Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-02-08

After long silence he asked:
Was nothing said about that mans
tamily standing up with him, as an of-et
70 my bulk? But no matter; / would
not stoop to make such suggestion il
he is not noble enough to suggest it HIM
elf, he is welcome to this advantage
Which no honorable man would take :"
"At what hour does the engagement
begin ?"
"Hslipast nine"
Every good, indeed. Have you sent
The isct to the newspapers"
Sir : If, after our long and intimate
| friendship, you can for moment deem
me capable Of 80 base treachery-"
"Tut, tut What words are thesp
my dear friend ? Have I wounded you
Alb, forgive me; | am overlooking you
with labor, Therefore, 60 on with the
other details. aud diop this one FROM
your list The bloody minded Fourtou
will be sure to attend to it. Or myself
--yes, to make certain, will drop & note
to my journalistic friend NJ. Noir -,
"Oh, come to think, you may save
yourself the trouble that other second
has informed NJ Noir.
HIN might have known it. 1t Is
just like that F3urtou, who always
wants to make dl-plsy." "
At baIf-past nine in the morning the
PROCESSION approached ,he field OF P essis.
Piquet in the following order: First
our carrisge-nobody in it but NJ. -Four
tou and his second then carriage con.
tanning two poet~orstors who did not
bslieve in God, and these had Ms. funeral
orations projecting from their breast
pOc.ets; and then carriage containing
the head Surgeons and their cases of ia.
atrument4; then eight private car,isges
containing cansulting surgeons; then 5
hack containing the coroner; then the
two hcatses then csrrisge containing
the mead un0ertakers; then q train OF as
sistant4 and mutes on foot; and after
these came plCddipg through the iog =
long procession OF csmp,ioIloweTs, police
and citizens generally. 1t was noble
turnout, and would have made a fine
display ii we had had thinner weather
The police noticed that the public had
massed Themselves together on the right
and left OF the field ; they therefore beg.
ged delay, while they should put these
poor people in place Of safety. The
req lest waB grant d. The police having
ordered the two multitudes to take po>
sitious behind the duelists, we were once
more ready. The weather growing still
more opaque, it WAS agreed between
mygel. ami the other second that before
living the fatal sigDal we should each
deliver loud whoop to enable the com,
batants to ssCertain each others wneIe>
shouts
now returned to my principal, and
was distressed to observe that he had lost
q good deal Of lis spirit, tried nv best
to hearton him. I said Indeed sir,
things are not as bad as they seem
Considering the character OF The weapous,
the limited number OF shots allowed, the
generous distance, the impenetrable
sOiidity of the fog, and the added fact
that one of the comb6tAnts is One-eved
and the other cross'eyed and near
sighted, it seems to me at the couhiCt
need not nect s4arily be fatal There are
chances that both of you may survive.
ThereflTe, cheer up; do not be down
hearted"
This speech had so good an effact that
my principal Immediately stretched tort
his hand and said " lam myself again
give me the weapon"
laid il, ali lonely and forlo-n. in tie
center OF the vast solitude of HE PAIN
He gazzd at it and shuddtrad. And
still mournfully contemplating it, he
murmured in q broken voice;
"Alas L. is not death dread, but
mutiatlon,"
hesrtened him once more, and with
such success THAT he presently said:
Let the tragedy begin. Stand al my
back do not desert me in this solemn
hour, my friend"
gave him my promise ! now as
sisted him 70 point his pistol toward the
spot where | judged his adversary to be
standing, and cautioned him to listen
we'll and iurther guide himself by my
ieIlow>second's whoop Then pr0pped
mytelf against NJ GambettA's back, aud
raised rousing Whooptew This was
answered from out the far distance OF
! the iog, and Immediately shouted:
"One-twJ--three-fre
Two little sounds like spit spit broke
upon my ear, aud in the same instant
Has crushed to the earth under noun.
| tain of flesh. Buried " | was, | was
still able 10 eaten fsiut accent from
abova, to this etiect
II die for-ior-pefdi!ion take it, what
is il l die ior? Oh, yes-Frsnce
ole that France may live"
The surgeons swarmed around with
their probes in their hands, aud applied
their mere sOp-s to the whole area OF
NJ GAmhetta's person, with the happy
result OF inding nothing in the nature Of
= wound. Then scene ensued which
WAS in every way gratifying and iu-
spiriting.
The two gladiators fell upon each
others necks, with foods of proud and
happy teSrs that other second embraced
Inc The surgeons, the orators, the under.
takers, the police, every bsdy embraced
every body congratulated, every body
cried, and the whole atmosphere was
filed with praise and with joy unsreaks
bic. 1t seemed to me then that | w0uld
rather be the hero Of French duel than
a crowned and sceptred monarch.
BuRDETrE, in his letter to the Hawks
eye, maguauimousiy allows the palm to
the eat in the matter of revolutionary
relics, but in the next breath is inclined
to take il back, He says: - remember
in 1876, when had the great centen.
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