The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, October 21, 1898, Page 3, Image 3

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THE BED CLOUD CHEEP.
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DR, FALCONER'S
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(Continued.)
"A soldier:" cried Mary. "Oh. Rich
ard, you must try if we can't do some
thing for him. I never. hear of au old
soldier without thinking of ray poor
brother, Jack, who, you know, ran
away and enlisted while I- was quite a
Httlo girl, nnd how miserably he died
In Africa. Oh, what u pot I uhciI to be
of poor Jack's! If wc had heard o( any
ono who had been good to hlni at last,
bow wo should have bleed him! Do
tell mo nil about this poor fellow, and
t us ace If we can dcvlBe any way of
helping him."
"I am afraid .he Is protty well past
htlp," said Richard. "I left him un-.
conscious, nnd I should not be In tho
least surprised If he should never come
to himself again."
"But surely ho enn't be left to him
self In an empty house, nichard! It
would be a sin and a shame to leave
anybody so. Ho must be got to the lu
flrmary." "Ho won't go. I have tiled my best
to malco him, but he Is obstinate."
"Then wo must bring him here. Wo
have more than one empty room, for
the houae is far too big for us. Do let
me get a bed put up In ouo of them."
"Why, Mary, you know well enough
we can't even keep ourselves! How
are we to keep and feed a stranger as
well?"
"Oh, we must, Hlchard!" she cried
Impulsively, her tender eyes filling
with tears. "Think how forsaken and
wretched ho is! Suppose it were your
brother and ho la your brother, oven
If he bo what you call a stranger. We
muatn't shut our door on him 'I wa3
a stranger, nnd yo took me not In'
how could you bear to hear that?"
She ran lightly out of tho room to
glvo her orders and see them carried
out, leaving Richard sitting conscleuce
etricken In his chair, all his subtle ar
guments scattered to tho winds by a
elnglo word.
"Took him not In!" ho echoed with a
bitter laugh. "No, Lord, I didn't tako
blm In! I knew a trick worth two of
that; bo I robbed and murdered him
Instead, and then Bworo lies about It at
tho Inquest. And tho best of It was
that I did It all from tho most exalted
motives to promote tho greatest hap
piness of tho greatest number, at no
expense excopt of Ihe llfo of a wretched
miser of whom tho world would bo well
rid, who was only a burden to' himself
and a nuisance to everybody else!
How clear it all was! but I dare not
ay It to Mary, and should hate her If
eho could listen to It for a second."
Ho lay back In hla chair for a mo
ment with closed oyes, a thousand old
world dreams and half-forgotten ideals
and aspirations crowding back upon
bis memory and circling round the
Imago of his wlfo as he had lrrst seen
and loved her. Thore wore unaccus
tomed tears In his oyes as he opened
thqm to bco her standing before him In
bat and cloak.
"Come, Richard," she cried, "you
must take mo to the place at once.
There was some wine left, nnd I have it
In this basket. I havo told Alice to
make up a bod In the back room and
to havo some hot soup ready In an
hour. Now get your coat on and take
mo to tho house. Wo shall need a fly
to bring him hero; but wo can order
that on tho way."
Her bright; quick eagerness carried
blm along; In another mlnuto they
woro passing through the streets and
had hailed a crawling cab. Richard
regarded his wlfo with a kind of dazed
surprise All tho wan depression of
her face, which had weighed upon his
spirits for weoks, wns gone, nnd a
bright and almost Joyous energy
jsecmed to possess her that reminded
him of tho Mary of brighter days. Ho
seemed awakened from a nlghtmaro
as he looked after her, and sprnng
lightly down to holp her as the fly
drew up In tho wretched street beforo
tho empty houso. Already tho early
evening was closing in, and It looked
doubly desolate and forbidding In tho
twilight. "Why, surely there la no ono
living hero!" she exclaimed; "ho must
Indeed bo In a wretched plight, poor
fellow!"
Richard triod the door, but found it
locked. Ho had no recollection of his
departure from tho house in tho morn
ing, but on putting his hand in hla
pocket ho found tho key, which ho
must have slipped into it on leaving.
