Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-11-06
EDITORS FOUGHT A cuEL.
heSoits We're Not Particularly Disastrous
to the Participants.

heSalts We're Not Particularly Disastrous
to the Participants.
The old editor had the inside track
and WAS doing the talking.
II never had more than one duel" hs
heGan.
You speak as il one were not
cnODgh," interrupted the listener.
ut was an ample Suficioncy." CON
iinued the cdisor, With a am.le. Il ,.as
1T tAS ;..nc Of It's Occurrences 90 years
Of ace and the eGtor of the Smuyviiie
NiIGicatcr. / was also Not-heSGcd
you,A, with yca.ning for gore .ud
glory. In the county adjoining mh,c
wRs n 'lSathsome contemporary of
mine, built on about the same Ines
was, md IL wasn't more than a year
after we had been contemporaries until
we were In u tlnr TOW, lie would write
Scnihing editorials, and so would /,
and tna1y We dropped our pens el,d
took up pistols. That is, we agreed -
| fight u duel.
Fortunately for w. we had friends
who were more sensible than we were.
who took charge Of all urrargcms
for the bloody afYray. It.was decided
by thcm that the duel should take place.
pnd that we should fire t.o shots 81
each other, the weapons being double
barreled shotguns aud the distance ten
PAGES. Tint suited MS exactly, for W.
were extremely bloodthirsty and
wanted each others gore in large ouan
titles. The fight was TO take place NJ
six O'Clock IN the morning, In a sc.
clulcd spot, aud wp wore there prcmpl-
ly with our seconds. Our instructions
were 10 fire the frst shot after count
ing three. and it one or both survived
another shot might be fred as quickly
as the priIs'lpa could get his gun ready
That made II regular rough.ard
tumble foT half the tight. and lso made
II moro interesting. II isn't necessary
for me 60 80 into details OF what
thought "iuHt before the battle, moth
or;" au.icc !, 10 say thought writing
Fcathing editorials waa preferable 10
shotwuns at siy a. IN. However, We
kept our TeTvo and took our places
ready for business. And / think we
meant business, for we took rirl ri~,,,
Ct each other. Then came the count
! ing. and finally the deciding three
cId ta-~, went both gums at orce.
/ felt as II had caught an entire cur
load OF shot from my face down. and
/ tumbicd over on the grass. What had
become OF my oppor cnt did not q realty
concern me at that supreme moment.
for L WAS wondering why / was net
dead.
I'm half minute the doctor was feel
ing ne. and after u minute or two moro
he said had bccn nirnculously eavcd.
and pulled me 20 my feet Evidently
my opponent had also been mirncuIous.
/ ~ saved, for he was standing about ten
feet away from me with his doctor.
and the sight hc presented made fne
forget all nboat The duel ard brenls
! Into tears of laughter. II appeared 70
have tho same cfect on him, md no
began laughing at me- Then we bo.I,
got mad. and In five minutes we had
ilclScd seconds. doctors and everybody
else ON hand and run them clean ont NJ
tho woods.
This being accomplished. we shook
hnuds and took look NJ ourselves in
n glas1, which had evidently ber,.
brought for our benefit. Permit ~,
to or'ii an elaborate description Of what
we looked like. Those con founded see.
ends had loaded our guns u The muzzIe
with printers Ink, and the way il was
spiat'ercd over us was enough TO haye
made ne laugh at first. and then Iiris
The crowd that had put up the job on
us. However. we had showed we had
sand, and the ioAers kept in hiding
until we announccd in cur respective
papers that all wns forgiven and the
hatchct was dead and buried That WIS
ny cniy duel" continued tho editor
'rnd am extremely glad that the gurs
we're loaded with Ink instead OF buck
shot. Washington Star.