A DUEL WITH CROSS-BOWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1743, 18 January 1888, Page 3

A DUEL WITH CROSS-BOWS

A Paris correspondent writes : — A duel with oross-bows has juat been fought m the neighborhood of tbe Military Sohool between a youthful scion of nobility and a young actor from one of tho theatres oa the left bank of the Seine The fallowing circumstances gave rise to this oldfashioned way of settling a quarrel. The eclon tf the noble house b»d a friend belonging to the demi-monde, whom he had lodged luxuriously m a little dwelling all to herself In the Avenue de Saxe. Sporting matters, family affairs, and the usual occupations of a wealthy man about town kept the colon away from his darkeyed divinity during long intervals, and weary with waiting for a lover who never was to be seen, sbe consoled beraelf with the handsome follower of Theapis who paid long and frequent visits to the small but pleasant premises ln the A venae de Saxe. The aristocratic person having resolved to return for a while, to the bowers where pleasuro, as he thought, awaited him, found the comedian lrzily lolling on a soparb divan smoking a cigarett ) and listening to the warbling and plano-p-aylng of the accomplished demi-mondaine A lively discussion took place between the men, and, no swords or pistols being at hand, it was decided to fight the quarrel out with two ornamental croßu-bow., which were hanging on the wall of a room m the dovecot. The rivals repaired to the garden, followed by the lady who was m a state of intense hysteria. The opponents fao c d one another, and at a given signal fired. The comedian's shaft pierced the arm of his opponent, whose missile lodgod In a tree. The demi-mondaine fainted when she s.w the blood fl.wing from her protector's wonnd, and it is supposed that her reason has been Impaired. The hurt, however, is not considered serious.

_A. would.be suicide m Paris, the other day after taking a dose of poison leaped off the Aro de Triompbe, but when half way down caught his trousers on, a projecting hook, and there hung m mid air by hiß nether garments for some time until rescued. Taken to the hospital, it was found he had sustained no injuries, and a strong antidote counteracted the effeots of tbe poison.

Jesse Collins lost bis seat m Parliament for paying tho oar fare, threepence, of a voter to tbe polls,

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