They entered tho baro outer room, and
bo could hardly hear his wife's ex
clamation of pi' nnd dismay, his own
heart was thumping so loudly with tor
ror and suspense. Should they find
him still alive? His liitml shook as he
laid It on tho handlo of the Inner door,
tho lock rattled, and for a moment ho
recoiled as from a living thing. Nerv
ing himself with an effort, ho pushed
onen tho door and went In. Tho room
Ac Iroolso,y no lmd ,eft ,l m tno
Caviling; tho patient lay in a profound
sleep, breathing heavily, and bathed In
gt profuso porsplrntlon. Richard bent
over him nnd folt his pulse, then shook
hlm sharply by tho shoulder nnd called
loudly on him to awako, but without
rousing him in the least. Slapping his
fnco with a wet handkerchief, raising
him off the ground, produced no better
offect. Taking tho little bottle of wlno
.from Mary's ready hand, Richard
forced a few drops Into his mouth,
A
SHORT
STORY
They were awnllowcd with a convulsive
gulp, but miulo no change In the pro
found unconsciousness In which tho
patient lay.
"It's no use," he snld at last. "He's
too far gone to awake. And yet his
inline id very good, and If I had him at
home there nro one or two other things
thnt I might try. So Just tell the driver
to come In nnd help mo carry him to
the fly."
He wrapped around him the rug ho
had sent tho evening before, which was
tho only thing nbout him not In rags,
and with tho driver's assistance carried
him nut and propped him up in the fly.
Before quitting tho place Richard
turned the bed over with his foot to
bo suro nothing of value was left be
hind. A heavy revolver, which preved
to bo loaded, rattled upon the floor,
and an ho stooped to pick It up a yellow
gleam caught lite eye among the rngn.
"What! more money!" ho exclaimed,
but on looking closer he found thnt It
was only the gilt caso of an old-fashioned,
faded daguerreotype portrait
Nothing else was to bo found, and slip
ping It Into his pocket with the- re
volver, he returned to the cab, locking
the door behind him as ho left.
A few minuted' driving brought the
party back to Itlchurd's house, and
with tho assistance of tho cabman, tho
still unconscious patient was carried
up to ono of tho empty rooms, whore a
bed had been prepared to receive him.
Mary was ready with hot soup and cof
fee, and felt n little disappointed when
Rlchnrd turned her from the door.
"No, no, Mary. It's no use trying to
give it to hlra that way. Make a little
very 3trong becf-tea; I will find a way
to administer that. Send mo up the
bottle of Coud.y's fluid, and a slaw anil
a Jug of water."
Left to hlniscU, he proceeded with a
fierce anxiety, very different from his
usual professional coolness, to take
such measures as his knowledge dic
tated to awaken his patient from his
stupor, and these not proving Imme
diately successful, to sustain life, If
possible, until the effect of tho drug
should pass off. It wus late when, nfter
having exhausted nearly every means
known to him, he left him still lying
unconscious, and went down-stalrd.
Mary had prepared a Jlttle supper for
him, nnd was anxiously awaiting his
appearance.
"A good, Htroug cup of tea for me,
Mary."
"Why, Richard, you know tea nt
night always keeps you awake. You
would not sleep n wink after It."
"That's what I want. I am going to
sit up with my patient tonight, nnd
before Allco goes to bed you had better
tell her to light u fire In his room."
"Oh, Richard, mayn't I sit up along
with you? I am sure I shall not close
my eyes the whole tlmo for thinking of
you. I novcr can sleep when you arc
away from me at nights."
"All tho moro renson for you to be
resting quietly In bed, then," said
Richard, who had his own reasons for
wishing to bo alone with his patient In
the event of his recovering conscious
ness. When tho household had retired,
Richard sat down In an oasy-chnlr bo
sldo the fire, having llrot mado n care
ful examination of his patient, who
moaned and muttered in his sleep ns
he turned him over to sound his heart.
Reassured of these signs of reviving
consciousness, ho oponed tho latest
works on "Poisons," on which ho had
recently expended a guinea which he
could very 111 spare, turned to tho
sectlou on "Morphia," and settled him
self in his chair to study it attentively.
About four hours later ho was awak
ened from a (Jeep sleep by a loud cry
uttered near him. The book had fallen
to the floor beside tho chnlr; tho flro
had gono out, but the lamp was burn
ing brightly. Tho sick raun wns sitting
up In bed, from which ho had thrown
off tho covering, and was wildly grop
ing among the bed-clothes In search of
somcthlug.
