Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 261, 14 October 1915 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. THURSDAY, OCT. 14, 1915

Herliusband's Widow

Sff'Satph hurried , tfown nlte path head or hi briacJps I ; - t tnc . am time th') othei tean left Victor and ndYP ied to wet" him-; Virner followed t leisurely poco. On reaching the sands be was joined by hie second,. ',"They havs f submitted ' a- very trrsular proposal,' nld Gaveston, with a sneer. "Steele," It seems, objects to shedding blood or ...to nl own being bed, .and proposes , that : you settle tEJs" matter " with your fists. To me the suggestion . sounds' Insulting, and I? told Rbedan to. Of course Steele 1 a younger, man than you" ' ' Varney flushed. "Confounded Impudence!" he exclaimed. "Does Steele think we are a couple "of schoolboys? We did not 'come all this' way to bfack each other's eyes. Tell Rbedan that this Is a serious duel, and that I j can place, only ; one interpretation oji any proposal' to .diminish its' grav

ity." . ' ' ' ' J . -;; ', " r I i "Right! " said Sir Ralph, unable to conceal his satisfaction at this , decision. He rejoined Victor's second and remained ' In conversation with him - for four or five minutes. - Varney saw the two men spin ' a coin 4 and knew that It was tb decide the choice pf the ground. They next opened the pistol cases , each" had brought with him and examined the weapons. -Victor stood some distance off. his. hands thrust deep into - the - pockets of his raincoat, gazing moodily at the sea. 'Sir Ralph returned to his cousin. Well." he .said cheerily, "it's all settled thirty paces,, you to fire simultaneously when I drop- the handkerchief. We won ; the toss, but there doesn't seem to be much difference in the ground. . There's no sun, either. Now, are you. ready?" , , I ; ; "Quite," said: Varney firmly. He dU vested himself of his hat and light overcoat, which Sir, Ralph, placed on a 'reck. Victor had similarly removed outer garments, and now stood Uuitlng bis -adversary. Sir- 'Ralph pced the. distance, and, taking his edusln by the arm, placed him in posi-

f "AII right here?" he asked. ;

think so yes." ' J ' at, that moment glanced up1the sky. "In another second - will be staring straight into -vereary's eye," he told his seer

wfd-in a loud, distant tone. ..... - sth Men Are Ready to Fire. tZ'Ae Ralph laughed . Ironically : and nked at his cousin. "Now,", he t" .. . 'are you both ready?", ; i ci," came the answer simultanefvrfely 1 he nn''ls w ere placed in the men's hands e: '? saconds, and Gaveston tcok up . ;ioiition between them tfut" "well T -T the line of fire. " - "At th- : 'Three' I drop the handkerchief,-' i t Announced. , t .As Victor, L.fJ predicted, the sun now: shone out full on Varney's face. r"dner two', three:" "The handkerchief dropped. .There were two flashes and reports. Both men stood facing each other.

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IVctor's pistol was pointed upward. He had fired into the sir. Varney strode furiously toward him. "Confouod it, sir!; he. crted. "This was to be" a dael, not an assassination. Why did you fire In the air!" '"My bad sbootlng, no doubt," said

the soldier, with dry smile. "Any

way, you have winged me in the arm. I'm satisfied if you are not." - Captain Rhedan rolled up his principal's sleeve. The wound appeared to be a slight one. the bullet having traversed the fleshy part of the arm

on the Inside. "If it had not been for

the sun In your principal's eyes," ..remarked the officer to Sir Ralph, "the

bullet would probably have struck, my

mau in the body." "It's a good thing I placed him as t did." said the baronet His mouth was moving nervously and he did not appear well pleased. . He approached his cousin. . "Shall we insist on a second shpt?'' he asked. Varney ' shrugged his shoulders.

