, 1874-09-26

Eorkb' DuffnE , Aeaeoo ulHo1Afloa IN tho
sho ' oatsip sd 's s"d Via" te on. csIne"n cS%s"
I,ungssartar,. Guiding in cl,al|onso,
ano ,.. !, Captain RITZ; l.,ra Tho J., iiufolix, rcna;
shot, tho Cartain was unlupnlar tho Captain
waH believed to have boon nont BY tho opposition
for deadly purpose alll tho Captain was,
morooyor, = Htran!;cr am sorry to SAY that
With Flvo Forks this latter condition did not
carry tho quality of Bancttty Or revoreuco that
! usually obtains among other noinaila. There
wsh consequently Boulo ittlo hesitation wen thu
Captain turned nl'otl the crowd and naked for
soulo QUO to net as h'h friend. To oyc,yhody's
! astonial!n'ont, md to tho Indignation Of many.
tho Fool Eeprod forward and offered hinlFolf
10 TINT caVacty. / do not know whet1lor Cant.
hlcFatltton "c''ld have cl1oson him voluntarily,
but ho waB constrained, in tho absanco of bot
tor trnn, TO ACCEPT hin services.
Tho dnol nnYor took p|n:o Tho prelin,innries
woro all arranged, the Apot indicated, the mcn
wore proscnt with their accotts, there was no iti-
terr1,tion from without. thoro srnB no exn1ans-
tion or apology passe'i-b,,t tho dnel did not
take place. It nay DO reat1lly imagined that these
! fautH, which wore all known to Fivo Forks, threw
| tie whole community into fover Of curiosity.
The piclaH tue s'5gson and a onG second 1o1t
! Ne rcsated all qnesttoning-d -doclaring hin,Holf
el1 III honor not to t1ivulge-in abort, conduct
| cd llfn1sof with consistent bnt cxhsporAting
| folly. 1t WAS not until elk months Ind paahod
That Chi: ssarbostle. the sooond Of Calhoun
| Bnngstartor, in Il moment Of weakncss. atpcr~
| Induced by tho aocial glaaH, codescondad to
explain. I should not do jnBtioe to the par
| ties il 1 did not gtva tile explanation in
.ue toloa.lh u"n Mu.unt ,a,,a ''1 M,..at. ~ III
Starhasta e''st axsr s boc,me intensed b. stlnt
LAWS an1 that hv Tia an,ea nrocnpa sll HonHo of
t.Iv;tt, lin nnlorstu1tiint. that am addressing
mvuctf nnniidontiullv 10 men OF honor" satl tho
Colonel, oloyatiug lis cl,nst above tho bar-room
| casusor Of tLo Prairie Roao Saloon, III trust
! thnt n will not bo necessary for mo to project
mvsetf from ioyity. % was forced 10 do In 3nc-
rn,ncnlo m. tl,o onlv other OCCASION Ylpn I on
tered Into MI explanation Of this dolicAto affair
hy-or-cr-callts,g Tie individual to personal
onel, slightly waviug hia g|asa OF liquor In the
! air with graceful gesture of courteous dopro-
cation-" knowing what I do Of the present
| coml,any-tl,at a,lch colrso Of action is re-
af Mr. i1awIsina--or--tfo gou.lomsn who ropro-
sontol AIR. Dungstarter, rlose conduct, ged, Sir,
| il worthy Of pr7line blank ma I"
Apparsntly satisfied with tho gravity md ro-
tsi to s,lilcd rolentnEly nnd sweelly, closoa his
| eyes half drcamy. as il to recall his wandering
| thoughts. and began:
| "Aa tue SPOT selected was nearest tho tene-
n,cnt Of Mr; 1iHwkins, It Was sa egrTeed e that tho
parties should meet t!lnro. They did 10 prompt
| fy at haIf-,,nst 6. The morning being chilly,
| A1r. Hawkins extended the hosnitatltios Of liis
| louso with bottle Of Bol,rhon whaky-of
! which all partook bllt nlysclf. The reason for
that exception ta, I bolievo, we'll known. It Is
! my inyariable custom to take branay-a vine-
| glNssful iu 3 cup Ut strong coffeo, immediately
on riHing. It stimulates tho functions. Sir. with
! out producing any blank arrangement ~of the
nerves."
Tho bnrl,oepor, 10 whom, an an export, the
| co3nno1 I,a} rrtr{onpiy Unmarried this infor,ns.
ton, noltlcel nprrovnjgly, mud the Colonel, amid
a brcn,hless silence, vent on:
"Wo woro about twenty minutes in rcncling
| Tho mot, The ground waA measured, tho wea,s-
ons uere loaded, when ir. Bangstaster eon0!lea
to mo tho information tint hc wns unwell and IN
great Pain! On cnnhu!sation with NJ. Hawkins:
it appeared that hia principal it distant part OF
Tho symptoms wero .st1ch US a inuloal man
! would pronounce cho}eraic.' nay tsoNft lnse
pronounced for on examination tho surgeon was
n,so found 10 bo-el--in rain, a,sa. regret to
tho occasiot,. Ilia i.nrresnion was that sop,o
powerful trug hnti heen administered. On retes,
ring tie question to Mr.. Hawkins, he ronomharc
that tho bottle Of whibky 1,nrtAsen by tholn cons
habit Of taking. but which, having failcd to nct
upon him, liz had concluded To ho generally in
effective. and had forgotten. His perfect viii
liugncssto hold nnsetf personally responsible to
each OF tho parties lls genuine concern af tilo
a.s a' no a wbs
or-fai'Gd to-er-renpona 10 the poenhar qnaii-
tics Of tho matllcllo, was most pecomf''E 10 hl'a
AB man ot Aonor anu hehalcfMhl AMER an
hours delay, both principals latng co1npsotoly
exhausted, and abandoned hy tue s'lrgeon; Who
VIVA Mnroasonabiy aiarne!t ut h'R own conaataoi''
Mr, Hawkins end agreed to remove our mon to
MarkleVl1lo: Tnero. atsof inrther soahhital1ofl
with Mr. Hawkins, IN an'lcaple ad1nstmont Of
all difficulties, hnnorablo TO both PARTIES, anu
governed by profound secrecy, vas arranged. !
believe" nticd the Coionoi. looking around anti
aeiting down his glasa "no gentleman haa yet
Expressed himself OTHER thsn satisfied with tho
result"
whatever was tho opinion Of 1.-Two Forks regard
ing tho intellectual display Of AIR. Hawkina in
t1liB affair, there was very 1itt1a onlaroken
criticism at tho n,omont. In few weoks
tho who!o thing was forgotten except a. pnrt Of
| the NECESSARY record of Hawking blundors
which WAS already . pretty full ono. Again,
some lntor iollios co,spirctl to oblerato TIC
past, until n yasr later. valuable lead was dis
covered in tue Blazing Btar" Tune), in the
hif wlloro bc lived. and n largo Hu,n was offered
| linn for norton of his land on tho hll.top.
Accustomed AZ Five Forks Ind beconls to tia
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