Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-10-12

it, and began his monody;
"Cap'pen, has been courtin' Miss
Sophy Giggles gwine onter two year.
has boughten her lots OBJ candy,
pinders, an sech like truck, kerried
her to festibules. camp meetints. an
'scurshins, an OBJ course | was 'spect-
day, which was Chuseday. she went
an promise ter marry dat brack mo-
count niger. Jerusalem. don care
so much about dat, Cappen; but dis
morning he stuck out his tongue at
me, an nebber lows no gentleman
ter do that to me, SO axes you what
l mus do"
1t is the principal weakness of my
many weaknesses never to allow an
opportunity to pass for fun. Here
was a brilliant chance. | embraced
it.
Mas" | said, .'you are gentle
man are you not?'
Eyes sah." said he "a Souf Car'liny
gentleman, sab"
Then" | replied, You must chal-
lenge him."
"What is dat, sahp"
You must send note to him, say
ing he must meet you ON the field of
honor. In other words you must light
him.
A smile played over his gentle coun-
tenance. Lord bless you, Cap'pen
said he, ''sen' dat note right on; kin
butt dat niger ter pieces,
THAT won't 10. 7 said sternly; ''as
gentleman YOU must fight him with
gentleman's weapons. You must
challenge him to fight you with pis.
| tolls. :"
His face turned shade paler and he
hesitated. turned on him quickly,
drew my chair close to him and said
impressiyely: "'Nias. there Is tide
in the affairs of loye-sick niggers,
which. taken at the Hood, leads on 70
marriage. | know Ju well. He is
terrible coward. and will run Just as
soon as you present your pistol at him.
Miss Sophy will hear of it, All wo-
men despise towards. She will kick
him and you will carry off the cake.
will go with you, act as your friend.
and see that,all goes right. viii you
leave the matter to me?"
us YOU sure he won't fight, Cap
penn"
Certainly. am. Now YOU 90
home. Keep quiet. | will see YOU
through this matter. and when YOU
marry Miss Sophy, will dance at the
wedding.
..All right, sab. he replied, and
with buoyant, smiling face left the
office
Half an hour afterwards was in
the saddle on my way to my old friend
Maj. Swiyels
To him | repeated the whole affair
and besought him to seek Ju aud act
the part OF second for that meeting.
On my return to my office wrote
formal challenge to ia in the name of
Ananias and quietly awaited results.
Ju, through his second. Mai Swiv-
els, accepted the challenge, pistols
were named us the weapons aud the
following Friday as the time
Thursday afternoon the Major and |
met and perfected all the details.
That night for fear Mas might lose
courage and desert me, made him
sleep in my office and fastened doors
and windows on him. -
auOut a. III. the next morning
harnessed my roam mare Nelly to the
/ buggy, took Mas in, and started of.
/ The boy was badly frightened, his
teeth chartered, and could hardly
control my risibles.
! With a careless movement Of NV
| foot dislOdged the cover OF a box in
the front part Of the buggy and al.
lowed him glance at the contents.
These consisted of hand saw, a
long, glittering pruning knife and an
| ordinary butchers cleayer.
What's dem fer, Cappen.'' he
said
They are surgical Instruments. |
I replied. You may be badly wounded.
and may have to cut oil your arm or
leg to save your life. =
Good gor.a'-mlghty, Cap pen, let
me git right outen dis buggy. He kin
/ hab dat gal il he wants, an sides
dat forgot to feed de mule dis
/ mornin'"
Silence | said, peremptorily.
You have got to fight now, and IL you
try to escape I'll blow the top Of your
/ head of"
| The poor young fellow was almost
paralyzed with fright. and becoming
somewhat uneasy at his condition, /
pulled out flask of brandy aud gave
him a pretty stiff drink
After the liquor had partially re-
stored his faculties | said to him,
Now, Mas, brace up and be a man.
tell you that Ju is an awful coward
and will run just as socn as Won point
4 pistol at him. Just do as | say and
all will be well"
When we got to the appointed place
the Major and his protege were already
there.
Ju was sight. His eyeballs were
rolling, his cheeks were as ashen as
they could get under the peculiar pig
ment OF his cuticle. and no wonder,
for in the Majors buggy were two
huge pistols of revolutionary origin.
with flint locks. half gallon syringe,
a monkey-wrench and pair Of horse
clippers.
The major saluted me in a grave.
formal manner
returned it as gravely an form
| ally. Tying our horses IN couvon;an,