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fifty years Of age now, but still one Of the boss
hots in Kentucky. and he has fixed up more
quar1els, and been a second on more fields
truthfuf, faithful fellow, but he is deadly
when be- las made up his mind to eat some
BODY. Tom is ono Of the best Of his class,
tha iinished duellist Of the South, always nice
upon points Of honor md prompt to alvise
anybody to light whom be thinks has been in
ed dnel T betreo1' ct % two Cincinnati etito1s, which
neycr came to a shot. People vho know him,
send for Tim in cxao of dual, Just a. you
yo1, are sicl H. WA wounded 1t Buena Viz
{s md ha v,s .ith Haude1sop. CHtteuleu.
T'nne1 and +he rest ybeu they invaded Cuba
D1,rnf3 tha 1Ear he was on preckinridge's
atsff End tha sffairs Of private blood in which
hh, ha h,,s ~ hoa,, o snearsd afe innumerabla. For
he t;1Ie3 .f,om White, Did YOU over hear Of
that p
"Sot"
uoh Tom Hawkins had to leave the State
for some yearp after that duel. Old man
Vita ~ avn ras tbere vhep Ben shot his son. and
inc u row row about Mai duel. Tom white md Ben
I0bneou had fuss over cards, both pretty
fnlI and challenge pasaed, The women aud
fam,jie. on both sides took a big interest in it.
and Ben,n mother moulded the ba]ls with her
own hands. She was all up and alive about it.
reckon ehe'd shot Ben herself il lie hadn't
gone to the field: Ben was all crippled up
With the rheumatism, and they had to set him
eEot guns loaded viii ball. There Was old
man Nhte. harri,ng in the t3eid shout points
Of honor. the terms OF apology, efceteTee etcet-
eTa, when pop vent the guns. and hisson laid
ucaa az tho ola mans 1eet, "lta hole Tlgnt
through us ioFeheaa. 1hey say It was aIead.
i,no, H. ~ uhst 1 hacapao " ~ P Ioheana uon
Anon "aae Ia neeo.nv ,,,, =, Dgn ~ J9nason.
ac.red Iba ro,ea 11os ssd on,s Thr
At III Gcner.t Tooi:s tai,1e %hcn ~ ;n,'
m,vnetl the cournese m tienrraJ ,nd r,,1,
Haykins inat eIanced at him and oreneJ mt
Iobn Tons haI tu taks water '>> ~''~
sITom was Hreckinridre'g eecond when tho
co,iar no ,.o.rai LatwGan Ioir s-,d T,7ttsn sa.o
Thole Tom eo showed % he Gane1asbi @ no Of Ae4ag.
der tba f;reat Cnftinp,e aerond 11as iii Prea.
dan. Monroa. an ~ ;ia ra"1lar W. a..a
Tam Tam tnrnnd % + him I'm ins;io w out Ha mt Kin nm M
49, dafans;xa III 1hnndara ~. a. him ~ - ~ NY Iobn ~
ne n GGte!s.se, .HoudoITu 81 q Pm, aua so' JOIN
oteeEmt'use eTa ~ H'tn T. ~ 1T tne hn IT.
1oot. ~ ~ sa w,h he is 1,s nn,, aps ~, ~
forno;t., ,o1, s-a LII e,or,a " UP a,r.sas' VIZ
ey t2s ~ nena1aoa eo IN Nea ss.na "aa apa
n5 NV IL. son @ - 10y :. M sn,a H,,h
Goxern,nent r to ,s.;st % IN tse enSo,scat;on ~ & Tan
Ia, sas 70 r." m faa nna =; ,1e
~ H. con.1 roo1, M sal 0>< A'A41 WI
- ttT ~ .o ~ soe 80 NJ aN T"M Ha l. Ill
soetb;n% = w'a,, ~, III co1oes ~ ~ W. ,o sou
Eons.us. ~, #nen NY Ia1 GoaGS In y; ~; you
say oIle WE'RE sPalnst my caA1actef, IL XII you
" fqn1 ma.t tsaeSs; .,oso H.; ,,.. T.. ,,,,
o,+ - 1nrea has nsn sna ~ 1e"os W 3ui
/. ~ II1.; In1 ~ -
z;a;oi! NJ naMAla. 1:.1 sua1 not WALL to 1aSo any
:. ~. - AL ~ - ~, n.. Ill.,.
