A DUEL WITH A STORK.
Reading edition
By Frederick J. Hibbert.
I.—THE INSULT.
II.—THE CHALLENGE.
III.—PREPARING.
IV.—PRACTICING.
V.—THE ENCOUNTER.
VI.—OUTNUMBERED AND DISARMED.
VII.—ALLOWED TO RECOVER ARMS.
VIII.—IN FULL RETREAT.
IX.—“YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIM RUN! HA, HA!”
X.—“YOU NOTICE THAT WE ARE NOT INSULTED ANY MORE.”
XI.—“IT WAS TOO GOOD AN ADVENTURE TO BE LOST. I MUST WRITE AN ACCOUNT OF IT.”
XII.—“JUST IMAGINE HIS FEELINGS WHEN HE READS THIS IN PRINT! THE PEN is EVEN MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD!”