The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-20

sfy,sare as d saw.haudie. They carried oun.e
balls, had baIr.triggers and douoie s'gnm,
and, Ia trained hands, meant death a aont
times ont OF Eve. The men were 70 ssus
face to face twelve PAGES .spart. IN. .r u,v 81
shot had been chosen. The pistols WeIe !, ~
be held mpzzleupTard until tne "oiu wa
given, snd then lowered and hred; r,o,t
The distance was measured, anu Nen" sho
f,uuy up the silver halfdoiiar anu mou ia
choice of position. He tosseu aes'r NJ az"
won the word. He was TO CAL 'u. r;no;,.,s
o onr. na, IN lower their pistols before the
,ord teI ;,e nard not to shoot afer the "oId
:. s,onn The sistols were loaded and the
80, t,,oL their places, Brown with the nan
arcsstic smile which he always wore. Ihe
srrrrons noiselessly opened their cases, ana
o.ch looked NJ bis man. Nennett called out
"Gentenen, are you ready 7"
~ Ready" was the reply in the same breath.
Then frem Kennett came the deliberate
"Fire--oue-"
AT the first monoSyllable Reynolds bad
lowered his weapon and, while the second
word was on kennett's lips, fred, Brown
following the movement 40 close that the TWO
sounds were hardly distinguishable.
Reynolds stood like statue, The smoke
curling ND from his pistols mouth. Brown
staggered, shifted from one leg to the other
while the lines OF his face Strengthened.
Hudson stepped up to Reynolds and said:
"Brown is wounded in the groin"
I "You are Mistaken" was ReynoicSs
reply. 81 AIMED at his knee
So It was: the heavy ball had split the
bone OF the right leg just below the knee,
AID pool of blood was widening out ABOUT
Browns feet. Nevertheless the kenluck'an
stood his ground with compressed lips, and
demanded another fire. The surgeons eX-
amiued the wound and forbade it. There
4 was a brief consultation between SECONDS,
and REYNOLDS walked over 10 Brown, who
had been forced to the ground by the pain,
:" aud offered bis hand. It was taken, explana'
lions followed, and all was smoothed away
lust as the steamer Edtor-appropriate
name came pufEn up the river. Inc nai'
! was answered, and the whole party tahea on
board. Brown was carried in blankef. ano
1t was months before he left of bis crutches.
Even to-day pereeptible limp tells OF Inc
severity of the wound.
| Kepnett SAYS that Browns bullet glanced
by Reynolds breast and bad not'the latter
fred 90 RAPIDLY as he dd-affectng bis an.
tagouist's aim-he nlust have received the
ball suuarely in the chest. Both were splen.
| ola SuOtSs OuSL dSpntto'S vs.
Selma, Reynolds went down to the Marine
hospital and, with Colonel William A. Linn
INDUCED in little pistol practice. He snld
to Linn that he intended to hit Brown 10
the knee, and gave all his attention to low
aim. Linn demonstrated with him. and TOLD
him Brown was superior marksman.
"Your lfe," he added, "may depend on
o fatal wound.'
Reynolds replied: liam sure ofmy quick.
ness 10 firing, and were it otherwise would
never consent to take any mans life for
mere political quarrel. If l can diS'nrt
Browns aim by shooting him first it VIII be
all DESIRE"
The two men have been firm friends ever
since this meeting. The war separated them
Reynolds, as Lieutenant Governor, went iEtc
the Confederacy, and finally, when the State
had gone under the control Of The Federals
became diplomat at Richmond. Then be
went to Mexico with Shelby's expedition, to
return when MaXimian'S fortunes went
down and settle to law practice in ST. Louis
Brown remained with the winning side, and
was by turns legislator, colonel, governor.
and finally the sDarer with Greeley of the i'll
fated Liberal movement.