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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1612, 19 January 1886, Page 2

' » ;' i.i !■ ■ ••."•/.' .' , ,'■■ '■' .■' ■■'•,■ i. . • ,Aiduei between a woiftan and; a man recently -occurred at iWfysaw.< The latter had offered; the former his i hand,, which she refused^ he^spr^ad' reports injurious, fo her ,eropd name. Se^fa% men voiunteeredl to avenge her. •byvchaHenging . >|ier ■, calumniator to the duel. She jrepjied .that, if a duel were .rjfr. , quired m ofder; to. . ' bjetr^quai(r) ' she conceived tha,t she hj\§ $ ricUt and tit^e to be one q£ th,a principals. The strong-u^inde^ damsel, prided^ herself upon b^in^ a. good shot, and resolved to punish h^ef l^dtyjfr; but nqt.t'o injiite him mo,r r tally. Sheser^tiluma challenge accepted it, and the duelists, u\e^ 4 place •oritside Warsaw. H^appi^y ho,tli £p,ißsed their aim. ' The woiqan. \Y,ante4 to, fire, a second, tjinje. b,^t h,er secb^ assureH her that W$ mpar^tibr^'l^ad bjeeh made. Her. was, so, n\o.ved by her ma.aonliue gallan.iry' tliu't lie m,ade Her a. Ihrma) ' appjogy. iwhich she accepted., ;