The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-03-06

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RIVAL SWEET
THE WOODS
cias and = bowie
Both sun h Severely Accord
2 trsrms, \ hsr Adversary sum
Ned Doctor ) Dress wounds.
Two young men in love with the
ne girl fought q fierce duel at sunrise
Der day il the peaceful little town
u Wading River, suffolk county, N. Y.
One Of them had big. knife and tbs.
=, other q club. Both Of them will e5rav
works Of the eilcounter to their graves
etight was betw 'lassfies Bobem
I'd Rowlex Ifred by zeal
hays oe5n bitter enemies for
eks. The lady in the. case is
palsy Diokerson, daughter. Of tho
w DiciersAn, as she is called in
Wadigg River. She is Is years old,
witb.A we'll roundad, big brown
eyes, a wealth or hair aud
rosy cheeks
Bohem is s railroad " st Of the
Wading River people hate raInoad men.
They are regarded as newcomers and
ontsiders
Il Clifford Rowley had held the highest
place in Miss Daisy affections prior to
the advent OF Bohem. One day Bohem.
Daisy and Rowley walking together
IN lowed them. Hot words 1Asu
and Bohsm was promised broken ntad
If he was caught following them again.
Miss Daisy sobbed and AAsisted that
the men shsQldn't behave So.
That \ few weeks ago Later on
the young riva lnet in Gosman store.
Bohem few at f,sVley and challenged
him to come outside. Rowley sus-
peoted that Bohem had knife in his
pocket and refused He said he would
meet him III a Fight toa finish some 9TH
81 time
Arrangements for the duel were crude.
Formalities Of naming weapons. choos-
ing seconds and the presence Of ply
sicians we're dispensed with. The chal-
lenge WIS issued by Boham and was
written On q postal card It said that he
WOO meet his rival at daybreak III
Lou Warmers woods, that be must
come alone. and that no matter what
the result Of the duel no physician was
to be called.
Nothing more was thought 81 the az,
fair until about o'clock thc ether
morning, when the young rivals for
Miss Daisy's affections were seen COM
ing from the woods
B0hem arm vas broken and hung
limp at his side His head sas bleed I
ing from cuts made BY olut. He was
otherwise battered
Kowlay was ii q worse j ght. He
had been stabbed iii several I'd
was covered wifi blood
From what cor a be learuai from the
two injured men they met in the woods
At the appointed hour. Rowley found
Bohem On the ground. He had made a
wng BY running Wope around some
trees Rowley Il elub with him, be.
liesiss that ii Bnld do better execu
ton With that than with anything else.
He found his ~ ,agcnist armed with a
vicious looking bowie knife.
Then they fought Details are lack
ing. The only mea who can supply
them were suffering terribly recently,
but neither Of them had violated his
agreement providing that a physician
should not be called.
Wading River people stand aghast.
No one belieyed that the men would
Eight Miss aisy was completely pros
trated when she was informed Of the
duel.
She admitted that she thought a great
deal Of both her admirers, but declared
that she was never engaged to either Of
them. After recovering from tho shock
she expressed d desire to assist in at
tending to the injuriesof both Of them,
but could not DO induced to express a
preference
Miss Daisy's mother says the whole
affair IS q ridiculous exhibition and in
eists that her daughter shall not inter
fere, New York World.