The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-07

them. let US setse4ee business at once y
cried the captain; II have pistols in the
mouse. Nothing better" said The squire.
Iu your man. Ii was at length decided
that they should fight In the stable ward az
hfteen PAGES, eacifHantO hold lantern as
mark for his opp3neat- where are YOU.
you scoundrelm cried the captain when they
came out into the yard. ''pm here. Won
shoeolack," replied the Squire. "StEnd out
bonld, said the captain. Its what Pm
doing" said the other. "Give tbs word
and no more telkfng.n Get behind the
pump. yer honor, get behind the purnp be
Tore you fire" whispered the groom, pulling
the captain by the coat. He did so. and
when they blazed it was the squire who cot
lt, and II was more than three months before
he could get out again. AproDOs of rhis
duel in the dark there is a beautiful hut
pathetic anecdote of two men, the one a
kind man" and the other a ''timid man y
who, finding Themselves, unhappily. bound
20 hight, chose the darkroom duel The
kind man" had TO fire first, and. not wish
ing to burt his adversary. CROPPED his way to
the chimney piece, and placing the muzzIe
OF his pistol straight up the chimney pulled
the trigger, when, to his CONSERVATION.
with frightful yell, down came his adver-
sary, the ''timid man" who had selected that
fatal hiding place.
DUELS AS THICK AS BLACKBERHIvs
How prevalent duelIing was fn Ireland
may BIS gathered from the fact that men OF
the highest dignity and most responsible
position were ready to eat fire and taste
steel The lord chancellor, Lord Clare.
fought the master u the rolls, Curran. The
ehlet Justice, Lord Clonmell. fought Lord
Tyrawley and two others The CD ancellor
OF the exchequer, Isaac CORY, fought Henry
Hraetan. The provost OF Trinity College,
Mr. Harry Hnfohirua-. a
IN chancery. Mr.. Doyle. O'Connell fought
and killed Mr.. dEsterre, the champion of
the Dublin corporation, and, as harrington
says, the duel was fatal to the champion
OF Protestant ascendancy.n These
are not the only eminent
irishmen who fought duels, for Sir
Jonah harrington states that during his
grand climacteric" 227 memorable aud
official duels had been fought. He tells US
of one man who had fought no less than
sixteen duels. and s. G. Hall describes a
field near Castelar, where 1t was stated that
sixty fatal duels had taken place-the last
being that of an uncle who had shot his
nephew, or a nephew who had shot his
uncle. The last named writer assures US
that he had once conVersed with
gentleman who had acted as
second in twenty duels, two only Of
which, however had proved fatal, and that
in the neighborhood of Castlebar he had
stood on a filled-up saw Dit, into which two
gentlemen had been put to fight duel, each
armed with brace of pistols and a small
sword. Both were taken out for dead, yet
both recovered-one, Dick Martin to be-
come Humanity Martin" aud the other,
George Robert Fitzgerald. Fighting Firz.
gerald" to be hanged at CastIebar for
murder.
However, in the course of time, the strong
sense OF humor in the Irish race led to a
recognition of the absurdity of duelliug,
and OF the utter tucapacity OF pistol shot
to wipe out the stains of honor. Practically
the duel in Ireland received its coup de
grace when ridioule began to play upon 1T.
Il was then thas Irishmen ceased to quote
with approval the lines with which a GER
tain poetical, brandy-loving major general
Of the marines closed rhyming challenge,
which he sent to q brother officer:
Wounds of the flesh surgeons skill may heal,
But wounded honor is only cured with steel.