Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-08-25
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THE JUGGLER'S DUEL
A NAVAL SKETCH.

While the old fr.rate BrauivW nc ay at
Gibraltar, the American Consul, Mr. s rigue,
came Oh board with man WHO " SleI % 10 n
the ship, and, after some consultation said man
waSreceived bv the cariain nsA sort Of steward.
be having agreed to work .or IS ra.s,se 1ud
board, and some slight con>.u".i 6 -ssGe--
His name was Joe Lattit, and he Was Il re- ula.
specimen of the stroling Yankee bat ht,
dressed well and was remarkably good looking
though there was in his face a peculiar look
which Indicated that he preferred fua to sound
sense, allowing, however, that the fuu had some
sense in it. The moment placed my eyes
upon the man | knew | had seen him before,
and when had all opportunity to speak VITA
him, 1 found that he had been a performer of
legerdemain and Ventriloquism in III" United
States, and there had seen h.n. He had
travelled through England, France, and ;ja, /
Of Spain with his implements of dec epton, and
bad just brought up at Gibraltar when our ship
came in. He brought his whole kit on board
III large chest, which he got permission to
stow in the bed room, where it would be kept
perfectly dry. He had quite "pile" of
money, which he placed in the purSer's hands
for safe keeping, but he would tell none of us
how much But he was very liberal and open
hearted and it was not long before the crew
blessed tie hour that brought him on board
for he was the very soul of wit aad humor
At length our ship went to Port Mahon, and
here our Yankee tars were at home. One
peasant morning party of us went on Shore
and Joe Lattit was among eur number. Joe
Was dressed III perfect shore going. rig, and
appeared gentleman cf consequence. Near
t4r middle OF til FORENOON . teW of Us entered
acaie ordruku- Sato0u, auC gAc 0 iy occupant,
.e@deS tae keeper Was d Sy4Ash OF! ~, ry.-
1n.i! ar .1iantrE e. tan, 40. A.a .I s-
we ca'l'd ."r "nc, aA;. uau : - %. q
"hie next 10 the onc 1t w'ltn III, o:iE
seating himself So that MS lack came agal~j
"e back OF the Spanard hut hg I'D not
notice when he sat down, how close he would
Our laugh and jest ran high, and just as Joe
SAID something more than usually funny, he
.AFeW himself back, aud thereby hit the Span
@'o with such force as to cause him to spill a
g'd& OF wine upon his bosom. The fellow
"aEed TO his feet, but before Joe could beg
iaoion Tor the unintentional mishap, he
''anenced torrent of oaths and invective
igr''y III Spanish and partly in broken English.
tlN language was so abusive that Joe's
upper was up in a moment, and instead of
+Amg pardon as he had intended, he surveyed
~e nVlng man from head to foot, and then
said -
~. no on, sir. Your language is beautiful
Ui beautiful for gentleman"
= Al You call me no gentleman eh ?" said
~G .Il gI1ceF, 1t towering passion. "
r,n were going to call you, | should call
I,. o,r Jackass," calmly and contemptuously
,or ana, AHA" half growled the Spaniard,
.~'V,'uS aS black eyes wildly and furiously.-
5s. 5NoT' by Santa Marie, you shall answer for
so,. sI am gentleman But you-you-one
3s11 IIe Gu cursed 3 puppy Ah-a-a-ah ! Now you
h. Ios s would have laughed the matter off, but
fgb, ',uuu That the captain was determined to
hnn anu 10 at length he resolved to accommodate
sda Inc Keeper Of the cafe called me one
Can1,.aha and Informed me that the officer was
nros r,au Antonio Bizar, one Of the most
s~'r'S ,'iouS duelists in the place-that he was
faarfelSome when under the influence o.