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Show P.. A C I N G - D S AT H APAfe ',A -ft O E. R -S COUT fipplM :;'.':lv:S!.::l. "Merely 3 continuation of i'ic Cocr w.ir" sumonnc exclaimed fhis was satisfactory t a the police and they withdrew, t'.-.r at that time it would have been very iirpr.pul.Tr to arrest a Boer for fighting with an Fni:lisliin.iu. . Next tv ruins tlic papers were full f'f llio incident and there was nothing left but a duel. Cards were exchanged and within a week, on a Friday morning, morn-ing, jn't as ti c first snow of winter fell, ai Fill,; r.n the frontier, Captain Liinn,;j nc and Davis met. The men were 'tripped to the waist and the snow fell in flakes on their lore skins. The Consul General of Venezuela. King Leopolds physician, and Dr. Maurice Josson, the noted advocate, were Duquesnc's attendants Backward and forward the men fought, the sparks flying from their weapons as they twilled and hissed around each other. First Davis would make a lunge and then Duquesne. Both men were clever and strong and tiic ring of their swords sounded through the surrounding woods. Du-qucsnc, Du-qucsnc, who was leading Ins man on, sprang back suddenly and twisted his ankle on a lump r.t uneven ground. Davis quick as a flash put his rapier into Duqiiesne's shoulder. The blade struck the bone and broke, and the point remained in the wound. Duquesne cried, 'Your other blade and fight for your life!" But all this is another story, as Kipling would say, but it illustrates that there arc still volumes of the old wild and fascinating romance, and romance ro-mance lovin.r men, in the world, if '. r u only know where to look for them 1 hey arc every where. Duqucsnc and I were sitting in the library of the Hotel du Grand Mon-arque Mon-arque discussing ihe strained relations between the Boers and the British, when an official messenger from the Transvaal Legation walked in and handed him a letter emblazoned with the Coat of Arms of the liner Rc-p-illic He perused its contents and turning to me, said: Summoned to South Africa. ! ''I'm sorry that I shall not be able to go to the opera to-night. 1 must go home at once. I shall pack vp immediately, im-mediately, good ni'.dit " lie extended his hand. I too!; it. and holding it said: "Home? where?" "South Africa." "Why such a hurry? To-morrow-will do." "Non, mon ami. avec moi it is to-day toujoiirs. I leave to-morrow via Antwerp" lie took his glass of cognac cog-nac ami poured it on the glow ing coals in the grate. Instantly a bhie flame shot up. "It looks like hell, doesn't hi" him and when h? saw their game the sudden appearance of a revolver from his overcoat pocket caused them to change their plans and break for safety. Fat. I Krugcr called him to Holland to perform a certain mission In Holland. Belgium and France, receptions, re-ceptions, public meetings, and entertainments enter-tainments were given him wherever he went. His appearance in a public I place was the signal for the singing of the Ilocr national anthem. One night as he was leaving the Theatre de la Monnaie. where he had attended a eala performance with Madam I.ouis Botha, the wife r.f General Louis Iiotha now premier of the South African Federation, he -was insulted by one of the English Colony of Belgium, Clifford Davis, who wns known to be a swordsman and afraid of no one Davis was evidently piqued j because the people who had gathered ito see King Leopold, commenced to sing the Volkslnd IC mad" some remark, or did something that shocked the ladies Duqucsnc asked him to stop. Davis sprang into bis automobile and spat at Duquesne a it sped away Knowing where Davis was in the habit of spending his nights, Captain Duquesne Du-quesne saw the ladies to their carnage and then hunted up his insnltcr. Insulted by Davis. As soon as he walked into the restaurant res-taurant