The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-08-01

took two large knives that lay upon
the bar, and tossed them one after the
other down his throat, making several
wry faceb as they took their passage
downward. The fellow had evidently
never seen anything of the kind be.
fore, for he was astounded.
Now, sir said Joe, making two or
three more grimaces, as if he still felt
the knives somewhere in the region of
the diaphram, you shall wait here un.
til 60 aud bring my pistols and you
shall have satisfaction. viii you
wait =
i can procure pistols, said the Off
Ger, forgetting his astonishment and
coming back to his anger.
4 shall fight with own If you
are gentleman you will wait here
Joe turned to US and bade US wait
for him.
Here here o cries p cried tie
keeper, where be mine knives p
I'll pay you foE EN- when / come
back, said Joe, and then he beckon.
ed me to come out. / did so, aud he
took the knives one from his bosom,
and one from his sleeve and gave them
to me, telling me to keep them until
he returned.
1t seems that Joe found a boat
ready to take him off to the ship at
oAce, for be was not gone over three
quarters of an hour, and when he came
back he had two snperbly mountel
pistols with him. He loaded them
with powder in the presence Of the
Spaniard. and then handing him
ball, he asked him to mark it 50 that
he would know it again. The fellow
hesitated at 6rst, but at length he took
it with mad gesture and bit it be.
tween his teeth.
Il shall know that, he said, unless
il is battered against your bones
Now, select your pistol said Joe.
The man took them both and ex.
amined them, but he was satisfied that
they were both alike and both good,
and he told Joe he had no choice, SO
our steward put the balls in and ram
med them carefully down.
The whole party now adjourned to
wide court back of the cafe, where
twelve PAGES were marked off, and tho
combatants took their stations. | trem-
bled fer poor Joe, for / saw not yet
how he would make fun out Of this.
Count ! cried the Spaniard impa-
tiently.
'One-two three =
The captain fred first and with a
most deliberate aim. Joe, fred into
the air. Then the latter walked de.
liberately up to his antagonist, and
taking the ball from between his teeth
he handed it to him:
You can use this next time cried
joe.
The officer looked first at Joe's teeth
and then at the ball. 1t was surely
the same one he had seen his foeman
put in the pistol, and now he had seen
him take it from his mouth. He was
Enthusiastically astounded.
Come, cried Joe, let's load again
San Pablo = exclaimed Bizar, you
use some-what you call him-soms
trick he BY San Jago, / shall load
the pistol myself
DO 80, said Joe calmly, and as he
spoke he handed over his powder
flask.
The Spaniard poured out an extra
quantity of powder, and having pour.
ed it into the pistol, he called for the
rammer, He then put in the same
ball he had used before. Meanwhile
Joe had been loading his own pistol.
One moment, said Joe, the caps
are in the butt of your pistol, let me
get them ?
The fellow passed over his pistol,
but he kept his eyes upon it. Joe open
cd little silver spring at the end of
the butt, and true there were some
percussion caps there. He took out
two, and having capped his own pis.
tol he gave 1t toss in the air, catch.
ing it adroitly as it came down, and
then handed back the other to the
Spaniard. l had watched Joe most
carefully, but saw nothing out of the
way. And yet he had changed pistols
with his foe.
Now, said he, I'll put ball into
my pistol, and then we'll be ready.
He slipped something in which look
ed to be like cartridge, but no one
else saw it.
Now cried tho Spaniard, let's see
you hold this in your mouth !
Again they took their stations, and
again they we're ready.
'One-two-three 7
And the Spaniard fired first by ain,
Joe 6reing into the air as before. And
again Joe stepped forward aAd took
the sslf-same bullet from his mouth