Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-07-27

Edward va, the exact counterpart #
the uu" occIpied hy Cecilia and
Fred: in other words. that Cupid.
sly Cupid. Eal sent his -haft7 sim
ultaneou-ly through four hearts. and
that Cccilia'o and Ercd- We're two Of
them.
Accordingly. when Fred returned
to |. -. Il week after. Eva -oon
found favorable opportunity. and
accused him blUntly of EarborlnT
such sentiments toward her friend
OF course Fred Acknowledge his
fault Men in ioy" ALWAYS MAX" a
point nf making II. great fools ii
themselves Il, lr~-ihlc uA every coca
sion.
This was all that Eva desired. and
She wa. again cln-'tel with her
friend. whose mind she liza! long
known on the subject There Was
such hearty lnrrrimcnt at this secret
confession Of the two girls more
than the occasion would seem to war
rant.
"Oh. isn't it funny !" exclaimed
Cecilia. laughing ia Jealous Of
Fred. and Fred jealous of FL. It's
too comical for anything"
It's Just like a novel" returned
Eva. BY the way, Cecilia. have You
seen my new novel; p
Cecilia had not seen i.va's new
novel: SO it was brought, and the
two girls We're soon pouring over IFS
interesting pages.
They had been reading for some
time when Cecilia droppe! her side
of the book and spranS to her feet.
clapping her hands and laughing
immoderately.
oh, Eva, Eva. I've found it,"
Found WHAT
Eva was surprised at her friends
enthusiasm.
Found Just what we want to tor
ment the boys with duel. Just
think Of it. A duel, in which nobody
is hurt. of course Oh, won't it he
funny?"
Eva expressed her convictions that
it would be very funny, and then the
two geniuses put their heads to
gether. connecting a scheme that
would certainly succeed III torment
ing poor, confidinE Edward and his
doubling rival to an almost unlimited
degree What this plan was | do
not think it necessary to tell. 1t is
sufficient to say that it was a com
complete success, driving the boys
nearly to distraction, and resulted in
Edward Logan's..sending a challenge
| to his schoolfellow. Fred Hazelton
to meet him in mortal combat at
sunrise on the following day, by the
railroad bridge near the village OF
IL. 1t was afterward agreed that
the weapons should be pistols, and
that the principals should be unat
5 tended by seconds or doctors.
RI Another result of the conference
was proposal by Edward to Eva t.
/; be united to him i'll matrimony.
Eva agreed to meet him a shorl
distance from the bridge 10y r.. t,
give him an answer personally.
: Fred Hazelton had also proposed
to Cecilia, who had agreed to NEE
him by the same railroad bridge, to
1 give him an answer.
Fred was respondent.
: Il might as well know my fate,
3 he soliloqrlized, though | expect t,
be rejected, for l am certain thai
} Ed Logan is before me-
Al If Fred was respondent. Edward
? was infinitely more so.
! Il expect to be refused" he INIT
tered. I'll warrant Fred has F.;
1 mortgage on her, and if he has, Ii,
7 has foreclosed long before this
e Altogether, the morning had every
Y appearance of being lively occa
e sion, and the girls were in ecstasy.
, OF coufse the first thing that Ed
ward did after challenging Fred wa:
to uuburden himself to his contiden
tial friend, Cecilia, and of course
!, that person was properly shocked
and terrified, and by vehement pro
. testations and many tears, succeeded
: in convincing him that murder wa
, not what he wanted to indulge in. S,
l Ed promised to put no bullet in hi
pistol.
While Ed and Cecilia had beer
: occupied in this manner, Eva hat
r purloined the terrible weapon t. b.
1 used by Fred. and replaced it by an
a other, whose contents. as may b,
4 supposed were much less dangerous
3 The fatal morning arrived darl
D and gloomy. A thick fog rendered
objects scarcely visible at hundred
9 PAGES distant. 1t was very appro
: pirate morning for such blood.
: transaction.
9 The principals were in their place
/ cycling each other savagely over til,
J, glistening barrels of their harmless
s revolvers. Two pairs of bright eye
peered from the underbrush, a shor
: distance behind each of the duellists
l and two human beings were strug
4 Cling to suppress their laughter
r which was almost uncomfortable.
"Are you ready?" Kissed Fred.
1 eyes," muttered Ed
"Firew
There was report Of two pistols
t a pader wad from Fred's struck Et
r upon the forehead. 1t was very easy
{ in the excitement of the moment, fo
, him to suppose that it was a NOR,
/, deadly projectile. He threw up hi
, hands, calculated few incoheren
r words, and went over backwards.
i've murdered him." shrieket
) Fred, throwing aside his pistol, ant
preparing to decamp in double quicl
order But a broken limb interferreC
; and he went down as his opponent
| had, shouting, as he did so, i've
J murdered himr'
: 1t was impossible for the girls tc
contain themselves longer. They
must give vent to their suppressed
| merriment or explode. They wisely
concluded to adopt the former course
and the maple grove echoed with
their laughter.
1t was scarcely heard by the fallen
heroes, for their minds We're occupied
by far more weighty matters one in
believing himself dead, and the other
in thinking himself a nllr,lerer Ono