of the Millc Colonne, where "Brussels is a nice place isn't it; pretty kuI-: t.,o " He walked to the window and looked out river the t oh n that p.irkled under a million lamps, and turning walked to the door. "Isn't a bit like the veld." he said as he stood in the half open door. "Good night!" "Wait Frit?'" I cried. I forgot everything. My heart swelled. I became, be-came, it seemed a giant in a moment. A li-.n of courage. I longed to tight. "What is it?" he asked. "I'll go with you!" Presently he caught the poor little beast by the throat and with a mighty effort choked it before it could utter a yell. As "on as it was unconscious he cut its. t!:ront. We then continued on our way. "That's one of the narrowest escapes I ever had. We arc getting closo up now. Wc must crawl. Keep your ey es open and watch for a black object mov- " mg or still ia the darkness." Encounter with the Sentry. Slowly wc crawled along until we got ' into the cutting beside the railway line, A quarter of an hour more over the rought ground, tearing our kneej and -handi en the thorn-, and hushes, wc made our way. All at once a dark ) figure loomed up before ns. If. moved . across a di .lam camp fire's light which was guiding us. Duquesne lurched my arn v ' Shi a sentry. .We're got. to pass his w :y." I Wc had a talk over the plan of ac-' lion. I was to attract the scntn's at- tension while Duqucsnc worked around l-.im and if possible lay him out with a blow from his rifle or strangle him. i Anyway the trick had to be done in ) silence so that the other sentries would not he alarmed. The slightest poise that would show suspicion meant death, to both of us. The black figure moved and cut off ' the lire lights a he passed across them.-Like them.-Like a pair of panthers waiting to springl on their prey wc watched him. With difficulty 1 kept my teeth from chatter-1 ing. I felt cold and hot in turns, the I suppressed excitement was growing too J much for me. How Duquesne felt l) do not know. He gave no signs of tin-easiness. tin-easiness. We heard a kissing sound, made in short iharp jerks from the di- rcction of the sentry. Duqucsnc held his mouth to my car. I "He is calling the dog." '"We've got him. You vaflc cut be- tween the bushes on all fours. .Keep his attention. Do not let him get near you or you will be shot. As long as In- thinks you arc merely an animal and ' not an enemy he won't shoot." I "If he docs shoo;?" I a. keel. ! "He will probably miss," was the reassuring re-assuring answer. "He'll Lc very nervous." ner-vous." I thought if he were as nervous as I at that moment, he certainly would miss. Nevertheless, it was a doubtful ' consolation. I thought, how nice and soft the beds in dear old Brussels were at that moment. Goose flesh stood out all over me like the roughs on a rasp.' "Can't wc piss between the sentries, without exciting their suspicion?' I asked. ... "No, wc must follow the rails. There i s a wire fence ahead of us and we; could not pass it without making a noise. It is open at the line. We must pass, thai way. No more questions !'j Obcv me ! You promised !" ithout another word he disappeared in the darkness". I walked on all fours frr.m bush to bush expecting every moment mo-ment to get a bullet in my ribs. I The sentry commenced kissing the air for the dog As long as he thought I was the dog I felt safe. I watched him closely. He walked away from his post and came towards me. I thought I saw him cover me two or three times. He' came nearer and nearer, slowly and w ith Treat caution I drew away trembling, and he followed I heard a dull thump) and in a second I saw the black mas! fall with a low sighing groan, hardly' discernible. I knew the sentry was. down I wailed, and a few minutes -later I saw a black body like a liorty come creeping through the grass. It whispered, "All right, stay