Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1890-10-10

MAN&@ them more cautious
In speech, lest 3 chance Word Or expres.
sion should afford him sufficient grounds
for picking = quarrel
About six months after lts arrival in
galway the regiment was Joined BY .
junior s~ubalteru. lie was . mere Id.
being still In his teens: vet. b. All ae-
counts. he was = fine. soldierly Young
fellow lie gave every promise Of max.
Ing = splendid officer, and a few weeks
sufhced 70 established him a. = favorlte.
Hut alas only . short time elapsed
before he had the misfortune to fall foul
OF Captain Fenton. Though I have
heard the story from those who dWeit
tn the neighhorhood. aud who were fullv
acquainted with every detail. yet I have
never been able 10 ascertain the exact
cause Of the disagreement However
certain Il Is that a challenge was given
and accepted The affair vas kent a.
secret as possible. and At the appointed
time the meeting took place in the cor.
ner Of a meadow about half q milo from
the barracks
II was a bright spring morning. The
peaceful aspect ~ nature formed a ter
rihle contrast 10 the awful business
which had brought those fine men so
early to this lonely spot Not much
time was lost in preparations. The
eombatants were placed. the pistols
loaded and the seconds retired. The
young officer stood with his full front of
his body presented to his opponent lie
was a novice in such affairs, poor boyl
IL Is even said that at the precise mo.
ment Of firing he involuntarily closed
his eyes. IL such was the case. he never
opened them again in this world! His
adversary's ball passed right through
his heart
The surgeon ran forward and raised
the fallen youth. A hasty examination
showed him that he held a corpse In his
arms. While he was thus engaged,
Captain Fenton was occupied in a very
different manner lie was carelessly
cutting a notch on the stock of his pls-
toll. There we're seven other marks OF
a similar description. and each one rep
resented a vietim to whom that eapon
had dealt death.
~ AAAhAtu AFANA EHH EAFa
racks and the corpse was conveyed
thithet without delay. The affair
would doubtless have created a pro.
found sensation, but, for obvious
reasons, those engaged in 1t we're care.
ful to let as few particulars as possible
leak out. The friends of the Deceased
were communicated with. There seemed
little likelihood Of any unpleasant con-
sequences ensuing. Captain Fenton
dtned alone that evening, and after
dinner sat for over an hour slipping his
elaret with evident enjoyment. One
more or less to the list Of his victims
was a matter of little account to him:
1t was certainly not Of sufficient impor-
lance to disturb his cquanimity.
hut on he third day a startling
change took place in the aspect OF
affairs. a young man, travel-stained.
pale and haggard. arrived in tho town.
lie proceeded at once TO the barracks
and announced himself as a brother of
the deceased. lie was conducted to the
room In which the body was laid. They
say the scene which followed was of the
most extraordinary description. The
stranger flung himself upon the corpse,
and, as he lay there, his whole frame
shaken by convulsiye sobs.
ltquickly transpired that the brothers
bad been left orphans when mere lads.
They were the only children OF the
family, and through boyhood had cluny
10 each other, feeling that they were
In the world. Their love was
ike that which bound David and Jona-
together. 1t can, therefore, be
scarcely conceived with what feelings
dismay the elder beard of the death
IF the younger.
When the first paroxysm of grief was +
'ver, the young man raised himself q
the corpse. Then, in a voice half !
hoked by emotion, he uttered a
vow to take speedy revenge /
ipon his brothers slayer. With this /
'bject In view he retired from the :
partment, and instantly dispatched a /
hallenge to Captain Fenton. Tho
Ulcers e~ndeavored to dissuade him g
rom such a rash step, pointing out that /
of %avenging the slai n he was y
sure TO fall "A victim to his Oh. .
skill. But remonstrance was .
n vain. To ono and all he replied
imply: MY brother is dead; | do not n
are TO live" /.
Under these circumstan ces 1t seemed
to prevent this second duel. n
m indeed thought Of appealing to 7
aptain Fenton In order to persuade n
i'm, IL posslble. into rafusinr tha =
lallenge. But none were very eager a.
undertake such an unpleasant duty. n
specially as there appeared little like Il
hood OF their efforts being crowned h,
It'll success. n
nevertheless, there was one who vent. d,
upon the di~sagreeable task, a Mr.. r.
.artin, who resided in the neighbor- n,
'od' The greater part of his lie had m
spent In Australia. where he had
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