Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-10-17


his throat making several wry faces a
they took their passage downward TIL,
fellow had evidently never seen anything
of the kind before, for he was astonished
Now, sir" said Joe, making one OF
two more grimaces, as though he felt thu
knives somewhere in the region of the
diaphragm, you will wait here until &c
and bring my pistols, and you shall have
satisfaction Will you waltz"
can procure pistols" said the officer
forgetting his astonishment, and coming
back to his anger.
l shall fight you with my own. L
you are gentleman, you will wait.
Joe turned to US, and babe US wait fol
him.
Here, here, genteelmenp' cried the
keeper, where be mine knives ?"
III pay you for them when [ come
back said Joe, and then he beckoned
for me to come out. did so, and he took
the knives-one from his bosom and the
other from his sleeye-and told me to
keep them until he returned.
1t seems that Joe found boat ready
to take him to the ship at once; for he
was not gone over three-quarters of an
hour, and when he came back he had two
lsuperbly mounted pistols with him. He
loaded them with powder in the presence
of the Spaniard, and then handing him a
ball, he asked him if he would mark it so
that he would know it again. The fell
low hesitated at first, but at length he
took it with mad gesture and bit it be-
tween his teeth
| shall know that" he said, "unless
it is battered against your bones"
5" Now select your pistol" said Joe. i.
The man took them and examined them.
but he was satisfied they were both alike.
and both good, and he told Joe he had
no choice. So our steward put the balls
in and rammed them carefully down,
The Whole party now ADJOURNED to a
wide court, back Of the cafe, where twelve
PAGES were marked off, and then the COM
batants took their stations. | trembled
for poor Joe, for l saw not yet how he
could make fun of this.
Count" cried the Spaniard, impa-
tiently.
One-two-threeW
The captain fired first, and with a most
deliberate aim. Joe fired in the air
Then the latter walked deliberately up
to his antagonist, and taking ball from
between his teeth, he handed it to him.
You can use it next time" said Joe.
The officer looked first at Joe's teeth
and then at the ball. 1t is surely the one
he had seen put in the pistol, and now he
had seen his foeman take it from his
mouth. He was Enthusiastically astonished.
Come, let's load again." cried Joe.
San Pablop exclaimed Bizar, "you
use some-so me-w what you call him
some trick, eh ? By San Jago | shall
load the pistol myself"
Do So" said Joe calmly, and as he
spoke he handed over his powder flask.
The Spaniard poured out an extra load
of powder, and having poured it in the
pistol, he called for the rammer. He
then put the same ball in that he used be-
fore. Meanwhile, Joe had been loading
his own pistol.
One moment" uttered Joe, reaching
out his hand, the caps are in the butt Of
your pistol. Let me get them"
The fellow passed over his pistol, but
kept his eyes upon it. Joe opened a lit
tie silver spring at the end of the butt
and true there were some percussion caps
there. He took out two, and having cap
ped his own pistol, he gave it toss in
the air, catching it very adroitly as ii
came down, and then handed back the
other to the Spaniard. | had watched
Joe most carefully, but saw nothing out
of the way-and yet he had changed pis-
tolls with his foe!
Now" said he, =" I'll put ball in my
pistol, and then we'll be ready"
He slipped something in which looked
like cartridge, but no one else saw it.
Now" cried the Spaniard, let's see
you hold this in your mouth"
/ Again they took their stations, and
again they were ready.
One-two-three !"
I. And the Spaniard fred first by aim, Joe
firing in the air as before. Again Joe
stepped forward and took the self same
ball from his mouth, and handed it to his
antagonist. The fellow was completely
dumb-foundcd. and so were the rest.
You no fire at mer' gasped the cap
tain.
I'll fire at you the next time,p SAID
Joe, in tone of thunder. "Thus far
have only shown you that powder and
ball can have no effect On me. Twice
have you fred at me with as true pisto
as ever was made, and both times have
caught your ball between my teeth, while
! | have fred in the air. | meant that YOU
should live long enough to know that fol
once in your life you had seen, if not tht
old devil himself, pointing meaningly
downward,) at least one who is in BIZ
employ The old gentleman will lik,
j the company Of Spanish captain Of in
fantry, and Ell send you along. Come
! load again"
I But the astonished Spaniard did no
I seem inclined to do so. A man WHIT
'swallowed carving knives as he woult
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