The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-17

certain time ana place. linen there
would be a lot Of palaver, somehow the
duel would never come Off, and Cam
mes reputation as a dueliist would go
up another peg, and the rest OF us
beastly little rapins that We were
would hold him in increased fer and
increased horror, Just as IL he were a
RATHER in coil.
Well, the row began one November
mornings Monday-and, of course, 1t
was over the allotment Of seats.
Canine had calmly rubbed out the
name of This animal of a Buddy
Jones'" from the floor and had chalked
had placed the esquisse Of This ami
NAL of a Buddy Jones" fifth the preced-
ing Saturday, and according to un-
written law, he had precedence over
Canine. But Canine invented reasons
for a different opinion, and presented
them to the whole three ateliers at
the top of his voice, and with unclean
illusions. We were all climbing up
on the taller stools by his time, and
Virginie, who was the model of the
week., was making furtive signs at us
to give the crowd a push, as was our
custom.
Canine was going on at a great rate.
"Ah, fa%rceur. All, espece de voleur.
crapaud va, c'est a moi cette place la,
Saligaud va te prom'ner, va faire des
copies au Louvre"
To be told to go and max copies in
Louvre was in our time the last in
suit. This animal Of a Buddy JONES'"
this sometime Yale pitcher, towering
above the little froglike Frenchman,
turned to the crowd, and said, in grave
concern, his forehead puckered in
great deliberation:
st do mot knnw rrQciGalv that which
it is necessary to do with this kind of
a little toad of two legs. I do not know
whether I should spank him or admin
lister the good kick Of the boot I be-
lieve 1 shall give him the good kick
Of the boot. Heinz"
He turned Canine around, held him
at arms length, and kicked him twice
severely. Next day, Of course, Canine
sent his card, and four Of us Americans
went around to the studio Of This
animal of a Buddy Jones" to have a
smoke LII over it. Robinson was of
the opinion to ignore the matter.
Now, we can't do that" said Adler;
"thes beastly C~ontinentals would mis-
understand. Can you shoot, Buddy
Jones?"
"Only deer
"Fence?"
mot a little bit. Oh, let's go and
pullC1 Tx "duoll6 ~ VI III oAN Nv
lone with it,"
mo! Mo-! He should be Inundated"
II tell you what--let's guy the thing"
"Get up a fake duel and make him
seem ridiculous"
"You'v got the choice Of weapons,
Buddy Jones'"
Flight him with hat pins"
"Oh, let's go punch the wadding out
Of him-he makes me tired!"
OIIorcaSS Wilson "ho ho6nsf croJyon
suddenly broke in with:
Nov listen to me, you other fellows.
Let me fix this thing. Buddy Jones,
I must be one Of your seconds"
"Soit!"
I'm going to Canine and say like
this: '"This animal Of a Buddy Jones"
has the naming of weapons. He comes
from a strange country, near the Miss
issippi, from a place called Sheeka-go,
and there it is not considered etiquette
to fight either with a sword or pistol
they're too common. However, when
it is necessary that balls should be ex-
changed in order to satisfy honor, a
curious custom is resOrted to. Balls
are exchanged, but not from pistols.
They are very terrible balls, large as
an apple, and Of a~damantine hardness.
"This animal Of a Buddy Jones" even
| now has a collection. No American
l StIllcIIdH I'll i'll udNC1o I1O
| them. He would gladly have you come
and make first choice Of a ball, while
he will select one from among those
you leave. Sur lie terrain, you will de-
liver the balls simultaneously toward
each other, repeating till one of the
other adversaries drops. Then honor
| can be declared satisfied"
Eyes. and do you suppose CANINE
| will listen to such tommyrOt as that?"
GTIs ~~0 nj
Jones'" I think I'd better just punch
| his head"
Listen to it? OF course he'll listen
to it. You've no idea what curious
ideas these Continentals have of the
| American duel. You can't propose
| anything so absurd in the duelling
line but they won't give it a serious
thought. And besides, if Canine won't
fight this way, We'll tell him that you
will AVE a Mexican duel"
'What't that?"
"Tie your left wrists together, and
fight with knives in your right hand.
That'll scare the tar out of aim"
And it did. The seconds had a meet
ing at the cafe Of the Moulin Rouge,
gave CANNES seconds the choice
of the due Yale or or the duel Mexico.
Canine had no wish to tie himself to
a man with a knife in his hand, and
l MS SeCOnOS CAME CNe I0XC Ody u
choose and solemnly chose a league
ball-the one that had been used
against the Harvard nine.
Will Twill any of us-ever forget
that duel? Canine and his people
came upon the ground almost at the
same time as we. It was behind the
mill of Longchamps, of course Rou.
bault was one of CANNES seconds
and he carried the ball in a %lacquered
Japanese tobacco-jar-gingerly as if il
We're a bomb. We were quick getting
to work. Canine and "This animal Of
a Buddy Jones'" were each to take his
baseball in his hand, stand back tc
back, walk away from each other JUS
the distance between the pitchers boz
and the home plate 1--WE had seen tt
that, turn on the word, and-delivel
their balls.
How do you feel?" I whispered t.
our principal, as I passed the ball int
his hands.
II feel just as If I were going int
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