, 1879-06-11
MISS DUEn'S PISTOL.


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s,o,, mt, tnt', I.a-r IN 0un,mnrt cu,,,ur.
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q. nc p'oGlesso4 WV es.'4e"tt' 't'"' '!"S 'e
hk"ned TO Tint Of TENN ot oxen jogging ITS
move slueetsh4y along, md l,ott sway from aide
~. 49, ~, .r5"r ,s,o w.o- 49,. H., .r,a, ,.ns
t' ~ o'u'' ~. o.S .. ".sN "@o -.
"esa"' ~" to""' '"o e."'.s w. u" e,s"'t
baiaflceu rs Lucy were at lhe beG1nhnE' IFufls
the first the shooting, with tts preceding ntnt !
succccdl,,r events. las TO a certain extent been
concealed in a cloud Of dust. So unnatural md
unprecedcntcd was tho OCCURRENCE tl,at a mrs.
terry apparently impcnctrab]e gave It mAoriety
moro than pnssl1g lAko tro1n u Ita veil OF
mystery, aisd Fou rob IT OF Its widespread In
terest.
shot nnothcr.-!ntgntOnalsy Or accidentally, ~
the ea:o tnny bH,-bnt thu will rGn.ors In con.
ncctlon with the affair Which wtre flying lsftmr
md th'sher AMl we're openly denied, Ytt
secretly credited, which awake',ed 80 nsus!
curlostty,-a curiosity ns ulorbI as slIe scnti.
inrnt which gave II hsrih. In mind md In
bony Miss Ducr WAS looked upon az n sort Of
noi'strosity IN nelthcr the one nor tlle Other
IN she such. 1lar mind Ii the mimi of MI orlt
rars won,ar,-peshaps l1ttao more than ors.t-
tary, but BY 10 means extraordinary. si'cc
cl'idhood SHE lns been allowed ler own wav.
1icr parents uro ssmpic, honcs. peoniv, nott-
i,IE inurc. Wayward III fancy nsnl 1onl OF
pooks, shc ,,na pursued n egarsc vi prpsnss-
clious reading, letting l'cr Imagination run
Dyron, her 'nvoritc au,hpr, beems 10 t'ayc TX
ertcd tile hano Influence tsyer, her lint he doc.
aver every reader Who rcas.s hinsto sattsfy the
cravings ot s1ekiY nnpottfc. AZ night. long
after lhe Wtc|fE l!uur, she would SIT In llcr
roona n'id ror1 uSer hrr books. koadi,,g taught
her to write. 1GInale Byron, slo Thought,
mad by sonlo strange trcak pf nutMrs bren born
Of humble parents In tie little Town OF pueo-
mUkn.
As n writer she MAS by no mcans tho genius
tllnt she krenns to lure iuagtnel, but to her
ncighbors she appcarca prodigy Of learning,
"for," sati theT. "is she not ! contribution to IL
country newspnnerti T1l!s dGlsfDn wis height
cned hy the poor girl herself, who. by aping the
ccccntrtcties of others, nattcrcd herself into
the belief tat Rte rcse1nblcd item IN other re-
sptcts Tllr,,, too, sIlr added to the effect THUS
III fo p.ti bsr Gs s nyro parsd
I! Ills did not necessarily prove .lnt .lle hcnd
which graccd l'cr shoulders co'thi,1ct. as ,ne!l
as ,he ono which graccd his. Aud yet She
thought So.
/, When silo was ID years d,-stc Is nav 2t.-
she met mud hogan to assoclate wltlt Elfa llearn.
UwinE to thelr natlVu Refinement nmA manners
tleae two girls were admitted Into tie best go
ctctv Of rncomoke City. Their friendship was
prctty much the same as tint butwau girls gg,,-
cruily, aEd they SEEN to laye loved cactl otlu.r
IIcart's preference for alIss 'Ella Fustrr began
10 tDrt,,re Miss Duor.
Tile tragedy which Terminated Miss llcarn's
lifa may hnyo been tho sudden development OF
this jealousy. Miss Dner clants. that whilu talk
nE a1ul laughing with Miss Iiearu, tlle pistol
witch shs holt, IN l,ef ha.ni. tritis wifi; Mn
way Win her KID rioyc, md was nrrit1cn,uiiY
discharged, On tic otllcr h,,nI, Mrs: Geurpc
Iruttt testthes. TINT on her diving bca Film de-
carcd tl,a1 the shooting was Intentionally tiouu
tlt 1llick expression wticll missed over LliIiu's
tacu warming nor Of her mrposu.
| DR.. Trlitt, tue attending uhys,ctat, tcsttdcs
t1ut, alter tic st,ot Ilul bccn tEriHl thu t,y girls
left the room tugether With their arms ar1nns,
rurl, otlrr. n,nl L0u(sa llcarn lAut. whan ElIn.
tor wei1l 10 TIM pe,,stc, AMI there 1hu twu girls