The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-15

went to Wade and begged him TO de-
sist, but the old man grew more and
more violent, until TOOmbs indicated
his intention of calling Wade TO ac-
cunt for the language he was using,
when Wade quietly sat down, SEEM
ingly having accomplished his OBJ
jeet.
The Southern men IoIked at each
other In surprise, aud 1t was manifest
to all that Wade had deliberately
sought quarrel with Toombs. That
night friend of the Southern Senator
called on Mr.. Wade to know IL he
would retract the offensive words he
had used.
mo, won't take back q word was
Wade's emphatic reply.
Then said the friend of Mr.. ToOmbs,
sit will be necessary for Senator
Toombs to challenge you to mortal
combat
This Is just what 1 want, and we
might have got the point without all
this palaver,' said Wade.
You surely cannot be in earnest,
Mr.. Wade, said the Southerner.
why, of course l am. You see, sir,
we Northern men do not like to fight.
Now, am opposed to the code, and
so are my constituents; but you fell
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we must spunk up a little, or you
will break all our heads. The shortest
way to end the matter is to kill of q
few of you, and have picked upon
old Toombs as my man he will have
to challenge me. Then, l will take my
old rifle and--me If dent bring
him down at the first crack
When Toombs heard of what Wade
said he replied: "I can't challenge
him; If do he will kill me-
1t appears that Toombs and Wade
has been out together shooting with q
rife several times, and, while ToOmbs
could shoot we'll with pistol, he was
poor rif1e-shot. Wade was an old
hunter, and at distance of 100 yards
could hit dollar almost every shot.
Mr.. Wade afterward said to the
writer: 'If old Toombs had challeng-
ed me that time, as expected he
would, would have made him put Q
patch on his coat, the size OF dol
lar. over his heart, and the old fellow
would have got demoralized when he
saw me drawing q bead on 1t, and
and missed me, while-me If wouldn't
have cut the patch
Not only did Toombs refuse to chal-
lenge Wade, but no Southern member
could ever be induced TO send him a
challenge, no matter what he might
say.
CHAsR's OLD FRoCK.
During the impeachment trial of
President johnson a very amusing Oc-
currence happened one day between
Mr.. Wade and Mr.. Chase, who presid-
ed at the trial. The session was to
open at u o'clock M, and it was with
in twenty minutes of that time, and
the Chief Justice had not made his ap-
pearance In the Vice Presidents
room. The hands Of the clock crept
slowly but surely nearer the figure II,
| when suddenly the door was thrown
open and In stalked the Chief Justice.
He walked hurriedly to the wardrobe,
but his robe of Office was not upon the
accustomed peg, nor on any peg.
What was to be done? Pages were
summoned; this, that and the other
room, desk and drawer were exam
ined, but no robe was discovered. In
the midst of this excitement the grim
honest old hero, Ben Wade, made his
appearance, with a nod and a
grunt to the flurried occupants
the hat-rack, and, after de-
posting his hat, went to the sofa on
the other side of the room to leave his
umbrella in q safe place. The excite
ment was still going on, when Wade,
after learning the cause of the trouble,
without entering into the furry of the
hunt, leaned over the sofa, and with
his umbrella hooked up an uncertain
looking black bundle. Seeing it was
the long-loOked-for robe, he held it to-
ward Mr.. Chase with Here Chase,
here's yer old frOck you've been max
ing such q COMPOUNDED fuss about
The pages smiled q smile. The Chief
Justice who too overjOyed to do any
thing but speedily get aside of his
robe, and, IL on that morning the
crowded audience saw the Chief JUS
tice looked redder than usual, they
now know the cause of iE; it was all
about that frock.'