The Three Cherry Pits; or, the Veteran's Honor (1910)
An old French veteran who has distinguished himself in active service under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and been decorated with "The Cross of the Legion of Honor" for bravery, is proud of his distinction with the old school of gentlemen heroes and bears himself with that hauteur which is noticeable in one of his class. In search of refreshment, as is his custom, he seats himself at a table in one of the Parisian gardens where, seated at a table opposite, are three young men, who pass remarks about the veteran's odd dress and manners, disrespectfully imitating his actions and casting innuendos upon his peculiarities. Growing bolder, one of the young chaps takes a pit from one of the cherries which they are eating and flips it at the veteran. They all laugh as the cherry pit strikes him in the arm. The old gentleman picks up the pit and ties it in one corner of his handkerchief. Another one of the young men flips a cherry pit at the old soldier and again they laugh as it strikes him in the ear. Quietly the old veteran picks up the second pit and ties it in another corner of his handkerchief. This he repeats with the third cherry pit, which strikes him over the breast. The youths cannot imagine what the "old codger" means by tying the three pits in the corners of his handkerchief. They laugh heartily as the dignified old gentleman leaves the place, and the incident is dismissed from their minds as one of their many pranks. Some weeks later the young fellows are attending a reception at which they are introduced to the veteran as the most expert duelist in all France. The veteran makes himself known and decides to teach the flippant young men a lesson for their insolence to him at the gardens, challenges each of them to fight him a duel, which they all feel honor-bound to accept. The first youth is wounded in the arm by the old officer, who presents the young man with the cherry pit with which he struck him in the arm, and thus learns why the pit was tied in the corner of the old veteran's handkerchief. The second youth meets the veteran on the field of honor and is wounded in the ear where his cherry pit struck the veteran while at the restaurant, and the second young man learns why the pit was tied in the corner of the handkerchief. It is now the turn of the young man whose cherry pit struck the veteran over the heart, to meet him, and he awaits in fear and trembling when he thinks of the unerring aim of the old warrior. He is almost a wreck when he receives a note to meet him where the bearer will lead him, which is directly to the veteran's home, where the old man is seriously ill. Lying upon his bed, he calls the young man to him and tells him that his honor does not demand that he needlessly take life, therefore he returns the cherry pit which struck him over the heart to the young man who threw it, with his forgiveness.
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