Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-09-08

bowie. knife, fourteen inches IN the blade, iron
hilt to point, and started for the village.
He came within sight of his enemy, ther
promenading the public square, and boastlnG
of his vilainous achievement. At this vlslol
Myers lip curled into horrid smile, and hls
dark eye melted into a stream of tears. he
approached till nearly touching the half
breed, and then said in horrid whisper
"Wretch be quick, draw! for by St. Pau
one of us must die!'
And he waited till the other should be
ready for the strife on equal terms. Tie did
not have to wait long, for Jack understanding
that cold, gli.tering, snaky smile, and those
hot gushing tears, as the certain tokens o1
murderous madness, Immediately unsheathed
at the same moment with his adversary, and
they began the dreadful combat; which was
soon decided Myers parried three furious
blows of the hateful halfbreed, and then
grasping his foes clothing with his left hand,
with his other plunged the knife up to the
hilt in his heart. The Cherokee expired with
out groan.
And now the inward and terrible passions
of Myers found vent in appalling explosions.
His curses were fearful to hear; he spurned
his fallen entmy with his foot and wished
aloud he had q hundred lives so that he might
enjoy the pleasure of killing him hundred
times over. His wrath then changed for his
other insulters. He flew at the loafer, Bill
Greene, and tore out his "soap locks" by
haudfuls. Ha sprang upon Gen. Cole and
pulled his nose until it was fattened between
his 6ngers-all the while that CORY knife
dripping with blood, in his left hand. His
enemies were SO taken by surprise, terror
stricken and stupe6ed, that for space they
seemed utterly incapable of voluntary motion.
The coward had suddenly become the
bravest of the brave. The equipoise of op-
posite feeling was destroyed forever; the
sheer power Of pure will had conquered phys
ical fear.
On the same evening Gen. Cole called a
special council of his friends to consult on
the course he should pursue. There was but
one-that as he had been insulted by direct
and gross public indignity, he must call his
enemy to the field Of honor. Accordingly on
the following day challenge was dispatched,
which Myers promptly accepted, and fixed
the time at noon of the same day, the weapons
to be double barreed shot guns; distance ten
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The parties met on the sand beach under
the bank Of the river, above the village
Hundreds collected to witness the issue. The
mortal beligerents were placed in position
by their seconds, and the DEATH dealing guns,
enormous double barrels, rested with dark,
yawning muzzles on the sand in their hands.
The spectators were much astonished at the
strong contrast exhibited by their appearance.
Gen. Cole was an old, experienced duelist,
who had shot his man before he was eighteen,
and had often been engaged in affairs of the
kind.
On the contrary, Myers was uuacquanted
with fire arms, and had always hitherto been
deemed an unmitigated poltroon. And yet,
singular to record, the duelist stood up nerv-
Gus and agitated, almost trembling, while the
reputeG coward was calm, firm, and steady, as
the appalling smile was on his curling lip,
and few scattered tear drops, cleaning in
the sun, were on his cheek
Gen. Coles secund gave tho word. Fi.u
one, two, three! He need not, however, to
have counted 80 many, for with the echo of
the sound fire." Myers elevated his piece as
quick as thought and touched the trigger:
There was tremendous roar, and General
Cole, the duelist, fell dead. His head was
pierced with twenty buckshot.
No one ever again called Myers coward
in Arkansas; no one ever thought Of the
term as his shadow cleaned by in the sun
light He had taken his degrees in the COL
lege of desperation, and his diploma was writ,
ten in blood!
He became n politician of great notoriety,
a leader in that section of the State; was re-
peatedly elected to the legislature, where he
acquired distinction by his talents. Nature
made Him coward; love for his insulted
wife rendered him brave, and bravery con-
ferred honor.