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

w 'Vi Si"ocSc nItIlOuG waiting W Dc uSkCu,
and as kindly took the requisite amount of
change in return. AS the glasses were
placed on the table, Captain John Duncan
and he was as polite a man as ever re-
Trained from the gamblers profession
made low bow. So low did he bow that
his head rested on the table and he slept.
After waiting some time | vcuturcd to
speak to him-stll he slept. ] shouted to
him-still he slept. / shook him-still
he slept. AS last resort | imbibcd his
awoke with a start
" Captain John Duncan !" says l.
"Ycs," says he
q" | want to hear the rest of your yarn"
says l.
So, having twirled the ends of his mus
tachios, he held forth as follows
Well, as before said the Doctor in
troduced me to the seignorita, and | got
more and more in love, every time I called
upon her. She was very rich. Such eyes
Such hair Such shoulders? Such h-i.cc-
ugh ! We'll, as was agoing to say, there
was an awful big Spaniard who always vis-
itcd the house, it seemed to me, when |
was there. | heard, afterwards, that he
said the same of me. There was also a
little Italian Count who called occasionally,
too seldom, however, for me to fear him as
rival. One day Imct him, | mean the
big Spaniard, and as he passed me, his
spurs Che always wore spurs) touched one
of my corns, which 80 affected my honor
that | immediately sent bin challenge
The challenge was accepted, and swords
were the weapons chosen / thirsted for
vengeance. Nothing but his blood could
atone for the manner in which his spurs
had touched my corn. His and my sccoud
demonstrated that the cause was too slight
to necessitatc duel but felt that my
honor was injured, and that unless he could
apologize for striking my corn, nothing but
duel could appcase my anger. He refus-
ed to apologize, and accordingly we fought.
"Thurst, parry, lunge! The first knew
after the duel, was finding myself in bed,
sentinel pacing in front of the door, and
this informal dent in my head"
Is thata fnct?' said |, is that really
the way in which you gotthat dent?"
"Thnt's the way | got that dent; and
that mean little Italian Count ran off with
the lady" replied Captain John Duncan,
his eyes flushing fire at the bare remem-
brancc of tho indignity of his corn-l
mean honor, had suffered 1t was but a
moment, however, that his eyes so sparklcd
they then assumed their common lustrc,
and more wIiskoy was called for.
And there we sat, drinking toddY, and
feeling az snug as a frog in puddle
Captain John had two maps, aud once or
twice time went by without my being able
f,, f,r fru.x>
this way, when feeling somewhat curious
to know which of the two stories he had
told me was the true one, L slapped Cap
tain John on his back, so hard that he
rose to his feet as he woke up.
AS the Captain was pretty good singer
he immediately y-but here go again =
What you want to hear is, how Captain
John Duncan got that dent in his head
In the first place, you must know, as be-
fore said, that he had a dent, and that it
was situated on the right or the left tenn
pie; | don't remember which, but luckily
it is point of no great importance
Well, [ said to Captain John Duncan,
" Captain Duncan, you promised to tell me
how you got that dent in your head"
$50 | will, SO I--h &C ugh" said he.
{" In the first place, you must know. that
was from youth of very martial turn of
mind. When | was child my mother
says that would take stick of candy
and play soldier, and then, calling the cap
dy the enemy, devour it in most fcro-
cious manner This early love of glory
has never entirely left me, and to it owe
this glorious dent True, it somewhat
takes away from my natural looks, but then
it becomes almost beautiful when you know
its history.
"Tcll me the history" I eagerly cried.
Yes" replied Captain John, thats
just what I'm going to do
." My early reading, especially my love
for history and the Arabian Nights Euter.
tanmcnts, early impressed me with de-
sire to viewthe mlgniiccnceo the Indies" I"
DO you mean the West Indies, Cap
tain !" asked, intcrrupting him.
The Captain twirlcd his mustachios, con
tro .ccd his eyebrows, and answered, {" No,
sir, | do not mean the West Indies; | re-
fer, sir, to the East Indies" He then
continued: In accordance with my love
Of glory, | took the shipping to the East,
and landed at the principal port of BON.
bay; whence Immediately set out for
the interior countries, and entered the SER
vice of one of the most potent kings. A
war was then waging, the ferccncss of
which threatened to involve the whole
world, including the East Indian Compa.
ny. was appointed Captain of n body of
cavalry our weapons consisted of lance
and short-sword. A fierce battle took place :;