A SINGULAR DUEL.
Two gentlemen, one a Spaniard and the other a German-,., who were recommended by theii' birth- and, services. to the Emperor Maximilian 11., both co.irted his daughter, th: fair Helene Scliarftquiuu, in marriage: The fchnperor, after a long delay, one. day iu farmed them that, esteeming them equally, and not being able to bestow a preference, he should leave it to the force and address of the claimants to decide the question. He did not mean however tc risk the loss of one or the other, or perhaps of both. He could not therefore permit theiu to meet with offensive weap mis, Wut hid ordered a bag to be produced. It was his
decree that, whichever succeeded in putting his rival into this bag should qbtaiu the hand of his daughter. ,* This singular encounter between they, two gentleman took, place in the presence »f the whole Court. The .contest last«d for more than an hour.-. At length the Spaniard yielded and the German, Ebberhard, Baron von Talbert, having planted his rival in the bag;-took it upon' Uis'baclT,-and -yery gallantly laid it at the., feet ,of his mis* tress, whom he espoused next day.
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Kumara Times, Issue 667, 16 November 1878, Page 2
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196A SINGULAR DUEL. Kumara Times, Issue 667, 16 November 1878, Page 2
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