THE GIRL AND THE DOCTOR.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 35, 30 August 1890, Page 3

THE GIRL AND THE DOCTOR.

An extraordinary duel occurred in Vienna between a girl, aged nineteen, ami a young Vienna doctor, who had offended one of her friends and refused to apologise. He was challenged in the ordinary way by two seconds, a student and an officer of Reserves, ami when he ridiculed the idea, the girl threatened to horsewhip him publicly. The challenge was then accepted, aud a meeting, with seconds and doctors, took place yi a lured room in a Vienna suburb. All the rules for a duel with swords weie strictly observed. The doctor first acted on the defensive, but was soon obliged to light in earnest, and left off after the second round with a wound in the left side, which was declared not to be dangerous. The girl, a Croatian, educated in South America, is said by the seconds to be the best fencer they ever saw. After wounding her adversary, she left the place without casting another look at him.