Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-02-02

CuItu at u uuuuoOulS SdidTTt W WElt0 fuClt
articles as the editor required from week
to week; and it was further arranged that
the matter should be kept pro 'Ound Sc
cret; and to svdId suspicion, the parties
were to meet only when absolutely neces-
sary, and then either clandestinely or open
ly as strangers. The effect Of the first ar
ticle we have mentioned; but when the
succeeding week, some three or four more
of the same stamp appeared, If anything
more caustic and cutting directed against
the whule party, and individual members
besides. the excitement increased curiosity
became eager and wonder grew apace.-
And each succeeding week but added fuel
to the hame. The democrats grew triumph-
ant, and the wings furious; when the par
ties being nearly equally divided, the fO,.
NOR carried the election by respectable
majority, the latter grew desperate, AID
rAved like madmen. denouncing the I'M
known writer as a liar and a coward, and
making standing offer Of a thousand dol,
lars to any one who would disclose his
name.
IF you are discovered, Granger, you will
have to quit this region on short notice,
said the proprietor of the democratic pa
per to the young lawyer, during one of
their stolen interviews.
Why so /? asked the latter.
Because you will be in danger
Will they murder me?'
They WI insult or challenge you, and
you will have to fight or rum
Suppose fghtT
And be killed 2
i must take my chance of course, i
shall be entitled to choice of weapons
What then? What can you do? You
are not heavy enough for the bowie knife.
and your antagonist will be most likely to
be a dead shot,
BY your leave he may be shot dead
himstl' =
Hi lean you shoot
With one of my hair triggers l can
sIuff a candle at ten pacesi'
You amaze and delight me. Where
did you learn 10 handle the pistol with SO
much skill?
For the last two months have been
!ractsirg daily in the goods just out Of
NE p.Uparing for such crisis, which /
have all al)ng foreseen.'
BY heavcnsi' exclaimed the other.
graspirg the young mans hand with an
increased admiration, i am just beginning
W nav J'oI ahb dhI PlbuO Va ypuE nc
quaiutance. To tell YOU the honest truth,
never supposed there was any more
fight in you than in girl of sixteen; and
for young mn t. be challenged in this
regirn and refuse to fight, is to be forever
disGraced; and not even the genius of q
Shakespeare. and the wisdom of a S, los
mon, c,uld give you any influence over
these yeaIl L.; therefore. | believe you would
have to leave the state i'll event of dis
cOvery.'
Mr. Bradley required the young man,
with compressed lips, ard ocular CLEAN
may never be my fortune to meet an IN
tagunist on the so called Geld of honor: bu,
should such he the case, mark me- MAJ
fall but lie 1CHL die! Let US change the
subject
The crisis came. Accidently the secret
was discovered, and in less thun twenty,
! four hours Aurther Granger received three
! challenges to mortal Ombat from three diff
| fereRt parties. lie called upon Mr.. Brad
| ley, his employer, to net as his friend and
| second, aud assured him he was ready t.
| fight them all.
My dear friend said the journalist
taking him by the hand, this is sesiou.
business. These men are al practical duel
lists, a"d considered dead shots. They in.
tend to XII that is certain; and to be can
did, i see little hope of yrur escaping al
three am not sure that you should &C
! cept more than one challenge at present.
Oh, yes-rll 7 returned the young hero
| POSITIVELY. Please arrange the first affair
for sunrise tomorrow N rning-the sec
! OF d half an hour later, the third half OF
l,.ko - g.
81 al be in time for the second; and if tn
second, the third will not be kept waiting
If fail before giving such chance,
must be excused
Bradley threw his arms around the necl
of the young man, aud tuiIly Rugged him
80 great was his admiration Of his colnes
and courage.
If yGu live through this ordeal, you Cal
aspire to any Office in the gift of the peopl
of this fighting State
The meetings were arranged according
to the wishes of Granger, and ut the hou
he was on the ground with his friends; an
so were his antagonists with theirs; and 81
in fact was half the excited town of Littl
Rock, who had come out to witness th
fight. see fair play, aud, if need be, take
hand on both sides--a part as friends, an
part as fues.
The preliminaries being arranged, tn
principals of the first duel were placed te
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Be firm, steady, and fire at the word
said Bradley, as he shock the hand
Granger.
There were q few moments Of Breathe,
suspense, and the fatal sign was given.
an instant the arms of the combntants wei
raised like two levers of iron, and the ne1
moment there was blended report. Youu
Granger stood firm with the blood trio
ling down his forehead, ploughed 0y tt
ball of his antagonists, who already Ia
stretched on the earth, shot through Il
! brain.
Hit, but not hurt = said the young Law
yer, couly, running his finger along 81
. wound, as his excited friends rushed 1
to him.
Such skill and courage we're enough
even fighting Arkansas. A hundred Sta
D Wart men rallied around our delicate lit
t hero, and swore his life should NOT be p
: in jeopardy again 10 please himselfor al
0 body else; aud placing him on their shout
9 ers, they bore him back to town in Il
t umph, his two waiting antagonists nowi
!. regretting the within Of the spectators til
e had saved them from standing before su
: fatal marksman.
From that day forth the star Of Arth
It Granger was in the ascendant. He SUBJ
y quently married lady IF fortune, a
if rose to the highest honors the state cou
s give him.
q Though the names above are all fc
tiOus, there are many persons living at {
q north, who have heard the voice of Arth
n Granger in the halls of our national CO
/, gress.
10 A schoolnsster in one of the neigtbt
10 ing towns while on his morning walk ,pi
y sed by the door of neighbor, who was
st cavating logfor pig-trough.
" Why said tie schoolmaster, Mr.
q have you not furniture enough yet p
Yes said the man, enough for my o.
family, but expect to board the soho