Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-10-22


Says hc, "Do you sec that dent, Mr.
Jones 2" and he put his finger to his right
or left temple, ] forget which, but luckily
that's point of small consequence.
Says /, al do"
Says he, F." Do you know how I got that
dent ?"
Says |, "I Don't"
Says he, "Will you promise mo never
to reveal it if tell you? Confidence, Mr..
Jones; confidence, you know"
81 am all ears and all right, Captain
John Duncan" says |. And then he Just
told me how he got that dent in his head.
Says he:
"Whcn was in Mnrseilles, France, in
charge of one of the finest clippers ever
bultiu Scotland, l spent the ma jor part of
my time and money ashore. AS | had
considerable time, and plenty of money to
help it along, | was never at loss for
friend. Why, bless your good heart /
was sometimes annoyed, for they were as
thick as llighlanders at prayer-mecting
couldn't go a block without one of my
friends inviting me to take wine. They
were libcral-hcartcd fellows, fonder Of ta-
king drink than paying for it. The af-
fection they displayed for me would have
drawn tears from my eyes, had it not
drawn so much gold from my pocket
One of the most generous hearted fellows
of the whole lot, borrowed thousand
francs from me. and then, because | asked
him for five dollars one day, grew highly
indignant and cut my acquaintance. dc
mandcd an explanation, and he demanded
satisfaction and pistols ] deman-
ded my thousand francs and, in return,
had the pleasure of receiving gentleman,
who assured me, in the plcasantcst way
possible that nothing but my death could
heal the wound which his friends honor
had sustained. This cxasperatcd me, and
| told the gentleman that were his friend,
now my enemy. present [ should have the
pleasure of kicking his honor. He re-
piled that nc was sorry that / should feel
at all annoyed, for he desired the little af-
fair to be mutually Agreeable; TINT, per-
sonally, he esteemed me, particularly since
he had now the pleasure of making my uc-
quaintancc. This so hattcrcd me that i'm
mediately called for bottle of champagne,
of which he drank the major part; which,
considering that he held that rank in the
army, was very proper The duel was i'm
mediately arranged.
GO In the prelinnares it was agreed that
a champagne breakfast should be ordered
ont Of town, at the place of meeting; and
that the man who was killed should pay for
u: vi course preakiast was reserved till
a'ter ,he duei'
WV w met we measured out the PAGES:
we hrea Ana the next knew l found
mySSlf IN pea with c,1s ugly dent In my
mead an enormous bill to phy Tor break
'"st OF winch had never tasted morsel'
A'1o 'nnt the way ! 80. thnt gent.
sHI looking az captain Jonn duncan
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