The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-03-25
CHESS FOR A SWEETHEART.
Dramatic Game OF Chance That De
eIdea the Fate OF Three
Young Persons.

u.,v !. a., two Young artists were
ipf.ipa,es nv the charms Of the same
wsIder ara n,lther was given more
ground sor hops than his rival. The
snoII c,..r,v would fall 10 the lot of
an. a. az. o,hsr and as eaoh was a
,ltn,n, .h... plaver. thew decided 10
mn, ths,r ,.,s "a The test Of pawns and
c~s,,les The tateful game was PLAYED
wI,hout a ,nectator at the Kalserhoff
-rs.tapran, sna Alter a long and exciting
.~,rnoolA ON. rlval succeeded In check
mating the other. The defeated play
or rose from The table and betook him
SELF 70 France. where news reached
him that the man who had mated
him was himself more happ,ly mated
in Berlin.
The university own Of Bonn was, a
few years ago, the scene Of q most
dramatic contest for a wife. Two Of the
.tudents OF the university, who had
fallen hopelessly in love with a charm
ing actress, were the most redoubtable
dueliup chamulons Of their year, and
their faces were scanned with traces Of
the many Aehts they had taken part
In.
The actress was equally Indifferent
to both suitors, but was a tlast so wear
led by their importantly that in a miS-
chleyous moment she said TO one OF
them: "If / I'm worth wooing, / am
worth winning; so II you and Herr
Schultz will prove which Is the better
man with the sword I will marry the
winner"
Such Q challenge could only have one
issue. The men, who were equally
matched, arranged q meeting in the
suburbs, where a fierce duel was fought
with "unbuttoned foils." AT e critical
point In the duel Mr.. Schultz slipped
in making n thrust. and his opponents
foil pierced his lungs.
The wounded man was taken away,
and for some days lay at the point
Of deathi the girl who was the cause
of the tragedy insisted on nursing him
with the tenderest care. When, after
many weeks, the young man was con-
vakscent, the actress, true 10 her sex,
kept her promise by marrying him and
leaving the victor 10 his thoughts
Schiller's story of the "Glove," which
a fair lady threw into the arena
among fierce lions in order 10 see wheth.
er her lover was brave enough TO res.
cue IL. has had its parallel in Hungary
In our day.
Mis-. Weiss. the beautiful younp
daughter OF the proprietor OF a travel,
Inc menaRerle. had almost as many
r lovers as she counted wears. Wherever
her travelling took her lovers spranp
8 IN to persecute her; and two men
q both Of high family, were 80 infatuated
that they followed her wherever 81,
7 went,
The fraulelu wa. as brave as she wa,
o beautiful. and the great attraction O.
the menagerie was TO see her, with hei
= fair hair flowing down her back. epte,
the lions cage and romp with the lion,
as II they were 30 many lambs. On,
day when the menaqerie vas nj Buda
l Pesth, she decided TO put her two mos
ardent loyers TO the test: and. more /,
lest than earnest. said she would MARI,
X the man who would claim her hand Il
the lions cage.
nj At the close OF the afternoon exhIbj
| ton she again entered the cage OF lion,
and, seated on the back of the larees
and fercest Of them, playfully beckoueI
to her lovers to enter. One of them
without a moments hesitation, accept
ed her challenge, and. in spite Of tn
angry growls Of the lions and the sIrh
Of threatening teeth. walked boldly u
10 the girl and took her p~rotfered hand
= which within a few days became hi
own absolutely.
Early this year Peter Mile and .J<
seph Hidcock won their wives in
manner which is probably UNIQUE. j
seph Folk had left his wife and tw
daughters In Poland while he cough