The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-17

Her face was yellow and thin. with a
look Of Iron will about a tense mouth.
She had scar on her check. also. She
slipped about noselessly in PAIR OF
beaded Indian moccasins. Griswold ana
his vile were as silent as two sphinxes'
After supper my father broke through
tho mans taclturnity a little, for ne
seemed alive. as all Southerners are, 10
the claims Of kinship. Griswold brought
out box Of good cigars and they
smoked and talked a little. mostly about
hunting / gathered the impression that
Griswold was fond OF sport. After awhile
an old negro servant showed me 10 bed
in big. bare room up stairs WANTED
10 sleep with my father. but was
ashamed 10 say so. The windows were
baro even OF curtains. and tho four-post
bed so high that I climbed on chair 10
reach IL Like an boys. / feilasleep IN a
very little while. I should judge.
DEADLY DUEL IN A DREAM.
1 mad dream or a vision or a reve-
latlon. / don't know. Anyhow this is
what I saw.
ut was am autumn afternoon and the
leaves were falling thick In the timbered
ridge we had traVorsed during the after
noon. The SUMS last rays giistened
among the trees and touched the tops in-
% TO flame. Tho scene was The alll just
above warsaw and from the road the
town was barely visible through the for
est. man iu "a Confederate gray uni
form came ON horseback down the hill,
and l recognized him as Griswold. As
he neared tho edge Of the ridge and APP
preached the clearing a short. small man
stepped out o.. tho bushes. ] could see
his features distinctly and tell that ne
had pleasant. somewhat weak face.
ho Wore ID sray Confederate coat and
dark trousers. BE had a navy rev0iY =
strapped round him. He stopped snort
on seeing Grisw0id. and GrIswOld pulled
mp his big roam horse with a start. both
men began talking angriy about a piece
OF land. / beard the few words eN-
changed but can't recoiiect them because
they were disconnected and conveyed no
impression % nae of the cause OF the
quarrel Gr.sw0ld roared out that the
other man was lar. Tho small tellow
drew his revolver while Griswoid heid
up a short d.rk-lke sword that he wore
buclliod over Dis gray coat. The snort
man then drew from hls bootleg a similar
dirk. as II t0 intimate that with these
they could fight evenly. He threw the
revolver on tho grass. Griswold got
down and fastened bis horse - a tree
AS the men faced each other htue
clearing in the bushes 7 could see that
Grisw0ld out-ciassel DIS opponent TWO 10
one lie was fully as wiry as The other
and had AN the advantage I'm length Oh
reach. Just then 7 saw O. woman peering
through tho bushes behind them. 10 was
Crsw0lds wife. She made no motion 70
d erH 90 think Only
of keeping herself concealed from Dolh
comhatants
GRISWOLD KILLS HIS FOE.
OF don't understand fencing or dueling'
and &c was all dark 20 me SO far as me
science OF the fght was concerned Inc
men seemed TO uugo at each other furl-
ously. 90 parry thusts nimbly ana 10
watch with lynx eyes, / don't kho"
whether in the end Griswold took an un-
fair advantage or his adversary but L
think now that he did, At any rate he
ran him clean through tho body with his
short sword. and gave the knife a vicious
twist as De pulled 10 out Tho man was
dead almost instantly. My glance sought
the bushes where Che woman had hidden
herself. but 7 did not see her again II
eho was there GriswOlds sword was
exactly ike that of tho man he had Killed..
He throw down the bloody sword ana
took Tho unfarnlsnod one from the hand
OF his FAST -tneniuc opponent. He picked
lid tho mans revolver and pitched u
oaraiessly with Tho belt ON tho ground
beside him. Then DE unh'tchcd his horse
and r0dr away t0NsT1 Warsaw. This Us
vnlt was conscious OF seeing as 7 Jay
tnere that dark nigh, in the high four
p0st bedstead OF the big room. Thought