Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-03
The Daily Story
An Immaculate Garment-By Oscar Coz
Copyrighted 1919. by ISOLATED Literary gures.

iIiehoS. came in a.
Munier communicated the ae.,- ana
MIN. taking care to repress ri. -. 70
that the American was intepd,,A
hght the foremost duelist in rss
ana willingly. since be had spo,l.s ~
shirt Desmoulins protested ao.,s-. us
encounter in which Thorne vorls san ~
ly be killed. and the picture hs d..s 1'e
Neds chances staggered him. r..
glance at his shirt. which he eoss.e
ued to hold up for inspection. bron.s.
the blood to his cheek. and ha s- a'
he would have the hearts blood - S.e
man who had ruined IL. "e
Half an hour later Munier sn,..
the room of Louis Girardet -
CLING artist. and. laughing. said.
Its working famousIy ~.
he'll have your hearts blood
Why ic he so vengeful? Was n N.
wine in his face" '
"No. the wine on his sb,rt -
ruined the best one in his varS,,ss.
did you tell him that only sss.'
to kill?'' 1su'
Yes. and 1t would probably weak.,
him if he were not so enraged abr.
the loss of his pet shirt"
Girardet looked grave.
1--WE come" said Munier, with I.
challenge. Paul came in an ". h.s
arranged, opportunity. and agreed -
act as Thorne's second"
"But what are we to doy,
II don't exactly know. W. INNS,
find some way out of It 7 nsv..
dreamed that he would insist on 0sh,.
ing when I told him you-or. rsth.,
LIE Crux, whose card you used-v,.
the most noted duelist In Franz.
Don't you think you could stand him
of with foils till we can persuade
him to cry 'EnoughT"
81 stand him off with foils, I'm
no fencer."
That's bad" thoughtfully. aPh-
tolls won't do. Either he or you mirht
get killed"
What did you fellows mean by ret.
ting me into this scrape, anyway
why, we supposed his talk about
dueling was a boyish fency bubblint
up In him. 1 think all would have
gone well IL you hadn't made him
mad. You might have called him an
ass or puppy or anything like that
but when it came to bespattering the
front of that immaculate shirt II was
too much"
How would it do for me to apolo-
gize?'
He says he won't accept any apol-
ogy from the man who ruined his
shirt"
How about getting him another
one?"
81 don't believe we could match It."
"Well. you fellows who connected
this scheme have got to do something
I'm not going to get killed simply to
furnish you sport"
There was q conference on the part
of the conspirators, and after several
hours of debate it was decided to ap-
peal to the Americans generosity
When the two dueling parties appear
ed the next morning at sunrise in the
Bots de Boulogne the French princi-
pal appeared with his right arm In
sling.
What does that meant" asked the
American.
M. LIE Crux has had the misfor-
tune to break his right arm"
Can he fence as well with DIS
left?"
"Parbleu. He cannot fence at al
with his left
Then what the dickens do you mean
by standing me up against a man VINO
can't defend HIMSELF"
Perhaps now that NJ. lie Crux u ois-
abled he will offer an apology.
Apology be hanged! Do you sup
pose I would wiring an apology from
man on such terms?"
Munier went to the pretended 70
Crux. conversed in an undertone ana
returning to Thorne. said:
M. LIE Crux is much impressed
with your generosity. He is soH!
for what occurred and would be happy
to replace the shirt he ruined, but nc
has lust been robbed of all bis reao!
Never mind the shirt: how muen
has he lost?''
Five hundred francs" S10O.
Thorne took out his pocketbooS an'
extracted five 100 franc notes.
Here. tell him he needn't re.o.H
his till he gets ready. ASK MIN
will join us at breakfast at the I'i'
The message was delivered ana lD
invitation accepted. An hour later
oarty sat down in the Cafe doriean'
md enjoyed the hospitality OF Jus
American who begged that the
lhled duelist would excuse nim ~
bjecting even by a look to nis a
ng seat at the same table. peio's
he evening was over the JOKE va
to Ned. who py .A''
line had come to a very good nunO'
nd since he had turned the tables -
he jokers he laughed more heai's
han any OK them. ,..s
Edward Thorne is now q miu.
ged man. and his wife AYERS tna' -.
My fault she finds with him j. 'D"
e is very careless about his persoh''
ppearance.