Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-09


''1Mf N. Marcel. . said Antoinette, ...is
4 very careless tonight. / do not see
! why, because I choose to dance with
! you. he should show his spleen III that
way f.s5 s.. & 5. .;5 3;..
Do you mean. aademoiselle, that
he got in our way purposely r
There was no reply to this, so Durier
acted on the principle that silence
gives consent. and as soon as he had
finished the dance he sent demand
for an apology to Marcel The latter
was in no mood to apologize to the
man who had so suddenly supplanted
him, so there was another duel on the
tapis-two duels. the pretended cause
Of each being a humping.
Fate decided to complicate matters
still further between the three rivals.
After the last dance Mile. Desoix while
still on the arm of Durier in passing
Paul Chambers smiled on him. He at
once advanced and asked her for the
next dance. ,...s
While Chambers and, Antoinette were
gliding over the waxed floor another
bump occurred. Whether it was acct
dental or not there is no way of know
ing, but one thing is certain-it was
not in the program of Mile. Desoix.
Durier and Chambers. both dancing,
<.ollided back to back. Durier turned
and, seeing that, another of made
moiselle's cavaliers had bumped him,
took it for granted that he, too, in
tended to insult him. Thoroughly an
gered, after the dance he sent de-
mand for an apology couched in such
terms that no true man could apologize
and lat that time) maintain his self
respect. -s., ~
The duels resulting at these functions
were usually fought after the ball.
Just before the dancing ended a group
OF, young men went to a room upstairs
to take measures for fighting out the
affairs that had occurred during the
evening. 1t was found that Marcel
and Chambers had bump to settle
and Durier had bump to wipe out
with each one Of them. The question
was which should fight first. =
The seconds We're constituted an
executive body to consider the matter
and decide it on its merits They con-
cluded to arrange it according to prior
fty of bumps. Marcel and Chambers
had made the first bump; therefore
the first fight should take place be-
tween them. Whichever lived should
| co hn
This and the preliminaries to the fights
having been settled, carriages were
called and the party We're driven to
the dueling wood to meet at dawn,
which was already breaking.
Marcel. being the challenged party,
chose pistols. He was a better shot
than Chambers and calculated on q
victory. But he knew that whoever
won In this first encounter was sure
to be killed by Durier. This took
away his nerve. and he missed his
man. Chambers shot him through the
heart, killing him instantly
This left Chambers to settle the next
bump with Durier, who magnanimous-
II left the choice Of weapons with his
opponent. Chambers chose pistols.
The two had taken position and the
signal was about to be given when
the rattle Of wheels was heard, a car
rage swung into the wood and Antoi-
nette Desoix stepped out.
The first object that met her eye
was the dead body Of Marcel. With a
shudder she turned quickly from it to
the two men ready to fight. They
looked at her In unaffected surprise.
Gentlemen" she said, II have a
lconfession to mako. By piquing you,
Mr.. Chambers, intentionally caused
an enmity between you and HIM
pointing with an agonized expression
toward the body of Marcel. "Then, to
save you, Mr.. Chambers, brought on
q quarrel between him and NJ Durier,
knowing that NJ. Durier was invincible
and expecting that he would cancel
the fight between you and NJ. Marcel.
The collision between you two gentle
ment was accidental, neither nor any
one else being accountable for it. l
1mplore you to end the matter here"
There was silence for some mo-
ments, which Durier broke. "What
say you, Mr.. Chambers?' .
| Chambers did not reply at once. He
was thinking Finally he said to the
girl: ~s~,s
Had you come in time to prevent
the first fight all would have been
well. AS it Is, neither NJ. Durier nor
myself can honorably permit one Of
us three men concerned to suffer
alone. We must proceed ''%s
In vain the girl implored them to
desist. The seconds begged her to
leave the ground. She would not.
Chambers called for the signal. It
was given. Two shots rang out to-
gether. Chambers fell dead and Du-
rier MORALLY wounded.
! Antoinette gave a shrek and fell in
a heap. .. II.
The story of how Antoinette Desoix,
yielding to feminine idiosyncracy to
pique the one man she loved, placed
him In a position where she was liza
BILE to lose him. then brought about a
quarrel between his opponent and a
man who would be quite sure to put
that opponent out Of the way, gradu-
?lly permeated New Orleans society,"
Some thought her demented, some
considered her fury, some merely a
woman who had become entangled by
her own petty foibles. The case, pc
culiar though it was. caused only a
ripple on the gay society of New Or