Show I 1 i A groat duelist baron do son sen a Sief sicilian flau and a noted D ted duelist las has recently gone to V ars to find a test of his hii skill as aa a 0 combatant 0 m balant he had bad ought fought forty dabels batio none of them had he ha been tho the c challenger hal leDger it is told of him that daring a heated hearod political canvass in the course conrge of a in in a public square with a first cousin the litter latter called him by some bome opprobrious epithet the baron replied you yon are a coward I 1 the cousin konsta answered 11 will you yoa repeat that in fl vu minutes minutes assuredly the ihu cousin went houa home and re with a revolver ia m his hia lund hand tho baron went up to him hial and nd said giuseppe see here that revolver rev olvar d dont ont snit your hand the ali stock never dever was waa made tor for you lor for the life ilia of 0 you you could not use th t pistol As aa lie he ceased to ope ak he bo spit in in his hia cousins face the tb suddenness and strangeness of this speech and attack so bewildered the cousin consic that lie he neither said bind nor did uny anIt thinK bing the baron spit pit in his hi face again friends interfered inter lored the cousin challenged the baron the eve ot of the due dael the barons baron a aunt who know what sn an expert eipert swordsman ho he was begged him to spare her sons lifo life ua ile replied ll 11 giuseppe Oina eppe shall return from the field a d oven even without a u scratch the duel tool took place the cousin attacked att ackad furiously the baron only parried parried at last lie ho turned his head bead an and looked at his bis seconds goo onila until his bia sa ail became so BO weak that he ha could no longer hold his awdry when the seconds interfered and ended the duel at another time he was challenged by the best beat broad swordsman in in sicily while la himanek was vai not skillful with this thia wok weidon pon the broadsword broad sword was selected by bv the seconds oil cis the field the baron took his sword in both hands and rashed raeael upon his adversary using the weapon as if it V wore ore a dab club ilia his adversary adver tary retreated they were put in position again the baron disarmed his bm adversary A third time tim a they were pat in position at the first tue the barons word sword a broke broka within eight inches of the be hilt hill his adversary kept on OB the seconds did not interfere intorf ero the baron became beame furious fat ions rushed ou on his adver bury wounder him then turned on the seconds and wounded every ono one efthem of them beginning with his own |