The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-11-15
A Deadly Hearing.


ture Of the American press for The
past few weeks would be complete
without some "ogaizance OF the
"Reminiscences ot' tho dusi!inS days
wherewith divers supposabiy mil
ilary gentlemen, with "Major" or
"Co!onel" to their aames, have
recently eurichcd the spare COL
usnMs OF certain SoHthera and
Western Journals. Possibly, thu
socGid mercantile or VI! gar poIitl-
cal spirit Of co,omen men III these
craven times has tsudancy to re-
rive in sol,liory bosolns y u.morv
Of the not very distsrt period
when personal "honor" demanded
some.hlry else than money or Of:
icisl preEermeut to sppcase its
wrongs or reward lis cLivulry; or
perhaps the exasparating eIe>sri-
ca changes OF the season haze all
atmospheric magifEtism tor
thought ~ h"rce lnortal encounter
Aid Tie cXlr&vArauccs uI iGnan
passion. At auy rate. ptrsonal
rrcoIlrctions OF all surts ut' south.
cru or western ducts aro ia lash
ion jnst How with several branch
vs Of the provincial! press, and tic
following, which appears without
special acc:edit in several cx-
chaugoS, is - fair sample Of the
school: 4 Major Hulorl, it seems,
was enc Of the champions OF hon
OF who in t!:o paImy days of ''tLc
COLO" oijoyod proud emineaco
tor his accuracy Of aim, sud it
WIS lis boast that upon ca! j one
occasion II his popular aud useful
life Lad Le over tailed 70 kill hIs
rlan CD the spot. On certain
day Ao YVES explaining TO divers
choice Spirits, il Z Lotcl, how it
WAS that the one exception il his
successful practice had occurred,
through y detect in u bullet, when,
TO bis vast establishment, one Of
the geu;l"men standing within
hearing suddenly advanced and
slapped lin in The fxce. Liar !"
said the su.itrr who WAS . cray
h2!rcL nsn ot peculiar bat by IL"
means trucuicnt expression oi'
c0untenance.
Is tie prorGc.tion sufficient,
or mus; J repeat the tiow?' For
All instant Tie iusuited and furious
d1vl;st ~as lHclIood 10 return the
seemingly inexp!!csbIe assault; but
recovering seIi:contrcl quickly
ououy! to understand that tI,e al
front meant a deliberate challenge
10 mortal combat. !.is answer:
"You' We done nlorc than enough.
Name your Gricnd-l don't care
what your lame is-and u friend
Of mine shall confer with him Al
onve.' i5ucu Tas the style III
which little %illirs OF the Kind were
redtc11 to pra"iica! business III
those houo"ab!c days. i'ho aged
f:,ce-sIsppcr cI:tly introduced the
gentleman beside wa"!A he had
been standing SIS the !riend' re
ori-e1, 4nd with the understand
ing that .:le "iriend!y" conference
should take place il a. hour from
thence, insuited and insu!tcr took
temporary leave Of each other.
A. daybreak Oh the morning fol-
lowing tie inevitable "mceling"
occurred, in . ro:;-cd place which
had been selected for thc parposc,
and il w4S agreed b. the seconds
that li!c firing should continue nn-
til one o. both the antagonists had
fallen. Indignant was Tic flush
Of Major Ruior';'s check wh'n the
strange: ma';e It Il condition that
both himself anI his foo shonld be
searched before lighting, to make
sure TINT neither Eus! adopted any
secret protective device; hnt be
submitted with what grace be
could summoG, only matterlug !"
his second: I'D kill him after
this if Lo we're my oyn father:
The ground being duly measured.
the men placed, and th> q1est'on,
"Grntlcmeu, ere YOU ready?
asked saI answered, Tho word w"s
riven-"Grr!' Noticing taat his
strange enemy did not seem to be
cvcn looking at lin while the
dread word was coming, the ma
ior hal resolved TO take lis time
about firing. His deilberation was
fatal TO him for, at the word, the
strangers shot rang cut IS though
it had bean arcd BY the very Ut
tcrsnce and Bulor,l, iring wildly
in the air, scli writhing upon the
turs. Lead nae 20 him." seid tho
visitor TO bis own second and
then sitsrcssiag ;he majcr's sec-
ond-"Is 10 dcaiT' Ths stern
ansxcy VAS, There ~ li"s-you
can SEQ for yourself" Struggling
20 aA elhoa, The woundct! dueiist
raised himself partially from the
ground and Sxcl 6 ghastly stare
npou his slayer, who cooliy re-
marked: Il can see nothing, for
| am totally bind" Then, while
agony anG establishment kept The
dying man and his second silent,
the old man continued "iou 10
not know ne, Euford; but | have
never forgotten yoa. Ny name is
Nrr,ur NDu nrrsila.iuu uY only