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gHTcs Paul 111 wavs had a -eat in
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Buaotion of Mr-. Uae, win.
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not llu* disr.inr
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|||H If there w ere uo formal <n
between the two, il
Kva- at least perfectly understood
"by all parties that as s,oii as
Paul should ltd an appointment,
for which at that time he was a
candidate, lu> was to marry Alice ;
and 1, though only a few years
her senior, was to give her away.
One night the opera house was
crowded more tlum usual. A
great singer was to appear, and
anew work by a renowned
composer was to be performed.
Hut Paul Ferranti, sitting in the
stalls, seemed scarcely to listen
to the music or to notice the act
ing, and much more often were
his eyes turned in the direction
of my box than in that of the
stage. Alice and her
were with me. and. a-
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saw that matters were
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BHlHPm'st way !•..-<• before the
dTmfTled assemblage and struck
Paulin the face with his glove,
but she recovered herself, and,
like a statue, watched her lover
pick up Ids opera glasses, how to
ids insiilter. and without a word
leave the building. There were
some exclamations from the an
diencc; hut the duelist again
irose, and with a theatrical air
round, mockingly imitated
m 1 in I.mu . 111 < I I'.--.lined
.This was too much for
She could not re
longer; 'ln- must go
sm with dillicul
her and her mother to
my carriage, told the coachman
to drive them home, and myself
walked quickly to Paul's lodg
ings.
lie had arrived before me, and
was already writing when 1 en
tered his room. “Of course," he
-•mi. l, as lie saw me, and came to
wards me with both hands out
stretched, “you, my dear friend,
will assist me. ll is impossible
to do anything Imt light. Even
A lie*, could not make me alter
my conviction upon that point,
the insult was so public.”
; “Suppose von leave the conn
try {" I suggested.
••Then ! should have to give up
the appointment, and A lice too.
lAu, my dear fellow, I am a
|%cnchman, and I must tight ;
'.aid von must arrange matters
Vor me. If ho shoots me; it can
not be helped; if I shoot him, 1
shall have shot the biggest
scoundrel in Paris. 1 beg you
lo call upon Laroquiere to night.
I have already discovered his ad
dress. Here il is."
••Hut must you really light 1 II
is suicide to light w ith a profes
sional duelist."
••Ah." he said, shaking Ids
head, “1 am afraid it is suicide;
hut I must light,so please don't
try and persuade me that I need
not. And 1 will tight, too, as
soon as possible. You can nr
range everything for to morrow
morning. I must have the mat
ter over. In a day or two I might
he a coward."
By his looks he implored me to
goto Laroquiere; and, eonstitu
ted as French society was at that
time, 1 had no other course open
to me than to do as he wished.
“If .Monsier comes from M.
Paul Ferrand.” said a mau-ser
van! when 1 inquired whether 1
could see his master, “M. Laro
quiere has sent to say that helms
not yet left the opera, lie has,
however, sent this pencilled note,
which lam to give to the gen
Homan who comes from M. For
rand.
I tore open the missive. It
contained two cards, one bear
ing the name of the duelist, and
the second that of M. Ferrand
lhdaraio. Hue Vivienne IS. Per
tainly it was an oil’hand way of
acquainting me with the name
and whereabouts of Laroquiere's
second; Imt as 1 wished to pick
TII E ¥ I E LI) A N 1) FI H E S I 1) E.
“Confound the fellow !" 1 said
to myself. ;r I left the house,
and sought tin* re-ddence of mv
own medical man. -I am afraid
poor Ferrand is not such a con
sumate murderer as Laroquiere."
After seeing the surgeon, to
whom I briefly explained mat
ters, 1 called upon Mrs. Kao. She
was doing her best to comfort
her daughter, who was in the
greatest possible distress. “Are
they going to fight '" she asked
me.
“My pear Alice," “they are. I
have done my best to dissuade
Paul; but he says, and 1 am o
bliged to agree, that he must
fight. Let ns hope for the best.—
He lias a sure eye and a steady
hand, and lie has right on his side.
