Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13

j." f-"u The MAYOR was aSCon1Sheu. Inc very
.---r - audacity of the act struck him with
amazement-sGfF on - "@H!
E3e '1s the provocation sufficient, or must
Irepeat it ?o inqriited the assailant.
Tue Majors first impulse was to re-
= Sturn blow f6fsbiow.E Bat, fierce. and vio-
lenta as weredhis passions, IIehad schooled
z himself to complete mastery over them,
q .Eyand a moments reelection told him how
bootless, under the circumstances would
be a public brawl. RThe, indignity he
had received wou1d2adnfit of but one
III PREPARATION, and thath ne determined to lose
no time in seeking.
t'The insult is sufficient,1 he answered.
q. with forced %ealrpness. zS"Oblige me by
- naming a ,friend-for your own / care
Hod own pa t'.9 "'7t' 80
tsThis genaeman,:' replied the other,
-I&Eresuming the arm of his coHapanion,
"will return here in an hour, to confer
with any one you may designate"
z+ats' And the two strangers, took their leave
At sunrise, on the following morning.
the principals and seconds made their
" appearance on the ground Eseleeted. No
else was presents7not even a sur
dE geon. The Major, IN his wv past eX-
Perienee.never bad needed zone and his
Opponent, it was plain, was careless of
Sthe~ eonsequenees. - :
There was no necessity fordeEay. The
preliminaries had been settled The par
Ties were-te fght-with pistols, at ten
PAGES, the cemhat to continue until one
orr both had faHen. One condition had
been insisted on by the stranger, which
called an indignant blush 70 the Majors
cheek, as it seemed to imply~zan imputa-
ton upon his honor, though he submit
tedsto it with the best gfacehe could. at
WAS that before placing The eombatants
Stheb bodies of both should be inspected,
to see that no seeretsproteetiVe device
wis employed by either
- The ground was measured. and the men
3 & placed sThere was a niafked contrast
49, H. A.@ T. HlA,1
-, that;of years. The old man ,aerect and
SaAg"motienless as a statue, his whitenedlocks
bsafioating in the breeze, never once looked
~ lat his oahtagohist, though his side was
- turned. Ills face was stern and deter
mined, but had nothing malignant in it.
.-S3EheM ajorson the4othef ..hahd, glared!at
his foe, seeming event to- grud@e him the
few moments OF life yeteked QUIZ to him.
tWefe he myfather,1 woul kill himl1
he answered, audibly,to some whispered
expostulations OF his second, who was
--evidently touched by the old mans VEN
erabaeappeHanee.
FhepstoIs were put in the hands of the
pEi5siRaI5l and Che giving OF the word
aGenflemen, aresy o ready?"
'tReadyt - both answered. -
- Still the old man moved not, nor did heaE
-s0z rect assingle glance at his adversary: H1s
eyes were fixed in front. His attitude
ettswas one ofsrapt attention. seemed
like one listening int~ently;%.a,i -
SFlTB!"LN~aA 80 -
MISUNDERSTANDING the direetieRof his
gaze,orsother movement than thatyof his
farm, W6iefkrose with the precision OF a
gniceiy adjusted machine, the old man
YFmys breast. For. ar. instant he held it
N Yhere-Stn1 no look in the direction it
YAp ofntedsEStm the same appearance OF
Weager listenihg:.4 70 80 go 81
SThe Major was IN no hurry. He could
-; afford totake lisatime with a man who.
= held hisrpistoEa6 random, without look
ing MhitherwaHd. trsHe took deliberate
ain.uSHe was determined to make sure.
~lWetk. Ahissball n~issedEhis adyersary's.
heart even a. fraction zefsan inch, he,
would never make any preteirsion toskiH
10 again. -4 "a s seszse ks1S -
The. sharp jr~eportofthe strangers piss
sssstol was. followed bysa eenyulsiye jerk Of
sE the Majors arm, causing the discharge
tofdhis weaponfa far vide of its maHk, whilel
he, staggering a few PAGES backward, fell
heavily to the-greund. 3Ha
SeCondncbmeto to- him. said the old man
;TsTIe latter took his principals arm,
and led him to thesprostrate form of the
Major, whose, SECOND, kneeling by his
side, had torn opep h~iszgarments, expos
~ mag to view tlles fatal wound in his breast
made blythe strangers bullet ~ 4
T1sA"Is your friend seriously hurt ?" in
eeYoh ean seesfof yodrselE, ST. the
second answered. 2S.LAT& VI
ssPhere you re in error replied the
other; 'Ium t~otatI9bFpd''F N53.@
EsThes wounde man who had by this
time creyivedEa little, and the second,
looked at the stranger insastonishment,
There was no visible defect inAhis organs
Z" of vision; but there-was a fixity of look
that s'bendfng of the eyes on, vacancy
-''4whieh So Enthusiastically eTfnces the
absence of sight. = zs@oE a.Tv $50
- stWho are you? and what is your mo-
tive in seeking this ~encounter?' the
Major family 4
siFirst, are you in a condition to renew
it . inquired the stranger.
sETheFe is no need- am dying.22
ssWhen I.haye told you who Iam. y the
stranger resume ssyou9wiH scarce re-
Equire- my motive or. whatEI have done.
zNewWender you have forgotten james
Merton y heseeatinued tsfor he is greatly
gThe dying man started, and groaned
"BntI have never forgotten You, Jas.
cBuford. nor the Injuries you have done
AzcheriShed daughter, the pride of
my eyes, and the joy of her mothers
heart, you enticedrf from her home, de
-cefVed by q sham marriage, and then
abandonedhertt to diere a broken heart.
Myson. and only remaining child, in-al
rash attempt to avenge his sisters
wrongs, fell a victim to your accursed1
Skill. YOU even robbed him of the or-l
adfnary chances of combat, unequal as
they would 1Iaye5beeH, by encasfng your
coWardly bodyiR concealed ,arnor. The
loss Of both our children unsettled my
wife,s reason, and she died in a mad
house. Could L have found you then, I
would have; given you no : chance for
your life; but valiant asyouhave always
yrofessed to be. and coward as you are,
xeil=fearedandsewaded me. Yet Ik1ew
we should one day meet and I@regfs-
tered axow, that when we did / would
offeryou a sacrifice to your own Internal
art. TO this end Istudied to become an
adept in IL, and succeeded. And when,
at4ength blindness cast itsshad owl
me. and seemed te5render1hepeless the