The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-22
ternate whisky and gin. 1 eau always hang

is essentially a night drink. Whisky and
gin. Memory and imagination. Brandy
for consultations Whisky for Judge, gin
for jury. That is my discovery. Great
thing in equity cases. Some of my friends
can tell when I'm arguing Ia court whether
it's whisky or gin.n
And the colonel thumped the bar with
his fist and said YES" when asked him to
loin US.
But" continued the colonel, after we
had taken our drinks, "brandy for consul
tations. That is the secret of my wonder
full success with my corporation clients
banking, manufacturing, or Industrial |
always consult on brandy. l tell them to
come after dinner, when the noise of the
dayi is over and bring bottle Of brandy. l
have had as many as four bottles brought
OF night by estimable bankers shoemak-
ers and hog raisers. One of my clients once
lost a case by bringing a bottle of whisky.
My mind was so occupied that drank with
out due attention. He lost his caSe-all his
own fault.
"Yes, doctor" the colonel went on, Ad>
dressing his conversation now TO DIR. X,
''in your profession Of medicine aud surgery
you will find my experience to be excellent
Consult on brandy, testify on WHISKY, but
| defend yourself on gin, sir-defend your
self on gin. Another drinkl All right
then 1 must say good-day"
After luneheon 1 met the colonel again.
| Somehow spoke about the code duelo.
by the way" said the colonel II have
an affair on hand tomorrow"
"What." said l, greatly astonished.
ayes he answered, ''some fellows In
suited me last night, and this morning
sent challenge to all three, aud we fight
tomorrow at day break DR.. X. will be our
surgeon. Won't you attend as a witness or
as an assistantn
GAS an outsider" replied still greatly
surprised; but not as an assistant or Us a
witness. I am due in Washington on the
| twelfth
"The habit of this country" continued
the colonel, ISIS the barbarous one OF shoot
| ing On sight or telling your adversary to go
| heel himself, and then begin shooting when
you see each other. l tell every one that
| believe in the code duello, and in that only,
for revenging wrongs and insults. | must
now 60 to my office to arrange some papers.
II do not see you again befo o then, be at
| the railroad station, where your Pullman is,
q little before day break, where my second
and will pick you up aud take you to the
ground. But wait, let us have another
drink before we part" j.
must tell here what did not know till
| subsequently. For some time the colonel
had been a source of muoa laughter to the
| freQuenters Of the saloons on account OF his
account Of his strong aversion to shooting
on sight and equally strong predictions
ia favor of duelinG. Five Of the railroad
hands were In the Star of the Vest" the
| night before / arrived, laughing about "Old
Clay" when one proposed that they get up
a duel with him. One could appear to take
his side and could then act as his second;
another could be little apart and be
witness, aud could be called upon as their
second; and three could insult the colonel
| If the colonel took the insult and did not
| funk, as they thought he would, then the
seconds could fix up the pistols. extracting
the bullets and replacing them with painted
| paper wads.
They were much surprised when the col
onel not only took up the insults, but chal-
| lenged all three to aght him simultaneously.
| The meeting was arranged for and the SEQ
onds went away to prepare the cartridges
and, as we have seen, the colonel gave the
| afternoon to arranging his papers and
| writing letters.
DR.. Y. of the town, Girardeaux aud 1
we're the only ones not In on this miserable
| practical joke.
Next morning, about daybreak, they
! picked me up and took me to the grouni,
about a mile from the station. The seconds
| had brought the four pistols under their
overcoats. 1t was quite chilly.
WRen we reached the place, they put down
| bLb plSbDlS duu D5S1u LnohsuIlIE Oll NIb
| distance-thirty-f PAGES, | think they
| made 1t, long ones, too. While they were
so occupied, the colonel went up DO where
the pistols we're and began examining them,
| not clossly-he seemed m re to be fondling
them. What struck me as strange at the
time, was that his adversariss and the
seconds watched him closely.
Suddenly the colonel stood up, and, in a
loud and stately voice, said, looking to-
ward his opponents:
"Gentlemen, 1t seems to me markedly uu-
fair toward two of you that you stand
fronting me in a row, as nv second tells me
has bee arranged. Now, when l shoot, /,
of course, must choose one of you, and, as
may get killed on the first shot, it Is maui
festlY unfair that two of you should not
have the chance OF being killed by me. The
one shoot at will he killed certainly. |
am an expert. Nov, gentlemen, allow me
to suggest to Mr. Gillian, who is both taller
and broader than either Mr.. OFarrell or
Mr.. Schrader, that he stand in the rear
that M. OFarrell, who is next in size,
staud in front of Mr. Gillian; and that Mr..
Schrader, VINO is diminutiye, stand in front
of both, and all stand close up. In that way
| you can all shoot one over the other, an
eacn one may thus have a chance of getting
shot, in case my cartridge is heavily loaded
| with powder"
They all acceded Immediately.
| FIl6T9 was u pause. ne COIOUbi Was
looking away, thinking. OF a sudden he
turned around, aud, lifting his hat, said
''With your permission, gentlemen" then
took up u pistol, cooked it, and. aiming
| quickly at al oyster can about fifty yard !,
of, fred. The can was not hit. heard
him mutter, This is strange" He cooked
the revolver again-again fired. What,
not even dustfn heard him say.
Again he cooked the revolver, then aimed,
and fred Nothing.
| ."Gentlenan." he said, turning round,
''there is something wrong here, bat, fort
I uuately, have some forty-four cartridges
I in my coat-enough TO load all four guns"
| aud he walked toward bis oVercoat.
| The two seconds and three principals
| looked at each other. When they SAW the
| colonel pull out a box Of cartridges, they
| turped around simultaneously and ran-up
the road, 70 ward the bend, the curve In the
| track
| The colonel had his back toward the run
ners and was 80 occupied throwing out the
empty shells that be did not hear them GO
ing the doctor and | alone remaining.
| Suddenly he yelled:
"Blank cartridges! Fraud, by -p and
| turning around he saw them disappearing
He grabbed few cartridges out of the box
| and started after them, loading as he ran.
! Then We saw him stop-aim -hre-then fire
again. We saw his second give lunge,
| then We heard his yell, then we saw him run
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