Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
He lea me from the sreat room ant

He led me from the great room and
down the hall. and | was fearing that
he might prove a coward and bolt
from the front door when he swung
INTO the reception room and looked
around al its inmates. Robinson, Clin,
ton, and Arnold had gone. On sofa
were couple OF young bucks thor
oughly drunk. their arms clasped
around each other and doubt ii
there were five sober persons in the
room. A butler was passing wine and
refreshments.
But the Knight OF Malta. whom l
had seen near Arnold, was still there,
and TO him went my new enemy. bend
ing and whispering, pointing toward
me as he explained the situation.
There was no hesitation on the part OF
the knight. He nodded. got to his feet,
and the two came toward me; seeing
which, | turned and made my way
through the house TO the garden, con.
scious that l was being followed. Over
the smoonlit lawn went, and SO down
to the earthwork. The place was de-
serted, being far from wine and dane
ing, and as halted there the others
game up, the knight advancing to me
and. holding out his hand. My oppo
nent remained apart, 1T is a little
unusual to place so much responsible
ty on a single witness, sir" he said
'Haye you no one to act for your"
t- 1T is an unusual OCCASION" / re-
turned II have no intimate here, and
look 10 you TO see fair play for us
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?. by my faith, your trust is remark
able! But it is we'll placed! swear
TO draw my sword in, behalf of the one
suffering foul. But is not this spot
TOO open to observation? With your
consent let us TO the beach at the foot
OF the bluff; the tide.is ont; the sand
lis hard and. firm
He spoke in a business-like manner,
and TANGLED he was used to this kind
of work. .s.ss ,sf.s-4.: .s q. lkt.....'
AS you please" I. said. Are you
an intimate friend of. this gentleman"
" Hardly more. than an acquaint-
ance; however, know his name and
rank ~7 rs ;-'''i" - 100
Have you knowledge. Of our diff.
ference?" So. ~:......
ut is regarding a note, am told"
And the matter OF the note?"
"On my honor, know nothing more.
SIR. If -t.- ~4.e : Coos
Then you will understand that
should ! have the happiness to van.
quish this person you will not have
the temerity to charge me with rob-
bling him of the paper. 1t is in his pos
session, but it belongs to me. The ma
ture of its contents Will not be divulg.
ed unless i, ams defeated. Do you
agree, to. .tAis?" asked, turning to
my opponent, who was untying his
rope girdle. 2 He laughed low, ex-
cited laugh. Il agree to ALTO all
that / may have exercise! Let our
: witness bear witness to my oath!
Come! We will go below"
We scrambled down the bluff that
here stood not more that twenty feet
above the river. AS my opponent
threw of his cassock with the yigor
of impotence l was not surprised to
find him in the full-dress uniform Of
British naval officer, though of what
rank / could not determine; it was a
costume that made my civilians dress
tame by comparison. But instead of a
cutlas he wore a rapier similar to my
own. that being the usual arm carried
by gentlemen.
People are often sad because life is a
riddle of which they have failed to