The other man is a scoundrel.—
And you must remember that
poor Paul is not an Englishman.
If 1 were he, 1 would not tight,
Imt, as it is, the matter can not
he overlooked, and indeed every
thing is arranged."
“You are to lx* with him ("
said Mrs. Rat*, looking a* white
as a sheet.
“Yes; they are to meet to
morrow morning, and by break
fast time Alice's suspense will he
over. She must bear up."
‘•You must prevent <he duel."
sobbed the halfheart broken girl.
-Pan mil Pan Mel 1 he insii.il pa--
Bill no; it was so public."
“You can only hope," 1 said.
“I will see you in the morning;
but now I must go back to him,
and see that lie gets some sleep."
••Tell him,” cried Alice, “that
if he is killed 1 shall die. Pome
here directly it is over. Pome,
even if he falls ; you must tell
me about it. 1 must hear every
thing." She buried her face in
her hands ; and 1. escaping from
the unhappy girl, hurried to Paul.
lie was still writing, and his
hair was in disorder, and liis face
pale when he turned toward me.
“I am no coward," he said, “hut
I am saving good bye to her, for
1 shall die to morrow."
••My dear fellow," I exclaimed,
••you w ill shoot Laroquiere, and
Ik* married next month. You
must finish your writ ing at once
and go to bed. 1 w ill sleep here
to night, for I must set* that you
turn out in time in the morning.
IL* wrote for a not her half hour,
addressed the document to Alice
Uae, placed a lock of his hair
within it, and after, sealing it up,
gave it to me.
“(rive that to her," he said, "if
Laroquiere kills me outright and
1 know lie will. If it were not
for Alice, 1 declare that I should
he quite glad to meet him. Now
for bed."
He undressed, while I lay down
on the sofa in the next room and
lit a cigar, for 1 could not afford
to sleep myself. Soon all was
quiet, and 1 stole into. s t -e Paul
lying as quiet as a child, with a
smile on his face. Probably,
nay, assuredly l passed a more
uncomfortable night than lit* did.
Only with the greatest possible
difficulty could l keep awake,
and the hours seemed to linger
forever. At last, however, day
break dawned, and 1 called For
ra ml, who woke refreshed and in
comparatively good spirits. Af
ter a hurried breakfast we muf
fled ourselves up; 1 plaeod a
flask of brandy, some powder and
bullets and a brace of pistols in
my pocket, and we sallied forth
in *he cold morning air. Scarce
ULLm o,,_...al>ro:td except a
There was hut one report, for
Ferrand's pistol flashed in the
pan. The poor fellow turned
round toward me with fixed eye
and pale face, and with the name
of Alice on his lip-, fell dead.—
Laroquiere turned on lii< heel and
departed quickly in company
with Delarale. while 1 aided the
surgeon in his brief examination
of Paul’s body. Surely enough,
the bullet had passed through
his heart, lie must have died
almost instantaneously, for he
did not move after he fell, and
the last smile with which he had
looked at me was still upon his
face. It was a melancholy husi
nes in every respect. 1 had to
break the sad news to Alice and
her mother; and the two ladies
were so terribly overcome that I
feared the shock would have
1 some permanent effect on their
health. For my part, I was o
bliged to hurry to England as
soon as possible ; and Laroquiere,
I heard, also got away, and re
mained out of France until the
affair had Mown over.
1 kept up a correspondence
with Mrs. Uae, and was glad af
ter a time to hear from her that
Alice, though still terribly upset,
had learned to look with acer
tain amount of philosophy upon
her misfortune, and had to some
cxJtxud recovered liar usual
liealt li. if not her usual spirits.—
Meantime 1 settled down in Lon
don, and. unable to forget mv
Parisian habits, usually dined at
one of the then much frequented
taverns in Fleet street. The Che
shire (llieose, which was then in
much the same state as it is now,
was my favorite haunt ; and
there, as months passed by, 1
! gradually picked up a few pleas
ant acquaintances, chief amongst
whom was an extremely well
mannered young gentleman
named Barton, a man of indepen
dent means, good family, and
lirst rate education.
