The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-03

CIlAIl Eh l.
rlB CHALLENGE.
rt,,rlsy g-apdop, brand you rs Il liar"
,iltate like DEATH cusurd in the Assem-
Nv n,m 0! ,hc Crystal Lake Boat Club as
,lee yonl. uttered in calm but torcible
ton, nBs though the ball.
Ha,lcl va, all conversation now, and all
err rer turned npon the speaker, who stood
viii hi, back to the closed door OF the spa
ciou aar'nenS
andcnctwas III, handsome figure, and
b,lokaipg in every inch Of Its muscular
proportions, Nire aud strength most remark
abe,
I'd. ,tt.ma, egr's were thrown carelessly
htt iroa tie lofty brow, and the firm, UNI
aacaius blue Eyes flashed defiance upon the
oSjeclO Of hi,wrarll,
Hartley Brandon. the recipient of the
n.hsr pointed accusation, confronted the
reaktr With an angry attitude, his short,
,iOtky form drawn up to is fullest height,
and M rOar,c, b.oalcd ysHge working with
ftne expressions. lntFcda and malevHenCe.
Both Wt,e mcuh'iy NJ the club, the first
BIZ nlmc Thomas Hathaway. the sou OF n
,a0r Dot honest thgyrlrg0Hg machiRiSt.
Hartley B-lnlou, va, Old Wesley BrandOn's
SUI, ihr richie, man IN Fairyicw. and who
also bore The byHo means enviuble name OF
the nelHC't
ltVn tie occasion Of The final meeting OF
the club Wtytms loi's great regatta, to he
held tie following iav. All the membe.s
We're We'eul and tie President was about to
npNe assembly " order, when Thomas
llaihaaag iorlbieaulamatiOn resOunded
through ibe apartment
Instantly tb.Gc' became upon the qui rirc,
andall turned 10 lae direction Of the excite:
Msnt
Trouble Va, rightly anticipated, for the
a'aten OF Tie crystal Wave Club were
Egzss ata 8tb'0ol and who would never
AoS a1 insult Ia - UnayengGa.
Hartley Bnpdun, | brand you as liar"
NatIr BaudDu drew back ns though shot
Oya bullet, and lien iriGhttul CLEAN Of
Escroe5cr Shot into his dark eyes, and his
rSbta@ ~ Missed in u menacing attitude.
"b,n!Ol Caii me liar, Thomas Hath
aElyT'
Hurley Bundon, speak but the truth.
You lie lnl yon know 1t, il you say that |
ioaId ,oI 10 last years races. You know
ihatyOl turned my stake instead Of your
OgH, 50 iayau: me almost to the farther
show, and ~ pullt fouting me-"
"ThOmu lIAtaway did not turn your
s'EkeNeA &dUo' foul yon. You have no
F'gai d i,aaA Iaruerm6Fe for calling me u
liar a ti'!e which belongs to YOU"
Hold rncl Tom Hathaway. angrily.
"Do not gigc me the lie, Hartley Brandon,
0ryOu may me u 20 the last day Of your life.
Just cOn!nlyuar hull temper moment,
and lctmc auNra littlc with y0n. You
nty ftare beer 'op heated and excited III the
Fare to notice which stake you turned, but,
"llclvcni' my witness, II was mine. And
SiorcFr''Ing yoprbow and giving you my
aek'ValeF va, obliged to 10 30 in order TO
Ftysnt striking bN,y."
Though 'aiJ LISA mere waste OF time
bNSuc know how the alIair was as we'll
yoi,snL a'soam wrlaware Of the fact that as
you played, mean game, Tor which you will
kNfaid Whore yoa de-
lgm.' iac flushed badly.
Perhaps yul may feel inclined 10 repay 1t
nloa The 'yorg
! areepN tie Challenge" cried Brandon,
wheeling upon lis foe ''and. MS the cbal.
flstd one, have the right to appoint the
aar p'ac and weapons, II you arc'not u
SNata, You will not now back out. Here IL
Ion llallasay's 1.-the form qaiyered for
loHe'l with suppressed passion. but for a
1I@ntHl, however, did this last, and then he
yea eark Step, while his face turned to an
My nIlor
, h'yn n lhc heat OF his passion he was not
Sau,hNia! Of the voice OF prudence, which
"a " S&'ie'itg In his ear at that moment.
No' that Tom va. cuwarl-that H. exccDt
LE4y' No, indeed; but he well knew
M, l',rra,r would he visited upon him
nv NV. We i1Htily As we'll ithe accepted Hartley
''I I.ii challenge and fought the duel.
,,; a. l9l'e IN u.u hero was sense OF fam.
XXI SaSt ia Spitc Of his poverty, would
Sa.S Ese The present assert itself.
S,' az u few hasty words the next mo-
s Sa.a' i'o0R,tI rilse,uaHy the rfdmntiasS Of
NJ D'Ii,'.'oe and .mpulsivc Tom Hathaway
b. s's vac greatest, aud well.uigh most fatal
H ,', oi hi,liic.
Al cried Hartley Brandon his dark
"Io L@Vtu,Ni q triumphant expression.
len r "'s,'aSv'-Nc dare not accept the chat.
aWo,a'"' tar would lave resented that"
anr., Sco,S Si,vN lom the tires Of terrible
W MI, nm within bis breast "holl,
=, Y,,,,! H. - n''roN Were ten thousand devils
\; !u"' uS9cN would max" you rct,act The
insult Even tue worm will ;nni,m wLSr So
y lvOa upon, ! accept your chuIlcn"s Nv
,AF" fdn HilI lad my second nj ttn C,Gi,.
tomorrow morning At iU.' w. Wv '''''
I've ifS' person nwhOn Toms ercs rosied
~ y he 'lt'lrd awny,lnh with bg, ard fh,,,sSt
iaa' VI having the roOm .,o mat. S; ~. Eel,
summers, ''"'" ot some Is
MI ~ w. wa, lhG Youngest member Of The Crvs,
S, ~ iaAs lSb, by nome lierbestSmcIair mi
sauSr.iIafly attached 10 Tom: form yomn ""
N Ion haa rescued tlim from drowning in
SS SgslI y, wor,hippcd the very ground Dnor
~ Ion Hathaway walked and Via.
49, le!I upon hin, he inStinc,Iycl,
SssS '' he had a friend whom he couit
t,, M aid Sinclair, his eyes meeting nj,
S1th,t' y MoK oil sympathy, "must yol
s,s si! seem, " said Tom, IN + talf ashame,
6ei Sa. am very sorry my anger car
,aape - '4r' wish were we'll out Of til
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