, 1880-07-28
BLANK CARTRIDGES.
rha Mock Duel Out on the West
ern Prairies.
A Bogus Correspondence Ending in an
Equally Bogus Encounter.
. Practical Joke Carried Ont with
Grcnt Completeness.

f1rcnt ComD)eteueSs,
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I1o WIS 4 young o"ss"se e.v'1I .s' .,. n1n1,o'e'
At tho Chicago, AlolwauRee ~. taul ocpol'
a good. honest sort OF Il ieltoW WIN tHin
for poetry alld romance assiouously cu1ll'
yntel b. long devotlou 10 'no yers'e'e uepatt, r.
ment Of the 1ewspapelS a,o ~, ulS paees u, y.
yetiow-tncked literature. a'la INC boys III !'!s
set succeeded In foollnE him to tfio top OF LIS
pens. - ,.arv ctnver nraettcnf iolr. tcr,nf-
victim OF ssss ',osI' ,s, ,ara, ,,,,,s,,,nn ' G
nat1ne ~ s'u'! -, I", n,a,,s, nrs nv ,ar,,,
,..,s s"s's '''n up "'' "f'aDa'' ana no A"'''
uerI. 'rhe tokcrs and their subject live at tho
oaraen H. w i,oer io Jaio,n .lann, 1Iis l,iio
ost INC LOCK X, ls,na ' ton a'poa t,, t,S n 'to nv
an,yeNIf a!"sy'elJ' TIC iokers sona M tine % in My last
maleS,, .',t Nv T III, o., him. to sneak nfter tie
to pu, ~ thc I'm ,,,ro,nantIc % md the ,,1,uoet-
manner ~ tao ,. u.o ~ ,,at, a a,,a" NV ~ ,,ri,t
before Inst ont Oil tile open prairie between
s.nron,n,,to avenue and Van Uuron and
;a.t"n,, yaeit strocta Onc ~ lin iottcra. f. @.
iiaft1sUn s'i. ,o,,,n ,,.ro,n liz, ,,ntn In a
pone!a noya oy h1g, ',rnorlms 10 % como r from IN
soJ t'J' seen lin at eiurc!. and Ind naturally
" I ,,,, to,vrrd hin, hv
ptgs' ,,9r ,1!nEssripIn c1tAtsis OF HIS PERSONAL.
ArrEA1aAScE'
There wns M 1fr Of ASSURANCE tint every
tLtv t%v. wonld be- nil rlgjlt in tho lines wlle,
t1iowrI. t"nH and In which tho mythical fatr
loloM.". an H., ,,.t ,,,.r ,,,.nio ,,,as, f,",
cue aiollaett H,,l us I'et ~ n"slo was S,e' S,e.'
Lu,lisio'' y. iseaa."", s"', a'' vus .s,'ar
crll " the kcDsi nT,nS, WHO SIMPLY 1eFe1-
Gnced lllo liatlie y i'cG..,.,,,,a i'cG. ,,..,<,
The ileart " LIN 1ottcssSGSpttp,H " W. ,pt
enHt eerK wGs c"prnrgr prncrn, ~ ~. an 'fi tf ,r
qHast u slolet Tvs, ah9 nVH ot neW pSSHis ~,
liz sat d9Wh allt! llnllsl rsnly, III Which 'G
lf0posen y iicet9' SGt ~ ~ u T., I'LL ~
Tyr w,!,ineesS Mia !,er E,easnro. ,, to Ms ns, ~
late4 as slc haa 1eaues!ett m ofuu[ F.,aw.s liz
there might ~ no hWKwnM 'n'sMEt ~ y
aboot H. 41!luef MIai!eeusMii,!uipS, I,1 "s ~
seetIlea 70 thn ,' insy,,r sv a" !iav ,,rouvI,t w
was unavoidable, a''d Asking hint pun to excuse @
her; It!ei ta ai9'r aettiea aoWi, i''tT i.ae Lile
fsaI ,e ovets. n nort stg; n;, ,oat
pfctendetlly 50 otl the part " Lle merry con-
splrators. :, llls nilGli.en nFetellIeu 10 nave
left tile City, anu 20 pc ilttlnE Aoont Guiong
tlle fayert wntcrlllK-plilaes, atlM tla letters
which Donngllan wrnlo ~ ,Ct!lcaeo were
:arrlcd by friendly travelling Hlen to Sara.
pyn, Lolg branch. New aork, Mlu othef
II" l:artfst, f;itv 1jmri. Thoy hreatheti nil
sr.,,r J ~ invntit,, ,vijci, ,vns fnilv rpriurt.
tlnu! ~ ~ Huso@Um ~ @ mH H., ins.o mo II, H. ssti.,,
Mted ny the uupo VI tue Johe III A1S s1Apoen-
MEr replies. .
Tile thing having run on Tor several
months, tho jokcrB concluded q couple Uf
kprEs ntu TINT
- ,u,,rr,,- ,,a,, ,.,,,, ,,,,,o
- "HH As"h FV's -" ~'t'ts' .
Lee accordingly reCeretl bogus letter from
The bngns Gen. LN.lfngtpil, Tlllcl! opened li!s
syes 1H thu painful fuettl.at everything wasn't
: 99dght reverence and yenvrnte tug ll;line OF
LuJ{ugt0n demanded Il return OF tho yuI,1,
~ n ,rr,.nt .,"rtnrhn," @ n mim,l wrt,,t If,
IL IL ,nt,I Wv anr,t i,,tti,,,. ~; H..
us petleclil htHlihoiG !f.NHILull5 nI.u l,t!'