The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-29

iinR was there. Near the barn he met Iinck. she
s"iIilan Professor. but he declared positively
NM ~ had NO row with him, and had no idea
~ shouting him. lie did not even have his
gun with him AZ the time. ne aid not order
iAnrk % leave the hotiSc, and wn~ opposed Ia
hi~ being thcrs-npt, however. because he l.,d
any thing against the man himself. but be-
cause ~" could not afford "a have such AN az
tachnient 10 his establishment, aud hr felt
thnt the display az such cNtras nlsincc AZ Can.
oneh.i Wa ininring him Ia his efforts ~ save
"" wreck - h- NnNt property. and a. go on
NJ fsrt nsnii financially, bnt he Ind hardly
gave iinck a Thought. Probably he did speak
anEiil,, hr said, for he wa~ yer, angry but
NJ indignation Mas against conkling. and not
he found conkiing In The house alone. ana
ordered him cat on the instant. Conkiing ~.
Used 20 -. lev high words cnSurd, and
t,cn ~ t~rfaWr) went uprtnlr Z" srt his
slot gun. IL found that he had no pcrcu~
= - caps Tor hi~ Weapon. aud went OF "a the
village "a get some. A. soon a. he could pro,
.urc them he hurried hack, and Conkiing was
4tiil there. iie again ordered him a. leave.
nnd tonkling refused 10 90. and tried a. moli
~ ~lrngir an& excuse himself frnin leaving
- suddenly. on the ground that he had no
chrringc fsg himself or his baggage. which
wa not cysE packed. Thrr.upnn Mr.. -praruc
drew out hi~ watch and told tonkiing that lac
wonia give aim ~ seconds 10 get out, and that
v he wnS MOI ont ~ that Time lr (Mr. ~pragalcl
would blow his brains cut. 81 thar inoin.nf "A
carringe appeared in sight. which lad cyi
IDENTIFY hesu ssnt Tor while senator >s,ragtis,
rata. conkiing immediately gof into u and
drove SWAY, leaving His buggy behind him.
what happened nftrrMnrd Ia the hou~t H. not
related except thar ConkiinI~ luggage was
hustled ont ~ the hou~e M rhnir notice.
MOI satisfied thai tunkiing would quit
hanging around the place. aud Determines
10 make him fully understand that 80
q. S.gurl was thoroughly a. eafno-tand that
II vsr NOT mere passing o. "a Tnun, the GOV
crnssf. soon a. lie had said hi say az the
house aud had ordered Conklng'< luggage
out. jumped into his own wagon and drove
on toward she pier "a nnd Cnnkling. aud h.
carried his gun with hinA lie found conkiing
pacing lp anti down IN fronf II a cafe. Jump
ing from hiS carriage he beckoncd Conkling
10 come "a him. and snd 'cnrtly 81 wnnt
YOU" tonkllng came, and another scene en-.
sued tOnkling spoke luw and mildly. eyit
IDENTIFY seeking 10 ayadd attracting ob~erya-
ton. and tried again 20 pncify the former.
This only enfagrd Mr. >prtguc the more. He
denounced conkling Violently and told him
plainly that hc lind enough III hi intimacy
with Mr.. ~pingur. and did not propose 10
have any more ~ Il. Tie Governor reminded
COnking that Ne had broken promise he
once made 10 Washington. 90 give up his nc-
qnaintance with MIR. >prHGuc.
Finally the tfoN vernon cut ionkiing short In
an attempted reply bN asking him II he was
armed. Conkllng, brisiiiilg up, replied that
he was not--that, II he was, he (Sprague)
would not 20 on ~ hc Nn~ going without no.
tlcing. To this threat >pl4slnie replied. "Then
20 and arm yourself, and hereafter 90 armed.
! don't intend - shoot an unaf1ncd man; but
tell You now that Il you ever cross my path
again, viii ~hpa son IA sight" With that
threat InNernor >ptstglie jumped into his car
ifiafse again and DRIVE on, and Mr.. Conkling
returned - the cafe.
This il undoubtedly substantially cor
rect story ~ what actually happened be-
tween senator Conkling and Ex-senator
-pfu1guc.