The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-06-05

never raised he- ry-- from the card,
There Wa, - iive--AIi tIru-tIrr- ,
them cas---iu tie L1x. The Do
put Down twenty 3u the. c.s.. kim
Open. BUti r1pp-rlL tie ki4g
Tie King Went 0l Ilz outside. aut-t,
DHI'- GsuJ.o8u- ua=yei SlI.--- tas
finger AMI swr..ci BIII'- ar.umr.f..
tIOns.
Then for the first time. the Ca-tiI
ian and TIE American iJoh--l >gGur
In each others eyes.
laGT -g-a j. desperate, ~-uor,'
SAID BIad, with the most eXa-prrat
ing courtesy.
Make your D-rs, said sale, Ill e., .
tnree-card turn .'-glanciug a ia,
''a~-~--''iOUr, five and Queen"
lur DJu uummr,ia a >tave ui M,
Bonita. ciInhett his douUlUug, An,
slowly put them ali-iOrry-fJur-It
TWO high yellow stacks OH the five,
spot, copperei. Buid counted on,
fOrtyIuur dOuU.UOn- and ~.Z-tI tut
D'u'~ pile, open
The Cas,ilian showed ms wnIt.
teeth Ia q grim smile again and said.
''S-uOr, be good enough ID remove
that copper from my J-t" BIdd re-
moved II, bowed low u TIE Don.
and said - a cavalier might, Don
joaquin b- - gracious a. ID ulacs
That copper upon my bet The
courtly Spauidrd bowed and graceful
~ complied with the request.
Seile's big solitaire shot out a hun.
drcd-col0ret ilIme, - she put her
tiny front finger Oh the card.
~ moment, SenOTita, - said the Don.
raising his finger. He turned 10 Bud,i
My dear S-nOr," he sad, a. gen
tly Is he might have breathei i new
vow 10 his laiy-.Ove, 'tais j. p.-r,s-
cution. IL that live-spOt iOse-, one Of
Us will die
BIII said something t. Sale in
Spanish, and she moved the card slow
ly. 1t showed = diamond on each cor
ner. II there was one IN the center il
was the five spot, anil Il yrD4'd IJSc.
But 1t might be the four. II 1t was
there was Yet 4 chance that the Span
lard might win, OF that the five might
be the "hOck" card. Bat if there was
rel diamond IN its center, the
American or the Spaniard must spill
out the life that was in him: for Don
JOaquiH's word was - his bond, his
hand was - lightning-like a. his pas-
siOns, and the handsome American
that sat at the other end OF the table
was not slower nor more faItcring
The Sp niard stood by the emf of
the table at the fair dealers left with
his right hand i'll his bJs Jm and the
Jeweied fingers Of his left drumm iug
on the green taOle-cJver. Budd sal
at tine corner Ui the other end, next 10
a young artillery lieutenant who was
Keeping the c.i~eS," with one nuui
resting on his Up and I.t- u,hcr 4ll.-
guldly clinkIng his dOubluOus. The
rich olive in tie Castilian's cheek was
c.ouded darker than its Wont, there
was the fainte,t gleauI Df white. teeth
set hard between his thin lips parted
4 little, and there WAS an uiir,srtn!y
glitter liz the w.rk,d Il transparency of
MS great eyes. Tine AuglO-SIXoii's
face, always pale, was whittier than its
wont; smile and sneer chased each
other over it ike 4 sunbeam in frGIic
with 4 shadow. There were no other
players at the table. The throng i'm
the room, half Mexictns and half
Americans, seemed to have tacitly
chosen THESE two, each the champion
Of his race, and stood eXpectant, wait
ing the issue and the decision.
80 the lamps in the chandelier over
head burned no more nOiselessiy than
the hushed thrOng watched the taper
finger that slowly pushed aside the
top card. Sale kept the card moving
just percep'ibly, and every eye was
bent upon lis center, strained To catch
its revelation. \ quarter uf an inch
more wOuli tell The story. Budd
started To rise from his seat, and Sale
suddenly tllrteI away the top card.
There was Il diamond in the center
of the uncovered pasteboard. There
was = binding lash, a crash, Buid
reeled pace or two, and sank back
over bench that stood on the h0Or
behind him the Spaniard fol led his
arms, his smoking pistol in one hand;
the smoke rose, and Budd lay gasp
ing upon his side, with great Jets of
dark blood squirting from his mouth.
Tine motion had been quicker than
the comprehension of those who saw
it.
Budd writhed little, and turned
tritle over. As he did his hand CAME
q y anu lAA1 c DAh II W - III IL anu ffH
mUZZle spoke the desparadO's farewell
to earth that mis- - ,lvZcd tongue
could not utter. Ii was "a srlf-cucEiug
English dragOon, and the ,ldsm OF
fight that fingered in Budd's trigger
finger, after the life mad gone out Of
the bullet hole in his left bosom, made
the hammer strike twice Is quick ~
you could count zone, two.n With
two fatal bullets in his bowels, 10 was
the Spaniard's turn To lie down. BIdi
was dying when Don JnaIuin's iali-
ing body struck the floor. ih-. u IN,
bullet, 4 round ounce from srvru-
inch rilled dueling pistol, had gun.
right through him, tearing u bIS
chasm out of the left side of las h-lrI
and severiug the veutricle, ami struck
the knee of Il Federal soldier vino w.rS
looking on behind him.
The PresJyterian-raised New HamL-
shire boy was dying desperadO's
death in the Texas topics. His EN-
Uttered soul was or It's way To- He
judged, maynap, according To the
wrongs it had suffered a. well as thD--
it had wrought. The scarlet ribbon in
his buttOn-hole was soaking ia the
blood of the heart whose breaking il
was the token of, and in his glazing
eye was little photograph of the
New Hampshire hillside and th.- dIi-
sizes: