The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-17
hurried into the hotel 10 ms to got tho first

hurried into the hotel no as TO get tho first
chance at the bar.
ALLISON jumped into tho middle Of tho
crowd with u drawn. pistol and commanded
them to stand back. MY man has two
more shots!' no cried. Give him his two
shotal Put your man up againl'
~ told my Englishmsn he must give tho
fellow his full three shots and he walked
back, somewhat reluctantly 1 thought, TO
tho scratch. He had good nerve.
blaze away! he calmly said-'Pma dead
'"rhat little school toachor raised his
weapon deliberately and covering tis Eng
lishman's heart, fired. The wad struck tho
man squarely In the breast, nearly setting
Are to his coat.
a little and involuntarily raised his hand to
his breast under the impression he was hit.
The crowd Thought SO, too. and yelled its ap-,
probation. Many called out to the school
teacher to forego the other shot.
"'He's a dead man nowP they shouted.
"Ihe school teacher fred his remaining
shot in the air and was borne way IN tri-
umph by his friends. They all made Il rush
for tho bar; all except some sympathetic
men who crowded around the Engliahman,
who to my utmost astonishment had sunk
to the ground unconscious.
could Allison have lone this for a joke?
That was my first thought.
But that was quickly dispelled by Ali
son himself, who whispered as we bore the
body into tho hotel, Pm blanked to blank
If he hasn't been scared to deathp
1.-The mans friends began to crowd in,
They muttered that granting that second
shot was murder-that the man had no
more right to reserve his fire a minute than
he had to do it for a week. Allison de-
clared he was responsible, and they could
take IL out of him if they wanted satisfac-
tim Thav narn not 1tunnca6 tn Chnrca
this. but wanted the BODY of their friend.
This they took away without close OK
animation, Allison being glad enough to
get rid of it. But he first satisfied himself
that the Englishman was only in q swoon.
9TH gang of FOUNDERS had gone with the
school teacher's crowd and they were all
guzzling with whisky. They were telling
him what a gallant man he was; but at the
same time advised him to clear out before
the Englishman's brother and his COW boys
came down from the ranch. 1t was a penal
offense to fight a duel in Mexico and az he
had killed a man he stood a double chance
Of trial and a more serious chance of being
killed by the mans friends. Somebody
raised the cry of sheriff and a stampede
now occurred to get the now frightened
Hoosier out of the way. We went around
and Allison said to him. 'rll see you
through this at whatever cost"
"Finally, we got the school teacher on
his horse, h~ustling him about SO rapidly he
didn't know which end he stood on. You
see, Allison had privately informed a few
choice spirits that nobody had been hurt
and these fellows joined us in kidding the
teacher. We got him to jump out of n back
window in the rear of the hotel and there
the boys had tied his pony. He rode away
in his shirt sleeves with Il sprained ankle
and his old Winchester, and has never been
heard of since. The schoolmaster's duel'
is laughed about in that part or the coun-
try to this day."