Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-03-02

Who htfi magnanlmously Voluntee
ed l.
& @Yod take eternal long steps,
Il The remark did not add to Il
4 satisfaction Of the ottl Ter party. A
length, the principals were place,
and the seconds, han ding dhem th
weaponsy took their own stand. S
far, all bad gone right, and the joker
appeared more confident of their pc
sition.
/ "Gentlemen are you both ready?
:. demandd ID he to whom it had falle
to give tbe word.
! The Kentuckian h;Id been stand
ing listlek ksly with the weapon in hi
hand, eyfing his opponent. At thi
signal, however, he started up, ane
contrary to their expectation, ex
Claimed:
"No! by the eternal; IN not ready
yet! Wd always try 9ur charge il
'.old Kentuek whenI we want tc
make good shot
So, inse erting the ia mrod in the
muzzle of the pistol, while the others
were spelI-bound with 4stonishment,
he remark led, jas if it had been mere
oversight
"There! you were in such cursed
hurry that you forgot the ball.
Taking one from his waisteoat, he
quietly supplied the deficiency, ahd,
resumlng bis position, said:
snow I'm ready. You can go
ahead, steamboat
Tho face Of affairs was al together
changed, however, by this .uhexpe@-
edmoyeme Mt; and there was no ques-
tipn bat that the jokers were in di-
lemma. | must confess that | en-
joyed their confusion; bat ha wing no
wish to see an actual fight come of,
| stepped forward, aud asked of the
Sc fonds suspension Of proc eeed'ngs
until some attempt conld be made at
a reconciliati The midshipman.
" no had volunteered to act for ssold
Kentuck" G chught readily at my prop
ositien, but the manly voice Of his
was heard in sharp decisive
zones. calling out
''Stand fast! gentlemen; Mr.. T.
= addr essing his second, Il have
10 further U Sc for your services. =
Your participation in the trick at
empted upd n me destroys that nee
,ssary confidence which should exist
between princ ncipal and second in these
ll1airs. Mr. B :, will you be SO
Kind as to act for dne?''
! should hot un der the cireum-
tances have thou light of refusing, |
but a quick and meaning
glance from his eye h;lstened my ac- /
luiescente. 4
~And pow, sir, this qgoiy must 60
n. The Sc gentlemen are. perhaps |
atisfed with the result of their joke,
nut | ana in earnest"
"D----n it, we only meant to
ave a 'lark, Kentuck. You are a
rave fellow, So let us drop the mat
er, and go up to town and have
rolie. This was said with rather
Il awkward attempt at nonchalance
y the other second. +
81 will admit you to be brave fell
,ws when You prove it, gentlemen.
We neversettle matters in Kentucky,
in hand, without one fire.
am ready toIgive you satisfaction: ,
you are covardly enough to waive
!, after calling me out, shall de- ,
land my turn for the. insult wered
e.
There was no escape. Either dis /
race, accompanied by what was i
Iually hard to bear, overwhelming S
dicuIe, or fight, was the alterna- /
We. The other party therefore Q
'epared, with considerable vexation, ;
thought, to carry ont in earnest d
nat they had So imprudently COM r
enced in jest. A few minutes we're d
lowed for leading again, and the a
rites wefe placed. Something told n
e that aold Kentuckp would use ii
nerously the advantage he had II
ined, but l did not ike to see the
Bile fellow exposed to "a chance shot
] say chance, for the nerves ofhis il
penent were, TO my eye, anything b
t steady. s. To-
It fell to me to give the word Ia
aGen.lemen are you both yeady?'' 0
aReadyii" aHeady!v was the re- (
onse. Ii!
"Then fire. rl