The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-11-08
You'll hear from me. sir

anu IL luc uIiittI Sdiu luis HeHdClIiBly,
he turned and walked away with quite a
military air.
There is trouble for you now, Blake.
Hell challenge you !" said two or
three friends who instantly gathered
round him.
DO you think so!
Certainly. He's an officer. Fight
ing's his trade.
We'll, let him..
What will You do ?
Accept the challenge, Of course
And fight him 2
Certainly
Hell shoot you
I'm not afraid
Blake returned with friend 10 his
lodgings, where he found billie, already
from Redmond, who was all eagerness TO
wing his rival.
On the next morning, two friends of
the belIigerents were closeled for the pur-
pose ofarrangng the prelimnaries Of the
fight.
'The weapons . asked the friend of
the military man. Your principal, by
the laws Of honor, has the choice as al
so the right to name the time, place, &c.
Yes, understand. All that is SET
led
Hell fight, then 2
Fight! O, certainly. Blake is no
coward
well then name the weapons
"A ga!r of goose quilts.
Sir = in profound establishment.
'The weapons are TO be a pair of good
Russian quilts, Opaque, manufactured in
to pens OF approved quality. The place
of meeting the Gazette the time
tomorrow morning bright and early
DO YOU mean to insult me 2 This
was said with sternness.
by no means
You cannot be serious
Never was more SO in my life. BY
the code of honor, the challenged party
has the right to choose weapons, place Of
meeting, and time. Is tina. no. so 2
Certainly
Very well. Your principal has chal-
lenged mine. All these rights are of
his; and he is justified in choos-
ing those weapons with which he is mos,
familiar. The weapon he can use best is
his pen, and he chooses that. If Lieule-
nant Redmond had been the challenged
party, he would, of course, have named
pistols, with which he is familiar, and
Mr.. Blake would have been called cow
ard, paltroon, or something bad, if, after
sending challenge, he had objected to
the weapons.-Are your principal and
in any di0cren! position if he de-
clines this meeting upon like grounds -! !
think not. Pens are as good as pistols,
at any time, and will DO as good execu-
ton
Fighting with pens Preposierous !
Not quite as preposlerous as you
might think. Mr.. Blake has more than
insinuated tha! Redmond's 10 gentleman.
For this he is challenged to single com
combat, that is, to prove him either to be
a gentleman or not one. Surely the most
sensible weapon to do this is the pen.
Pistols wont demonstrate this matter.
Only the pen can do it. So the pen is
chosen. In the - Gazette of to-
morrow morning my friend stands ready
to prove your friend to be no gentleman.
Let him stand on the defensive and prove
he is a gentleman and has the right 10 in.
suit publicly and without provocaton
whomsoever he pleases. Depend upon
it, you will find this quite as serious an
affair as if pistols were used
Il did not come here to be triled
with
NO triAing in the matter at all. I'm in
sober earnest. Pens are the weapons.
The - Gazette the battle ground.
Time as early as you please tomorrow
morning. Are you ready 2
No
DO you understand the consequences ?
What consequences 2
Your principal will be posted as a
coward before night"
Are you mad (!
no. Cool and in earnest. We fully
understand what we are about
The officers second was nonpussed.
lie did no, know what to say or think,
lie was unprcpared for such state Of
affairs.
I'll see you in the course Of an hour,
he at length said, rising.
Very well. You'll find me here
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