One day, aft er he had been di
ning with me, the conversation
turned upon continental man
ners, and partieularlv upon duel
ing. As an illustration of my
abhorrence of the system, I told
my companion about poor Paul’s
death, a matter in which Barton
appeared much interested. He
asked me a good many questions
about the parties concerned, and,
after expressing a remarkably
strong opinion to the effect that
Laroquiere was a blackguard,
bid me good night. I went home
to my rooms in the Temple; and
next day,on visiting Hie Cheshire
Cheese, found no Barton. He
had left word with one of the
waiters that urgent business had
called him away, but that he
hoped to see me on his ret urn.
Weeks passed, and then months,
ami still Barton did not come
back; and I confess that 1 had
begun to forget him altogether,
when, one evening, he dropped
into dinner as though he had not
been absent for more than a day
or two.
“Where have you been ?" I ask
ed. after 1 bad heartily shaken
hands with him.
••I have been to Paris," he
said. "On arriving there l found
out a little more than you told
me about Laroquiere, and, w hen
1 had thoroughly convinced my
self that lie was the blackguard
you painted him, 1 arranged for
a series of lessons at a pistol gal
lery. HS A \
went ■n“‘
■ .to JIHM 1.1. iVJ.I.W IV
rinut T'All T <■%** six a an.i tx nf .4
dead as a ring, rigid through the
heart, and avenged your friend,
at the same time ridding Paris
of its biggest villian. It was a
ea-e of diamond rul diamond.”
‘‘Well done. Barton!'* 1 ex
claimed.
••Wait," he said, -and let me
finish the drama. We managed
to keep the matter very quiet,
and before leaving Prance I was
able to call on Mrs. llae. who is
now at Boulogne, for I had a let
ter of introduction to her from a
Parisian acquaintance. When I
saw her first she knew nothing of
the affair, but at last I broke the
intelligence to heraml her daugh
ter. 1 found Alice to be a pretty
girl, somewhat spoilt by her long
mourning, and not very much in
clined to listen to me; but my
dear fellow, after three weeks
of hard persuasion, she gave in,
and now she and her mother are
coming over next week. 1 be
lieve you were to give Alice a
way. When she arrives you
shall have a capital opportunity.”
“And,” J added, shaking my
friend's hand warmly, - I shall be
delighted to do so."
Cobb Micriir* Male*.
Y\rll.l. BE SOI.]), before* the Court
VV House tloor, in the < ity of Mari
etta, < Vilit) county, Georgia, on the first
Tuesday in December next, between
r l,bc ,l.uvul S“‘ I■,(• .‘-lie t)n. o .11. n
property, to wit:
One vacant Lot known as part of the
Howard House lot, in the city of Mari
etta, and on the north side of the public
Mjiiare, bounded as follows : on the west
by < 'assville street, on the north by a
street or alley, on the east by a street or
alley and property of John W. Hill,and
south by property of J. B. Blackwell,.).
W. Hill, et. al. and the public square,
fronting on public square about 24 feet,
containing in all one-fourth acre, more
or less. I.evied on as the property of
David J. Dobbs, executor of D. Dobbs,
deceased, to satisfy a li fa from Cobh
Superior Court in favor of Alfred M.
Roberts,
Also, one hundred and shares
of the stock of the Marietta Paper Man
ufacturing Company, fifty shares being
the property of A. S. Edmonston, and
thirty nine of said shares being the
property of If. M. Hammett, principal,
and twenty nine shares being the pro
perty of E. Eaw, endorser, the same be
ingthe entire interest of A.S. Edinoii
ston and 11. M. Hammett, principals,
and E. Eaw, endorser, in all tin* proper
ty of the Marietta Paper Manufactur
ing Company, including lots of band
Nos. 1040, 1073, 1074, 1075 and 1077, ex
cept thirteen acres, 1078, 1070, 1080,
1087,1088, 1080,1000, 1001, 1002, 1008
and 10!>0, all lying in the 17th district
and 2d section of originally Cherokee,
now ( obit county, and lots of band Nos.