"Lost, lost!" he shrieked. "Holp!
thieves! Police!"
Richard was at his sido in n moment
and caught him by tho shoulder.
"Thank God, you nro better!" he ex
claimed. "But what aro you looking
for?"
"What, doctor, Is It you? Where am
I? What has been tho matter with mo?
I feel na If I had slept for a hundred
years!"
"You,nro In my house," said Rich
ard, "and everything you have is safe.
Now pull yourself togethor and lot mo
have a look at you. Pupils normal,
heart all right. Why, you are a mira
cle! Just swallow this cup of cof
fee; It's cold, but your throat must bo
llko a chimney. Down with It!"
"More, more; I could drink up Eell!"
ho cried, holding out the empty cup to
bo refilled.
"You must bo a magician, doctor, to
havo brought mo round so quickly.
I'm accustomed to theso attacks, as I
told you, nnd tho worst is always over
In thrco days. But there Is always
BlckncFs nnd prostration afterwards,
and this tlmo I positively feol bettor
than I havo dono for years. I havo had
such a sound sleep as I thought I
should never enjoy again. Hpw did
you. do It, doctor?" v
"Morphia!" said Richard grimly. "A.
heroic dose; I saw yon vera pretty bad
and It had to be either kill or curt.
Till within fire minutes ago I was
greatly afraid it was going to be kill.
You have slept about twenty hours."
"I can never thank you enough for
your courage, for It hae put new life
Into me. I must have bean aa sound aa
a church If you have removed me with
out iar knowing It. But are you quite
sure you left nothing behind, for I
missed something' Just now that must
not bo lost ou any axcount?"
"I know," said Richard, quietly, hut
keenly watching tho other's face na ho
spoke. "You had a belt around you
with several thousand pounds' worth
of money nnd Jewels in It. You had
also a loaded revolver, for the purpoBO,
I presume, of defending your wealth.
Don't te uneasy about them; I havo
them both safely under lock and key."
(To be Continued.)
LIMITS OF MARRIAGEABLE AOE
When Couple May 1U United Accord
lug to Lawi of Various Nation.
It mnkes considerable dlfferonco lu
the matrimonial advantages of a per
son whero ho may havo been born or Is
a citizen. This remark applies with
peculiar force to tho minimum ago
which -renders a union legal. It in a
mcasuro implies the consent of parents
or guardians In all tho Instances cited,
although onrc united the law sustains
tho marriage maugro dissent of tho
parents, etc. In Austria 14 years is
looked upon as miMlclent to entitle a
person of either sex to tako on tho
burdena of mntrlmony. Germany re
quires tho male to bo 18 and tho fe
male 16. In Frauce and Belgium tho
man must be 1C and the woman 15. In
Spain the Intended husband must havo
passed tho 14th year and the woman
her 1'Jth. Tho law In Hungary for Ro
man Catholics Is that tho man must bo
14 years old and tho womnn 12; for
Protestants the man must be 18 and
tho woman 16. In Greece tho man
mutt have Feen at least -14 Bummers
and the woman J 2. In Russia and Sax
ony they are more Be'nslble, and a
youth muBt refrain from matrimony till
ho can count 18 years and a women un
til Bho can count 1C. In Switzerland
me from tho age of 14 and women
from tho ago of 12 aro allowed to mar
ry. Tho Turkish law provides that
any youth and maid who can walk
properly nnd can understand tho neces
sary religious service are allowed to bo
united for life. Anuconda Standard,
POINTS ON FOOD.
Coffee is to bo cheaper. Thla Is to
be one of tho results of tho war. Near
ly hnlf of tho world's coffee crop comes
to the United States. Wo consumo
almost twelve pounds per annum for
every ono of our population, nnd spend
on an average nearly $90,000,000 a year
for coffee. Two-thirds of tho world's
supply of coffee comes from Brazil,
which places an export duty of 11 per
cent upon tho fragrant berry. The Un
cst coffee In tho world Is grown In
Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines,
and under tho stimulation of Amer
ican entcrprlso theso countries will,
within a few years, bo ablo to supply
tho world with coffee. What thla
means to tho coffee consumer he can
clearly understand.