Mill."' I waited and Duqucsnc crawled to my, -.ide. "Stay down." he said. "Wc are safe now to pass through." ) lust then in the distance a cry arose, "Number one and all's well !'' "The sentries cry ins their number?. We're lost !" I said. "Number two and oil's well, "Number) three and all's welll" came down the line. "Number four and all's well" it seemed came from twenty yards away . from us. There was a pause. I held my breath. . Dunucsnc cried "Number five and all's ' . well-" The rcTt man past us cried "Numbef ' six and all's well t" My heart almo't burst" as the num- ' brrs flew down the line of sentries. T' Mr that a devil or a genius, something . ' was Q.-.m Taul (Uncle Taul ) and his (!c;.r old vroiiw was tante (Aunt). Duqivsue was sent away and 1 did not (meet him a .lain till a few days before the battle of Co!cn.-o. when he walked nfi to nie and tapped me on the shoul-elcr. shoul-elcr. I was overjoyed to sec him. "Where have you been?" I asked. "In DurlHiii, counting the newly ar-rivnl ar-rivnl I'.ritish troops." "You mean spying'" ''Not exactly. I have merely been pushing scouting operations beyond the cic:rv's hues. Ticklish work. I have kept m touch with you through our intelligence in-telligence department although you were unaware r.f it. I'.y the way, have you nut General Lukas Meyer, the Lion from Yrluid? I have important business busi-ness with him, I should there now. Come along?" W!i?n we reached the General's tent he w:. ; w riting. DuqiTesnc introduced n.c and after a few words, they stepped out of my hearing and fe.r a" few minutes min-utes had an earnest conversation. When they were finished they shook hand.;. General Meyer, entered his lent and wc left. i During the whole dav the T-ritish had sliflhd t'le r.oer position. Projectiles burst -n hundreds in every direction and the smoke hare from the fiftv pound lyddite shell; that punctuated the rattle of the small artillery with their thunderous thun-derous roars hung like a yellow fog over the country. Luckily this display of pyrotechnic detona'ion diel not account ac-count for one casualty in the T.oer army. When we reached the field tclc-fr.-T.li office Duejuesne stopped and out of the h Tiring of anyone he told me be v i-'lud to say go bye again, per-han-- f.-rcver. "lob on Land, you know." "What"" Into the British Lines. "We!!. Fin goiucj to penetrate the ' r i ' i ; 1 1 II: t. -uiht to find out their in-t-'ifrns if pes.ible. Dannie Theron. vr bet scout, is going aw side and I ,-.i'::r. The "Rooincks" have bom-' bom-' r.'o! r for two days now and accord- I th'vr book on tactics they should r advu-ce under cover of their r';!leTv lire, mrke 3 bayonet charge. M'.cr and take the Transvaal in their -r..-e'i name and then sing "God save. The men doing the night watch i.t cct to eh-cp in the day for noise, i om.',u.i"g must be done. They have '. " ai'p.l; us or w e them." T l.-.n-rhed .if l is v av of putting it. "C.vi'f I it.-, with yon?" I asked "Voi:? Why what do you know- aliout '. -out in You Kuropearts would he in i' .- r H rt a r.me like that. No!" I h.cced of b;ni to allow me to ac--.';n;i.iPy him in the desperate venture. -r I lVr a lot of urring he consented. I had to place myself entirely1 at his command. As soon as ni'dit came on we left the camp and cro' sed the Tugela and made it wav over veld and Korde toward irr'rViVii ' 'Sf'- HE f'rst arifI worst P , --it I experience I ever i&i'L il'rT -' a,ul sinc th(,,i I nV? . I :' I'-ive had a hun- j y y P' drc in Ini'n. : I'- '.''..'