1202 and 1263, in tin* Kith district and
2d section of said state and county, ex
cept a one-tenth undivided interest in
tin* upper shoal, and all machinery,
stock, chemicals, and other property be
longing to said Marietta Paper Manu
facturing ( ci. I.evied on as the proper
ty of H. M. Hammett and A. S. Edmnn
ston, principals, ami E. Faw and S. A.
Anderson, endorsers, by virtue of a ti.
fa. from Cobb Superior Court in favor
of IV, IV. White; ti. fa. now controlled
by S. A. Anderson and H. S. Anderson.
Also, one house and lot in the city of
Marietta, adjoining the property of Ben
and John Shepard,containing 2b acres
more or less, levied on as the property
of ('yrus McGiuness to satisfy a notary’s
court ti fa in favor of Irwin. McClac’hv
it Irw in.
Also, out* storehouse and lot in the
city of Marietta, known as part of tile
Sewell block, now occupied by J. M.
Green A Cos. a> a grocery store, and the
upper story occupied by Brumby & My
ers as a chair and paint shop, said pro
perty bounded north by the projierty of
C. 11. Sewell, south by bawrence street,
west by Cherokee street, and east by an
alley. I.evied on as the property of J.
F. Sewell, endorser, by virtue of a ti.fa.
from Cobb Superior court, in favor of
Marietta Savings Bank vs. Isaac Sew ell,
maker, and C. 11. Sewell and J. F. Sew
ell, endorsers.
Also, that part of the Sewell block in
Marietta know n as the Sew ell stable lot
and building on bawrence street, Iwun
ded on the south by bawrence street,
east by the Sewell dwelling house lot,
and lair* 1 * >M!uot:nt iiov.M-ty of Dr. W.E.
won J|iiiq jsnt ml..well block
. ‘ciaHj.xvnv.ia axv
on Cherokee street, in the city of Mari
etta, hounded on the east by Cherokee
street, on north and west by property of
John Roberts, and on the smith by' an
alley, levied on as the property of'.Jnel
T. llaley, to satisfy twoli fas from Cobb
Superior court, oiie in favor of Marietta
Savings Bank, and the other in favor of
Peer re Bros. Cos.
Also, bots of band Nos. 1. 2,3, (I, 70,
77. 78, 7b. 148and 150, all in the Istdis
rriet and 2d section, and Nos. 1200 and
1201, in the Kith district and 2d section.
and Nos. 1084, 1085, 1080, 1008, 1094]
lOOli, and 1097, in the 17th district and
2d section, all in Cobh county, Ga. and
known as the Sewell plantation situated
mi tin* Chattahoochee river, levied on
as the property of Win. Phillips to sat
i isfy ali fa from Cobb Superior court in
favor of Jane P. Glover.
Also, all tin* above described bot* ot
band of Wm. Phillips, levied to satisfy
a fi fa from Cobb Superior court in fa
vor of Marietta Savings Bank.
Also, bot- of band Nos. 1093, 1094
109 t; and 1097. in the 17th district and 2d
section of < obli county, levied on asthe
property of Win. Phillips, to satisfy a
ti fa from Cobb Superior court in favor
■ of A. b. bord.
Also, tiie entire road lied and the right
of way of the same on each side of the
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
Company, running and Mting in the
said county of Cobb, starring city
of Marietta and running north to the
line of Cherokee equity, being ten tor
eleven miles in h-Tlffth, together with
the franchise of said company, levied
oil as the projierty of the Marietta and
North Georgia Railroad company, to sa
tisfy a ti fa from Cobb Superior court iu.
favor of Marietta Savings Bank, and a
justices' court ti fa in favor of the same
Bank.
Also, one acre of land, more or less,
situated on the north east corner of bot
of band No. 1217, in the 16th district
* > - t . ... c / . _! s a
..... I I iq "mm iiMiiiiy, tevieti
as the property of Charles Edwards to
satiafv a justices’ court fi fa in favor of
Marietta Savings Bank.
W. P. STEPHENS. Shir.
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