The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-31
SAID LIAR" AND WAS HIT.
No Duel Yet, But Peace May Be Bro
ken at Any Time.
From The New York sun

l r rom me New YORK SIM.
The account of a well known southerner
having been caught cheating at cards in
a resort not far from the home of the
Southern Society, which was published
IN the Sun several weeks ago, has been,
among the members of the southern col
ony, the subject of much talk and various
| cOniectures as to the identity Of the guilty
person. Those who know the secret
have kept their mouths closely shut, in
accordance with their agreement not to
reveal the culprit's name provided he
stuck to his part of the contract, never
again to indulge in the great American
game of draw.
Discussion Of this interesting topic has
on several occasions given rise to hot
words, and more than once interference
has been necessary in places where south
erners congregate to prevent serious
| preach OF the peace Such interference
has as rule been elective in preventing
an outbreak, but as result of meeting
| between two young LOuisianians in "A
| Well-know cafe up town last week, peace
| was not restored until the lie had been
| passed, several blows had been struck,
and challenge had been given. in spite
| OF the present truce, the friends of the
TWO young men are watching them both
| closely.
One of the young Lousianians is en-
plOyed in a downtown Office, and the
! other lives in Louisiana, but is spending
/ few weeks in New York. which to the
/ people of the far south, is the most pleas
| ant summer resort on the continent. The
two had been friends in Louisiana when
! they were boys. About a week after the
/ visitors arrival the two were sitting in
/ % n ExuG Tfrr lot h.htr E4I
| been doing the exchanging reminis-
! cences, as brOtherly and atfectionate as
| comrades ought to be under the influence
| of cold bottle and good cigars.
But whenever two sOutheners have
! met in the last few weeks the story of
that game of cards has been discussed.
! II is a painful subject to men from the
| south of Mason and DixOn's line, yet they
talk il over in all its bearings.
That was "a most unfortunate affair"
| said the visitor. 1T is almost beyond my
| belief. just who that man was ought to
| be made public l have heard the charge
laid at the door of several men, and |
don't believe any Of them is the, guilty
| person. 1t is most lamentable, and for
the sake of all southern men in New
York the culprit should be exposed
Don't let that worry you" said the
other. 1--WE all know who he is, and /
for one have ceased to worry about it. OF
course ! don't like to name him He was
good fellow, and hope this will teach
him lesson and that he will be able to
live it down. don't mind telling you,
however, in confidence of course, who it
was.
The visitor expressed great eagerness
to know the name of the cheat, and after
promise of secrecy had been exacted his
friend said:
well, it was - of Georgia"
The visiting Louisianian was Mortified
Then indignation and anger overpowered
him. For a moment he did not speak and
turned pale and red III turn. Then gath
ering himself together he Jumped to his
! feet and shouted:
You lie, you scoundrel and you know
| it! You wouldn't dare say that to that
mans face He is one of the most honor
/ able men in this country and you are ut
/ tering q vile and malicious scandal which
| you know is a lie when you say it"
| The words came so thick and fast that
/ they mad been spoken before the sur
/ prised New YOrk-Louisianian could reply
| or demonstrate Then he jumped up and
| struck straight out from the shoulder
! across the onyx table. The blow landed
| squarely on the left cheek of the swarthy
| Louisianian, and he staggered back
| against another table, and was caught in
| the arms of a waiter. He quickly re-
/ gained his feet and dashed at the other
/ with an undercut which smashed stud
| button into smithereens. They clinched.
! and each reached for each others hair
! but the walters interfered and the two
! friends were persuaded to cease active
! operations while in the cafe. Both were
| grOomed up, after which they took their
| departure with the declaration from each
! you will hear from me in the morning"
The resident LOuisianian did not sleep
! Hl,r,N -a.rl,N a.
! reason which caused the outbreak on the
! part of his friend. To his discontinue
! he learned the next morning that the
man he had charged with being a cheat
! was engaged to marry the sister of the
| fiery Louisianian, who had known and cs-
! teemed the Georgian for years The
| GeOrgian's defender knowing that a chal-
| lenge would not be tolerated in New York,
sent an acquaintance to his former friend
and present enemy with this brief mes
sage written on his card: Il leave this
afternoon for Bristol Tenn"
The acquaintance. with two or three
others, who knew both the Louis ianans,
found their man still in bed A few
hours sleep had cleared his brain, and he
was now conscious that be had asserted
as a fact what he had heard as a rumor
He was stinging under the insult of
having been called liar, however, and
said that though he had been too hasty,
he was unwilling to retract anything he
had said. The party of friends after an
hour or two prevailed upon him to sign a
paper acknowledging that he did not
know what he was talking about, and
that all the information he had was a
vague rumOr. Armed with this paper
the friends succeeded in smoothing mat
ters over 10 some extent and
preventing an immediate meeting The
trouble was revived a day or two later by
the story OF the meeting in the cafe com
ing TO the ears of the Georgian who had
been accused. The pipe of peace was
broken, and he started off on the war
path. His war howls We're heard by
some members of the volunteer peace
commission before active hostilities had
begun, and COuriers were immediately
sent oIt with news of the treaty of peace.
They found the Georgian with hair dis
heveled and fire in his eye preparing a
miSSive, and he sent 10 his aCcuscr, de-
nOuncing him as all sorts of scoundrels,
and calling on him for that sort of salts
faction which brings only ridicule now in
the south as well as in the rest of the
country The treaty of peace made him
still more furious
Why, the s.oundrel," he said, ac-
knowledges that he didn't know what he
was talking about That makes it worse,
and he shall nOcescGpe my chastisement"
However, the Georgian needed only lit