Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-05-19
NUMBER POI
Ornuil,e Jlai,q Rnttt Rcror0.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 10Th, 1857.
Furnishing ~ Desperate.
A scyNE ON THE Rro GRANpE.

DO you mean this as a threat =
cried one Of the brothers.
You may receive 1t as such, if yon
feel so disposed rcplind Dugan, with
out betrayIng any emotion. Il intended
to convey the idea that when | am IN
suited, or my rights are outraged, | am
ready to demanl, or exact, that saiis-
faction claimed by gentleman through
ont the world
You will fight cried the elder bro
ther, in as,ouiShmcnt
All three if necessary was the
cool scsponSe.
wait until We break this internal
cheat Of a bank, and you shall BE- ac.
commodated to your heart content.'
said the eldest Allen, with tiicndsh
trown.
Again the young girl with quivering
fingers, threw down the four leading
cards, again the three wicked brothers
risked their money, and this time on
the king Of clubs, but the luck still ran
against them, and they lost, while the
stranger won his bet OF fifteen hundred
on the Queen Of diamonds.
The rogucs have played Us false,
and we will rake the table = vocilerat-
ed the Aliens, sprlnging to their feet,
and drawing their Bowlc-kuivcs to cX.
ecutc their menace.
Bat 4 ,ickrr than their mo;ion-
quick as the lightnlng's leap, was the
action of Du-an. for, bonding four
yard, backwards, he covered the heads
of thc two boldc>t dcspcradocs with u
Dcringer in each hand, "hcn had been
ready cooked in bis pocket, and shout
I'd:
Williams, stir muscle, if yc dare,
and the devil Shall have his own
At the moment the byStanders inter-
posed, and an arrangement was ,tinct-
ed for an immediate interview ot honor
between Dugan and the elder brother.
The parties, attended by sWa m Of
excited spectators, procec1cd forthwith
to the bank of the Rio Grandc, oppo-
site the lite where the city IF Browns
vile now stynd~, and were placed IN
position by thor respective seconds.
1t was the hour Of midnight. and the
great meridian mo II, like magic
lamp otthe purcst chrysoli,c, brimming
cvcr with the celestial g ory, gave q
luster nearly as vivid as that Of day,
and inetiably more chastc, more ems
chanting, more divine, such as the
sweetest smilt Of an angel, the most
holy light OF heayen.
H,lla minute, or less, before the
death signal, Dugan exclaimed, IN u
calm, clear voice.
assassin and swindler. | will not
Kill you, for you are not fit to die but
| will cripple your elbow for life, 50
that your red right hand shall never
more WELD the instrument which
should only be touched by the fingers
Oh grntlem
The word was given, and with the
last echoes the weapon Of th3 brave
vi ginian roaled on the night air, and
his bullet shattered the others arm at
the precise point Indicated. while the
murderous dncllst had not time TO pull
his trigger, and the rema ming Aliens
shrunk from a similar earnestly prof
ftred ordeal.
Since then, the victor has been re-
sident of the Rio Grande, and has en-
gdced in IA dozen other encounters, but
always with the same wonderful hero.
ism and torbearance Strange, valiant.
mighty-minded nan During life Of
almost sixty summers, he has fought
hundi cd fearful conflicts on the Wild
frontier, and every one, had ne 50 cho-
sen, might have been fatal to ms an
aagonists, bat yet no weeping widow,
no pale mother, no moaning orphan,
from all the perlshed past, comes To
haunt his dreams, and lay the aceusa-
ton OF bereavement at his door