. Africa, and South I A '"t 'A America, in wild fjvlj- '7---7ij-: lands where one t'r?V-' can gamble with r&?Wf' sudden death fronl c,(,,cr d,s" ' 'fT"' .!d beasts and wilder men. This was on the night before the historic batttle of Colenso in which five thousand Boers under General Louis Botha inflicted a crushing defeat on General P.uller's sixty-two thousand British troops and smashed them, the pride of an empire tinder its most distinguished genera!, back with such force that the whole' world trembled from the unexpected shock. How did I get there, being a Frenchman? The answer is Duqucsnc, of the TS toric blood of my own country. My adventure would hardly be worth the telling without a description of the man with whom I had it. What has he not done? Around him flew adventure arid experience. He attracted it as a magnet pulls iron filings, or he gravitated toward it. lie looked for it, and what is mcrc wonderful, won-derful, he found it. Every moment of his life, it seemed was filled with an experience that made one's blood tingle, tin-gle, making him curse himself because he was not born in wild Africa, among those brave and chivalrous people of Dutch and French blood that go to make up the Boer race. This man (sometimes he looks like a hoy) has had more experience cnueczed into his young life than any other being of his age. and I believe of any other, lie served through their native wars before he was twenty, escaping death it seemed only bv a miracle. Went through the Boer w:ar acting as the special agent of Paul Kruger and Doctor Leyds. plenipotentiary plenipo-tentiary of the Boer Republics. Fo l-.im were intrusted the plans and 1 or-.'.mirations or-.'.mirations for the seizure of Cape Town by the Boers. Sentenced to Death. He was captured after a scries of nerve straining experiences within the British lines, together with several ethers and all were sentenced to death. Most of the others were shot, but as the world was shocked by this ruthless ruth-less slaughter of the Boer prisoners, and let John Bull know of it in un-r.irnsurcd un-r.irnsurcd terms, the last batches ol prisoners got off with their sentences committed to life imprisonment in irons Duquesnc served ten month', in Bermuda and then with the help of a r.irl on the outside, he, with two other. Fritz Bosch, and Willie d". Toit, broke from the prison one wiH nicht while a storm was raging- Bosch w as shot dead by the guard, du J it escaped with a wound, ami Dunucsiie. who escaped unharmed, helped hs companion swim across the c-hannel. .-gainst the tide to the mainland. The iswim took two and a half hours. During Dur-ing this time the gunboats and cruisers played their searchlights on the sharl. infected water, and their riflemen shot at rverything in the water. The fugitives reached the other island is-land but du Toit was unable to con 1-nue and he gave himself up to the British, informing them that Duqucsnc had been seized by a shark during their swim for liberty. He was not believed, and a good search for Du-ruesne Du-ruesne took place. Notices were stuck up in every public place and a reward was offered for his head, by "Major Morris, the adjutant general of J'risoners of War at Bermuda. For six days Duquesne, who lived rn raw onions and potatoes that are abundant in Bermuda, was hunted like a mad dog through the plantations, and from island to island, dodging Irath from flying bullets at every turn It i estimated in Bermuda that bye hundred shots were fired at him with-ciit with-ciit one taking effect. His reputation nmong the foldiers who called him "Kruger's Jackal" was so bad thai i" one would get within reasonable shooting distance, and as he carried a piece of iron pipe he found it was noise, about that he had secured a rifle. : aij' no English soldier, if he could help it. would get into the range of a Loer with a rifle. Reaches United States. On the siTth' day Duquesne got on the yacht Margaret, owned by. Fmerson of the New York achl ClmV He was conveyed to Baltimore where I be landed. After walking in his prison I clothes to New York he was arrestee -a the request of the British government govern-ment who endeavored to extradite him i n charges of murder. Some promi-rent promi-rent New York Irishmen used their influence and money to show that the British charges could rot be proved. r.d Duquesne was freed. Some Englishmen Irving to earn the reward tr!. d to kidnap him and ruh h-.m srro the Canadian border bv ticing him to 'igara. Tfcey cornered ' y ' ' f,?UA Jv'y V.eA J i &:AAA "I ja.v tilt bljcl: mass fall tvif.'i ; luz.; si-jliini grojn." different from myself was at my side.'