Charlevoix county herald., 1913-08-16
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were in restaurant along with the lady OF
their affections.
duel was agreed on. and such was the wrath
full haste OF the jealous suitors that they rushed
forthwith to the apartments of the woman with
out troubling to pistols swords. Um-
bre!las were substituted for rapiers and the fight
followed. Tintard the victim. The ferrule
Of his adversarys umbrella gouged out an eye,
and he fell, half swooning from the pain. The
maddened victor stamped upon the wounded
mans face and skull, and Tintard died within
few days from Inflammation of the brain.
In contrast to the gruesomeness Of this hap
pening there was the happy issue to the predica-
ment of Irishman in Spain, who chal-
lenged by hidalgo famed for skill in fence.
The Irishman, having no art OF sword-play was
not minded to lose his life unnecessarily, and.
like the Kentucky parson, set his wit for defense.
He chose shalahs for weapons, explaining, with
perfect truth, that these were the national weap-
of his country.
The don demonstrated in vain. He investigated
the nature of the unknown fighting tool and
what he learned caused him to withdraw the
challenge.
The Most Freaksh Of ALL
Undoubtedly the most freakish of all duels was
fought in 1908 in Paris. The principals
rivals, between whom the woman in the
refused to choose The weapons selected
blunderbusses, the ground the air-for the
shots were to be exchanged from balloons in
process of ascension. The seconds exhibited
astounding amount of sporting spirit by
panying the principals aloft.
At the first fire the envelope of balloon
penetrated and the gas exploded. In the
fall to earth both principal and second
killed. Thus simply the woman relieved OF
choosing.
Two other rivals Henri Delagrave and
Alphonse Riviere. who confded the arrangements
for an affair OF honor to their seconds. AS the
duel to be outrance. one of the seconds.
who physician, conceived the idea of leav
ing the issue to fate. in the shape Of poisoned
pellet.
To this end, he made up four black pills. One
OF these contained prussc acid When the meet
ing occurred, Delagrave the toss of the coin,
by which his adversary was forced take a
pellet first Rivere selected one Of the black
balls and swallowed it, A brief interval proved
that he had not taken poison. Deagrave then
took his turn, and he also escaped. Again It
the choice of Riviere, who stared for long time
at the twin pellets in which lay hidden his life
his death Finally he seized pellet hastily
swallowed 1t. Within a few moments he was
dead.
Another instance when the determination OF
the affair left to chance was In the case OF
an Englishman. challenged by Frenchman. The
Englishman without skill either for fence or
shooting, while his adversary renowned for
both. The Englshman had wish to be muir.
dered and set his ingenuity to devise a means
OF equality in the encounter. AS a result of his
bordering. he stipulated that the duel should be
with pistols, but that only of the two weapons
should be loaded with ball, and that first choice
of them Lhould be left TO toss. The weapons
thus aportioned, the combatants should nre from
stations only two PAGES apart This. OF course
meant almost certain death for the holder of
the pistol with the blank charge. The skilled
duelist won the toss and had first choice He
spent considerable time In examination Of the
twin weapons. balancing them first one and then
the other in his hand in effort to distinguish
between the weights as he knew that the fully
loaded one must be the heavier But chance is
stronger than any skill. AT the fire the French
man fell dead. while the Engishman suffered
only some scorching from the blank charge.
About the middle of the fourteenth century
there occurred in Paris duel unique In all his
tory: a formal combat between a man and dog
under the authorization of the king Aubryde
Montdidier murdered, and his body buried
in wood outside the ca pital. His dog found
the grave and remained guarding II until driven
away by starvation. Afterward the faithful beast
led searchers to the spot, and thus made known
the crime.
Soon afterward this dog few at the
throat OF the Chevalier Macaire. The suspicion
thus directed against the Chevalier finally culmi-
mated in the kings edict that the guilt limo
of the accused should be put to proof by
trial Of combat between the man and the dog.
a huge hound
The affair carried to a conclusion in due
form. In the arena the dog when loosed instantly
sprang for the throat or his enemy. and sunk
effort himself were futile. When Mt