tnet olu not soH'ic' nenee1oon' at'o Ao"
''esfi reahn, ssiuv u un,l .ll navor ba,, =,
eon,a connaci;o, 1s;th tta E;,c1 ,n1 Stanhan
to1 nonn'as VII ~ tn1 5en a and stepnen
hccr, niSh1isbed In nv Ennw1cdna. h,,t 4 ,ras
aremarkabIo onisods IN tho prefsce to- to tue re- re-.
bellion. You see, it was coming on toward tie
political conventions OF 1860, and Douglas had
all the strength SO TINT it was hard on to ,
certainty that ho would be nominated, and
crowd out the buchanan party. 1 got sure ln-
formation Of tho nightly caucuses Of Slidell,
Jesse D. Bright, Howell COBB, Benja-
min, aud that faction n,,l IN MasMngIon,1for
,he mos Az - eooen osne noasp ,no atzaht
sSa Suo thai 3hor hsJ Ie.er1ninnd I ~ sascs
nong!1s ahtG d ', ai ;n', ,nat h1s an lsn plo t
posJG .na. nluet eiguG ~ .usu,' ~ ~ ,ne Nc
eantea = shont I'm do,.u z-ats r. nono.
las at once. nc % but Enowinc his habits 30 wall 81
ae - ~, er -,annaa ~ dnre oo5 .raat
1 1o1 su
tosether' sem Ine !ette1 10 = 3r4elu, aua com,
anaeu n,n TO to ,inht make - nong,as oPen H. apa a.
III fnia icttcrJ said II van ara nnahcd to tha
,Fai1 talccrnnh for Tom Hawkjf,s. of Tnui.,
Ill
sWou H. o..
81. ~, .a eano on ..t t.pn the SCUM Eoon aitei
tnat, auo vail VI, "!tn teotge fuSh to see
n9agtas: !a. these We ia found nohody 70 Pay much
sr;.I aa.ett; ~ - ooss segaeo apsotpe:' 9:
s;t' "t.n aonse.aIuf eiset ai!a loo9ne out q hls
Anla.3, ac1pes = ons Aa4i. saw hoee- d iIsot
| and Albert It. BroWD, Of Mississippi, step into
another room. asked no questions, but
came aHas, anq soon afteTMard started 1oi
New York, When got 70 the Relay House
se Ta4 sbS5 sa inEss 5 pefss s as' as e
ont Of it and step toward the Washington
| "Tom,' I cried, "HhAt are you doing
| What are you doing away from Washing
ton ri aGaIaa e ind Ten: T. Ssr York"
md and, then be- run q to ~; Yer York; Douglas has
iA got On my baggage a Baltimore, SAID
i ana return TO y aahlngton tonight.
! and with that the trains steamed contrary
Ways.
ZANE evening. nno eonapilaiota haa aIanSed
70 70 !atee an i5sqls upon nonelas' anu thsn, 4 u
he challenged ho would 1859 the vote o. the
North. II be refused, nobody in the South
would touch him; The creature Of the con-
spiEators to 15 .nsnit n;; poug1As was e. n Fitch
OF 1ndiana.-stll' awe, bellere,-and he hsd
feacneo tne clts. Douei*s 1, naa mi! 4e1axnost !
1ettacuon ol nsnt' 3no 4oA" h3"A1ia nau
been seht lor,
/ 1o1nd 'ne Oo46ias noosenolo II. warm
ior me d1ei, Afs' pon8las anu the Custses