Nebraska advertiser., 1864-02-04
1, 1854.


town preparing for such crisis, which I
have ali along forseen."
BY heavensp' exclaimed the other
grasping the young mans hand with an
increased admiration, "T am Just begin
ming to know you. and an proud Of yonr.
acquaintance. To tell you the honest
truth, / never supposed there was any
more ght "a you than ID a girl Of sixteen;
and for young man TO be challenged in
this region and refuse to fight, is to Sc
forever disgraced !; and not even the
genius Of a Shakespeare, and the wisdom
Of Solomon, could give you any infa-
ence over these people, therefore, be-
lievs you would have 10 leave the slate in
event Of a discovery"
"Mr. Bradley rejoined the young
man, with compressed lips, and pecu-
liar CLEAN of his dark blue eye, Il hope
and pray it may never be my fortune to
meet an antagonist on the so-called field
of honor; but should such be the case,
mark mel may fall--but he will die
Let US change the subject"
The crisis came. Aceidently the Sc
cret was discovered, and in less than
twenty-four hours Arthur Granger re.
ceived three challenges to mortal COM
bat from three different parties. He
called upon Mr. Bradley. his employer,
to act as his friend and second, and as
sured him he was ready to fight them all.
"My dear friend" said the journalist,
taking him by the hand, "this is a serious
business, These men are all practical
duelists, and considered dead shots.-
They intend to kill, that is certain; and
to be candid, / see little hope of you
escaping allthree. / am not sure thel
you should accept mere than enc chal.
lenge at present.
"Oh, yes-all % returned the young
hero, positively. "Please arrange the
first affair for sunrise tomorrow morn
Iing-the second half an hour later, the
third an half an hour later still If ]
escape the first, / shall be in time for the
second and if the second, the third will
not be kept waiting. If ! fall before
giving such achancs, must be excused
Bradley threw his arms around the
neck of the young man, and fairly hug
ged him, so great was his admiration of
his coolness and courage.
IF you live through this ordeal, you
can aspire to any Office in the gift of the
people of this fighting State"
The meetings were arranged accord
ing to the wishes of Granger, and at the
hour he was on the ground with his
friends; and so were his antagonists with
theirs; and so, in fact, was half the ex-
cited town Of Little Rock, who had come
out to witness the fight, see fair play
and, if need be, take hand on both
sides-a part as friends, and part as
foes.
The preliminariss being arranged, the
prin cipals of the first duel were placed
ten PAGES apart.
"Be firm. steady, and fire at the word, y
said Bradley, as he shook the hand Of
Granger,
There was a few moments of breat b.
less suspense, and the fatal sign was
given. In an instant the arms Of the
eombatants-wsrs raised like tive levers Of
iron, the next moment there was blend
ed report. Young Granger sIosd firm
with the blood trtekling down his fore
head, plOughed by the ball of his anita
gonist, whe already lay stretched Oh the
earth, shot through the brain.
.'Hit but not hurt % said the young
lawyer cody, running his finger along
the wound as his excited friend rushed
Iup to him,
Such skill and courage were enough
for even fighting Arkansas. A hundred
ST alwart men rallied around our delicate
little hero, and swore bis life should no
be pu. in jeopardy again to please him
self or any body else; and placing hin
on their shoulders, they bore Kim back
to town in triumph, his two waiting an
tagonists nowise regretling the whim o
the spectators that had saved them from
standing before such fatal marksman
From that day forth the star Of Arth
ur Granger was in the ascendant. HI
subsequently married a lady of fortune
and rose to the highest hOnOrs the state
could give him.
Though the names above are all ficti
tious, there are many persons living a
the north, who have heard the voice 0
Arthur Granger i'll the halls of our ma
tiOnal congress.
"You say. Mr.. Jay. that you saw III
plaintiff leave the house. Was it in haste
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