- He put bis hand out and taking miner, led me to the sentry. lie listened at his i mouth. "f guess he's fixed. We'll pass now." Wc were down around the British camp fires when a brazen-noted buglv screeched "alarm." "They've found out " aM Duquesne, "and so have I. The P-ritish advance oa ) us to-morrow." He walked over and sat beside? jome 1 soldiers who were sitting 'around a . camp fire telling stories and drinkinc; tea. He took a pannican, helped him- 1 self, and handed one. i "Strike me stiff," he said, in a reck'--, ney voice, "me an this bloke 'ad a. nawful time ter nite. It's awful ter be in the colonial scouts ain't it?" r "W'at 'appened" came a chorus of ; good-natured Tommies ready for a yam "Nothing1 much ony we went up port. CoUnso expeetn ter find the bloomin' Boers on the ICoopces an the bloody push's 'kooted. I'll tell ycr all about it ' tcr-morrer. S'long." ' As we made our way back to our own lines thousands of voices around the? . British camp fires sang "Soldiers of the Onrerv" "Many a fellow 1'iere will sing hi -cf nng to-nicht." said Duquesnr. "Th'v're not bad fellows either when ou know thcm. IIow do you like scout-in scout-in i'"'" "I hope P'ver to have such an experience ex-perience amir. Ten years have been ta'-n off my life." "We!!. I'm frightened too. met r.f the ti-ne, but I act as though T wasn't." Copyright, io to. ?v J.fftrnfivlitjn Kews- foper Syndicate, - Chieve'cy ie!il miles south of Colenso, It was ?. long walk and as nearlv as possible ve travelled parallel, a mile to (lie cast of the railway line. We were both armed with Lec-Mclford rifles and W'l.!ey revolvers, the arms of the Brit-i-!i, .- that we sheul l not be easily lecotni.rrd if v were seen by -the M'mv. O Be fore us, r.s v. . ; proached Cliieveley :'ie r-iivrt fires of the British came one !y one into our iew. We were now T-eping from one mimosa bush to - i. tlu r. Walking a step, and waiting. ! -oMitil; riir breathe ami straining our yes f..r t'-e least sign of danger. Slowly Slow-ly wc worked along towards the rail-..v. rail-..v. fbtce I heard a ni.hc. and Dn-'i.ie Dn-'i.ie sne toueJ-.ed me. on the arm. I fo-.--'d my eyes in it; direct i "ii in a vain -'T. .-t to ee through the inky darkness. My bl.v-d ran co! and my skin crept ii .mticipafion of instant eleatli fr-.m a rifle shot or bayop.et thrust. The oise ran.e nearer. Something creeping (Nrr.vfh the grvs: I loosened my revolver re-volver ii its hr.lster. A heavy body 'r;iil: nr.- t'.iih. I aln'Ot dropped witli fright D'-o"en? caught me bv !e ,-rm "S!i! it's a dog. Keep still. I'll i.i.-'i it "e must get it without a mi" o- we slnll lve discovered. Si -n th" ground. I !id as I was to'd. and l f-'loe- el ci'lt. Takinc some billon:: f dried niept from his emergency r-fion coaxed 'he doc to him. T could ce i v.ri a fo terrier row that it stood 'lose ao-olrst r"e .i"d T had rotten over frir.5-f Tf pf (hr bi'tonc frm Duquesne': hand and became friendly. I Davis s.-.t relating in a loud voice. 