The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-08-27

ment of me, which was, to say the
least, not cordial l addressed a re-
mark to her, and her reply was very
cool and given with a manner indicat-
ing that she did not care to continue
the conversation.
1t was certainly irritating to have
taken upon myself duel in defense
of fellow country woman to be snub-
bed by her for having crawled out OF
It. l had not considered this posi-
bility and was not prepared for 1t.
But what could I do? The rest of my
ride was unpleasant in the extreme.
could not very we'll change my seat.
and I was obliged to sit facing the
girl, who took no pains to conceal her
condemnation of the course had tax
en- in order to avoid a meeting with
Herr Becker.
Finally. thinking that she did not
understand such matters, l explained
to her that an officer in the German
army could not avoid giving chal-
had treated him without being obliged
to leave the service In disgrace. Ell
Their must apologize or the duel must
take place.
The girl looked at me with an ex-
preston that was unintelligible.
Whether she did not believe the ex-
cuse l gave her or for some other
cause, she simply nodded her head
and remained silent | was sorry
had attempted an explanation. l had
not made matters better, but worse.
Turning red In the face, pulled a
book from my pocket and began to
read, or. rather, to pretend to read, for
| was too chagrined to do anything of
the kind. After spending some min
utes In this way | suddenly looked
over the page | was reading at the
young lady and caught her looking at
me with a puzzling expression. What
it meant | could not guess.
On arriving at Munich the young
lady called porter. who took her
hand baggage. and Donhoff and rails
ed our hats to her. She was very civil
to Donhoff. but scarcely recognized
my salute
"a woman all over" l remarked
IF a man Is ready to fight for her she
won't have it; if he takes advantage
of there being no necessity to fight
for her she despises him"
DOnhoff arranged with friend Beck
er sent him for a meeting the next
morning in a corner of park, where
such affairs usually took place. We
had no fear of the police, who did not
| interfere in duels unless their attention
was called to them so pointedly that
| they could not very well help them
ground, where we arrived about the
same time as Becker, his second and q
| fat little man with glasses and case
| of surgical instruments. Being the
challenged party, had chosen fol
weapons the small sword. We were
about to take our positions when the
| police appeared from concealment and
| put us all under arrest.
"Who informed you of this f1ght?"
asked
An American lduy.
That's too bad" exclaimed. was
really disappointed I'VE thought we
had fooled her.
| A police official handed nae a note
signed Ethel Warren. saying that If
would call upon her she would be
| pleased to see me.
Well. there was nothing to do but
drop the matter. at least for the pres
ent, and. acting on the explanation
had given Miss Warren that Becker
must fight or get an apology. made
him one in earnest | was too much
displeased-or thought | was-witf
Miss Warren to go to see her for some
time. but finally did so to set myself
right as to that first apology to Becker
She received me very graciously anG
with a half triumphant. half comica
| smile
"You thought you had deceived me.
she said, Sin that mock apology. From
the car window l saw you and your
friend converse together. then saw hin
join the officer Immediately after leav
ing you"
"Then why did you treat me so con
temptuously l asked.
"How could have better led you Il
believe that l had been deceived BY
your storyT