The Frenchman drew back.
"_Non! Non!_" he exclaimed. "You shall give me satisfaction with swords
or pistols, as a gentleman, if, for the moment, you can be one."
"So," said Chester, "I am no gentleman, eh? I'll make you wish you had
never seen me, you little--"
"Hold on! Hold on!" interrupted Hal. "We have other business to attend
to. We have no time for duels."
But for the moment he had relaxed his vigilance, and the nearest officer,
with two quick blows, knocked his revolvers from his hand, and the lad
found himself covered.
"Now," said the young Frenchman to Chester, "will you fight or not?"
"I'll fight," replied the lad calmly.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE DUEL.
"It seems to me," said Hal quietly, "that there is enough fighting to be
done at the front without fighting among ourselves. Besides, we have
important business in Paris immediately."
"It won't take long to dispose of this fellow, Hal," said Chester
significantly.
"Perhaps not," replied Hal, "but you know there is always the chance that
you may fall.
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