The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-06-19
Young Gilmore Challenges Min
lister 10 Mortal Combat.
PREPARING TO ENTER WEST pr
Rev. Mr.. TatIack Is His Tutor ani They
Disagreed Over Catch Question
In Mathematics

Saranac Lake, N. Y, June ie-All Sara
nae is stirred up over an affair OF honor"
In which Harry Gilmore. son OF Col Gill
more. OF the regular army. is concerned.
MIR. Gilmore is very young Southerner,
and sroud OF IL, and as I'm addition TO this
he IS preparing 20 enter the United States
Military academy he feels that IL H. his
duty as "a gentleman and the scion OF a
lighting family 10 "call out" his towns
men on the slightest provocation. regard
less of their age, social position or pre-
vious condition OF servitude.
80 now, AFTER having challenged with
Murtland. a veteran or the Civil war
Maj. Iowndes. of Maryland and, be-
cause he shaved the youth too closely
the village barber this fiery aspirsnt for
upon the field of honor none other than
the Rev. William Tatlock, pastor OF the
Presbyterian church. and Mr.. Gilmore's )
tutor In his prepare tions for the West
Point examina uons
MIR, Tatiock has the advantage OF his
six foot pupil-the clergyman Is barely
Harry admits that he is not quite half
firearms.
The clergyman is an enthusia site
sportsman and hunts and fishes during all
his leisure time But the bold challenger
has decided that the courteous thing for
iut gentleman CnAlengtu 10 90 Wouiu De
TO choose rapiers for weapons
MAY BE A sHINGLE.
Some of Mr. Gilmore's friends declare
that there will be only one weapon. and
this is a shingle with a hole an IL. for
they say that Mr.. Tatlook has Informed
the young mans mother OF the escapade,
and that she has said that she will at
tend To him.
This Is the cause of the trouble-Tutor
and pupil studied assiduously together
for Ave days out OF every week. There
were no lessons on Sunday, OF course,
because the clergyman had 10 preach ali
day, and Monday was also a holiday. be-
cause ON that day the Rev. Mr. Tatlock
always went fishing.
Last Friday they were studying higher
mathematics when suddenly they faced
the problem. How much greater than
three-fourths is four-fourths7
Young Mr.. Gilmore gave his answer as
one-third. .- The pastor disagreed with
him. holding that four-fourths must nat
urally be one-fourth greater than three
fourths
This started the argument that led TO
You give me a'--youns Mr.. Gilmore
was about 10 say pain. but he decided
who is teaching here?' asked the min
lister, drawing himself up with dignity.
Don't get old now" admonished young
II could scarcely be as new as you are.
sir" replied Mr. Tatlock. his ire rising.
Il am ,he teacher. please remember.
Well. you may call II teaching" re-
piled young Mr.. Gilmore, but ! consider
IL a mighty bad brand"
Leave my house. young MANI" cried
the minister, and out went young MT.
Gilmore
Then young Mr.. Gilmore wrote to the
minister. saying that he had been insulted
and demanded an immediate apology. The
minister wrote as follows:
Ny Dear Mr.. Gilmorl: am sorry
n | was haSty with Won this fllOrning
as l always am. no matter what my
proVocation But before | can resume
my duties your teacher ] must de-
mand written apology from you
INDIGNATION BoILs OVER.
MIR Gilmore's indigna tion blazed higher.
exclaimed. II come of an old Southern
family for four generations a scion OF
our house has been 10 West Point /
cannot brook such an insult as this. even
from minister of the gospel shall
challenge the Rev. Mr. Tatlock. II he
refuses TO meet me on the field OF honor L
shah have Co resort TO nature s weapons.
i cant hit him very hard Tor he X
smaller than /. bat At least shall tweak
his nose. am willing to hght him on the
field with any wea pons he chooses TO
would not be fair. for he has been shoot
ing rabbits round here so long that l
know he must be a better shot than
am. I should prefer fois'
one friend Of the Rev Mr. Tatlock said
last night II hear from Mr. Gilmore :
headuuarters that he is now writing out
his formal challenge. How Mr. Tatlock
Will treat IN I don't know 1 believe,
however, that the pastor has already
written an account Of the entire matter
10 MIR. Gilmore's mother, for il is quite
likely that ~ neither OF the combatants
is Killed Ina the contest one, at least. of
them witt get s1'1r1fSvrf. II, as We hope,
Mr.. Tatlock accepts Mr.. Gilmore's chal-
lenge. I know at least two OF his elders
who will act as his seconds on the field. "