Show STUDE NV NELS the my that Gelsi stis etem at he delars 4 after dinner the student fould us in the reading room lie waa from cologne und therefore tho a West philian and law a sid political As to duels no thet were not forbidden but they yer p not actually any ene see them 1 I will tak you to m arow iland this card at t e at and call for me ad leu and bowing with the be would hare affected in a baill boons be shook bands and departed before 8 the next I 1 taw from my upper window in the ritter a balt dozen laut ilius fil ledwith bright capped stu denU rolling down the narrow street to the old bridge spanning the necker Ps t many men who were hurrying the same dav on foot As soon as possible I 1 joined the cavalcade the it large old fashioned two storied building an inner court and beer garden in front wits guarded by ab ugly look ing clial 1 who took my card up stairs soon my co 11 e e f appe arril A d uel was already in pro 0 passa from the stairs I 1 into a high vlacious chamber in which at our right was a long plain table covered with great cotton pad dingi for the protection of all parts of the body and a sword or two with gauntlett gauntlets gaunt lets as large as boxing gloves on the left were wo small or tables run the opposite way 0 by a chair with a bead rest which had another little tabe cover esith scissors knives pow den bottles and mysterious surgical in general in front atit the walls were bare save a few pictures and through this room we went up into great high halt twice as large p the first here the duel was in progress at the left of our en trance stretching out to the win dows were four or five bibles with benches at which a few students id their different capo were seated drink irig rhine wine or bouillion or e 1 l ti I 1 on our all afa hundred fellows were huddled around the circle in which over the beads of all I 1 could see the blades flash and descend maiee flash and descend again und beard t a I 1 was led up and courteously my friends corps to whom with the tame ceremony I 1 have already noticed I 1 wag there introduced fell back giving me a chance to see everything to the beat advantage contestant CONTEE TANT was supported by two seconds who straightened his sword stayed up his arms or wiped the blood fram and bead Another kept a record in a book of th e cuts re two others stood by to give the signals for or aming the prisms which were always brought to an end whenever new fountain of blood was opened or a new bit of bair began to fly each figure was padded and wad ded to the antes and the eyes of each mere protected over the breast and stomach and dowis to the knees a gres qt breastplate of the toughest made at east an inch thick the whole was streaked and stiff with human blood an a dis gusting gusti Dg it looked as if it lad been worn for years in a slaughter house wheal first look 0 n daup the duelists the surface 0 1 h e 1 I breastplate worn by one was flow ing with blood which dripped dripped as it was pumped up by the vigorous ings out frob ate id wounds in his capek down over his body upon his boots and inter a great pool is the floor every little white s an son W e prin kled under his feel IE S opp anent was faring much better ile bad simply a slit in his ear But every time at the given signal the poor fellow whom I 1 first saw rose up most pluckily from the arms of the mentho supported him and adeane ed sturdily ta the conteri con tesi it was no childs alayat every blow was in a it to tell the vigor outs dead the thrusts of blades vas agon izing at ly id e suddenly a student who told afterward had teen several duels collapsed in it faint at the borror 0 arthe scene he was rase dupon the shoulders of four eu dents ibid theother room now and then the doctor a pale figure in shiny black bro a would step up and examine the wounds to see if aber was any danger in letting the duel proceed I 1 wondered why the better man bad no pity it would seem that now he had jaon e mischief mia chief enough but he went on glashine glas away at his illitch ed soo in an ugly brutal manner I 1 would have lahl 1 bl if I 1 could have seen hs check slashed to the bone and I 1 did show a quite no blIe enthusiasm when just fore the fifteen minutes were up he received an ugly cut on the top of his head for the most part the students do not betray themselves by the slightest wod or look eem to believe in bishop butlers boilo that THINGS WILL AS WILL BE but the duel was at last over and the most of the number retook betook themselves to the tables and went to writing in the lettla corps books or enting their break fast I 1 was glad enough to take a wine for I 1 had a good deal A nervous energy and felt faint I 1 blied to get away Westphal ians were eager for me to stay and see orse of their men fight against my will for their a ake I 1 waited therefore and mean while I 1 was taken into the other room NI derotho ceaph alian preparing for his battle he was stripped to his trousers and padding began in a previous duel this trian had his dicea seriously the doctor thought it best for him to wear a protector of that organ least the old should be opened over druhe osite side of the chairl have ore mentioned the aft in the fortuer was receiving the docto rs attention ile was a P it ifal looking object nearly taint login the pair which lie bure without a muri nur and a student was holding hia hand but at last he was patched up the actor was ame the now n were rea ly aud the second duel began sometime Some my friend told me aby are kept turere ill 4 in the afternoon the ia IL kina piece of ng as far aa I 1 can se no good end although the ill u dents are delly voted to it and regard it u be ing courage of a sort indeed a plucky t hi to walk up naked 9 or and know that within fifteen minutes you aill be seated in a sur geona chair with wounds which you bear till death but it is pluckiness mo good end |