The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-26


 face turned scarlet. and her eyes fash- cd fire.
 Several minutes passed when liar. ris. taking up glass of wine that stood before him. arose. walked to the table of the German officers and. hold ing the winA over him. poured t down on his head Then without waiting to observe the effect Of hls set be re- l turned to bis own table.
 There wa.I brief conversations among | the Germans. and one of them went to Harris and said something h Ger. man which George did not understand, but the purport of which he inferred. 1 for. taking card from hls pocket, he wrote his address on it and handed 1t i to the messenger. who took 1t buek to the man George had sprinkled Then the Germans withdrew.
 Georges resenting the Insult to the young American was plain to all her party. Soon after the officers depart ed the old gentleman went to him and. In the young lady's name. thanked him and begged that he would not per nit the msitter to go any further, to which George replied that anything further would depend on the man whose insolence he had resented. The gentleman asked his name and ad- dress. which be gave.
 Before rpipg to bed that night George received a cail from the off cer to whclm he had given his card. bearing a challenge from the mnn who had offered the flower to the American girl. The messenger brought with him an interpreter, and through him George said that De would hght, but only on his own tetms-viz. that the two men take position on either side of open ground. surrounded by trees. at dis tance of thousand yards. the weap ons to be tftles, and after given sig nal either should be at liberty Co shoot the other
 The expression on the faces of the AGermaps yras curious to behold The Interpreter tired protests in English. while his companion fired them in Ger. man. They might as we'll have struck the sides of m Irouclad man-of-war as George Harris After awhile they withdrew to report to their principal Harris knew his enemy must fight him on his own terms or leave the army in disgrace
 After number of visits from the Germans they yielded to the-iuevithble and accepted the conditions The meet ing was to take place at farm near Berlin surrounded with trees. during the afternoon of the next day. In the morning George was the recipient of bouquet of flowers with card on which wss engraved Miss Louise Marstou." it also bore the words: Tt is my wish that If it can be honorably done there be no meeting between you and the German. He was doubtless tipsy and unaccountable for his act" To this George made no reply, for he could not do so without giving away the coming contest
 Shortly before the fight 1t became known in the barracks of Sweinheart's regiment-that was the name of the officer who was to be one of the nrinci. pals-that Harris was a soldier of the recent American conflict and the duel was 10 be fought on the usual plan of dnels in the American army. The consequence was that when the tight opened the Hanks of the combat. ants were covered by a crowd of Ger man officers assembled to see the iu- teresting spectacle
 George took position behind a low stone wall and for awhile amused him. self raising bis hat for bullets. They came quick enough, but none of them struck the hat. Sweinbeart after one of his shots, thinking be had killed his antagonist, was incautious enough to raise his head above fence behind which he had taken position. ball whistled within few inches of bis ear, and te ducked.
 Harris now withdrewebehind bushes. and his next shot came from among the limbs of a tree. His enemy. sec ing the smoke, fired at 1t. but Harris. as soon sis he had pulled the trigger, dropped to lower branch and the ball went several feet above hIs head But he drew another by putting his hat on the muzzle of his rife and holding 1t higher still where there was an open ing in the branches.
 Sweinheart was next in evidence in a barn which he reached by moving be- hind the fence that led to it. A pun of smoke appeared in loft window. and a bullet came dangerously near Harris. Thus far he had been merely amusing himself and the Germans looking on. but now he began to watch closely for an opportunity to wing man he did not wish to Kill.
 In the tree where Harris was perch ed was dead branch. detached. but hanging to another branch by fork Harris succeeded in getting 1t Into position where he could let it fall to the ground. Holding the branch with one hand and extending his rife with bis hat on it to an opening. be drew a shot snd at the same moment let go the branch.