The Haslingden Gazette. — 1906-07-07 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

CEI AFTER 1 X.—{Oonci3mos(ll.  " Clearly." Limlheim said, "even if there had ever been a doubt about it, ens ridiculous duel is simply a trick of the Jaguar's to get rid of our friend." "I fear the is certain," I awaited. Sralay hart eat in a gloomy silmae. and, appreciating his feelino, I hart taken little notice if him. He now rather atonished me by start. Our up and exclaiming, "I wia fight! I will tight this duel !" Bettes not." I oboorvoi Yes. I will!" no mpeagol. pacing the room in a state of nerinsis excitemont. •• Don't think me mad; it is by far the most sensible course to take. I have got to die; my life is forfeit the Jaguar never turns off from tin' prey he has marked down. Better a thousand tinws fall by is. soldier's bullet in open day, where tlie chances sirs, nominally equal. than Ix. done to death in tarret by ore of Rallenstein's butchers. Yes, my friends. I am resolved; do no, try to turn ens" For wo had simultaneously lxqati to ex• rlairn against his deoision. 'Hoer Tyrrell. :f you will hounur mo by standing my friend. it iomld be a great favour, the tat I shall probably ask of any man, if you wjt we OS, Paulsen and arrange the mooting for as Ninon after daybreak an possible. I have the o,llrage and artl in the mood; who knows how long it may last!" "It is theer suicide," I renionstratol "If this ' Ito Hayn Ls a dead shot, and you—" Ho laughed. "I an. to the assuredly within tho next forty-eight hours." "Not necessarily!" I objected " You are a tower of streogth. Herr Tyrrell." he replied. wistfully. "But- men you cannot stand against our Bing Jaimar, and in any event you will have enough to do to earn our friend here. Now will you go to Paulsen at °nee': I ask you :IS a friend." Ho NM, not to be dissuaded, and portals both Von Lindheim and I bad a 9Erret feeling that. on his chances, the course he urged had something to commend it. So after waiti,g for a comedy some with the doctor, who paid us another fussy during which he nearly Dummied in making his patient actually swallow a manifestly loathsome draught, I went off to Lieutenant Pauls,n's "Sings and arranged pANlMiinaries for the meeting which was to take plate at daybreak. My pugnacious friend was sullenly gratified: reeeiving my communication with a significant "It is relL" .  -Haring a pretty ahrowd I.loa of the fellow erns° and capetbilitire I wa,ted no time. but, simply and curtly settled the necennary details of the meeting, and returned to Von Lindheitn's. The rent of the night I spent in coaching my poor princiixd in the ua of his weaPm• I had on his behalf naturally chosen pi.toia for the enonmter. to giving a rather better chance; with swords he would have been as a sheep before a butcher.  Tim. poor fellow atton,lol to my instructions in a mechanical. halfalazod fashion; lie was utterly without hope. indeed. clearly in the apathy of But we did our teat to cheer him. and I took paint to impre=t upon him one or two wrinkles which might poteibly two a slender chant, in his favour. In thn dull grey of a chilly dawn we net out for the place of meeting.. and certainly it was the 'newt slisagreeallo errand on which I had ever ftarted. On the way, my companion tried to talk on differmt subjects. even to jeat lOU 11.1 A atitation and it, .11.1.1 certain issue; but it was all an hideotialy forced as a °aver to his despair. that it would have boon far less painful to me and ho kept silence.  The ret-wkitrous was a short dicteise outside tie city, the le, frequented side of a comrnon hordes,' by a plantation. Bong before our flail° we were first on the ground, and I utilised the interval of waiting in reiterating the instructions I already had given Saa.lay: but he was in such a piteous state of negyournees Ilsit to inc. as the affair had to he gone throught with, it was is relief who.: the other party appeared. They were three: Do Han. Paukcen. and a prof., sional leaking person. evidently the surgsai whom Paulssen had arranged to bring. It seemed as though the sight of the trio and the approach of the critical moment had the effect of steadying gralay's nerves somewhat. ";So they have brought the doetor." lie laughed: "it is jtra, as well to do everything in order, even a murder," "The elances are if he hite you it wail he in a lite.' part,' I said to comfort WM. Now. mind: tako .teady aim, on the fiat sight and get your fire in before his, it's your best chance." The account given of the fire-eating Captain de Ifayn had not over-inhaled. it veeMed ilapllMq/le that five feet four inches of humanity todd hold a greater quantity of trinsdent conceit than was manifestly oounproa-rd alto Id, persociality. A greater contrast between this sees-like little butcher, vents iy tiroured—and brazen—countenance, and poor Sralay. trying to control quis shaking nen-es and keep a manly look on his grey face. could not be iniagimsl. Prineipals and seconds saluted puectiLoisly. and the dootor gave Smiley and Me a