TRAGIC STORY OF A SPANISH DUEL.
T be "Gaulois" (Paris) states that a duel Ktriy took place between a Marquis and a Count both Spaniards. The Count was a deadly shot, and as the duel was to be fought with pistols, the mother of the Marquis, who was passionately attached to her eon,'visited her son's opponent on the eve of tlie fight, and prayed him not to ftim at h er son. The Count yielded to her entreaties, and promised to aim away from her son. The duel came off in. the morning, and the Count, true to his promise, aimed away from his opponent, but the bullet, striking a stone in the ground, rebounded and hit the Marquis in the head,
KILLING HIM INSTANTLY. The mother, on hearing the news, went raving mad, and the Count was so overcome that ho lias entered a monastery of the White Friars with a view to taking the oaths of that order. The story of the duel has caused a great sensation in Spanish society, but the names of the persons concerned are so far kept from public knowledge.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 111, 11 May 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)
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