| Show t END OF f mf FRENCH t DUELING u SEEN i Action of Colonel Friend of Dreyfus Revolutionizing ing Thought a SPARED ANTAGONISTS LIFE flint T Tra m After Shot hilt at RI and j jOu On Ou the Durl Is I Absurd lb urd Agree With Him lm i 1 J Special Correspondence Aug u 10 Dueling P seems to 10 have r 1 J Its liB death deathblow blow blo In fin Tho news new will hill r rm come m a as II 1 a 1 surprise o to 10 the outside 1 world long accustomed to regard the tha l lI 4 ode Code I ode Duello as U ont one of ot tho most firmly established of Froth Kronen Institutions The sudden revulsion of ot feeling C lIng which ha has i 1 swept over oyer I le the d dreel dl rest reel result or of r Col Cot action In his hi recent duel with On Coon Gome Gonse last lut month m Though h for many man years earl ear the thO 5 French l league has hils work 0 od to suppress this barbar barbarone I one and Irrational custom all nil Its 1111 It In lay t tan bors have bay not proved an anything thing like as an I il effective as the unique method adopted lid opted by Col 01 to lo show how his hili contempt for tor this Ihla manner of ot satisfying honor It H will be bf remembered that Ih t Col Pic Pie quart Is I one of the heron CA of ot the Drey Dr tv fit fus affair 1 lr When Dreyfus won was thought l guilty by b moat most of ot his hll fellow officer Pk alone alon boldly defended him wrecking thereby all hit his hi Immediate mil military Ilary prospects prospect anti and finally being de degraded degraded graded and uti treated almost as unjustly as al a Dreyfus II himself OUT OlT OF 01 l AFFAIR jp yea It wa was out awl l of the lit Dreyfus affair that the recent nt Coutee duel aro arose e r It II seems INma that during dunn the trial i and nd Ain 0 Donee Oon Md dud III a discussion over oer i itile v r the tile merits of the tae l ca ease e Col announced his Ill hl conviction that tbt Dreyfus J Siras Iva wal Innocent and gave A to of or j weight to 10 back up hi his hll judgment le If leOU you OU keep quint once is b said Mid to 10 have Mt remarked no 0 one will ever know knol It These aoda od Col 01 rt boldly swore 11 to at the court of 01 cassation Uon and aDd from that time a smoldering feud ex ox lt Isled d between bt the Ih two 10 arry OAt rn It ll finally reacted read Us Its climax II when hl leu fin knee rame came out ut the tHo laI Pries Press p In a 1 letter giving ghin statement the th lie Ue direct Of or a course true a II challenge u a followed Pk Pic quart and anti tonne none met m on am the field INId ol at o ohonor honor at a suburban villa Illa of 01 Paris Pail TOOL COOL AND SHOT Ain i Oon e who Is tl a fine Cue Phot tn AM possessed nf lit f Intrepid ro JM his Nest heat to 10 bring down ills his matt mat but im missed J When time came camf In tn nr lire be glinted d his eye t down the th barrel barr of Ill the pistol fur for a moment and then taen sod sud suddenly denly turned tarred and nd threw the weapon on the lot II ground with an In exclamation of et dl din dill lost gust Whet What good would It da do c to kill him be he cried Nothing r would be decided d the whole thing Is I absurd TV TAP neat nUl day all aU Paris Parts was talking of or the event fent and an he the strange psycho I I phenomenon presents itself of 11 ac agreeing repine almost that was right And Ani this titter after of dueling during which the thi rode code became an n approved fix Ax fixture lure ture of French b life LIDS TO DISFAVOR mIrA VOR Another thing that tha hM lamM to bring the affair I lt of honor lito t tor vor ves or bi lit France Ir ibe ebe I b serious results that have ha followed one OIle or two Inn tIll duets duels du l lately l t Up to time dueling dul had been tol lel tolerated crated rat u it II was U considered ronal bad torn form tf nn for far a nu to 10 wound each th other mbar mull Itan In Ii Iti fact rul Wrt IW NI men moM moat of f th I h French duels daeta being bet bett fought t with th no learn IMm how hew not te k VII I Il A man mn who mo kills II an any n t t In n a I 01 i n In trance France Is U r g In hi the tM lb eye t l a aa a II a murderer and m mar tn tut If he wishes in 0 r tin mat and an on en n i s arIt 1111 i MI strive thu Ii i t c r I t r slight light II It el In Inin Inc r I r r II in OIn ones c in t draw A 1 give ghe a ai aj I i i j th ti ii in i U k 1 PI I J p 4 1 TO OR ORI In I i i 11 to I til 1111 al all U rue r 8 of d di vo arc n In lo hy by t y s II ends to i ir r r i j 1 mil but bul c ft fl 14 1 v t t h ti rash ruih to toI I 1 f r ii n j oj ro No 0 1 ri teal J jean nn the pu rU t F tota to are employed no o that they will m not 1 Derry tar far to do any harm II double charges of powder are art used U H to 10 destroy the aim a m of 0 good I shots shob and andI 1 I other e any nty enl lo w the seconds hI Ind nd agreed upon without of principals h v nn made mad the Uie duel dul 1 more or lees IBM I of ot a In sword antagonists who try to injure iJ their