The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-01-15

WINTER and new crop sprOut in the
spring. And SO the stains were left un
| disturbed, Abd@sA atso ffff{s sH.-
1t was not very long after that Mr..
Bienvenu challenged Judge Phillips, o
practieing lawyer, and had; the satisfac.
tion OF receiving favorable answer te
his cartel. bas 9+74
| Again shotguns, loaded with ball
were the weapons, and the identical spoi
where the. Rhett- Cooley duel was fought
was chosen. Once more Carson Nudge
was called upon to display his ability In
preparing the powder and ball. His
services were secured by the Phillips
party. ss gAs4 ns4 6sssi,s
Little change had been made in the
scene about the broad lane, and to the
ordinary observer there was nothing to
show that man had been killed on the
spot. where the Bienvenu party were
standing
The reason was not the same, it is
| true, and the oleanders were not bloom
ing. Neither was the day so fine.
Clouds shrouded the sun, and the trees
blocked like gaunt sentinels. watching
some hallowed place. The wind was
laden with the spray from the white
caps in the wavy Sound, and left a
chill upon the cheeks it kissed, as ii
went moaning through the pine for
| est beyond. 1t was q mournful
scene, and the men who had gathered
| there seemed impressed with the un.
canny nature of the spot and surround
lings. Winter had brought death tc
natures beauties, and man was pre-.
pairing to deal death to his fellow.
The ground, though, bore no marks
of a struggle. Apparently all signs OF
the previous affair had been obliterated
But to one who knew, and who cared tc
Nook, there was a mute witness to the
Adeadly strife, the memory of which
till lived with those assembled.
W Two blood-stained leaves were cling.
lnggsto stem of deer grass; the stem,
f2fEs s3Fas slightly tinged with red, but
ather side We're two, more leaves
as greenland juicy as they were in the
PHpsiqGA The cold that had interviewed
had46oFchil led nor withered them. The
ephem life of the tender sunmer
IFblades mad been preserved and pro-
longed by the vivifying hearts blood of
strong man.
Mr.. Bienvenu took his position next
to the incarnadined shrub and awaited
r. ,,as g.
0n;op,S H. u soaoS. snJ on 1ieu'
rusSad ta eaah I hs1t ot tl,oso 'as .sna surgeons
ass;stanco Ma;tto, LII III 49, VOC no 9 ne9u u
A look of disappointment scafne ,oKez,
three others were oiaa that AN tho Smy h,,,,ats ~
had S,,at cao 'iio le'tl ''utiees .s
The seconds conferred and were in.
<.l. ..,zIL a. l-..s.. -
Element.
..No,'' ryehemently exclaimed NJ
Bienvenu. "I have nor come here for
finn. nor for an anoloou n.n,n ha,.o aUl
to fight-to kill him If / could. and T in.
sist upon another shot,,
Judge Phillips declared he was not
anxious, nor did he care what was done:
he was in the hands of his friends.
The excitable creole was gesticulating
and declaring to his seconds that confer.
ences were useless. thew had aaraad -
act for him, and he desired that fhe duel
should be to q finish.
! Once more the accommodating Mr..
Nudge measured his powder and
weighed his bullet. This time there was
to be no mistake. Life was in the hal.
ance and blood should flow.
The men stood with the stocks of their
guns on their hips, the muzzles at an
angle of forty-tive degrees and the ham.
mer at full cock. Before .sone', had
been called the quick creole had pulled
the trigger, and the sound of ..twoi, was
lost in the report of Judge Phillips
weapon. .-.-.,..-
Mr.. Rienvenu fall ra;sad his band ona
died. 80 ''''-'' Guy
at il no use--be is shot tbropoh +he
hearth eorrowf,llv said tba s,,yaaon
and thew bore him away
His wife had lost a husband but be
had avenged what he had nleased to
term an insult with his life. '9NN "
When the duelists Ieft tbe oronnd tbo
two Green leaves Of the deer 1rass yvaro
no longer SO. The dead man had fallan
to the left of the sprig. and tbe leaves
had dipped into his blood and taken It's
color.
-Four wears after. the writer vis;tad
the spot when ATTENDING another dneI
which was fought in the vicinity. and
which ended by one of the combatants
receiving a Colichmard thrust throuoh
everything around seemed dead but the
orange trees, with their yellow fruit, and
the magnolias. The surroundings looked
gloomier than they ever did, and il
seemed as If the stranger were treading
IN upholv oronpd