Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-12-26
care of your eyes !" retorted Berlin.

| care of your eyes ~ retorted Berlin,
with uuspeakable fury.
1t is murderer p said Evans and
| the smile on his lips, before pale sun
shine. was now a wreath of iurid fire.
"You shall pay dearly for that word
within the week !" fair shouted tho
duelist. grinding his teeth Ike raging
wild beast.
There is no time like the present."
was the calm reply.
"Now?" interrogated Bori;l, as if
doubling the evidence Of his cars.
YES now !" f you have the courage
to challenge me" said Evans.
"I do challenge you :" thundered
Borlin.
"And I accept" answered Evans.
Name your seconds"
"We will fight without any,"
"The terms ?" asked BorliD, with
signs of astonishment. q
'tOn horseback, in the little brairia11
west of the village, one half hour from
this. each armed with as many pistols
and knives as ne can procure, or sees
fit to carry" said Evans, apparently
passionless as if defending q motion in
court
No one but the chief actor in this
extrao- dlnary scene uttered syllable,
or offered to interfere, for ell saw that
such attempts would be unavailing,
perhaps dangerous to the meddler.
One half hour afterwards the parties
met in the little prairie, which was cir
cular III form, and about three hun
dred yards in diameter. Bv tacit con-
sent, both actuated by the same pur-
pose, they assumed,theif stations in he
edge of the timber on opposite sizes.
Both wore strong belts literally
stiff with knives and pistols.
Both were mounted on poHelfulsteeds,
but of opposite colors, that of tho
Judge being white as Il snow-coud,
while the Colonels was black and
glossy as the wing Of 81 raven. The
features of the rlders IN the race Of
d, ath presented very different types of
expression. The Colonels brow looked
| dark as the AlOom o. tempest-sterr.
| lowering, awful; but the handsome
| face of the Judge was gay, smiling.
| Joyous brilliant as the sunbeam that
kissed it. The multitude stood around
in the grove speechless, almost terri
| fed with the scene about to open.
| Suddenly the CoIone' waved white
handkerchief as the Vi gnal that he was
IN the act of starting; and rs swift as
an arrow from the bow, terrible as
balls froE the cannons mouth, the
two horsemen, with pistols cooked and
| fingers firm Oh the trigger, shot to-
wards each other. When within fifty
| steps of his enemy the Colonel halted
with surprising dexterity. and crying.
| in loud tones. ''Now take care of your
eyei' leveled and fired.
| At the instant, the Judge urged his
horse to al evolution, as II boarding
over q wall, and the bullet aimed for
his eye struck the silver ponnei cf his
saddle, aud glanced off without bnrm.
Continuing his former velocity, he
| passed the Colonel within three feet,
discharging his weapon at the other's
| bosom, but intilcting only slight
wound; and tnen both proceeded to
! the opposite sides of the prairie and
removed their headlong course. This
! time neither halted, but passed, almost
| touching each other, aud both fred as
| they passed, each drawing from his
| foe a stream of blood. The same
charge was repeated with like results
half dozen times, till their firearms
were exhausted, save small pistol i'll
| tho pocket OF the Colonel; and vet
both kept their saddle.
| The last sweep of eli w.,s terrific -
! The horses were bathet: II foam, the
riders were covered with blood, and
| both reeled in their seats yet they
rushed onward as madly as ever,
while two terrific cries, as they started.
warned the appalled, spectators that
this shock would be final. Some des-
perate thought seemed to have occur
red to each at the same instant, utter
ing itself in those wild cries-yelis,
like nothing earthly, but snrie1ing,
savage, deinoniac. On ti:oy flew
they kept straight onwards--they
swerved not to the right or to the left
and they met like the collision OF
adverse comets. Down went the strong
steeds-down the furious riders. All!
Surely this must be the end CT ail'
Not yet. See, the Judge rises, totter-
ing, slowly to his feet, and his face
still wears that indescrihahle smile.
unquenchable by all its blood, an
| ouenchable by all its bruises. The
Colonel connot stand. yet he is not
dead-he vrithes in his agony like $
crushed worm. The Judge al proaches.
crippled, hating, to his eneIDy-stoops.
and plunges the sharp knife into his
heart. He is the victor II Tic field of
death. Not vet! Hark. \ crack, e
roar, fall--the Colonel rausters also
his expiring energies-fres his lsst
pistol-sud ezolaiEne in tones of hell
ish triumph : Il told yon 10 take care
Of your eyes
The horrifed spectators ian 20 tbs
spot The antagonists were both dead,
/ and the right eye Of the Ju lge was
shot out. The Colonel was-. Death in
the Eye !" to the last.