The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-01-30

must use the disputed pistol in the
duel. ''It should kill the man" he
said, "who had refused to give 1t up 70
him, the rightful owner" On eXam1-
nation it was aseeTtained that the
bullets Of the othe; pistols would II
this one, so II was loaded and placed
in his hands.
They took their places and were
waiting for the signal, to begin their
bloody work. The pistol was nred,
and both wheeled and fired as one
man.
l saw the blood spurt from the
bosom of Blair Whose second Was)
in a small dark stream and fall to the
ground, but he did not seem to notice
it. cast my eyes toward Casey. The
blood was squirting from his left side,
and streaming down his clothes. He
was reeling, and saw he could not
keep his feet much longer. He sill
continued to fire, but blindiy, and one
of his bullets came whistling BY in
close proximity to my person. and
buried itself in a tree behindme. Blair
was also firing, but with astonishing
coolness and precisiOn-eveFy shot OF
his told. They had fired i've shots
each and were still standing. Blair 3
clothes we've saturated, and a pool OF
blood Law before him on the ground
Casey's clothes were also saturated,
and his beOts were full and running
over. They are both making ready
for their sixth and last shot. Is II
possible they will stand until the END?
No Casey reels, he falls to his knees,
and delivers his last shot wilhelm that
position, Blair had fired and fallen
also. 1 hurried to him, while GruWell
supported Casey. tore loose his
shirt and found the wound, and saw
that although dangerous, 1t was not
necessarily fatal. The ball had been
truly sent, but had struck some hard
substance, and glanced diagonally
through the body, just missing the
vitals. / hurriedly bound a part OF
his shirt around the wound, and con-
| tinued my search for Others, but there
were none.
| I then turned my attention to
| Casey, but he was past all human aid
\ His LIES lamp had gone out with the
last bullet. I examined the body
however, and found that every ball
had found lodgment there, tour Of
which were mortal. We did all we
could to alleviate the pain Of the re-
naming sufferer. We made cOuen
of grass and leaves and laid him on it.
there to await the coming Of the
| steamer.
Gruwell seemed half stunned al
what had occurred, and sood gazing al
Casey's inanimate form like one II
a dream. At length he said in low
voice, as if speaking to himself, "POol
Casey, he was a good companion anC
a true man, with big, warm, impul'
sive heart, and a ready purse to re
lieve the wants of his fellOws-and nj
is deadw
Presently the steamer could b'
heard, as she groaned and puftedy com
ing up against the current, and sooT
she appeared, rounding a bend in tht
river. We hailed and the captain
ordered her to be run up the bank anC
then asked what was wanted. W.
told him in as few words as possible
what had happened, and he, all excite
Iment, hurried on shore, and helped u
to remove them on board, the ell
and the saddles were also put on board
and after an explanation of the who'll
affair, we went ashore. The Chris
tina went steSming on her way.
We were soon in the saddle ant
heading for HermOeillO Rancho, wherl
we arrived ahead of the steamer Will
our melancholy news.
The boat soon arrived and the Who'll
ranch turned out to receive Blair an,
Casey, for they were both very muel
esteemed.
} Casey was buried in the graveyari
near by. But which one of tn
mounds within that inclosure is sacret
to his memory no one can say, for n
headstone marks the place. Blail
|, after a lingering illness, arose from hi
bed a changed man. There was a.
expression of deep melancholy depict
ed on his countenance. He was neve
known to smile again. In fey
weeks he disappeared from the valley
, none knew whittier, but in a note ad
dressed to her who had unwittningl
caused this great calamity that
bowed him down both in spirit an
ambition he said he-had gone forth il
to the land of the savage and the vii
beast, there like the Wandering Jew
to seek for that rest and peace Of min
7 that only death can bring.