Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-05-04
From tho Home Journal.
Tales of the South.
BY A SOUTHERN MAN.
THE AVENG Err.
Continued from last Weck.

The distance was measured, the princi-
pals placed in their respective positions,
and the seconds already advancing, with
the pistols, to deliver them to the parties
who were to use them. At this moment
A. NJ, throwing Off his cap, and re-
moving his false whiskers, addressed Orme
in q loud voice, as follows
II am A. NJ, of Alabama, son Of
that Nj, of Georgia, whom you and
confederate of yours murdered in my
presence, more than thirty years ago. in
the Mississippi territory. Look at me,
and see you do not behold the form and
features OF my murdered father You took
his silver sleevc-buttons. kept them for
more than thirty years, gambled them off
the other day in Mobile, they came into
my possession, and thus l have been led
to seek and to find you. Heaven has this
day delivered you into my hands. am
tie Arcagtr Of my .fathcrS blood, which still
crc; to me from he ground. You must die.
Seconds, bring on the pistols"
The words, spoken with calm and de-
lberate emphasis, fell like thunderbolts
on the ear of Orme, who continued, dur
ing their delivery, to gaze upon the SPEAK.
er with the half-wondering, halt.startled
look Of one who believes he secs an appas
rition rising before him from the dead
lie saw, indeed, the form and the features
OF his murdered victim; the image of the
tragedy in the wilderness again rose to
his yew-the groan of the dying father,
the imploring look of the helpless son,
the blood upon his hands, the guilt upon
his soul flashed over him, in a moment,
like the nightmare of some terrible dream.
lie felt that the finger of retribution was
upon him, and that he was marked for the
grave. Ills color faded, his limbs tremb-
led, and he bowed his head under the
storm of emotion that swept over his soul.
Although the address, which had so
affected Orme, was not allowable by the
technical rules Of the code of honor, yet
neither Of the seconds attempted any ino I
terruption of A. M-luring its de- .
livery. Both stood still until he conclud-
ed, and then, advancing, delivered the
pistols to their respective principals. /
The panorama, at this moment unrolled
before the eyes of the spectators of the
scene, was strikingly beautiful and i'm
9ressive. In one direction, the blue wat
ers of the Gulf rolled, with gentle undu-
latlon, far out TO the horizon, which bent
down, like a cerulean wall to mark the
limit Of their flow. The sun. Just rising,
touched their surface with level beams,
making it gitt.r like huge mirror Of
silver upturned to the sky. Neither mist
nor cloud was visible in the trans sucent
air, which, by its purity and freshness,
a tn nd ala 1ptt 10
the frame of those who inhaled it. The
CITY OF Galveston crowning the summit
and sides Of the sandy ridge upon which
II Is built, was echoing with the hum Of
feylWng business and the babel of multi
'Gdinous sounds and voices. The heavens
ABOVE and the earth below rejoiced in the
baptism of the morning lght-an altar
lhe one and a temple the other, inviting
man to the worship of his great Creator.
In the midst of this scene of beauty and
grandeur, two men, brothers by the ties
VI a common humanity, stood, with mur- |
uerous hate in their hearts and deadly
weapons in their hands, prepared to take l
eich others life and 90 TO their account !
with the guilt of murder, in fact or intent,
upon their souls. The unthinking mul- c
-" "PPIauus spectacle ike tlllS as
sublime exhibition of heroism and cour- 9
ge Reason condemns it as terrible i'm |
Peaehment OF our rational natures, and v
heaven righteously thunders its awfullest c
Anathamas upon the bloody ritual from 7
which it springs. i
lhe pistols being delivered, the signal
count began. The moment it became I
,a"iul, by the terms of the combat, to fire, 9
We pistol Of A. Al exploded. 0rme s
ipranrg up on hi, toes, turned half round q
- The right, and fell prone upon the 9.
vseaGh y his pistol exploding as he fell, and a
tne s oail entering the ground only few s
food. c
lie lay upon the ground apparently
Eule dead, but, in fact, only stunned into
Psehsloility by the mortal range of his
veIsary's ball. In short time he re- d
Lned' opened his eyes, and spoke TO his 81
rrgeons IN relation to his wound, inquir- "
Sk u 10 was mortal. Receiving an aflirni- il