Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-28

who committed Il Il foll 10 my evil for
tans 70 b placed uudsr your authority.
] found you Q brute and tyrant By tn
stinet, from The fast that oas dared nos
opPoss you The tWo yeaFs vas Is the
docks In Beest were the most vreeeheo
l can ever recall IN my life. In every
possible way that you could You op-
pressed me. Everything your devilisa
ingenuity could invent 70 make me mis-
cradle, that yoo pat into speedy pf.o-
tise. don't stop here 20 inquire the
motive; that 10 Of little consequence.
Pity for my dreadful su6ertnas never
found . place in your heart- Oh. yoa
we're cruel; . Wild beast would have
shown I'VE more COMPASSION when !
rscollect What I endured at your hands,
it il only . wender l don't tear your
throat open where you now stand. See,
be cried, dropping his calm tone and
raising bis voice almost 70 Q screen g
his fingers moved convulsively. See.
and be stripped OF his shirt and Pre-.
ssuted his bare shoulder, which shoved
. seam in the 6esh that had healed With
q blood red hue. do You recoilect the
day you cut Ne down WITH your sword.
/ shall always boar the mark Of your
brutality"
you we're contumacious," replied
Patrin.
"You lie. yoa eovardly villain Con-
stantin shTieked. But enough OF this.
demand instant satisfaetion; are you
ready TO give Is!
Without doubt" coolly replied Pa
trim, knocking the ashes out OF has pipe.
~ here are the sVords!"
We have NO swords here" cried
Coustautin. 81 Yoa shall, though, have
the ohoies Of veapons. Hsse ere rifsa
knives and pistols; cay vhish-is shall
BE-"
Patrin shrugged his shouldsra
II cannot fight with knife-that 10
toe American. Nor do ! understand
tho rife. Pistols are all that are left
/ choose them. Let rs proceed"
could not help admiring the cool
ness displayed BY Patrin. He could
not have been more uncORoerned II he
bad been going TO play . game OF bill
lizards.
The distance vas measured of and q
navy revolver placed in the hands II
each Of the oOmbatants. At the ArSt
nrs neither vas hit. In the second 6re
Constantine ball struck Patrin's cheek,
carrying OF the entire lower portion Of
his nose; bat the Frenchman did not
vince even whoa his mouth vas filed
| with blood.
We thought Constantin would now -
content, bat be demanded another shot,
and his adversary shrugged his shout
dsrs and expes1ed hio Willingness q
oblige him. The blood from his faos
flowed % fat tha3 % we're esmpelled %
banda0e the lower part ct his head with
handkerchief.
Once moro the word was given. Pa
trim took deadly aim at C0nstantin,
but missed him; while the latter, with
out discharginQ his weapon, exclaimed:
| go, beast, and bear the mark that
in turn have placed upon you. It will
be q sweeter satisfscti0n to know that
you are wandering about dis6Rarsd than
II killed sos" " 80
We plaosd Pa1rin In our wagon and
conveyed him 70 Lodge Pole Creek, 0ul
hree hating plAse. Hare vs were CON-
pslled 70 leave him, - Q fever had At.
tackled him. With good nursing, now
ever, he recovered, and during the fol
lowing winter 10 heard Of him at Val
lejO, in California.
After the occurrence above narrated
Louis Constantin was NO longer thu
quiet and meditative man he formerly
had been, but was one of the gaye6'
spirits in the West. He had got rid o.
the burden that weighed 90 heavily or
him, and the satisfaotion he experience
in the punishment Of his old foo seemed
70 impart . newer and happier impuls'
70 nls iiIe.