The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-01-06
He Wanted His
Adversary's Ears
By MARK HATHAWAY


With each other In their native Ian.
guage The party consisted Of IA.
Their, mother, daughter nineteen
years old and a young man. also an
American. whose method Of speaking
indicated that he was southernei
Opposite these persons sat a couple Of
young men in the uniform Of the Ger
man army Hearing those opposite
them conycrsing in English but not
being sure that none Of them spoke
German, they rcfrained for time
from saying anything that they would
not like to- have overheard.
But finally the younger Of the two
remarked to his friend in a low tone
that the young lady opposite was very
pretty Tie other cautioned him &c
say nothing about the party in their
hearing, but without effect. The young
man made several remarks that were
complimentary with view to testing
the Americans comprehension OF the
German language, and when he dis
covered that they paid no attention to
him he gathered confidence and crit.
cised them Numerically.
1t happened that the young man sit.
ting beside the young lady was a stu
dent at a German university. His
name was Thibadeaux and his home
was New Orleans. He was a member
of a dueling corps and at the time its
champion. He spoke German iuently,
and, though he pretended not to un-
derstand what the pair were saying,
he took in every word While chat
ting with his young lady companion
the question arose as to the date Of
the blowing up OF the tower Of the
castle OF Heidelberg. ThibadeauK said
that he would ask one Of the officers
opposite. Then he said in German to
the younger OF the two:
Herr, / have heard your remarks
about our party and especially the
young lady on my right. Kindly tell
me where a friend OF mine win dnd
you after dlnner.-
The man addressed saw from the
young lady's-Miss Archard's-action
that she was ignorant Of what was
being said and. though rs eolored
slightly, did not give the matter away.
He could only give the address re-
Quired and his name. which was Won
Wragler.
what does he say?" asked Miss Ar.
chard
'He says he doesn't know"
After dinner ThIbadeaux left the 9TH
ers to smoke, but more especially 70
dnd a fellow student named Reinhart
Reinhart, who acted for Thibadeaux
ia the affair, said nothing as TO his
principal being a student in Germany.
member of a corps or a champion
with the small sword. A meeting was
arranged in a wood near the city,
where a number OF duels had been
fought. for the next morning at 9
o'clock
Thibadeaux, having smoked his CT
gar, returned TO Miss Archard and
spent the rest OF the evening with her.
But by 10 o'clock she gave slight
yawn, which she FASTENED to cover
with her handkerchief, and Der visitor
soon babe her good evening without
giving the slightest hint that In the
morning he would risk his life In her
behalf Indeed, he was not sorry 10
depart for he knew ReinhaIt was
waiting for him to give him the nnal
details for the meeting. These having
been transmitted aud approved, 4m-
badeauT went to bed. ReiGbart Was
TO call for him the next morning at 4.
Long before daylight the second
burst into the room and stood over
ThibadeauK's bed.
ais it 4 o'clock asked the latter,
.rylng to rouse himself
NO; It Is but s."
"Then why do you awaken me?"
ITO show you that"
He showed paper under Thiba-
leaux's nose and held lamp, which
le had lighted, so that his friend could
'ead it,
"An Apology exclaimed Thlba-
ieaux. what does it mean? Surely
that young officer would not dare to
apologize under challenge. He VIII
he tabOoed by his brother officers"
Not under the circumstances. It's
your fault that the affair has gons
amlss. What induced you to give
challenge in the presence of the wOm@
an about whom, the duel was TO have
been fonshtT'
Miss Archard! she doesn't under
stand a word Of German
perhaps she doesn't. But what these
women don't hear with their ears they
see with their eyes The young lady
must have known that you were Civ
ing a challenge. for at midnight she
called Upon Won Wragier in company
with an escort He was In bed. but
dressed himself and came down to re
celve her She said that she knew he
was to fight you, but since the duel
was about her he should fight her FIRST
lie tried 10 explain that II he fought
woman he would be disgraced,
WhereupOn she said she would accept
in apology. Won Wrager offered to
apologize to her, but fight you. To this
she demurred.
"Finally Won Wragler, fearing tho
affair. which was TO his discredit