, 1879-03-25

''a. Ilat The ,cs was tho matter with the vc
"Ilo!! o',".sall tl.e nan. Listen to this"
atrcct'rnr comes tlnwt, Tho traek as fast rs
thc tnnrnsnE light. Il,etu is a wagon IN thu
ssa;k VII! ''so men in II md boy. rl,u driver
:,'Wslnrl' slsivert'' l'issc,l tic Chronicle man.
y he cnr-1SiYef."
"Whcre wcn lie nntt Tho brakes down at1t'
"S1t ;' ',a'. ~, please" saId tls new "an' "an
"-ic il now trying to hold the horse back,
but on 1t cnn'us. Get ut tho tracki' 'llnyl
liayl' The driver Of the wagon is struck deal
MD dumb; they don't know whit tn make Of
il: thu Sclla uf the crowd wora tcate1iIng; II
loud Fepuft was heard; men wcru seen flying
through the a,r, but tho bur oh. where WAS The
"Weli,t' said tic ohron'es man. as he moopcd
ii Tic rersp'ration from bis bro"' ""hcro 's"'
The man laid lts copy on The .ah,c. got lip,
ptnetd his hut over ole eye, n,nl stated regret
July:
.,amel @ , Il ' s9a;a !. !, la'd tmt out, but IT'S
"f.ook here" said tic Chronicle mnu, kindly
hut firmly, ''go hume ntnl takc something
se'tzcr wi'.,1d bc goud,-snd III put n commit.
lee uf cxperts IN tfl's ltom ind Try alt ind out
WaIat 1t tneans."
"COWAltDs IN THE DARK"
En9hsA .Hd1astnt.
A medical friends Of ours, who, many ycars
since, visited raris under. circumstances most
favorable u all cntsco 10 most interesting cir.
elc,-that Of Tie Survivors alNl cj-tluynnt sup
porters Of the "Empirc, c,"-tclls capital story
III he heard 1t related by the celebrated Gen.
Exccltlats. otto VI Napolcon's pn1atns. 1t WIS
at dlnncr.rarty, composed Ut sumo Ut The STIR
ytVors Of WAtcrtp, luW III their younger ren.
tses ns,tl The aeon ot Mt cx.kng on visit frsn,
Ills home In Amcrca. nM tn whunl our friend
owed ilts Introduction 10 tho circle. Solnc e,les-
tlos's nFosc ubout bravery, when the younger
members ot ts1c company wcra electrified to
hear the venerable md lcroc l;xccnnbs erayely
nnI seriously declare flat .ncn were MI cowar,}s
In thu tatki Tie General smiled Mt t,rtf cx-
pscasfuns Of dissent, remarked that IL vas very
like youth, md rroceesi to .tclt tllu fu}low-
NY nncs!ote III support Ut his ktrange iler:ara-
tlon: "'r1Iere was d yutng tlpt-slratl In The En-.
ncros's service, Win, burning lor action, aiul lila
duties lur tliu slfiia aifurng no opportunity, nt
last resolved 10 fight duel, aInl accordingly,
cfUusisr. to considar some rcnlark or n:llcr Of
III old nl.d superior officer Into M Insult, c,al-
onsru hin. 'rl,c old soatcr, waivIns all con-
siucfistoiia oi rnnE: agreed 10 meet tlle young
lat, but MI the following unusual tcsl,s: tllU
time should he night. the plape roun, III o,,-
positc CORNERS Of whel, they werr to stand; tic
seconds having placed their nIen. wcru 10 With
with them; tho word should be given fron
without. when llo who llaa the first lire st,ou.I
lscargo lis weapon. n,li tlIo eccontls, f,carill,
the llgnts Should Immediately slisll III. Illesu
strango conditions were accepted, tt1u time ur-
rived, ntd tho sccnitls PLACED tho parties IA
ngfcel unan. withdrawing Immediately, n1tl
leaving t,rr men IN tileunrk. The word was gIv-
eli, tho tlrc was llcard, t!lr door wns reo1'enel,
anil ttcru stood thu cltlyr of The tn . upright III
the cornsr his a'iscrsary.'s ball having. et.cre1
the wall SO clUsr to htk llend thAt the esyapu
seemed littsu less than. miraculous It was now
the old soldiers t.trn to fire. They were again
left In tr Anrk, tlfu word was ugasn given frots
the outside, nnd, tnstatltnneousty with tic uis-
charae, tho SECONDS rushed tn and found tie
challenger urostrata upon the floor, not having
yet re:usercd himself from his trick to nvola
the bull, which, on examination, it was fouul
must have killed hin. Ihe young l,nn was
covered with confusion, asNl tic accun.ls werG
overwhelming him With tile expression of thrIr
50 fast, my yso'nr friends said he; you viii
the first tlre9 On my hhm1s md kr,ccs In tho
corner; hut, Inn foil | was up quicker than hcl
PAr dieu, nlcaseurs. W. nre all towards IN tlle
darkr" 1t WIS afterwards whispered to our
friend timt the story WIS actual fact, ul tho
el.ler p the parties was other tllau thu trare
ExrelInans himself.