Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-08
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-..yers4ry's Ears
6v MARK HATHAWAY

American. whose method of speaking
Indicated shat he was 4 %southerncr.
Opposite these persons sat a couple Of
young men in the uniform Of the Ger
man army. Hearing. those opposite
them convrlSing in English. but not
being sure that none of them spoke
German. they rctrained for Il time
from S;lNiM" anything that they would
not like t" have overheard.
But finally the Younger of the W
remarked t" his friend in Il low tone
that the r".in" lady opposite WIS very
pretty. 1't" other cautioned him to
say notljH" about ia" party in tl!ei'
hearing. EWt without nticct. The Young
man mad" several remarks that were
complimentary with II view to testing
the Americans comprehension of the
German i,M"N"~n. and when lie dis.
covered tli"i troy paid no attention to
him he %athcrc; confidence and criti
ciScd them umnprcifuliv.
1t happened chat the young man sit
ting beside the voting lady was Il stu
dent at a German university. His
name "a Til:hadeauX and his home
was New Orleans. He was a member
of IL dnelin@ corps and ut the time its
champion re spoke German t1uently.
and, though he pretended not to YIN
derstand what the pair were Saying.
he took in every worC. While chat.
tin" with his youn" lady companion
the question arose as to the date Of
the hlowin% up of the tower of the
castle of Heidelberg. ThibadeauN said
that he would ask one of the officers
opposite. Then he Said in German to
the younger nf the two:
Herr. ! have heard your remarks
about our party and especially the
young lady on my right. Kindly ten
me where II friend of mine will finA
YOU after dinner"
The man addressed saw from the
young lady's-Miss Administration
that she was ignorant of what WAS
being said ANA, though he coloreH
slightly. did not give the matter away.
He could only give the address re-
IuircI 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 TO
find a fellow student named Remnant.
Reinhart. who acted for ThibadeanX
in the affair, said nothing as TO his
principal being Il student in Germany.
a member of Il 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 6
o'clock.
~ThibadeauN. having smoked his CT
gar. returned to Miss Archard and
spent the rcst of the evening With her.
But by 10 o'clock she gave Il slight
yawll. which she FASTENED to cover
with her handkerchief. and her 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 to
depart. for he knew Reinhart was
waiting for him to give him the final
details for the meeting. These having
been transmitted and approved. Thi-
badeauX went to bed. Reinhars was
to call for him the next mornin" at (.
Long before daylight the second
burst into the room and stood over
T~hibadeauX's bed.
as it 4 o'clock?' asked the latter,
trying to rouSe himself.
"No; it is but g."
Then why do you awaken me-"
ITO show you that"
He showed n paper under I'hiba.
deaux's nose and held d lamp. which
he had lighted. so thoEnis friend could
read it.
can apology" exclaimed Thiba-
deauX. What does 1t mean? Surely
that young officer would not dare t.
apologize under Il challenge. He will
be tabooed by his brother officers"
Not under the circumstances. It's
your fault that the affair has gone
aniss. What induced you to give F:
challenge in the presence of the wom.
an about whom the duel was to have
been fought"
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 We're CIV
ing a challenge. for at midnight she
called upon Won Wragler in company
with an escort. He was in bed. but
dressed himself and came down to re-
ceive her. She said that she knew he
was to fight you. but since the duel
was about her he should fight her first.
He tried to explain that if he fought
a woman he would be disgraced,
whereupon she said she would accept
an apology. Won Wragler offered to
apologize to her. but fight you. To this
she demurred.
FINALLY Won Wragler, fearing the
affair, which was to his discredit,
would reach the ear Of the emperor,
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