The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-03-09
A Nj ATTAH wv HONAH.
UNCLE REUBEN TELLS ABOUT A TEN
NESSEE DUEL HE SAW.

Preference-The Dread Meeting on the
Field and rs Strange Result.
Uncle Reuben was mixing the salad
"These gemmen crost thu big watah
done had a trouble, amt tbeyP 1t sho'
looks lax ole times tub see couple NV
gemmen stan up an fight it out that way.
l amt hearn tell NV real duel sence ]
lef' Ten's ee"
"Did you ever see duel, Uncle Reu-
benz"
"No, sub, l kahn say as L evan saw
real affaiah NV honah, sub, hut l was
presen' wen pair NV gemmen give
pow 'ful good imitation NV fight. Didn't
/ nevvah tell yuh bout that timer
"Yuh hearn me talk bout Mistah Sam
Baxter? He's not our family exac'ly, but
he's cousin NV us. An than was thu
doctuh. Thu doctuh was a mighty popu-
lar man bout home an much thought NV
by thu community. He come outten u
fightin family. His brother was navy
man on ship, an they used tub call him
'Fightin Bob Thu doctah was much
that way hissef, but that ain sayin that
Mistah Sam is wantin nothin. He is
sumpin NV a man in "A trouble bissef.
Somehow thu two gemmen didn' lax
each othah. They was good frien's onct,
but Miss Bell-yuh knows her-she got
mixed up wiz 'em. Dey bofe NV 'em
wanted Miss Bell an wanted her pow'ful
bad. Miss Bell she didn' tell nobody whut
she thought bout it. She jes' lay low an
smile an wait faw her min tub get fixed.
That's mighty disheartenin tub gemman
whut's pinin faw "a lady, an bofe these
gemmen was sho' doin that.
"Thu trouble happen one night when
we had dance at our house. Miss Bell
was thu prize waltzah NV thu county.
| Than cum waltz, an somehow thu two
gemmen got mixed bout who owned that
dance. Mistah Sam he say it his'n, an
thu doctah he say it his'n. Miss Bell she
wouldn' say no way, an than was some
words in thu parlah.
Goose they couldn' say much whah thu
ladies was, but bimeby, when they's gittin
on they bosses tub go home, they was
some hot talkin, an thu othah gemmen
had tub use 'suasion tub keep 'em fun
havin trouble right than in thu boss lot.
"Thah oughtn' tub been any mo- tub it,
but mex day thu gemmen got talkin bout
it in town, an so they fix up challenge
fun thu doctah tub Mistah Sam an one
fun Mistah Sam tub thu doctah. Bofe
sides accepted Nv co'se, an thu seconds was
named. Thu majah an Mistah Sam s
brothah was ON one side an Mistah Fod
an Colonel Lawson was on thu othah. Wv
co sc they all knows it's joke, but Mistah
Sam an thu doctah, they don know, an
they's sho' worried
Miss Bell, yuh know, she's stayin at
our house. Mistah Sam was thu fust tub
come. He was ridin mighty slow, wiz his
| head hung down an doin sum thinkin,
wen / tux his boss. He staid u long time
an mus a said heap, cause Miss Bell
was lookin sorryful an white when she
come outen thu parlah, an Mistah Sam
was kindah peaked.
"Mistah Sam ain no mon gone when
up rides thu doctah. He's kindah gay
like, but yuh could see he ain feelin like
a jaybird He stay till thu sun go down,
an he mus u had lot tub talk bout, an
Miss Bell look lax ole woman when she
walk down trh thu gate wiz him. Now
notice she des come tub thu do wiz Mis-
tab Sam, an she walk down tub thu front
gate wiz thu doctuh, an l say tub masef,
'Thahs thu gemmen whut gifts dis lady
wen she git ready tub say sumpin.
"When thu majah como home, he tell
me tub have thu bosses hitched tub thu
carryall mex mawnn at daylight That's
all he say tub me, but done hearn tell
bout thu duel, an / know I'm gwine tub
be than. / git thu bosses ready, an thu
mex mawnin DIES as days breakin I'm at
thu big gate wiz thu carryall.
81 didn' know bout that, but Mistah
Sam he sleep at our house that night.
Bimeby out come thu majah an Mistah
Sam brothah an Mistah Sam, an they all
git in. Mistah Sam look kindah funny,
| lob hn aipj tuh Iof bp
majah an Mistah Sam brothah, they is des
quiet an ain got nothin tub say. Thu
majah he tell me tub drive oyah tub Cot
tonwood pint on thu rivah. Tha's bout a
mile away an it don take me long tub gil
than.
Its mighty lonesome on thu pint
Thu rivah is all covered wiz smoke, an
yuh kin heah it talkin tub itse'f down un
der thu willows. Thu cypress an thu cot
tonwood is all hangin still an mou 'nful
an it sho ain lookin lax a barbecue
Bimeby up druv anothah kerridge, an ou
git Mistah Fod an Colonel Lawson an thu
doctuh an anothah doctuh fun town
Evabody speak low 'cept Mistah Sam M
thu doctuh. They amt got nothin tub say
"Thu gemmen have some talk, an theI
they come roun benin thu carryall an loat
thu pistols two big navy SKIES They loat
evan barrel 1t begin tub look lax some
body dom go home that day, an I'm she
gittin troubled in ma mind an dom thinl
des right bout Miss Bell, who's makir
all this trouble. hearn thu gemmen tall
bout how they gwine do it. Mistah San
an thu doctuh mus stan back tub back
Then they walk way fun each othah tel
steps apiece. Then they turn roun, al
when thu majah he say fab they begil
shootin an walkin todes each othah. Whel
anybody fall, they they stop shootin. Tha
sho sound mighty bloody, wiz them biz
navy skies lookin at yuh.
"Then thu gemmen took they places
standin back tub back, an bofe NV zen
straight as a string. Thu majah he sa
Forward An they commence steppin
One, two three, four, five, six, seven
eight
"I'm mos fallin outen thu carryal
when ten, an bofe gemmen wheel, al
then shut ma eyes. Bangl l look tut
see which gemmen, an bofe is standin
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