Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-18
DEATH WON THE GAME.
Two Great Chess Players Leave a Mar
veIous Contest Undecided.


Two Great Chess Players Leave Mar
veIous Contest Undecided.
Eight months and a half the game had
gone on. And such a game, my childrenl
Tom Penny Brtisher, against Jonathan
Pym, Yankee, England against America;
the Old World against the New!
Between the Club Electric Of New York
and the Club Eccentric Of London emula'
ton had exalted itself TO patriotism. On
the day Of defeat the flag Of the vanquished
nation would float reversed from the bal
sony Of the dishOnored club and all the
ehessboards for six months at least re-
main yelled with Grape.
Thus openly must be carried, and as
frankly borne, these tokens Of mourning
and aifrout, which no revenge should eff
face
For such was the condition Of the com
bat--the match 10 be the only one Of its
kind
The momeut0us question Of the battle
decided upon, then arose the subsidiary
question. Where should the encounter
take place;
They sought "A ground Of Cancellation
But where end ftp
Cornelius Kevick the impresario in
charge Of the affair, proposed 70 charter a
steamer. which should be stationed in mid
ocean. cqu'distauJ from the American and
the English coast, aboard which the two
adyersaues should betake themselves and
there remain while the match lasted In
geuious az il was. however, this idea was
forced 20 the wall They must find some
other way
They found tin the electric cable,
which once more was going TO merit its
name Of a bond Of union between the
Old and New Worlds
This is how il was that for eight months
and a half Jonathan Pym and Tom Penny
had disputed by dots and dashes for the
glorious title Of Universal Champion OF
the Noble Game OF Chess"
At Y o'clock, say, Tom Penny would
telegraph % Jonathan Pym.
And one hour later Jonathan Pym would
respond
Dating from oct. Is, 1889, the game for a
long while had been indecisive Toward
the end Of December Tom Penny showed
signs Of weakness, throwing the partisana
of Jonathan Pym into a state Of excitement
that set them 20 quarreling among them
selves like political bosses"
But suddenly, in the middle Of January,
the English champion by genial ruse re
went Pym' up went Penny!
At last, on the 18th day Of May, 1889, the
American had one Of those inspirations
that conquer even destiny. On the re
ceipt Of his dispatch Tom Penny had colo
sweat.
But be did not give up-Oh, nol-and five
days later, on the Both Of May, had posi-
lively "a CLEAN Of hope A sudden move o.
his adversary had opened 10 him a door o.
safety One such bluuder at that moment
was decisive Could il be pOssible2
Tom Penny examined the board NOR
closely. The b'uuICr was not certain j
might cover supreme stutagem- Wha
should be th.aas What course % pursu,
Of the two Bod vi.wP Was &c sham or error
Should be pass the door that had beer
opened 20 L.us " error Jonathan Pyu
was lost 90 sham. Tom Penny was routed
That day Tom Penny wrote ont his owl
telegram. boz played bis last stake anC
knew &c.
An hour Hter unfolding his message
Jonathan pm smiled triumphautly.
Gentlemen" said he 20 his colleague
Of the Club Electric. "wait until tomorrow
in twelve hours time England champion
win have -uad his own condemnation
Theu-vt day in London members,of th
AlND I4I.I....I.I l..ILI|A ADIll clhF On il'
floor ~ bis chamber. struck down by apo
p.eXy and -l.u uElly clutchiug in hi
hand Cine dispatch that had killed him.
And already for two long hours In th
grand salon of the Club Electric Jonathan
Ppm had awaited from London the teie
gram Of his yauquishod foe.
Jonathan pym frOwned and fdgeted
That telegram be must have-then, an
then only, could the game be ended. With
out 10 the match would remain unfinished
The door opened and nunky appeared
bearing on a -alyer folded paper.
"A dispatch for Mr. Jonathan Pym."
He seized be- opened il and read alou
the following four words.
your adversary Is dead"
The paper escaped his fingers and fell t
the floor, caught up at once by those b
side him to verify the text
THAT is not ali" they cried; they d.
mand a response
"They shall have it," said Pym, an
with firm hand writing beneath th
line "Your adversary is dead" the tw
words u aiso,' be drew pistol from h
pocket and sent "A ball through his brain.
The game was still draw betwee
them, but was no longer an internation'
affair. Globe
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