The French duellist is painstakingly protected from danger, by the rules of the game.

His antagonist's weapon cannot reach so far as his body; if he get a scratch it will not be above his elbow.

But in Austria the rules of the game do not provide against danger, they carefully provide _for_ it, usually.

Commonly the combat must be kept up until one of the men is disabled; a non-disabling slash or stab does not retire him.
For a matter of three months I watched the Viennese journals, and whenever a duel was reported in their telegraphic columns I scrap-booked it.

By this record I find that duelling in Austria is not confined to journalists and old maids, as in France, but is indulged in by military men, journalists, students, physicians, lawyers, members of the legislature, and even the Cabinet, the Bench and the police.