The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-24

Bezarier fought on The tenacity Of !
the man was wonderful. There was !
no sign OF yielding about him, and !
it was evident that he would surrend-
er only with his life. Another minute
and Falois for the third time broke
down his opponents guard and, as
l;S sword went through him, eNclalm-
Cd exi:ltingly: That is for the loop!'
Then Bezarier drew himself together,
and splitting out the blood from his
mouth. DIRE. his dagger and leapcd
like a tiger .. Faln, throat Taken
wholly by s'rorise I: the unlocked
for display p::::" aenal vigor, the
latter lost HI; tooti"g and fell heavily
TO the gror..,t. Til ;all doomed him
to sur" de-: il. Bc:.:rier planted his
knee Upon his chest and held him
down powcrless Then he stabbed
! Wallis in .he throat and breast and
forehead. again and again-fourteen
gaping wounds in all Then Bezarier
rose and spurning the body OF his
dead enemy with his foot, walked
quietly back 10 the inn. And It may
,,e stated in conclusion that although
2>zarier was run through the body
three times. he lived for nearly forty
years afterward
Killed Four Officers.
II is said OF the renowned French
swordsman l.udivico De Piles and his
brother that one day while journeying
toward Paris they stopped over at an
inn at Valence and. seeing spit
! turning ordered supper. i can only
give you crackers and cheese said
the landlord Only crackers and
cheese" cried Ludovico. in anger and
surprise. pray. sir whose meat is that
on the spit?" 1t belongs 20 four
French officers Tell them two
French gentlemen will join them. "
The landlord carried out his instruc-
tons. but soon returned with re-
ply that the officers decline" They
do? All. bring us some crackers and
cheese, and have an apartment pre-
pared for us for the night" The
brothers arose early the next morning
and were soon on their way to Paris.
All of sudden Ludovico stopped and
said to his brother: II have left my
purse at Vaience. I will return for
it. while you go your way slowly. and
III overtake you before evening"
He then hurried to Valence, chal-
lenged the four officers and killed them
all. one after another. He Tejoined
his brother just before dinner time,
but did not mention the episode we
have described. Indeed. it was a year
before the latter heard of it. and then
It was from Cardinal Mazarin. These
brothers De Piles fought many duels
but were never hurt.
An exciting event transpired at
Madrid in 1855. many accounts Of
which (some Of them very contra
dictory) were published at the time
in Englioh. French and American
newspapers. 1t seems that at soiree
given at Madrid by Marquis De Tur-
got (the French ambassador. at
which were present Pierre Soule
minister from the United States to
Spain) and his wife. the latter was
likened to Margaret De Burgundy.
!: in the hearing of her son. Neville
Soule. by the Due d'Alba. The next
day the latter was challenged by
young Soule. and upon the following
morning the parties met and fought
with swords for more than an half
an hour. when the duke was wounded
in the neck. after which their seconds.
Colonel Milans Del Bosch and Secre-
tary Perry. for Mr.. Soule. and the
the count OF Punonrostro and Gen
eral De Ia Concha. for the duke,
brought about termination. The
same day it became generally report
ed throughout, genteel society in Mad
rid that the French ambassador HIM
self had first made use OF the insult
| ing expression. and he was
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