The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-05-15

other, down his throat, making several
wry faces as they took their passage
downward. The fellow had evidently
never seen anything of the kind done
before, for he was astonished.
Now, sir,' said Joe, making two or
three more grimaces, as though. he still
felt the knives somewhere In the region
of the diaphragm /" you shall wait here
until go and get my pistols, and you
shall have satisfaction. Will you waltz"
can procure pistols" said the Of
ficer, forgetting his astonishment, and
coming back to his anger.
" shall fight with my own If you
are gentleman, you will wait here"
Joe turned to us, and babe us wait for
him.
Here here o Ci'ieg - cried the
keeper, "where be mine knifes ?'
"I'll pay you for 'em when / come
back" said Joe, and then he beckoned
for me to come out. 1 did so, and he
took the knives-one from his bosom
and the other from his sleeve-and told
me to keep them until he returned.
1t seems that Joe found boat ready
to take him off to the ship at once, for
he was not gone over three-quarters of
an hour, and when he came back he
had two superbly mounted pistols with
him. He loaded them with powder in
the presence of the Spaniard, and then
handing him a ball, he asked him If
he would mark 1t so he would know it
again. The fellow hes itated al first, but
at length he took it with mad gesture
and bit it between his teeth.
I shall know that" he said, "unless
1t is battered against your bones"
Now select your pistol" said Joe.
The man took them both, and exam
ined them, but he was satisfied that they
were both alike, and he told Joe he had
no choice. So our steward put the balls
in, and rammed them carefully down.
The whole party now adjourned to a
wide court, back of the cafe, where
twelve PAGES were marked off, and the
combatants took their stations. l trem-
bled for poor Joe, for saw not yet how
he would make fun out of this.
"Count ~ cried the Spaniard i'm
patiently.
One-two-thre ~
The captain fired first, and with a
most deliberate aim. Joe fired into the
air. Then the latter walked deliberately
up to his antagonist, and taking bullet
from between his teeth, he handed it to
him.
"You can use this next time" said
Joe.
The officer looked first at Joe's teeth
and then at the ball. 1t was surely the
same one he had seen put in the pistol
and now he had seen his foeman take
it from his mouth. He was unmstaka
bly, astonished.
Come" said Joe, "let's load again. >
San Pablo !" exclaimed Bizar, you
use some = what you call him - some
trick, hep BY San Jago, shall load
the pistol myself"
"Do so," said Joe, calmly, and as ht
spoke he handed over his powder-flask
The Spaniard poured out an extrs
quantity of powder, and having poured
it in the pistol, he called for the ram
mer. He then put in the same ball h,
had used before. Meanwhile Joe hat
been loading his own pistol.
lone moment" said Joe, reaching
out his hand. 1.-The caps are in thu
butt of your pistol. Let me get them. y
The fellow passed over his pistol, bu
he kept his eyes upon it, Joe opened
the little silver spring at the end of tn,
butt, and, true, there were some percus
sion caps there. He took out two, ant
having capped his own pistol he gave
toss in the air, catching it adroitly a.
1t came down, and then handed bacl
the other to the Spaniard. 1 had watch
ed Joe most carefully, but / saw nothin.
out of the way. And yet he had chang
ed pistols with his foe.
"Now, said he, "I'll put ball in my
pistol, and'then we'll be ready"
He slipped something in which locke,
to me like cartridge, but no one els,
saw it.
"Now," cried the Spaniard, "let's se
you hold this in your mouth"
Again they took their stations, ant
again they were ready.
"One-two-three !'m
And the Spaniard fired first by aim
Joe firing into the air as before An,
again Joe stepped forward and took tn
self-same bullet from his mouth an,
handed it to his antagonist. The fel