After all that has been said about
the large.quantlty of vnluablo food that
is going to wasto In the shape of edlbto
mushrooms, recent Investigations
mado by Prof. L. B. Mendel of Ynlo
show that the nutritive valuo of tho
mushroom Is not so very high after all.
Science describes Prof. Mendel's ex
periment as follows: "Chemical anal
ybes were combined with experiments
in artificial digestion and special at
tention was given to tho amount of
avnllablo (digestible) proteid present.
The latter was found to bo not over
2 or 15 per cent In fresh mushrooms,
which shows that tho prevailing Idea
of the great nutritive value of mush
rooms la not yet Justified. Thoy may
bo valuable as dlotctic accessories, but
they do not deserve tho term 'vege
table beefsteak.' Their nitrogen is
largely In the form of nonproteld
bodies. The amount of fat, cholcstcr
In, soluble carbohydrates, crudo flbpr
nnd inorganic substances contained in
them, corresponds in general with that
fouinl In other vogetablo foods, such
as peas, corns and potatoes."
Rico bread Is tho staple food of the
Chinese, Japanese nnd a large portion
of the Inhabitants of India. In Persia
tho bread is made from rice flour and
milk; It is called "lawash." The Per
sian oven is built In tho ground about
the size of a barrel. Tho sides aro
smooth mason work. The flro' Is1 built
at the bottom nnd kept burning until
tho wall or sides of the oven aro thor
oughly hented. Enough dough to form
n sheet about one foot wldo arid about
two feet long la thrown on tho bench
nnd rolled until about as thin as solo
leather; then it Is taken up and tossod
and rolled from one arm to tho other
and flung on a board nnd slapped on
tho aldo of tho oven. It takes only a
few moments to bake, and when baked
it is spread out to cool. This bread
Is cheap (1 cent a sheet); It Is sweet
and nourishing.
larcrit Itoora In tlio World.
Tho largest room in tho world under
one roof nnd unbroken by pillars la at
St. Petersburg. It Is C20 feet long by
ISO in breadth. By daylight It Is used
for military displays, and a wholo bat
talion can completely maneuver In it.
By night 20,000 wax tapers glvo it a
beautiful appearance. The roof Is a
single urch of iron.
It it Is truo that tho smartest man
makes tho most munny, then tho men
hoo allow themselves to bo skint aro
fools. Does It tako a very smart man
to .3k In a lot of fools?
TERRIBLY STRANGE.
TARANTULA'S VICTIMS DANCE
FOH THEIR LIVES.
Molt lUmarknlil 1'Iimv i( l.lfw In
Houtliurn Italy Tho MlnRlinlmia Dnvll
Itancar Who Krmaia Klt Spirit In
Thtlr Ml ml.
HE historic ami
once highly civiliz
ed little town of
Rrlndlsl, lu south
ern Italy, la a wild
place, lu which tho
Ileitis and commons
abound with 'scor
pions, vlpera nnd
tamntuhui, which
ure dally killed by
Hcorca, but still
multiply their raco to the terror of tho
Inhabitants. Whatever skeptics may
lay, the tarantula's bite does cause that
terrible exhibition, or series of Jumps
and distortions, which glvo rise to
tho lovely and graceful dance.
A rocont traveler writes from Ilrln
dlsl: "I havo seen u tarantula and can
bear wltnnss to It. It was when visit
ing the Pugllo province a few years ago
that I came across a tarantula dancer.
Her eyes were staring wildly, as If alio
saw tho tarantula still hoforc her. Ev
ery second she, would stretch forward
her hands, then hurriedly clasp them
together, as If to crUHh tho horrible
beast. Tho only menus of healing from
tho bite, or sting, 1b dnnclng, nnd for
thla musicians nro engaged by the vic
tim's family."
There 1b nlso a sacred well about
hlrty-slx miles from Brludlsi, dedlcnt-
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A VICTIM.
cd to St. Paul, tho protector of taran
tula victims, nnd every year theso poor
creatures make a pilgrimage thither on
SL Paul's day, which occurs at tho end
of June. Tho water of this well Is sup
posod to euro tho tarantula's atlng.
During tho Journey tho victims aro a
prey to violent convulsions. Those who
cannot undertako tho Journey perform
tho ceremony at homo In a room hung
with colored handkerchiefs or bits or
colored rags, and they danco, Jump
and scream as long us their strength
lasts.
