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men we're in a restaurant along with the lady Of
their affections
duel was agreed on, and such the wrath.
ful haste Of the Jealous sutors that they rushed
forthwith to the apartments Of the woman with.
out troubling to secure pistols swords Um.
brellas we're substituted for rapers and the fight
followed Tintard the victim. The ferrue
Of his adversary's 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 Tntard died within q
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 an lrshman In Spain. who was chal
lenged by an hdalgo famed for skill in fence.
The lrishman. 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 shillalahs for weapons. explaining, with
perfect truth. that these were the national weap-
ons 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 tho
challenge.
The Most FreakIsh Of All.
Undoubtedly the most freakish Of all duels was
one fought In 1908 In Paris The principals were
rivals between whom the woman In tho case
refused to choose. The weapons selected were
blundcrbusses. the ground was the ar--for tho
shots were to be exchanged from balloons In
process Of ascension. The seconds. exhibited an
astounding amount OF sporting spirit by accom-.
panying the principals aloft.
At the first fire the envelope OF one balloon
was penetrated and the gas exploded In the
fall to earth both principal and second were
killed Thus simply was the. woman relieved of
choosing.
Two other rivals we're Henri Delagrave and
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for affair Of honor to their seconds. As the
duel was to be a outrance, one OF the seconds.
who was n physician conceived the idea OF leav-
Ing the Issue to fate. In the shape Of a poisoned
pellet.
To this end he made up four black pills. One
Of these contained prussic acid When the meet.
ing occurred Delagrave won the toss Of the coin,
by which his adversary was forced to take a
pellet first. Riviere selected one OF the black
balls and swallowed It. A brief interval proved
that he had not taken poison. Delagrave then
took his turn. and he also escaped. Again 1t was
the choice of Rviere. who stared for long time
at the twin pellets In which lay hidden his life
or his DEATH Finally he seized pellet hastily
swallowed It. Within few moments he was
dead.
Another instance when the determination Of
the affair was left to chance was in the case Of
an Englshman. challenged by a Frenchman. The
Englshman was without skill either for fence or
shooting. while his adversary was renowned for
DOtH. Inc EnguSnman naO no WISH 10 De mur
dered, and set his ingenuity to devise a means
Of equality In the encounter. As a result Of his
pondering he stipulated that the duel should be
with pistols, but that only one OF the two weapons
should be loaded with ball. and that first choice
OF them should be left to a toss. The weapons
thus aportioned the combatants should ire 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
duest won the toss and had first choice. He
spent considerable time In examination OF the
twin weapons, balancing them, Hrst one and then
the other, In his hand, In an 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 Engshman suffered
only some scorching from the blank charge.
About the middle OF the fourteenth centur.
there occurred In Paris duel unique in all his
tory: a formal combat between man and dog
under the authorization Of the king Aubryd'
Montddier was murdered and his body buriet
In a wood outside the capital. His dog fount
the grave and remained guarding It until driver
away by starvation. Afterward the faithful beas
led searchers to the spot, and thys made know
the crime.
Soon afterward this same dog few at tn
throat OF the Chevalier Mrcaire The suspicion
thus directed against the Chevalier finally culm
mated In the kings ed!ct that the guilt or inne
cence of the accused should be put to proof b
trial Of combat between the man and the dol
a huge hound
The affair was carried to a conclusion in du
lorm' In the are ma the dog when loosed instantl
sprans TOR the throat OF his enemy, and sun
MS tanss theIe In death grip. All the man
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