Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-25

Fire at him Tyson" he said in a
low tone. You must, you know or
you II never end it.
qTcan't," Isaid
aYou must. Do as tell you'll Fire
at him. You won't hurt him.
"What?" | asked with quick
suspicion that possibly there was no
Fball in my weapon; but he WAS gone,
and stood alone waiting the fatal
signal, ~ Ready! Wheel Firer' which
was to be given by third man whom
the two seconds had chosen.
| tried TO he calm, but Johnson's
lastswords had made that impossible
My mind was in whirt Perhaps it
would be better, after all, to make an
appearance OF taking aim; but before
| had decided, the words came
fReady! Wheel FIRE."
The first sent a painful thrill all
! through me-; at the second ! turned
Quickly, with hali-leyelled piece, when,
simultaneously with the third, /
turned and fred | heard the sharp
report and felt a sinking pain in my
! left side, which caused my grasp to
tighten and the muzzle of my piece to
| fall. bad a dim consciousness that
| / twas wounded as sank down, then
! darkness came over me, and all con-
| seriousness was gone.
| / On its return, was lying on a bed
| aud two doctors were by my side.
Other persons were in the room, and
there was adeeplY serious expression
! Oh every face. The doctors cautioned
me not to attempt to speak. did
not rise'f that bed for weeks, and
two months passed before ! left my
/ room.
After the second day my mother was
with me constantly. But when |
asked her of Halleck, wondering why,
now thashis honor must be satisfied,
| he did not come to see me, she said,
with look of anguish, that they had
taken him home.
l. ~ hope he hasnot been expelled, |"
j said
It await, Walter" she replied, "till
Pyou are well; it viii only retard your
recovery TO worry about that now"
| lIsfuiiy believed then, that Eustace
had been expelled, But Ihad an eager
| longing to meet both lin and Ethel,
Land expected to do so, as soon as l
keould endure the journey home.
! But when, at length, | was once
more under my fathers roof, and aft
er nights rest, asked for informa-
ton about Eustace and Ethel, my
mother sat down by my side, and tax
ing nay hands gently in hers, said,
t"Walter, must now tell you, --Eus-
! tacs cannot come toyou."
r l"Why, mother, what do you mean?
what has happened" Icried, in alarm.
ooh my SOM" and her eyes filled
with tears, SIT seems as if Gods judg-
nient came upon him, and it has over
whelmed them all Eustace was car
lied dead from that fatal field. The
news killed his poor mother, who, you
know, was still very weak from that
last illness. His father, overwhelmed
| by the lose of both wife and child, IN
| aft of insane despair died by his own
hand. o Walter, dreadful iudg-
nient has fallen on that house,
! l'But Ethel, Ethel, mother"
az can hardly tell you, my child, my
heart is so sad. These horrible TRACE
dies so preyed upon her that reason
! fled; and she is now in the care of her
aunt, quiet and ineffensive, but she
can never be herself again"
I Ellis dreadful news brought me low
| again. Spring came before recovered;
! nor did | then recover except i'll bodily
health, for even now carry that in
my heart which cannot be healed.
| iKeenest and deepest of all my
wounds was the loss of herfrom whom
treason had fled 1t never returned.
But happily her poor life was short.
? within two years, father, mother,
sister,. brother all lay side by side in
| the silent graveyard; and thus, for
that once happy family, ended one
mIscalled "affam of honor" q .-
| | never met either of the seconds in
that affair again. They at once fled
| from college. And so the meaning of
! those last words which Johnson gave
| me has ever made me clear. Whether
any deceit was practiced or intended,
ri do not know,-nor can it matter to
me now.-Gouth's Companion
RICHARD STEELE.