Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-11-21
A DEAD SHOT

n the summer Of 1874, when Martin
n SOFT Vas a much simmer, more
1spdiied. looking man thanhe is now,
,ba,e were seated al one Of the little
marble round tables before the Cafe
p;,ci n The Boulevard des ltaliens, in
paris. two young Frenchmen, the
,sesks 81 one Of whom bore red
mark az /. some one had brought
Ms hand sharply against il. In an
inner room o. cafe the person who
lad done this Was engaged in wiping
AWAY from Ills shirt front stains Of
same red wine which in his fury the
reeipient 81 tile slap had hurled across
me table. Tie man with the red
shsek Was tie Young Adolphs Ferrier
I'M son ~ tie celebrated artist oil
,bst name. The man with the soiled
sbirt front WAS Martin u. Scott, OF
Mobile, Ala
There had been an exchange Of cards
Ard scott nni his friend. George T..
Wainwright. twelve hours latter
found themselves with a large sized,
healthy French quarrel on their
hands 10 bg settled, as most Of those
matters are ia France, under the
cole
When /. came 10 thechoicc OF weap.
oa.. scott had wisely chosen pistols.
iof. while De- WAS a notorlonsiy bad
slot, b. WAS totally ignorant Of the
c. 81 the yAPlrr.
Tic AFFAIR was 20 come on ~ An.
yfFEnr. Il l.stlc village distant about
nine miles from Paris, Ia soriyrrisht
hours time 'rHr parties were 70 30
dit on the e3r.y train.
ll0nUl & scott was 70 much cut
about the affair A. Wainwright. even
,kon,h ~ iu..y expected 10 be- killed.
Ns,nwrigu; kept on blaming himself
loy having tex his friend grt into such
syape II was 20 he no child play
They were 10 TIRE nj twelve PAGES and
10 continue firing until one 81 the
parties NRs Disabled.
Tie more Wainwright thought oyer
the affair Tie more h. realized what
en- awkward ,ob be had on his hands.
Come, uo said 10 SCOTT" We
laga'; too mueh yine before as, We
mls' 70 down tn Maupassant : gal.
tgy and sc some practice. You stay
hfW aud fAye some breakfast. !
don't care - eat SO early. I'LL run
doan thcre aud see II We can't gel the
aIIery ali % ourselves Tor a couple
q. hours
Tim, viii hc pretty costly. wont
~ hnzArarl soft
Not more than a dtvrnt coffin and
all the other funeral fixtures. re-
pied Wainwright. with some little
sareasm Il possible want 70
lhsoE thc.e expenses on the other
fellow
Wainwright, jumped around and
SAINT, whcrr for upward OF hail an
hour hcreuainEl rlosptrd withitsrro'
Etrtor
TITS agreed, then" said Vain
wright, AZ The conclusion OF the in'
tetview. Now, then, NJ Maupas'
SAINT, there are $50 francs down. The
Remainder 81 tbs SuO you get II the
duel docsn; t0ntv of
Agreed. SAIL tile Frcnchmnn, and
he sat down and wrote at LEAFS,
teenty letters like the following:
~ MAuplssuut requests the pleas
We Of your company tomorrow aft,
ernonu ut 3 o'clock TO witness I'll,
Phenomenal shuutingot the American
gsntluunn WHO hsN kindly consented
70 give mn exhibition OF Ills skill a,
that hour.
While N Maunassant was thus on
gagged WRlnwrigh, put in half an houI
making sundry purchases. returning
WIN them 20 the gallery, whore th,
next hour wds prolitably employed
" nun y company with an ingcniou'
mechanic.
Meantime, as tho idea grewupon th'
mind Of NJ. Maupassnnt, lie chnrklet
anl wrote extending his invitations
nat,l, u one-half OF them were accept
" me question was would there b,
Standing room in the gallery.
we must certainly 90 down nnt
zee ~ TINS American shoot" said MFR
Ferrler's seconds. you may fin,
some OF his tricks useful TO you a
A9vergno tomorrow"
VI; Ferrier, whose courage was no
q the Observation-Disclosures kind
snlyered slightly, though tho weathe
was decidedly warm.
~ wish those fellows had chosel
iiaplers," he muttered. "These Amer
Gans are such demons with tn
II was o'clock in the afternoon.
w. Maupassant's gallery was crowd
w. W. NJ Ferrier had an excellent scat
ne sat talking with his friend an,
Seond, He had been drinking som6
what to keep his courage up, and hi
voice could be heard all over th
room. With Frenchman's love c
spsslp his second had talked freely 4
e"e meeting OF the morrow.
as the American had not yet com
Suohen voices called on Forrier Z
sIep down and get some practice an
"',luse the company at the same time
Ferrier, who was really agood shot
s mas not n little proud OF IL, and wit
S S an audience he was not slow t
% "s himself of the opportunity thu
op ipa OF displaying his skill.