The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-07-06
p0LLINET'S DUEL.

Twas indebted to my good friend
Felix Depaille, professor Of music in
our town, for the following story,
which happened in those bad old
days when scoundrels who were ex-
merit with weapons terrorized over q
whole city because the insane code
of honor compelled an inoffensive
citizen to go out to meet certain
death at The hands of a ruffian who
had wantonly insulted him.
"Ah, those days. mon amii" said
Depaille. 80 differentfrom my life
nowl You love not the duello in
England. You laugh at us and beat
man with your brutal arms and
fists when he insults you, That re-
calls to mind the Englishman who
came to Dion SO, 60 years ago and
fought duel. All, but he was a
drole, that Englishmani"
1T is good story, can see,"
said, glancing at Depaille's deep set
eyes, sparkling.
You will love it, mon ami, but
in those days / was furious against
your brutal ways. l have learned
better since. This Englishman, see
you, came to Dijon. He was great
4 and rich, and he was named Sir Eve
! Ign Booth, baronet, but in those
days we did not understand your
English titles, and we called him
Ailor Sir Lord Booth. He was
young and very rich. and he roam
I ed about France with his attendant,
J who was his secretary, perhaps re-
naming a day in one place, a month
I in another. He was a great, tall
man, with powerful limbs but he
was lazy-oh, 30 lazyi When he
seated himself, it was to sprawl ON
three chairs. He looked upon us as
an inferior race and was very inso.
lent and arrogant. but spent layish-
] y; also ne disdained to speak our
language. which he called lingo, and
n. Pointon, his secretary. interpret
ed for him. Milor, assure you, was
we'll known in the city, where he
staid three weeks.
Now, at that time Pollinet, one
zof the most Infamous dnelists, waas
residing in Dion, where he had
made himself feared, but when Mi
lor Booth came to Dijon Pollinet, to
the relief Of good citizens, was away
n Paris, and there were many who
saened he nigh: :::s.seeat g s;sstsr better man
than himself in the capital and new
et return, but they were disappoint-
sa Pollinet returned, more insolent
than ever.
You must understand this Polli-
met professed to have the greatest
hatred for the English, whom he de-
eared were all brutal, ignorant and
ciumsy, unfit for association with; a
iehned race and to kill whom was 4
5auty and service to humanity. At
'nat time you were not popular
among us-it is often &c. my friend
land these sentiments were looked
3upon as highly patriotic and were
aplauded by his friends. What
more natural than that ON hia re-.
a!arn to Dijon hewas told OF the rich
English milor who was-what you
ssali-swaggering about the city In
aais insolent way3
d Ahr said Pollinet. One Of that
aCcursed race in this cityf Well, we
sl0ail see-we shall geel If it be- pos
.zs,ole to force him to fight, there
mai be one less Of those insolent
lOols. Bah. bnt doubt itl They are
awards and will lick the dust rath.
Sioundf' -, Z. s ~ =
He is staying at the Hotel Lis.
oa, but he is often In i. tho Il CAKES, ca E,s
saia sfaconnie-, q big bellied. loud
solced fellow. who looked up to Pol
Slnet M as his master. s. .3i5' s. !.
Aonlght, then, said R0llinet,
as..n ~. menacing smile. This Polli-
: must tell van. was d great xsl-
NV OF nearly 6 feet, broad ana
p and Q very good liver. ne
!|'ss aass have the best and plenty ts it,
a ne daily increaHegi iii emboi,.l
at though he lost little Of his
~ ua'ay With rapier OF pistol he
- supreme. and Sit was aaisi that
- naa already killed shis twenty
81 as, pc had served ia tho army as as
ma q solonei. so he declared, though
~ M were some lwh1 could take an
n - mat he began life al 81 bakers
4 K #sf.sntice ee, and was afterward valet
sTsoa sSaonsl de "a B 4 Tournics.
mat evening" Poliinef sent three