The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-24
A Dwarf on the Field Of Honor.

fession before he expired.
Dwarf on the Field Of Honor.
Another oddity among affairs Of honor had
for Of the principals dwarf. This was JET.
frey Hudson. an Englishman, who from his
eighth to his thrtieth year measured just eight
cen inches In height. Then this astonishing per-
son began to grow, and kept at 1t until he had
attained height of three feet and nine inches
But dimnutive stature proved no bar to an ad
venturous career. On q journey from the Con.
tinent to England he captured by DunkirE
privateer Afterward he fell into the hands Of
Barbary pirates. He escaped finally, and re-
turned home to become a captain Of horse in the
civil wars.
It was in France, however. whittier he had
gone in attendance on his queen, that the duel
occurred. Some dispute arose between him and
another Englishman, named Crofts.
A meeting with pistols arranged. On &C.
count Of his low stature Hudson was accorded
the privilege OF being mounted on horseback.
while his adversary remained afoOt. which was
fair enough. since Crofts a tall man. The
dwarf. unharmed himself, mortaly wounded his
enemy at the first fire.
Long before the days Of militant suffragettes,
women asserted their rights by engaging In the
duello, although such encounters were frowned
on by the authorities.
One of the most notable fought over
Chasse. famous singer Of the old French Acad.
emy In which the principals were two love-sick
women, boti, OF the nobility, the one Polish, the
other French. The weapons were pistols, and
the Frenchwoman was severely wounded. An
unsympathetic government shut up the passion
ate French countess in convent and expelled
her rival from the country.
Something Of the modern press-agent flavor
clusters about the affair Of honor between
Marotte Beaupre and Catherine de Urls, actresses
Of the Hotel Bourgogne. Their meeting occurred
on the stage OF the theater, and revealed some
clever swordplay. but not too much blood.
In an encounter on horseback with pistols. be-
tween Melinte and Prelanie, which resulted from
a quarrel over q greyhound the fair Melinte was
severely wounded by her charming antagonist.
and too she lost the dog
France was indeed the happy home OF dueling
until after the Napoleonic wars. Then It prac.
tically ceased. There had been enough Of fight.
ing, enough Of death.
which soon waxed absurd and at last made duel.
ing wholly ridiculous
The influence Of democracy caused tradesmen
to resort to a practice hitherto confined to those
far above them in the social scale The barber
challenged the hardware dealer who sold him a
damaged stove. The charcoal seller had an affair
of honor with the huckster who sold him onions
in a short measure. Such vulgarzation of the
noble art Of manning and killing wrought havoc
with the prestige of the code. Indeed in France
that stigma has never been wholly removed, and
rule, affairs OF honor there are today with
out that underlying seriousness which they pos
sess In other countries of Europe.
Spain, from the standpoint Of the duelst, is
entitled to credit for being both sincere anf
strictly up-todate in maintaining the code Al
an instance In point may be mentioned an en-
counter arranged between two members Of
bicycle club OF Granada, named respectivel!
Perez and Moreno
This was fought by the men from their wheels
with the deadly knife known the navaga. Th'
place OF meeting was lonely bit of the Melag;
road. Perez inflicted severe wound in the LEI
arm Of Moreno. then was killed by thrust Il
the right breast.
Exit the Oueilo.
Maeterlinck wrote a wonderful defense Of due
Ing but since then he has taken to boxing wit
such enthusiasm that he may believe he has n
canted. Certainly the sentiment Of today Is hot
tile to the code. despite the archaic preference
OF czar and kaiser Nowadays we are fosterin
human life to the limit, with science strugglin
wildly for the survival of the unfit Luckil!
while we are saving the diseased and crimina
we also incline to preserve the hale and homo
able. We are not minded to let good men
slain for the whimsies OF the code. We leav
dueling to the stark ignorance Of mountaineer
to the viciousness OF thugs In city gangs and
the antiQuated habit OF the finest gentlemen
Europe.