Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-28

trial Of shooting the cup OF whiskey from
cf each Others head, "a their custom wa
This was at once the test OF mutual recon.
Citation and renewed confidence. Aqucs
ticn remained to be E"gl.d-who should
have mrs shot 10 Letsrmirs this, Mike
proyos,i TO "sEg u cGpr.r' with Car
psuter; that is, to thro'7 up y copper.
Tbs was done and Mike WOE the fret
ahos. Carpeoter seemed to bs taliy sware
Of Mixes uutorgiyiug temper and treRcher-
GUS intent, cor he declared that he was cure
NJ worI kill him. But Carpenter scorned life
too much 10 purchase it by q breach OF his
solemn compact in refusing to stand the
test. Accordingly, he prepared to die.
He beuuealhed his gun, shot pouch ard
powder horn, his bit pistols and wages to
Talbot, in case he should be killed. They
vent to the fatal plain, and whilst Mike
loaded his rifle aud picked his flint, Car.
peuter filed his tin cup with whisky to the
hrim, and without changing his features,
he placed it On his devoted head as q tar
get for Mike to shoot at. Nike leyeled
his rifle ut the head Of Carpenter ct q dis
lance OF sixty yards. Alter drawing a
bead, he took GoEu his rifle from his isce
and smilingly said Hold your noddle
Carpenter, and don't spill the
whisky, ss ] shall want some presently
he again raised, cooked his piece, and
in IN instant Carpenter fell and
EXPIRED WITHOUT A GROAN.
Mixes bali had penetrated the forehead
CT Carpenterin the center, about an inch
and o half above the eyes. lie cody set
down his rifle, and applying the muzz.e to
to his mouth, blew the smoke out of the
.ouch hole, without saying q word, keep
his eye steadily on the fallen body OF
Carpenter. His first words were, 'Carpen.
ter have ycu split the whisky? He was
then told that he had killed Carpenter
1t is all au accident" said Mike, "tor |
Look % fair o bead on the black spot on the
cup % l ever took on o squirrels eye.
How did il happen?' He then cursed the
gun, the powder, the bullet, and finally
himself, This catastrophe, in 8 country
where the strong &rm Of the law cannot
reach, passed OF ior IN accident, and Mike
permitted TO 60 3, large under the be
lief that Carpenters death was the result Of
contingency. bll Carpenter nau u last
in Talbot, who only waited a fair OPP
p%ortuuity 10 revenge his death. No oPpor-
tuni,y offered for some months after, and
oGe day Mike, in q fit Of ~gasconading, de-
cared 10 Talbot that he did kill Carpenter
on purpose, and that he was glad Of it.
Talbot instantly drew from his belt a pistol
.she srme whioh had belonged TO Carpen-
.erl and shot Nike through the heart.
Mike fell to the .round and expired with
olts word. Talbot, also, went unpublished,
as nobody bad authority or inclination TO
call hin to account. Truth was, Talbot
as ~fvrocious aud dangerous as the
.;;zziy bear Of the p]rairies. Three months
sr.er, Taioo. was present in the battle with
the A~urickarees, in which Colonel Leayen.
wosrh commanded, where he displayed a
c~oolCess that woald have done honor to a
better man. lie came out Of the battle
uuharmed. About zen daya after he WAS
i-oaned ia he Titan river while attempt
ing % swim it. lhul ended the last Of
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