Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-06-12

fastened pair of large saddle bags
containiDg-well no Y itter what
the true Missourian on horseback
always carries this truly convenient
receptacle OF miscellaneous plumber.
He cart ride without it. Ii would
despoll the seat of his cogitations
and upset the equilibrium of his
qusdruped. But let this pass. Thus
mounted and equipped, the twain
enter Galena, and riding up in front
Of Billy Benefits hotel where a
large crowd have already Assem- bled.
report themselves ready for BUSH
ness, nerving themselves prepare
tory for the great event which was
soon to come off, both dismonnted
! and throwing their tridies to the
bye>standers, enter the nearest Sc.
loon and call for Bourbon straight.
Having thus in degree fortified
the inner man and lifted their spir-
its to an elevation above the fear of
danger. they renovated their horses
and rode off, accompanied by the
crowd, TO the field of honor, where
an equal number of spectators have
already collected Leaving his prin-
cipaI in charge of friends, Free ad.
vances TO the front. He takes in
the situation at glance. draws
from tho right hand holster, one of
his "man. Killers loaded to the
guard with buck sbot-swipgs it
above his bead as he brings his fiery
charger TO pose upon his hind legs
-proelaims from his stentorian
lungs that the time has arrived
when there must either be fight
or foot race. Bust. the second of
Bates, who is already in waiting,
responds to the call and announces
the presence of his principal but
protests against the barbarity of us
ing cold steel when the pistol is the
only authorized and legitimate wea-
pom used between gentlemen upon
such occasions. Free don't see il
in that light and takes q big oath,
(too big for utteranoe here, that he
will blow them all TO HI Harper's
Ferry y and back again if they do
not immediately set up their man
and let Detan hack him down like a
dog 1t is perilous momept--the
lite and future happiness of two
hitherto peaceable individuals, are
about to be sacriticed-and that to
false principle unworthy of sava-
ges. Free boils and RACES at the
delay and then curses loud aud
deep tho cowardly poltroon
who had demanded satisfaction and
now refuses to receive it upon the
terms and in the manner his own
folly and rashness have invited. Bat
Bates and his friends are not TO be
inveigled into so unequal contest
as is now clearly presented before
them. They sec "death in the pot
aud in the cool, quiet reserve of
The Frenchman and the glittering
steel that he knows well how TO
Weld. a disgracefnl disarmament in
the first encounter, ugly, gaping
wounds and perhaps death and the
grave. sTo one however brave and
undaunted in the presence of dan.
ger, these thoughts, when himself
is the subject of them, produce
subduing influence. 1t was so now.
The friends of Bates come to his
rescue and solicit conference. Ii
is granted. The belligerents are
brought together, mutual explana.
tons fol "; the offensive language
is Withdrawn and the maudlin
crowd who had come TO witness
the fun, disappointed and cna-
grlnned at the Unexpected and pa
cific turn of events, like "my uncle
Toby" utter curse on all COW
ards in general and Bates and De-
tan 10 particular, then adjourn to
Patrick Connor's saloon on the Lee
Wy. TO slake their sorrows in the
lethean draught.
Having thus honorably vindi.
Gated himself in this delicate affair,
in which he displayed remarkable
degree of GOODNESS and self posses
sion, Detan, accompanied by bis ev-
er faithful valet, returned trlumph-
antly to bis home on the Platte. Hig
fame now grew brighter than over,
and wherever his name was men.
toned, 1t WAS always with that due
reverence that attaches to manly
bearing and undisputed courage.
Confidence was again fully re.
stored in his business relations, and
for a number of years Paris contin-
ued to grow and flourish. A catas-
trophy. however, was fast approach.
ing that was to extinguish its name
and fame forever. Tho year 1887
was one memorable in the history
OF the county, for financial ruin and
devastation. All classes were moro
or Less involved, the business of the
whole country, East and West, being
transacted upon a credit basis. This
being removed by the effects of tho
famous specie circular and the re-
moval OF the government deposits
from the banks under the administra-
ton and bold action of Gen. Jack
son, depression, failures and calami-
ties followed in rapid succession.
From this time forward Paris began
to show signs of weakness and de-
cay. Potosi, which had first start
ed at Lafayette, on the banks Of
Grant River, had shot up like a
meteor TO the"Head of the Hollow"
aud in prosperity was now Iivaling
and bidding fair to become bigger
city than Dubuque. The Sun of
another husterlitz was now about
to set on another Frenchman be-
sides Napoleon, and with a weak
ness that once manifested itself in
the mind the great Emperor, DeTan-
tabara,z, knowing the desperate
condition of bis affairs and see
ing no escape from the dis
grace of failure and the
horrors of consequent poverty con-
templated that act of self destruction,
attributed then as disease of the
French nation but now thoroughly
Americanized and fearfully prevalent
in the land, which, in the summer of
1912, be carried into execution in a
peculiarly sad and fearful manner
Desmoulie (called Demoole) silvery
headed old man who had come too
from tho vino clad hills of Eraroa