A FIN-DE-SIECLE DUEL.
Two young women quarrelled on the night of October 21sr, on the Boulevard de Sebastopol, Paris, and agreed that nothing but blood could Avipe out their differences. Accompanied by four of their friends as seconds the ladies retired to a. lonely street. diA-ested themseH-es of their hats and corsets, and advanced on each other with kniA'es, Suddenly one of the combatants gave, a cry of anguish, and when her female companions came to her aid they found she had received a. deep avouikl in the cheek from which blood flowed copious-
That finished the duel, and the wounded woman was conveyed to the hospital. Her successful rival was arrested.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 292, 8 December 1900, Page 5 (Supplement)
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