The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-11-06
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O. WILLIAM Err

In 1850 Mite. Antoinetts 0arnSer.
aaued for thst ~ tsted queen Of Frauce
YtfS lot batr head on tbe gpi,,ottns.
~, % " The most attractive Of the
zoqqger l1Fls qf New Orleans. The
C1lepept CITY, was .lp those days one Of
thp seysst cities. II not the sayest. in
Ne GJRttad States. Being = city Of the
Esonch. 10 t~epotsinea d, .au0bsr OF en-.
tsfssa Of! ire revolutions whereby the
Bourbon kings los" the ''throne. and
they'o o ers' Ut the 'nobIesss.' some OF
them hGvtnk Sths' risht Is tftlssS5 that
thSyv Tdsdt DOT, use. NV Orleans social.
~ vas delightful. but more foreign
than any other American city. 80
EdwtH> wentworth a young north
erper from the state OF Maryland, went
TO the Crescent City to spend u winter.
attracted thither BY the reports OF the
unique social life. Having letters to
the best" people. he was invited ev.
erywhere. He me- Mile. GARNER. and
a love affair ensued. 1t was arranged
that when the spring came on they
should be married and both 60 north
to the groom's home.
In those days there was frequent in
t%ercourse between New Orleans aud
France. While desirable persons camc
out to the new world to make homes
for themselves. occasionally one would
come whose absence would have been
preferable. Among these was Antoine
LIE VOisier. a duelist who had killed
80 many opponents that he had &C.
Quired the sobriquet of the White
Death.
One evening at a cafe young Went.
worth saw him. asked who he was and
on being told remarked In a voice loud
enough for lie Voisier to hear that the
authorities OF Louisiana should ship
the fellow back to France. The result
was a challenge. II Wentworth had
come from Massachusetts or any north.
ern state he might have declined It.
But, hailing from a border state, In
which dueling had not entirely died
out. he felt compelled to 6ght. He
was rash to have made the remark in
the White Deaths hearing and rash
to go on the field with one who had
fought twenty duels and killed ten
men. Wentworth was entirely unskili-
ed In the . Of weapons. and there
was no time to learn how to use them.
The result was that he went out to
meet his antagonist. and another muir
der was done.
Mile. GARNER was so crushed by the
tragedy that for awhile her life seem
ed to be In danger. and as she recover
e her strength she showed signs Of
mental arrangement The social world
saw her no more. and SO rapid are the
changes in the world of fashion that
In a few months her place there seemed
to have been filed and she forgotten.
1t was not long after Wentworth's
murder that the cholera visited Ameri-
ca. and New Orleans was not immune
from it's devastations. But 1t seemed
that nothing could even temporarily
Obliterate the peoples desire for
amusement. A masked ball was given
in 4 large hall. and, although it was
not an affair to call out fashionable
society. especially at such a time. many
Of the bon ton went there to divest
Themselves Of the gloom surrounding
them.
The contrast within and without the
hall was a fearful one. Within was .
dance Of life. without a dance OF death
But the death from without sbroke ip
among the p,errymak srs. A Agure en.
tered the ball dressed In white flowing
robes. the mask az white a, chalk. With
great hollow eyes. a. rippipg month
and rotten teeth. II advanced to one
wearing a Louis Ky. costume and
stood .tartng at, hip. The smerrimept
ceeSeA, an. Al 44yes we're bent on. the
I've ,,AgpEfs. The, .I,opis, XIV. dgure
took ~ BIZ. mask and displayed the
features ,Qf lie ,E0tFiar, "a n,.,,n al
The reason Tor his unmasktns vas
apparent. He he'd seen himself con.
fronted by one ,dresesd A. the White
Death and va" desdirpus to avense the
insuit- .s.. ,'.'.r.'. ..'
whoever you are who has offered
this aifront You shall pay for It" b.
said. e.,
II am the White Death"
Meet me in an hour In the WOOD
replied LIE voisier, referring to a wood
on the outskirts OF the city where
duels were fought.
mot without a reason. For me (the
White Death to confront you. the
White Death. IL no insult Take that"
He struck lie Voisier with the back
Of his hand. drawing a drop Of blood.
which seemed to come from a ring be
wore on his finger. lie Voisier paid
no attention to the blow other than to
say that II his antagonist was satisfied
he was: that he would expect to meet
the person who had insulted him as
Don as they could reach the wood:
then. turning. he started for an exit.
It was noticed before he had taken
Il dozen steps that he staggered. and
before he reached the door he fell.
The specter followed him and stood
over him. looking down upon him. LIE
voisier writhed in agony. but kept his
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