Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-06-27

tiny decide" Savalle inclined his head,
and said, as the representative of Ri
Were, he agreed.
The two men were pale, almost
blOodleSS, but not nerve trembled or
muscle contracted.
"Gentlemen, said the doctor, ''we
will toss for the first pill" Savalle
cried out, tails" as the glittering gold
piece revolved in the air. 1t fell in a
bunch of grass, the blades of which,
being separate. showed the coin with
the reversed head of the GODDESS of Ii
berty uppeTmoSt. IN. Delagrave you
have the first choice" said the doctor.
Reposing i'll the little box the four
little globes seemed the counterpart of
each other. The closest scrutiny would
not develop the slightest difference.
Nature alone through the physiological
alembic of the human stomach can tell
of their properties. In one there rests
the pail of eternity, the struggle for
breath, the failing of sight, the pano-
rama of years rushing i'll an instant
through the mind, the silence and peace
of sleep for eyermore, the cerements,
the burial case, the solemn cortege and
the close noiSome atmosphere of the
grave. All these were contained i'll
one of these little pellets. Delagrave,
having Won the first choice, stepped
forward and took pill. With a calm
ness which was frigid he placed it on
his tongue and with cup of claret,
handed him by the doctor, washed it
down.
"And now, NJ. Riviere," said the
doctor. Riviere extended his hand and
took Il pill. Like his opponent he swal-
lowed it.
The two men stood looking one anO-
ther in the face. There was not a qui-
yer To the eyelid, not twitch To a
muscle. Each was thinking of himself
as well as watching his adversary. One
minute passed. Two minutes passed
Three, -Four. Five. Now gentlemen,
said the doctor in solemn tones, 1t is
time to make the final drawing"
This was the fatal choice. Both men
were ready for the cast to die. Savalle
tossed the gold piece aloft, and the doc
tor cried out, ''heads." Heads it
was, and Delagrave took a pill from
the box, leaving only one. Now"
said the doctor, M. REVERE, the It.
manning one Is for you. You will
please swallow them together"
The two men raised their hands at
the same time and deposited the pills
on their tongues and took Il draught OF
claret.
One second passed, and there was no
movement. Two seconds, and neither
stirred. Then-''GOOd Cod" exclaimed
REVERE, his eyes starting from their
sockets. He turned half around to the
left, raised his hands above his head
and shrieked a long, wild shrek that
belated travellers even to this day say
they hear on the shell road, near the
island.
lie fell prone to the earth, and, save
a nervous contraction of the muscles of
the face, there was no movement.
Delagrave took him by the hand as
he lay on the damp grass, and said, in
a tender voice; Il regret 1t, but it was
to he. "
The funeral was one of the largest
ever seen in New Orleans, and for
weeks the cafes were agog with the
story of the duel. The beautiful widow,
horrltied at the affair, would never SEE
Delasrave afterward, and is now a
happy grandmere on Bayou LafOurche,
having married wealthy planter two
years after the fatal event.
Delagrave, weighed down with the
trials of an unhappy life, wrinkled and
tottering, strolls along Canal street of
warm afternoons, assisted by negro
Having bare competency,
he has never actually suffered from
want; but he shows evidence of great
mental anguish. The sight of pill
box makes him shudder, and the taste
of claret will give HIM convulsiOns.