into a corner, will accept II challenge.
In accepting 1t. however, he always stands
whose use he is familiar. His choice
at once raises an obstacle to the duel, for pistols
are used by Germans to avenge only deadly in,
suits, such, for instance. AZ fall TO the lot OF the
injured husband or betrayed lover. For the
ordinary offences pistols are incongruously dan.
gerous, and most Germans are disinclined to
use them. Hence frequently such a settlement
as ended the roulette squabblc.
The advocate Of peace. for nations as well as
for individuals, may find u little lesson in the
circumstances Of the Americans in Heidelberg
Known az n man who is ready for trouble, ready
to fight In one way or another and likely tC
choose the deadliest weapons II forced into a
corner, he enjoys fuller immunity from injury
than the stranger OF any other nationality
Moreover, when trouble does come. he does moi
find his antagonist quite so pressing for blood
shed as that antagonist would be with a French
man or Austrian. II is a plain case Of peace
furthered by preparedness for war.