The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-05
Keep quiet. 1 viii sec you through
this mxtter, and when you marry Mis-

Keep quiet. 1 viii see you through
thi, matter. and when you marry Mis-
ao,hy. will dance at the wedding"
sAll right. sah." he replied. and with
s n.oyant. smiling face. lefS the Office.
.l$lf III hour afterwards | was in the
.,tnie and on my way to NV old friend
MAJOR Swivels. To him l repeated the
mole affair and besought him to seek
! and act the part OF second for that
erecting. On my return to NY Office /
,5rote a formal challenge TO Ju in the
ysme Of Ananias and quietly awaited
teSults.
Ju. through his second, Major Swiv-
els. accepted the challenge. pistols were
canned as the and the follow
ing Friday as the time.
Thursday afternoon the Major and !
met and perfected all the details That
night for fear Mas might lose courage
and desert me. l made him sleep in my
Office and fastened doors and windows
on him. About five a. III. the next
morning l harnessed my roam mare
Nelly to the buggy, took Mas in. and
started of. The boy was badly fright
cned. his teeth chartered, and l could
hardly control my risibles. With a
careless movement Of my foot dis
lodged the cover of a box in the front
part Of the buggy and allowed him a
glance at its contents. These consisted
If a hand saw, a long. glittering prun-
ing knife and an ordinary butchers
c~leaver.
What's dem fer, Cap'pen'" he said.
"They are surgical Instruments" l
replied. You may be badly wounded.
and l may have to cut of Your arm or
leg 10 save your life
'Lord-a-nassy, Cap'pcn. let me g;s
right outen dis buggy. He kin hab dat
gal if he wants. an sides dat ! forgot to
feed dc mule di, mornin'."
"Silence," / said. percmptorily.
"Iou have got to fight now. and if Won
try 10 escape III blow the top OF your
head off,
The poor young fellow was almoG.
paralyzed with fright, and becoming
somewhat uneasy ut his condition. l
pulled out a flask of brandy and gate
him a pretty stiff drink. After tie
liquor had partially restored his factl-
ties ! said to him: "NOw, Mas. brace
up and be a man. tell YOU that Ju is
al awful coward and will run just as
soon as you point n pistol at him. Just
do As ! say and all will be we'll"
When we got tn the appointed plsco
the Major and his protege were already
there. Ju was a sight. His eyeballs
were rolling. his cheeks were as asfen
rs they could get under the peculiar
pigment of his c~uticle. and no wonder,
for in the Majors buggy were two huge
pistols Of revolutionary origin. with flint
locks. a half gallon syringe. a monkey
wrench and a pair of horse clippers.
The Major saluted me in n grave, for
NAL manner / returned it as gravely
and formally. Tying our horses to con-
ven;ent saplings ana leaving our r.
spective charges seated, with strict in
functions not to stir. the Major AMI ] re-
tired some little distance for cOnsulta-
ton.
"HOw is your man?:' said he, almost
choking with laughter.
Scared to DEATH" l replied, II had
to brace him up with brandy"
$50 did ! mine," said he. ''and now
let's have the circus. l have loaded
the pistols with powder only. of course.
but so heavily that the discharge will
knock the deuce out of them at the first
fire"
W. gave the heroes another drink
and placed them in position, ten PAGES
apart. pistol in hand. The Major won
the word. and gave it sOnorously:
''Firs, onC-twO-threc!"
There was u terrific report. a vast
cloud Of smoke, and both men lay
prone upon the ground. l rushed to
Ananias and raised him up. The huge
horsc-pis,ol recoiling had struck his
nose. and it was bleeding prOfuscly.
Ten PAGES away. Ju just recovering his
senses saw the bloody face OF his an.
tagonist and yelling '.Done kilt him."
broke for the woods. We called after
him, but to no avail. He KEEP! on run
ming. and rs We haven't seen him since
We suppose he is running still.
About Il month later Mas came into
my Office. and looking up bashfully.
sad: .Cap'pen. is you gwine to town
ter-day:o'
IL am" l answered.
"Den if you please, sab. * at dc
pos'-oifis fer Ananias Giggies."
Il thought your name was Pickett"
l said.
dat was my maiding name. sah."
he replied with dignity. Il was mar
ried dis mawnin' ter Miss Sophy
Jay, IN Detroit
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