| Show ln lo 10 NU jt eighty per cent of duels la in europe ne B suit bait la in C ul tle it is a great mistake to imagine that casualties are the exception to lu meetings on the field of honor says the st louis republic on the contrary they constitute the rule I 1 their ai average rage amounting to as high a 40 per cent of the duels fought in germany austria la italy russia belgium Jel glum holland and spain while in france the average is only about 40 per cent there were duels fought during the year 1830 1890 in which men were 1 tilled t outright 1000 sustained dangerous wounds which in many cases resulted fatally while no less than 1800 of the remaining combatants received minor injuries that is to say out of 8 principals in duels only 1 1400 escaped without harm barm the average is nearly identical in the other countries above named from this it will be seen aaen except perli perhaps tips in in france the chances of is escaping caping loin from L oin a duel are relatively very small another disagreeable consideration of f the affair of honar is the knowledge that instead of getting hurt or killed yourself you may have the misfortune to inflict a mortal wound upon tilon youra your 1 lver sary in which case the tribunals of the country will generally sentence you to a term of several months imprisonment and to pay heavy damages to the relatives of the dead |