Another traveler, who visited the
sacred well, says:
"Sometimes It takes Beveral days to
euro them.' The girl I saw waa a hand
sumo poasant girl. Her hulr, which
was magnificent, fell over her llko a
cloak. She was sitting on a chair In
front of the houso, and was surrouuded
by a crowd of relatives nnd neighbors.
I asked what was tho matter, and wus
told 'It Is a tarantula.' The girl's head
was moving from cldo to aide, as If lis
tening to something. In fact, an organ
wns heard approaching. Little by lit
tle, as the organ drow nearer, tho girl
rose from her Heat and began to dance
wildly. Then, when her strength was
spent, sho gavo one long, loud cry and
fell as if dead In her mother's 'urms.
"Tho following day sho danced, again,
and for over twelvo hours, without
ceasing, excepting for short Intervals.
Tho musicians engaged to keep the girl
company wero paid 10 francs caoh for
tho day, and the family consisted only
of poor peasants. 'But how can you
afford this?" I asked tho rather of tho
girl. 'Well,' he answered, 'It must be
dono, othorwlso our girl would dlo of
tho tarantula's poison. Aud you would
not havo us see our girl dlo beforo our
eyes for tho snko of a few francs? Wo
must starvo afterward, hut our girl
must havo music to help her iu her
dance. I always think of this poor girl
at tho approach of St. Paul's day." ,
Tho real Slnghaloso devil dancors In
Ceylon aro ferocious and savage fel
lows. Tholr dances aro revolting and
horrible. But their profession Is popu
lar nnd affords a royal living for tho
men who go Into It. Thoro Is a super
stition among tho Slnghaloso that when
a man falls sick ho is supposed to bo
afflicted by a devil. In order to rid him
of tho dlscaso tho devil dancers aro
called In to propltlato tho demon. Two
or more of them go by night to tho
sick man's houso, in front of which a
email, square Inclosure, about six feot
high, has boen mado of grasses and
palm leaves. This answers the purpose
the greenroom at a theater, 'fa
men appear at first without masks, and
with long yellow 'truss streamers hang
ing from tiiulr heads nnd wulsta. 'luo
only light cam on the scene Is by
torche made of (sticks, round which
pteceu of cloth are wrapped, Uppcd In
oil. To tho music of a tnni-ti, kept
up on one note, the dancers sing a pe
culiar, wild funeral dirge, lu whlcJ the
spectators often Join.
The dancers begin by slowly mov
ing nbout, stretching tho right foot and
bringing the left up to It, and appear
as If they wero searching for some
thing, during which the pinging sounds
like crying. They are then asking tho
dnvll to appear. There nro twenty-four
different sorts of devils, nnd, after tho
firm part, tho dancers ure constantly
changing their clothes to represent tho
uuttre species; ruiiu wenr masks, sooia
dou Jaws and terrible teeth reaching
to tho ears. The Jaws open and elaao
In a very realistic manner.
A dance lasts over two nlRlits. aa the
whole twenty-four dovlls have all to be
personated beforo tho particular demon
who 1ft uflllctlug the Mick man Is pitch
ed on. When he gives signs of his
presence the dauceis go Into a sort of
frenzy, which Increases aa ho takes
possession of them; the tnm-tum beats
faster anil faster, the chanting grows
Into yells, the men whirl and stamp
and tho bells ou thair ankles Jlnglo
and clash.
At thla stage the dancers appear to
be looking for some object to give the
devil In mirrlflre, unit Into which he
may pass. A chicken Is usually offered
by tho friend of the sick man, and this
unfortunato bird Is seized upon, twist
ed and tormented and bitten between
the false tenth, until the duncors, worn
out, move slower aud alower, and the
chicken slnka into u sort of trance,
which Is a slgu that the devil has ac
cepted the sacrifice, and Is willing to
pass from tho man into the bird.
Naj Man Came from Ape.
At the meeting or tho Cambridge
congress or zoology in London last
week Prof. Haeckot, In n pnpor on tho
present knowledge of tho descent of
man, declared that science has now
established with nbsoluto certainty
thut man descended through various
stages of evolution from the lowest
form of animal life during n period es
timated at 1.000,000,000 years. After
going deep Into the scientific features
of his Investigations, Prof. Haeckot
says that man Is a primate, and that
all prlmutcs, monkeys, apes and man,
descended from one common stem.