opponent seriously are n not en fn encouraged lOura ed though Ot of f course courte occasion ally one olle or oth other 7 er r o 01 rf tM l m U L Hut But this thie it Is Ismat a mat t thin alt altI I ROm MEAN MEAl Soar dm Hits however recently have ha show i r L it o t tl rl J n jr in to mean man bust buil new niM If Ir 1 li U t on this thin account that an outcry has ben been raised in France ranN I One On ff Of f the iff most mOil lets hrs recently was wu the Joel between n M of the th Interior and aM M 1 the th It a deputy M Sarraut severely l hexed the theart i tan art r of or the deputy during a Ii sitting of or the dver fr the went resent r ent Dreyfus 1 vision n 01 Ot courts course cour a duel followed 8 Swords were Wrt used uNd and nad aUr a furious battle it M I Sarraut was severely wound wounded ed under un r the tho arm Other serious due recently have hare be been u fought loucht by 11 De norda editor of nt the t r M K f Mac fax Regis tl tilt the Marquis antula de Dion Dios Gerault 1 and Boni He De D Catellane Count Bin nur L by the way Is I consider rd the tIP ju pta JI tol duelist In France He lie has bat fought rOil I Innumerable duel otters oten tern v g though thou h not fatally Its His favorite hitting points pon art arp the right lung well II above bol the tb or t In n the leg I 1 always al avoid the tho tread or th region of or the heart he ht raid Mid Nil In a recent r Interview with the writer writ Persons Perron who encounter M 1 Cu may In T fe tM feel l sure rare of with their lit life U Ills expert make mak him wry very ry popular among amon those who favor A GREAT Anther Another great Ireat is 18 M I Labard tabard f m one on of the heat belt swordsman In He U always alwa draws blood from tile the lie arn or leg Its I of or his hll Antagonist e eIn en In n t till the affray Duets Duel with I bard jbard u un y yn n se soon lOOn over OTer owing to his 10 oro play pia During his bla last with M H D Ds the duel tasted Just ju t two I wo during which 1 aba l In I n Inflicting g a revere arm I wound which quite satisfied his The seconds hastily called ull the I duel dud oft off and nd the Iho usual elaborate re rt I atlon breakfast br was wag enjoyed by bythe b bythe the party pari Moot Moat French duels duell take tak I II place I In the truly early morning at tome some I quiet suburb of Paris Pads and afterwards afterward I Ith there th li le generally genera II a spread pread I HAS IUD HAD M MANY IY NY E COW Max Ia Regis Known to tune fame for his crusades hoe lias had bad to fight many man Inan r n a duel due l within the lace Jut t few C year r g Out OUID ot of all alt these theM encounter he ha has come om untouched he often olten Inflicting wounds on hU hll enemy Reg li Is I equally H a at home with or pistol He lit al at always a aWAS ways WAS 1111 a large soft felt fot r t slouch hat at these th o encounters Hr lie tats lids met Inel often est ost st In battle M 1 both bolh men Inen being deadly antagonists As AI tArn lach In le a 11 wonderful swordsman th tb the meetings are usually regarded in Paris Par In II as ft extremely lr entertaining Not Infrequently ladles ladies are Invited to witness the lIn proceedings 1 Duels Duel between th two men are art never neier permitted by b the fOndl l to be fought to III a finish for an I I que bate bile each cach other ether 1 M toO thoroughly that It 18 is I believed a fin finish IIno o ish I h fight would end In the death Ih of or nn on onor one or the other Therefore the tM slightest scratch drawing dra A drop of ot blood brings tho thu to 10 toe a clore clove J NOTED Is IB another famous duelist llo however hu has done lone much to ess by making It a anik aMIlt arule rule MIlt never nover to lo send a n challenge though he never refugee fuM one on One of or his hll most was waa u with the d de Dlen who ho d M Ot In III the ace during a meeting of or the tbt Chamber The Th marquis considering that he lie was wan 1 all the Ih party part an announced that he would Im nt M I fler ter auit second le An As the latter never nr gent nt a challenge the Ihl public MI id to know how he hf would Mould l meet t I I I I I I I the lie He did M so by publishing In lit the inn 1 Re ue an chiming ning the marnul who aft art H C r all aU tint seconds cond as a In this Ihl fight lI hl the was wu badly wounded I Even It In dueling circles n France the seems recently to have hawi been towards toward a more common sense view I of ot the cutre matter France teems s m In fact fart to I nave navo IIA vo suddenly awakened II l In to a n 1 seas C f l loll folly foil ot of deciding a point of f honor by b a question of good goal marks II n or I line Uie word play pia Doubt lieu leu I the action of the French army Arm oU ix of r will mill a sal in le leg m uns eln taken to lIu dUel Ins lag altogether the dies diesa dlela a natural death from the strong Imong public feeling which has hIlA ha suddenly sprung prune up It FRANK |
