The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-09

lkE HAD been i'm the port Of Trieste
w almost three weeks. am our
cargo was nearly all out. One
day we found It necessary 10 shit our
anchorage several cable lenstas fun
ther iushcrc. This cntailed considerable
work at hedging. Juan. Manuel. Milaho
and walked around the capstan, While
Russo held the turn of the I2De. The
fOrecastle head, wEers W. were. WIS
well crowded by harbOr officials, steve
dores' men ard visitors This. with thc
fact that II was after knO ,k-o6 time,
put up all il 20 an ugly nio,'t. especial
~ Juan.
Suddenly Manuel slipped anc fell
against Juan
Damn you ugly dog cried Ehe
Mexican, look what you 10. AT me
same time he showed Manuel
Like a flash the Brazilian blaZed up.
He gave Juan such d blow IN the face
as sent lin staggering to the r2n 3cd
almost over il. In a moment the Mex
lean recovered himself, and, Sel@inc enc
of the caDstan bars, he raised IL 10
strike Manuel closed in and the Two
ciinched Here the bystanders intel =
fered and separated them But the hre
in their eyes showed that che affair
was not yet ended.
After we had washed and eaten q at
evening Milano took me aside and said:
Those two fellows are determined TO
go ashore and fight out their quarrel
in some quiet nook where there is no
danger Of Interference. They want Us
with them To see fair play.
rs il to be a smuggling matcnE
asked
NO. that's too brutal like beasts.
Knives. they say. but we won't allow
that Tie cause Of the quarrel do''Sn t
warrant il. I've tried to have them
make up, but they will fight. Now, II
they use knives i'm their present MOOD,
they will soil themselves and is w n
good blood and that will be disagree
able all around. Down i'm the cabin are
f,vo pairs ,Tapiers that the English
officers fenced witt. Let them settle
their dispute like Frenchmen."
But they will run each dther
through" I objected.
1T won't go SO far. you II see.
After dark Milano stole down into
the cabin messroom and obtained the
Four weapons. then joined Manuel. Juan
and me at the Gangway. We were just
ready to shove Off i'm the boat when
Russo decided 10 come along.
In ten minutes we landed on the
moonit beach Some distance away we
found a level stretch of sand, and there
arranged 20 have the fight take place.
NTilano. who carried the foils, gave the
two principals one each, and another
to me. so that he and I might inter
fere il necessary.
Stripping themselves to their waists,
the two opponents squared off from
each other.
Ready" cried MilanO and the two
strips Of steel slapped together in a
,,-,ge Thn-a was sonnet hing decidedly
realistic i'm the clash that accompanied
the action.
Go" shouted Milano, and the Y OF
steel broke again and the weapons
flashed i'm the moonlight. Snap-snap-
snap they clashed loud in the stiffness
Of the night-both men tried to hit hard
they weren't fencing for points. For A
long time neither could touch the other,
for both having been man-o'-war's
men. were experts at broadsword prac-
tice Evidently they did not realize
that fOils we're for thrusting. for fierce
Is they chopped at each other as
though they were handling cutlasses.
Nilano was quietly chuckling With sup
pressed laughter. and when ] saw how
things were going the humor of It
struck me too.
stop" cried NIilano suddenly.
Honor - satisfied
No. no." yelled the two combatants
together. Blood, Blood"
And they fell to with redoubled vigor.
"AlI right. hack away" said Milano,
aud aside to me: IF I had known they
wanted blood I would have brought
some bedding. Morning will come be-
fore blood
Russo had lain down on some dried
seaweed and watched the entire affair
i fob
Meanwhile the oils kept up a continued
clsshing and quick scraping. and the
two fighters darted nimbly around each
other and over the sands occasionally
one dealing the other good blow. but,
OF course. drawing no blood.
Suddenly Juan was thrown off his
guard. and down came Manuers foil,
the point tearing across Juan's breast,
leaving a long red stripe. 1t was an
accidental blow.
Here Milano and / sprang in and
separated them. throwing up their
weapons with ours and thus disarmng
them. Both were half dead from ex-
haustion. for they had been at II nearly
an hour Juan's wound was only a
deep scratch, but covered his breast
with blood.
Honor is satisfied cried Milano.
Juan fought bravely, like tiger, bul
fate was with Manuel Both OF you
are brave men Clasp hands
The two glarcd at each other mo-
ment, then their faces sOftened and
their hands met. Honor was satisfied
With some fresh seaweed we stanched
the wound on Juan's breast and then
he and Manuel replaced their shirts and
coats. Our next duty was 10 seal the
entire affair over "a bottle Of wine
which we might do at a small inn hall
way up the road TO the city. SO in thai
direction We five set out
4 ffteen-minute walk brought us
there. First we hid our weapons i'm q
clump of bushes outside. for while our
entrance into tho wine room with
Ssked rapiers in our hands might have
been strikingly picturesque. it nigh,
also have excited some undesira bic
comment, even in that unconventional
country.
The bottle OF wine was good and s0or
disposed Of. 1t so happened that VIZ
had money with US. so another bottle
followed. with a third close after. =:
tho time we we're all i'm a jolly mood
80 jolly that We thought it would be