When a man onco thoroughly under
stands tho Ins and outs of u wheat cor
ner ho Invariably stays out.
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SINQHALE3E
ASCENDED GRAND TETON.
Ilitr-Halilng t'vat Accomplished at
IHmjt notation.
Vwo remarkable feats lu mountain
climbing havo Just been accomplished.
In one enso Mrs. Cobum, wlfo of th
pastor of Trinity Episcopal church,
Denver, Col., was tho first woman to
step foot on the top of Mount Evoni,
Colorado. In tho other, tho nBcent of
tho Grand Teton, on tho border lino be
tween Idaho and Wyoming, often at
tempted unsuccessfully anil by many
thought to be Impossible, was accom
plished by a party made up of tho Iter.
Frank S. Spalding, formerly of Denver
and now of Erie, Pa., u son of Bishop
John. F. Spalding of the diocese of Col
orado; W, O. Owen of Cheyenne, Wyo.:
Frank S. Pctorson of Jackson, Wyo.,
ami John Shlvo of Elk, Wyo. The ac
cent was exceedingly difficult and dan
gerous. It was by crawling upon their
abdomens In ono place over a ledgi to
Insecure rock overlooking a precipice
with a drop or 3,000 feet, that the sum
mit of tho Great Teton waa reached.
Tho path In sonic places was so narrow
that progress was mado only by seek
lug out with tho lingers crevices In
which to secure a hold to drag tho body
along. The ascent rivals thn moat dlt
flcult feats of Alpine climbing.
Tho Grand Teton la the subject of
hundreds of legends among tho In
dians, and Is still a mysterious tomplo
of the Great Spirit to them. It had
always been regarded as folly to at
tempt to reach tho summit.
Waitilnr Htrftet for Diamond.
Perhaps the moat Interesting fact In
connection with' Klmbcrley, tho dia
mond city, 1h tho "street washing."
which has been a recognized IndUBtry
for some time past. With tho excep
tion of two or three, or tho principal
thoroughfares, all tho streets havo
been subjected to tho washing process,
nnd Bomo of tho debris wnshcra bave
done very well. The "wuBhlng" con
sists of overhauling tho earth for dia
monds. At nearly every meeting of
tho borough council applications for
permission to wash streets, or portions
of Btreots, are received. The would-be
washer has to obtain the consent of
persona resident In the street or road,
to put the latter luto sound rcpnlr
again, and pay tltho to the municipal
ity In tho shape of ten per cent on the
gross finds. Last yenr 900 was paid
to the municipality in lUlu way, a good
proportion or which represented com
mission ou street finds. In the early
days of the diamond fields tho ground
was washed In a very primitive style,
ninny diamonds being thrown away in
tho debris, ns It Is called. This debris
was subsequently UBod for street-making
purposes, and now, years after,
with better muchluery at their dis
posal, people find It pays to "wash tho
streets." Many houses built ou "mai
den" debris nro removed In ordor to
wush the latter, and stones of compar
atively large size are frequently found
by the energetic debris washer, who
literally works from morn till night,
from sunrise till sunset. Pcarson'a
Weekly.
Tim Duel In We.t Vlrirlula.
In West Virginia, a duol meuna
something. Two citizens of Slsterville.
that state, had a grievance to settle,
and the other day they mot faco to face
on the street. Both drew guns and
blazed away, and each received two
shots from tho other's weapon. Nclth-
l er will live. Nor wns that all the dam-
ago done. A crowd gathered to wit
ness tho affair, nnd five other persons
received wounds, from tho results of
which two will die. With four fatally
wounded ntid three moro slightly dam
aged, wo presume West Virginia honor
Is vindicated. In Franco the affairs
would havo been managed differently.
Tho principals would have appointed
seconds, who would havo selected a
quiet, unfrequented spot, to which the
duellists would have replircd. An
agreed number of paces would htfve
been counted ofT, thoro would have
been two quick reports, nnd tho entire
party would have pledged eternal
friendship over n bird and a bottle, the
only dead thing being tho bird. If the
object is to kill, tho West Virginia
method seems to be the most effective.
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wounded honor in tho most pleasant
way, then tho bird and bottlo niothod
or tho delicious French is to bo pre
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