1 what he bal done to the cowardly Boer, there was a sudden silence. All eyes were on the two enemies. Tables were overturned as people suddenly stood up to sec the expected I frav. and wine, beer and food went j'ca'ticring over the tiled floor The ipareons cried in dimay and the n-arrc d'hote threw up his hand; in acrony. Davis scenting danger threw olt" hi-; overcoat and Duquenc d d the same. Both men stood in evening e.rcs, facing each other. Duquesne walked slowly toward Davis and in a nrm. calm oice said. "Apologize you low blackguard! like a flash the answer came. A streak glistened through the air. and a silver match holder burled by Davis .truck Duquesne full in the face Ihe blood ran down his shirt front making a ghastiv contrast on Ins white bosom. A cry of "shame" rose from ihe people peo-ple in the room. I ike a tit'er springing upon his prey Cap'tain Duquesne leaped at his enemy and with a blow on the mouth tellcd him to the new. A cheer rent the nieht. and the police, stated bv the disturbance. entered the reilaurnt n i:h drawn swords. DaU seized bis weapon and ihe iinht went on, brea:;mg all rules of regularity. The Mool was coming out of Du-iiicsne's Du-iiicsne's dioiih!cr and running down his lireast. The men went at tacli other in desperation like wild ti..ir;. Spaiks ik-w from their whi. iktii.;: blades. Duqucsnc showed weakness r.nd staggered. Then with a depcrat : effort he i.i.-dc the well known Italian ide -1 c-j . passed Davis' guard and ran his sword into his enemy's eye, blinding blind-ing him. Davi- fc'l in a faint to the ground and Duquesne, weak and white, i staggered to the helping arms of Josson, where he swooned. j Becomes Wcr Correspondent. 1 After the duel Duquesne went exploring ex-ploring in ihe Congo, returning at lli-r end of hii mission, expecting t,, die of fever. Ihe change of climate brought him back to good hcal'h, and he became the war correspondeni i f the Petit Bleu and allied journals. His f,rt call was the Macedonian I insurrection. His second, th.; revolt i tn Morocco, and the third, the R-iso-Jripanese w?r. He v.-as called from! on(. battle field to another in quirk I I lauchcd. "We'll l.aee it in Africa soon." ' Ilov.'s that?" "'l Ik- intelligence department of the l-' .uth African Republic has discovered Ii.-; the British have drawn up plans .. r the seizure of the mines, and of .l.e country, if wc fight. What i ni .re, they know we are aware o it." "But the l'ot'rs won't fight?" "Won't they! You don't know the ".-ers." 1 was sti;-"-ere.l, t!e Boers fi2!'t 'Teat Britain! impossible. "I'ut." I said. "You have no men." "Hr;i't we? We m;-st l.ae at !:ast thirty-five th'.usanrl able to carry rm if wc call in the boys, and p.r-'iin p.r-'iin a few girls." "flood Cod, are yen mad?" "I'm not. and I know what I'm talk-in..' talk-in..' about." "Thirty-five thousand men to fight ihe l'rit:sh Fmpirc." I Si.j, aloud; 'thirty-!i thou i and." "Yrs and damned good men ton." He extended his hand. "Well I -rust sav good-bye old rin. I '..ope you pas yoi'r exam. When next yo t hear r- me I srppos-. I'M ho dead a"-! von wiH have -cur commit ion. Gocd-bye' "You will?" "Yes. 1 will." "Remember the British arc no fools '.if i'ic fighting game, and y..i-.i aie M i:e!y to get a 30J I.ce-Mcjford in !..'.ir man .my. And besides y u !ue: i::..t h'-.d a-y experience in Africa." ( "I don't care. I'll take the Coiise-quenccs. Coiise-quenccs. if you'll permit mc to r." : :t !i r.u." I ".Ml ri?ht. come along. Say enm!-, b e to everyone j.-u know and meet jmc Li t!ie station at nine in the nu rii-ji rii-ji .j I :i'.u;t go. fjood-niftht." I They Heacli Pretoria. I It v.as four months after we landed n Pretoria. He had an audience with :the president on our arrival. It was indeed strange to sit down with the pr. -.i-lei t i f a republic, then the npv.t t. Iked of man in the world. At home his wi:'c made and frved cofiTee with 1 . r iv.vn band-. All that we, read in Furone. refarr'ing hi; simple !a;1y ! 1 f fs . if it y.ij ri'-'t v 'i''en b- ar Fr'i-h-r-i?n. r.-;s trne. Thee broad ehe't'o", 1 i r hat'ed biTpher; vi'h t!-eir ep-iet "-i.y- r:!led all div to crrt his in'truc-ti'ms. in'truc-ti'ms. He was mr,r ld-c a father to t!.c-i thin their elected ruler. To all he |