Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-14

S1ENZA, wss q tail a
~Le-woz turned Ee uttered one
wsE5 - Mary ard rushed 10 the
fallen wa-azn- Mary" he screamed.
and IS As lifted the girls head the red
st&zn Aoura5 up plainly. How she got
SAe-s. or wha sire . or who the nah
Was sAat was with her. 1 have
discovered 20 his day. The man stood
pointing to she ballet mark. and sway
ing 10 and FRO until he fen f~ull-length.
Not far from Us Was an i'm. n pick
ing up the girl and carrying her as
easily as though she were a child, Len
nur strobe away. bidding US. by a ges-
tura 20 take w the man, and when he
reached the house the Irishman's ready
writ had invented a plausible story OF
an accident. and the cool way in which
he told II t-preSse dine even more
than his rage had done
One OF you fellows said he-and
he spoke as though we were his dear
est trlenE-sha1 better get of as fast
as you can and bring DR.. Haslett. You
can tell him the nature OF the wound,
and how IL has affected our friend.
You can 60 IN the landlords trap. and
bring the doctor hack in IL"
L knew BY the choice he had made
Of q medical man that Lennon wished
TO avoid publicity. for Haslett was IA
young fellow who often came to our
roons-an5 unless the case ended ia
taIly-an6 the most superficial exam
ination had shown that the girl was
aIive-the affair would. most likely, be
hushed up. II was near the end Of the
term. and. except Foster and Lennon.
we all went down the next day, and
before I started / ascertained, by ask
ing HasFett- that the girl was likely TO
recover. as the bullet had glanced up
ward, and travelled along under the
scalp.
las TO the man who was with her, he
could give no decided opinion. a shis
case presented some difficulty, and it
was evident that he was in for a long
Illness, as a consequence of the terrible
shock tina had been inflicted upon him.
Lennon vouchsafed no information as
to the identity OF the patients, and I
heard. some fortnight later, that the
lady had left the inn and the man was
expected 10 follow in a few days.
Now for my part. although Lennon
had so outrageously insulted me, l had
had enough OF the quarrel. and / hoped
I ElE OLEET men wGE- AA ike IdsEg Il
Il was not so, for, when more than a
month had passed, / had a telegram
from Foster, bidding me lose no time
in joining him in Belgium. ] was to let
nothing stand in the way, and I hur-
ried of, with grave misgiyings. And
my fears were only too well grounded.
for as soon as I met my friend, and we
were out Of earshot. of the ~bystanders,
his first words were: Lemons here,
and he swears that IL i don't go on
with the duel he'll shoot me. The girl
has died, and she is some relation of
his. and God knows, Morton, I'm SO
miserable that i don't care wether he
shoots me or not. I've agreed to meet
him. and your to go to the Hotel NJ
and arrange matters with his brother
Maurice
so I went to meet this very Maurice
Lennon, and we arranged that the duel
should come off the next morning at 5
o'clock ae a lonely spot near the sea
shore.
'And the first shot came near ending
the affair, for Fosters face was graZed
and his bullet cut away a piece of Len
mons coat. / was for declaring that
honor was satisfied: but the freshman
would nave none of it; n now, hav-
ing begun the fiend's work, he went o.
with it, and at the third shot Lennon
fell: The bullet dad pierced his heart,
and he was stone dead. / forgot TO say
that two doctors. or rather, supposed
doctors, were present, for / believe that
Sweeney, the foster-brother of whom
YOU have told me, was n Of them.
mo sooner a Lennon fallen, and
the urgeon pronounced life extinct.
than Maurice, scarcely needing his
brothers dead body. wanted to take W
the quarrel, and a more unhoiy or a
more unseemly scene I never too part
in. Years have passed, u / shall
never forget it. The surgeon had pos
sessed himself Of all the pistols, and
when Sweeney. IL Sweeney he were
tried to take them from him, we sided
with the medical man, and IT. a very
few seconds a general fight ensued
, and I beat Maurice Lennon until hi
was well-nigh insensible.
. Sweeney would have killed Foster Il
we had not fastened to help him, and
. as we fled from the ill-omened place WI
were followed by the curses Of the tw,
|, men, and their vows that they would
find us, no matter where we hid our
selves. I came to England and brough'
you away. Jack, for I was in a very
, curious position, since I had acted a!
/ second to the nan who had killed an
other, eve though the duel was tough
fairly.
Within a very short time Travers
. who had taken no very particular pre-
cautions. was attacked by Sweeney
! Then Foster and Mayne were killed
and in each case 'the cards were lef
8 with them. Years passed. but b.
agreement. and through the club Il
. which we belonged, Travers and I cor
responded with each other. I came Il
I England when I considered it safe {.
do so. and even when I was very eau
tious.
The murder of DR.. James took place
as you know in the house that i hat
hired and partly furnished. and / founC
the cards and a handkerchief besid'
him, and these / intended TO brins
away. but i left them behind me acct
I dentally. n it was well that I did SO
n for otherwise Won uould payar hay,