Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-26
TIE MAN In THE TOWER.
He Interviews Female on the square
The Duel Of the Dudes.


The Duoi Of the Dudes.
The porter found his friend absent
when hearrivcd in the tower yesterday
and he looked out over the city and
waited for the old man TO put In his
appearance. The orchestra was MIX
ing feeble attempt 20 start M "the
sweet sunny Sonth;n little pnfls of
dust rose up ina the distance followed
by the sound OF blasting rock; bob
tailed car bowed up Main street,
pulled by brown mule, whose lag.
cling pace was accelerated by loud and
sharp cracks from The drivers whip;
pigeons coopd on the roof and railing
outside the tower; men and teams
moved about in huNling activity in
the streets below long lines Of smoke
to the north and west told Of the ap-
proach of trains 10 the city; the sound
OF the artisans hammer made music
from all directions, aud the reporter
thought that q cofnucopia Of pfosperi-
iy had been opened upon the city Of
his adoption. He looked over at the
Gew opera-house and longed for the
( poetic vision OF a Faust To picture the
! triuhnphs in store for it. lie noted that
even since his arrival the city had
grown and multiplied In perceptible
4 degree. and was lost In admiration Of
! The city as IL bids fair to be in years To
come when the Fort Worth belle will
! proudly claim that her grandfather
! was one of the first settlers of the then
| magnificent queen OF the Pralries."
! His reverie was cut short by the old
man putting bis hand upon the repor-
| ter's shoulders and saying;
~ had curious experience last
right"
aWhat was it?u asked the reporter.
"About one O'clock" was the reply,
81 saw II female figure emerge from
Main street and wander in an aimless
way around the square, and us she
came by the tower saw that she was
deeply troubled about something.
determined to investigate and hurry
ing down caught up with her on the
of Weatherlord and Houston and said
"lny sister what great trouble Is i
which brings you here ut this unsee,n
~ hour when grave-yaTd5 yawn ant
sepulchres give up their dead?' Il
: their some dark sinister motive IL
your mind and can ] do anything fol
your She turned and saw 1t was The
same little peppermint drop that uset
to come up in the tower. She recog
nized me and said oh, Mr.. Tower
man, l am In great trouble. You re
member our conversation about tn
dudes, well | succeeded in catching
two and they have quarrelled and to
night they fight duel on the banks O
the Trinity. ! told her not 10 bottle
/, herself that one dude was enough 70
her, and in case both were killed sh
: could tune up her penny whistle an
: catch another. oh, Pm not trouble
about them. said she, smiling ut III
ignorance through her tears, they ar
all right, Pm only afraid that repor' Z
who interviews you in the tower wi
get wind of 1t and have me figure /
the papers as the cause of n dude duel
8 / nd are you not afraid they will q
each other harm? asked,
( Bless you, no; you see they qua
relied and the matter was arbitrate
i, by fIiends who decided that to satisi
the code meeting must take place, bit
:, as pistols were liable to periorate the
: dear bodies and swords likely to ct
their nice clothes, it was further d'
cided that they should retire TO som
quiet spot and fight with hem shoe
Grs, and in order to secure them abs
:, lutely from II 'rm their ammunition
= to be 5aIed beans"