A Man of "Nice" Honour.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 4124, 22 September 1883, Page 3 (Supplement)

A Man of "Nice" Honour.

At Naples there was a. very particular man of honour, whose name mis liandol:; lie was the greatest bravo of his time, and it was .said that lie had, with his own hand, despatched upwards of eighty persons by a<sagsinalion, for that warf tho profession by which he gained his bread.

lie made use occasionally of pistol, sword, poinard, and stiletto ; but ho Kcorned to poison anyone he was hired to make away with, alleging that there wa» something unmanly in it; that it was not an action any person of honour would bo guilty of, and that it was as much beneath a bravo to turn poisoner as it would be fur a regular qualiiicd physician to turn quack doctor. Two Neapolitan gentlemen quarrelled one evening at an assembly, and according to the honourable custom of the times, each sent separately for Bandoli, and gave him fifty pistols apiece to make quick work with eacli other.

The last man he despatched as soon as lie had paid him, and he then returned to tho first, who on hearing Bandoli relate how he had slaughtered his adversary, commended the bravo greatly for his dexterity in his business. - "Yes, sir," replied Bandoli, "every one who employs mo shall always lind me punctual, for I am a man of honour. And to convince you that I would forfeit it, I must tell you that tho gentleman whom I have just sent homo by your own order gave me fifty pistols to make an end of you. Now, although ho is dead and cannot call mo to an account for not doing what he employed mo in, yet I am so much a man of honour that 1 scorn to bo guilty of a breach of promise to any gontleman.'' He then thrust his stiletto deep into the other's breast.—" llaro Bits.'"