Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-05
a aEMARKAeLE Duel.
After the Telling of This Narrative no
one Had Anything to Say.


After the Telling of This Narrative no
one Had Anything TO Say.
The strange looking man sat IN
one corner of the smoker and hadn =
much to say while the drummer and
the Western real estate man were
telling their stories, He rousei'
however, after peculiarly peculiar
one by the drummer
THAT reminds me" he said, 'ot
something that happened once in
mining town in the Rockies during
the good old times when everything
was new out there. Like every
other mushroom municipality, We
had among us gamblers and greenies,
toughs and tenderfeet. One Of these
tenderfeet was the most cowardly
fellow, in some ways, | over saw, and
how he had ever come to such a
place couldn't understand.
He was afraid OF everybody and u
boy could bulldoze him, but no was
bright-minded, with a fine turn for
business, and was honest A pistol
was a horror to him, and he wouldn't
take drink OF whisky under any
circumstances, which, by the way,
required considerable courage, In
his case il did, AT least, as II after
ward turned out, for one day he re-
fused to drink with the ugllest most
dangerous man we had, and a row en-,
sued. The tough whipped out pis-
tol and would have killed the follow,
but some one caught his arm, and
the other man went down on his
knees and begged for his life. IL
was no good, however, tough was
drunk and was determined 20 kill
him, and TO prevent open murder
some one suggested that they light
ii out in the street, and revolver
was put into the hands Of the tender
foot. He didn't know how 20 handle
the gun ut all, and while ono man
showed him what 20 do, four or five
more held the tough
Then they were put al ten PAGES
and more abject scared specimen
never saw than that tendsrioot He
could hardly stand up. and his pistol
wabb.ed about as II il were swung 20
a string The tough enjoyed Il more
than any body else. for he felt sure Of
his victim. After ne had watched
the sbiverlng wretch u moment he
pulled up his gun. and at the same
time the tenderfoot pulled his up
and tried 10 aim It, Then bang
went the tolghs gun. aud almost
simultaneously followed the report
Of the tendarioot's Tho tough
dropped like shot OK aud the ten.
dertoot threw up his right hand and
howled with pain and fear. We
rushed up and found the tough dead,
with a bullet through his heart and
the tenderfoot with his fingers and
hand bruised and bleeding. but not
seriously injured. Tho bullet from
the tough's pistol had struck tho
trigger Of tho .endergoot's aud dis.
charged II with fatal result"
The strengthening man had ap.
parently no more % say. and his
listeners looked at each other quos.
tioningly
The drummer eoughed susplciously.
MAY ask he said chow 10 hap.
penCd that tho tough'- bullet didn't
take the teudcyioot'- finger OIL be-.
fore 1t reached the trigger Of his PTS.
tol?"
simple enough, replied tho
strengthening man, frankly .hc
didn't have his finger on the trigger;
he had II on the trigger guard and
he would have beon pulling on Il yot
TO make the gun go OF II luck hadn't
been against the tough.
The strengthening man rclapsed
into his former silence and nobody
had the check to try to tell any more
stories