The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-05

counienance wore look Of mingled
ferocity and melancholy.
''CaP'pen." said he. Il has come to
you fer some disvice"
showed my writing materials aside
and motioned him 10 chair. Then 1
liz cigar. the brand l particularly af-
fecf--0 P.-(other people's). and said;
Proceed"
He shutiied awkwardly to the chair.
took position on the extreme edge Of IL.
and began his monody:
''Cap'pen. has been courtin' Miss
Sophy Giggles gwine onier two years
! has boughten her lots OBJ candy.
pinders- an sech like truck. kerried her
10 fesfibules. camp meetins. an
'scurshins. an oh counsel Was 'spectin'
70 ak her to marry me. but Yesterday.
which was Chuseday. she went an
promise 20 marry dat black no count
niger. Jerusalem. dom care 50
much about dat. Cap pen. but dis morn
inc he stuck out his tongue ut me- an
| nebber lows no gentleman ter do
that ter me. 30 axes YOU what ] mus
do"
II Is the principal weakness Of my
many weaknesses never TO allow an OPP
portunity 10 pass for fun Here was q
brilliant chance Iembraced IL
Mas" l said. you are gentle
man. are you Eoty'
YES. sab. sad he. "a Souf Car
Inv gentleman sab"
Then | replied. ..you must chal-
lengr him"
what Is dat. sah2''
..Yon must END note to him. saving
he must meet you on the field Of honor.
In othtr words. you must fight him.
A smile played over his gentle coun-
tenance- Lord bless you. Cap'ptn-"
said he. sen dat note right OF; l kin
butt dat niger ter pieces. "
That won't do said ]. sternly: s.as
a 2 ntlrman you must fight him with a
Z sntlenan's weapons You must chal-
lenge him to fight Won with pistols"
His face turned shade pal, and h
hesitated- / turned on him quickly.
drew my chair close to him and said
impreSsiyely: Mas there i t;da il
the affairs Of love-ssel nigger-. which.
taken 1t the food. leads on 10 mar
rage. know Ju well He J. q terri
b.e coward. and Will run just as soon as
YOU present your pistol At him Miss
Sophy viii hear ~ il. All women
de<pise towards She Will kick him
and You viii carry OF the cake will
60 with You. ac; as your fri nd. and
see that ali goes right VIII you leave
the matter to me-"
''Isyou sure he won't fight Cap penn
certainly am Now you 90 home
Keep quiet 1 will see you through
this matter. and when You marry Miss
Sophy. will dance At the wedding.
.'-iIl right sab. he replied. and with
= buoyant. smiling face. left the Office.
Half An hour afterwards / was in the
saddle and on NV way to INV old friend
MAJOR >wisels- To him repeated the
whole affair and bcsought him to seek
Ju and art the part OF second for that
meeting. On my return TO my Office |
wrote a formai challenge to Ju in the
name ~ Ananias and quietly awaited
results
Ju. through his second, Major Swiv-
els accepted the challenge. pistols we're
named a the weapons and the follow
in- Friday as the time
Thursday afternoon the MAJOR and 1
met and perfected all the details. That
night for fear Mas might lose courage
and desert me- made him sleep in my
Office and fastened doors and windows
on him. About five a m. the next
Nelly TO the buggy, took Mas in. and
started of The boy was badly fright
ened, his teeth chartered. and l could
hardly control my risiblcs. With .
carcle-s movement Of nv foot dis
lodged the cover 81 box in the front
part Of the buggy and allowed him
glance AZ is contents These consisted
Of hand saw. long. glittering prun-
ing knife and an ordinary butchers
cleaver-
What's dem fer. Cap'pen'" he said
They are surgical Instruments
replied 'You may b. hadIy wounded.
and may have to cut of your arm or
leg to save Your life. y
F.Lori-a-n.asSy. Cap'pen. let me git
right outen dis buggy He Kin hab dat
gal ifhc wants an sides dat forgot to
feed De mule dis mornin'f'
Silence said pcrcmptorily-
: You have got TO fight now. and il you
try % escape III blow the top Of your
heal or
The poor young fellow wa almos,
paralyzed with fright. and becoming
somewhat uneasy at his condition. /
pulled out a flask Of brandy and gave
him pretty stiff drink. After the
liquor had partially restored his facul-
ties | said 10 him: Now. Mas. brace
up and Be man. tell You that Ju il
m awful coward and will run Just rs
soon n You point pistol at him just
do a say and AL will be well I"
When We rot - the appointed place
the Major and his proiegc were already
th r.. .Iu was a sight His eyeba.ls
were rolling. his cheeks were a ashen
- they could get under the peculiar