Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-04-08
Mark Twain's Duel.

The only merit l claim Tor The fol-
lowing narrative is that it is q true
story. 1t has moral OH the end of it,
but I claim nothing OH that, as it is
merely thrown iii TO curry favor with
the religious clement.
After I lad reported couple Of
years on the Virginia City (Nevada)
DaiH Enterprise they promoted nc to
be c,litor-in chief; and l lasted Just
week by the watcl. But made an
uncommonly lively newspaper while
[ did last, and when Irctircd I had Il
duel on my hands and three horse.
whippings promised me.
The latter ] made no attempt To
collect; however, this history concerns
only the former. 1t was the old
"ilush times" Of .hc silver excitement,
when the population was wonderfully
wild and mixed; everybody went
armed to the teeth, and nll Sights and
insults had to be atoncd for with The
best article Of blood your system could
furnish. In the course oimy editing
| made trouble witha Mr. Lord, the
editor OF = rival paper. He flew up
about some little triflc or other that
said ahont him-l lo not remember
now what it was. l suppose called
him 4 thief, ora body -snatchcr, OF an
IDIOT, or something like that; | was
obliged TO make thcpapcr readable,
and | couldn't fail III my duty to Il
whole community OF subscribers mere
ly t. savcthc exaggerated scnsitivcncss
of an individual Mr.. Lord was
offended, and replied vigorously in his
paper. Vigorously means II great
deal when it refers to 4 personal edi,
torial i'll Il frontier newspaper. Duel
ing WAS all the fashion among the
upper classes in that country, and
very few gentlemen woul lthrow away
an opportunity Of fighting one To
Kill one man in duel caused man
to i" even more looked up to lEan 10.
Kill two men III the ordinary way
We'll, out there il you abuse man
and that man did not ike it. you had
to call him out aud kill him, other
wise Synu would bcdisgraced. 60 /
challenged Mr.. Lord, and l did hope
he would not accept; but knew per
icctly well HAT lie did not want to
fight, AMI so challenged him in the
most Vi lent and imp acahc manner
. -, ~ ~. '' ',oN !" ''ii'' s'''"s" ana
k"yS--,hc c'li,ora--wcrc in the Office
nIl"'S ~ - t'ic '''S'';'' business.
~ ~" "uo.a ''ue'S '"'' u'sc;iss's's
ums '.,,, '".'I 'I NJ" !" io' W 'se,' r'illahs'
49," IL eN l'ei'e',cc ~ s"ch matters
'n' '.''sI'ici , 'i'''e "aS !oVih.
".eIs,. ',,.'a -, 'a"e' ~ S"c' '''a',crs ,i,a'
.rho ~ : ny n>pe'N'o'y "'rolhlor'apie.
- ',.,"1I ~. .'''''o l. !: l.oi' occi'h-
~ - ~ "eic i'''ouS' ailo 50
w . ~ -. 'I.e rs: s"r'''ct'
en' @ nii,' '.no'iicr NO, chaliehgc: ana
] mam, =, Gal,, "'I. ~. 49,. n,ore nc a'a not
ho.o, ~ n.'. '.'s ~. p'oo''''h,rst'er
o,".,,,, n.",'e. i'uI ~ 'i's' 'he man tone
xnI;n,. Ia ~ , !, nc ap,eareo 70 DC
oa, ~ ~ IL !. MD ''cco'','ns !: aPpaf-
III ~ IL ~ m"s so'hs 20 l'ehl me after
@ ,varlJ I"ha I. :" ~, ""'e hno"l' now II
,a,.a,. """n ~ - W. Il man VINO couid
@ vere ;nL;,.ul IN '''ieu ,r" "l'n' Uui pnyS
,rioJ 1a.I '"''I. ~ ""' = = ti'o'5h
+, ,ras ~, ~ ~, ~ =,
,;cc Il w,s tho cns,a,, - ~ ~ ,La. a",' riuc
ducls Mi, no..,. 'n ~ .''o'e ~. . ~ rshI
nacns-InnI ,nd an,,,, oo,;'' ~, ~ l.. "'a.on .'
ffor ;hc f,ncr,l r,s & sr'.,,ro ~ W. W. s"am. ,
10 I;ttIc =, ,,.;no ;ust 49,, WY 'i
borrowed hnru door r,r ~" .,''u
horyowcd i ran, = ,,.,,Io,'.,, , ' ~ w.
nhscn,.-,rl NO sinaI ~. ~" -, ~ W., ""a
IN, and Stood ! nil ~ nno @ mi