Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-09-21


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pounder;' and he thumped the table
! upsett;rg the glasses, and glaret
down on Boyle. cure that he hak
frustrated him, / bet, and no mis-
take nuth0r. - our nasal friend oh
sefved under his breath.
"But he lost his bet, for bold q,
Mars or Baron Munchsusen, Boyi,
Immediately exclaimed, lingo! yot
don't say 30! / thought You had
about as much real courage as on
could put In q homeopathic pill
Come out now, my hne cock-of-the
walk, and give us . touch Of youl
quality?
'Wa'al lawful sakes!' calculated
the Colonel; you can't fight at night
What mystical idee!'
oh yes, you can. Nonsense
I'll manage 1t. Well take two Ian
terms, stand back to back, then each
walk away twenty PAGES, wheel
round, and fire.
'Darned Ii / do! Amt a-goin'
TO be ding-donged into stan'in' up
like consumed fool In dark night
You Jess wait till to-morror.
"'Or the fifty-third week Of thi:
year. No sirg Numbered Boyle,
stamping his foot, which, like Moth.
or Carcy's chickens, was the sure
precursor Of a storm--'no, sir! You
shall fight now! I should never
have taken the slightest notice OF
you III had not besn told Of your
cowardly bullying OF women and
little children. Don't stand moon
ing there! In one minute more
shall box your large cars, and then
flap you over tho head with this
horsewhlp;' and he seized one stand.
Ing In the corner.
"The world did not appear to "a
upon doublejointed casters just then
with George Washington Kosciusko,
and the rest. Ills little angry eyes
went blinking around the room, he
teetercd up and down on his his heels
and toes, he moistened his drv lips
with his tongue, and his hands
worked moro nervously than ever,
as he detected look OF scornful,
half-surprised derision on the face
ofsome OF these Jerseymcn. But q
glance at his chalIenger's determin.
cd visage showed him that there
was no dclIverencc to be hoped for,
and he shufiled out OF the room, fol.
lowed by Boyle and the rest OF US,
who did not mean TO lose sight Of
him. We obtained two old nuskets,
and well-knowIng that our men
would take sure aim and fire, what
ever the other did, we loaded them
only with powder, communicating
| this little ruse to no one, for Boyle
would have fought Us all in turn II
he had discovered II.
"Out we went into tho dark and
lonely road. In silence we placed
the combatants back to back,
George Washington, ETC., heaving
pondorous, frightened signs enough
to have drivoh a sloop from Its moor
ings. We gave them each lighted
lantern, and with an emphatic ono,
two, three! they started on their
twenty PAGES. We all counted and
at the twentieth loudly called, stop!'
"Boyle wheeled round, as we
could just discern by the dim light
of his lantern, but George Washing
ton Kosciusko Peter Bonaparte Solo,
mon Job 5limcum kept on walking.
"'Hallo!' cried Boyle; 'havn'tyou
got twenty PAGES yet?
mo answer; but the walking, as
we could see by the swinging of the
lantern, had turned into prodigious
strides. The next moment the light
was extinguished.
Halo! shouted Boyle, again.
stop, you villain-stop! Yah!
whirroo! You scoundrel! you mis-.
cradle landlub-'
"Bang! went his gun, and we all
made a simultaneous rush down the
road; but like a snowflake In the
river George Washington, etc, had
'evanished,' and from that day to
this no was never more seen In
Shrewsbury"
The story was told amidst shouts
and screams OF laughter from the Of.
Acers and us women, and IL that fire.
cater, little Boyle, ever sees the ac-
count Of his duel here, / know that
he and Admiral Porter will forgive