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Show OGDEN YOUTH I uutphr nun VlHIUIILu UULL: Thair Rich Witnesses Secret Sec-ret Affair of Honor in Vienna. How a missionary from Ogdon wit-i nessed a sword duel in an underground student rcndcvou In Vienna, Austria, Aus-tria, is told In a letter which Dr. Ed- , ward L "Rich has received from his son, Than. The duel which Thair Rich de-j Scribe did not -nd until one of the tighten fainted from loss of Mood. "The other night Brother Kent and I saw our first duel," '1 hair Rich rritee to his father. I "We know one of the university students and he smuggled us into one, of them. 1 is a very old custom 1 among the biudents hero to settle their: quarrels by duels and as the law forbids for-bids them they are held in secret. Only students of certain organisations are there but we got In all t ). K V were taken by our friend over to another pari of town and then down a few very small and deserted alleys. After reaching a certain build- ing he led us through about a half o doxen courtyards und finally was halted by another student at the entrance en-trance of the building. They talked a fe-w moments and then took us down a'stalrwaj into a cellar through aboul five passages and at lasl Btopped (again. It was so 'dark 1 didn't know I here w e w ei e. "At this polirt S signal was given land v iv ere, admitted Into a large well lighted Underground room full.' of -indents all dressed in their student I uniform1-. We were Introduced t" Several and at last the duel started "The two young men entered the; renter of tho room and were lntrn-duied. lntrn-duied. 'I he rules were also read. They, were stripped to the waist and their only protection was a tad over the heart. They then selected their swords and two other men with masks and I swords acted as seconds to stop tho match at different Intervals and In case of fouls. The dirty work then started. Every few minutes they would slop and the blOOd would bo wiped from their swords by attendants. The duel last for about 4 minutes and was Stopped due to tho fact that one of the students had fainted. He had lost too much blood. "For a fact, father. I never saw two persons cut up as had In my life. Their arms were Just cuts from one end to the other and both had several large gashes on their faces and bodies As soon as they finished a couple of doctors started to work on them and I'll say they needed It. Tho duel was exciting and a wholo lot bloodier than an thing 1 have ever seen. Only very few outside the students see them, so I claim 1 am lucky." oo |