"What's the use?" he said. "I can see

he has made up his mind not to fire at me. ; It's ' a swindle. Anyhow. I can't fight with a wounded man." . -

Rhedan came up to him.' "My prin

cipal desires a word with you in private," he said! "It's irregular," objected Gaveston. Disregarding him. Varney approached his late adversary. "There can, of course, be no question of friendship between us two," said Victor in , a , low '.voice, v "but : I wish to tell you this, on my oath, that when I married your wife I had ' no thought of deceiving or wronging her. I cannot explain all the circumstances. I wished her well then I wish her well now." ; Varney regarded him for a moment in silence, as if his emotions were struggling for adequate , expression. "Dash it all! 'V-he cried, VI believe you. We must never cross each other's path again, but shake hands!" The two' men shook hands. - The seconds came up, carrying the pistol cases. . "If you don't mind," said Rhedan to Varney, "you will lend us your cab to take my man back to the hotel. You never know how these flesh wounds may turn out. And you might - lend me a hand' to help him up the cliff." ; "Nonsense ! " protested Victor. "It's the merest scratch. But let's be going." His second took his undamaged arm, and they proceeded up the steep path, the two other men following immediately behind. Oswald paused, while Gavestan helped him on with his overcoat. "Seems heavy," he remarked. ; "Oh," said the baronet. "I slipped the discharged pistol in the pocket. We exchanged cases the other man and I by mistake, and it wouldn't fit in. .Hulloh! ,1 believe he's going to fall!" " Steele" just at that moment appeared to stagger. Sir Ralph rushed forward on the inner side of the path.

He brushed past Varney, who 'reeled, and after a convulsive effort to keep his footing,' stumbled over the edge of the path and rolled a few yards down the slope. At the same moment came the sound of a muffled report. Varney lay very still. With a cry, Victor at once' scrambled backward down the slope, which was not very precipitous, and knelt beside the fallen man. "He's shot!" he cried, looking up In astonishment at the two men who had cautlonusly followed him, "and this is what did it!" He drew a pistol out of the breast pocket of Varney's - overcoat. The muzzle seemed - to have been firmly wedged In the lining, pointing inwards and upwards toward the heart. The ' path of the bullet was clearly Indicated by the holes in the inner and outer garments. He . placed his hand over Varney's heart. THe's dead stone dead! " he announced. He stood up and looked at Gaveston. . "How did this happen?" ; "Easy enough -, to see,', replied the baronet, who had gone very gray. "We had two pistols, and be must have picked up the undischarged one and put.it in Ms. pocket. He stumbled over the cliff and there you are!" "But you- didn't - load both pistols before -we began?" queried Captain Rhedan, looking at him In bewilderment. . :v"; :y . i ., "Yes, we did. Why not?" challenged the baronet x boldly. 5; "We - thought there would be a second shot. Poor Oswald must have thought that this was the discharged pistol." ;v "I never saw him put It in bis pocket,"- said : Rhedan suspiciously. "Well, who do you think would have put it there if he 'didn't?" demanded Sir Ralph angrily. "With that in his pocket he was just as likely to shoot the man next to him as himself. Well we can't leave him here.- Poor Old Oswald jolly hard lines after escaping a duel to shoot himself like that!" The three men lifted the heavy form of Oswald Varney and bore him up the path to the cab etill awaiting him. The driver was not altogether unprepared for such a return fare. He supposed, of .course, that the gentleman had fallen in the encounter, which only the unaccustomed restlveness of his horse had prevented him witnessing, from the cliff. Oswald's body was placed in a ... half-sitting posture In the vehicle, accompanied by Steele and Rbedan. Sir Ralph preferred to sit by the driver. The muscles of his face were twitching convulsively. ' They halted at the house of the first doctor on their road. A second's examination satisfied the medical man that he had to deal with a corpse. He at once turned his attention to Victor, whose wound he dressed. The next thing be told the Englishmen was to Inform the parquet. He acted apparently with dispatch, for Oswald Varney's body had hardly been deposited in the hotel from which he had set forth an hour earlier before the commissary of police arrived, accompanied by the police surgeon. There was no necessity in France to disguise the facts. (To be continued.)

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