The sun., 1901-08-11
The SHARpSH0OYERS' DUEL.
A QUESTION TIE SURVIVOR HAD
NOT TIE HEART TO ANSWER.
How . Yankee Marssman Got '1suredeath."
q Johnny Reb, and the Pathetic
sequel Of the SHOT He Had To Fire.

80 g., n
At Lincoln, Nsb., lives H. Masterman,
aged s.. He Is one Of the few. possibly the tho
very As. suau,vo, o. sns uvu, =, a rr;a 90 81
acted as the guard OF honor at the ma,fAgs "
the late Queen Victoria As British sn sons, soa,s,
~. disoha ,ya and heo,m, a citIzen OF th
he olsoMIse anu oeoamo a e ~ c,sn
United states. y. the ou.oreak VI sns W.
sams company with his son, and served to
the close.
tyt. ,,,s,.r, an. ,,n.rri,o mn rk
manshlp brought him under the notce OF MS
Colonel, who asked him 70 volunteer for
sharpshootins duty. On account OF the e,-
ueine oahser a"enoah. upon ''s =,
work. men were not ordered 70 perform W
but volunteers were called for. Masterman
promptly na ,.0neo,.r Omereu u" '''''0e' anu '''
on,on n,o .',," ma, ,pane, a.. - .... 4.
Inc peculiar nature Oh uns caso HaAes
pbvsioai restraint than probably any other
49,, A., ~ army ui,h ,h. s,can,Ion of tbs
.r~,' nnv WSiis on iuty his In, Is in constant
Sg Sagnser' an and It's pr Preservation err i depends en-
rey upon oans ms ocsn,ea Ss ,n nIctjna on im
portsnt % ~ t. ofi,cers % from among The enemy. but
more often In dueis With shsrpshootsr. on
sns sns SsI' Ssiil ""' ~'' NJ" eNN"' ~
"nu s.s s. w,uo IN. xa, urn. r.y,n, along ths
sou,hsrn boundary OF Tennessee that the
sou,nern ,h army whtch Wsetsrman he.
WING a. ane r.in rs hs.s, hu *. snamv's shsTn-
i9bnsea Ib SaS Host v' az tSass ConfeSsrats ras-
,nsn ~srs we'll known by the Union soldiers.
ihero W. n,nd ~, ttSe n~n - hicb distinyufsbed
tioh Gr souha ,ha otbar sua va time want along
one irom n ~ .rG Vh.n r.ra I cs"yht ~ That eysi,
the RANK and ale Of tho Federal soldiers had
good Idea oil wha' 'hese dangerous ne" "e''
IKE; -, than, .. d,hhsd .srr.d.stb -and
.here was good reason for giyips him the pams.
lie was the primcS OF SohieaS.'e,h ,hs ci.er
shooters' Az sh' h, 10y, " ,a,nS ,nS and iha men
always looked 70 see @ VINO H. t3s ',ln,ad E,nad oaf.
Ior there Mas ,,, nwayS % Sns c'tSS cWSsn III hstti.
right or mo aal wov vnaea whea al tne nnne eat Snt
officers but between whiies oommon asn. apqsn
boy made bsd ~ mn hsh sDa S1 opinfon Of ths man
death .,r
One evening the Colonel ssht ,Ss,,nCadp. an orasy
for Masterman To report at once at his tent
Sergeant" said the Colonel this man
'surodesth' must be stopped, N0e 1hs
next thing he'll do will be to kill the General
himself Now. I'm going to depend upon
you do you understandP-ypon you. TO
Waterman went back TO his quarters
turning the situation in his mind lie was
acquainted with the habits OF the Coniederate'
FOR he had tried to bag him before this time.
He made up his mind that the folio wing day
would see the end of either Suredeath or
himself He told his son, who slept near,
of his orders from the Colonel and his deter
mination lie gave the young man a few
trinkets TO take home as keepsakes In case
he did not return, ,crcpt under his shelter
tent and slept like a log
lie awoke In the early morning before
either the soldiers In blue or gray were astiT.
He prepared ms breakiast oi bacon anu h G,aos
in his haversack, filed his canteen from
nearby spring slung his rife over his shoulder
and set out through tho wet grass in the
About 0 o'clock the mists had rolled up
tho hills and the sun was shining brightly.
Lying hidden behind fallen allen tree .s,sr entirely
caught a fitting glimpse, OF his enemy creep,
ing along the ground but no shot offered
itself -sursdea,h Vas was SAFELY Tationed toned
out whers he vas The familiar sound of his
gun and the smoke floating away from the
tree then diseloSed his ~heiesoo1iIs Is nas.sr y.
ihg lust beyond the leaves The man was
again taking aim at some lhipn so,d,sr, ,h
log aimed his gun as point where he thought
"Suredeath's- body was and fired, instantly
shifting his, position away from the ha Sm2Ee bSe
a surprise to the Confederate. although moth
mszzle disappeared among the leaves,
Tho presence Of each was known 70 ths
Masterman had slight advantage. for
after a shot he could change his position
slightly, while his opponent was forced to
stay upon the same limb behind Lhe same
part OF the tree trunk and could not descend
Each employed the usual tactics of craving
the Others fire by holding his hat as II Ne
owner was peeping out and OF letting an
empty coat sleeve peep innocenuy from
cover
Tho Confederate certainly realized that
he had no ordinary sharpshooter opposed
by with no perceptible movement on the
In absolute quiet When that silence was
broken, however. II was by Suredeath
pulling the trigger, and the bullet made
hesh wound in Masterman,s hand ana Sut
Jagged hole through the stock OF ms tine
Tho duel lasted four hours before Saster-
man finally sent his lucky SPOT, and saw
the other man tumble from the tree,
At this sight all Masterman hatred van
shed Il was no Longer deaS anS or "Tas woTnda
him to do somethlns lie made ms way 10
the base OF the tree lie went CAUTIOUSLY.
for the man might stlll De Aple 70 nght or
there might be other sharpshootsIs Matchhi ,chj
ing His first view OF the Cohiederae toia
him the shSt was iataii A. naa so11diapp
was lying on hls siue, anu ".en ma'", ira;dn nae
came UP was searching io' u"
pocket 4. ,.., .L,, 10 ,.o,, y,o,,,-
What Is u, Jonhhy, Wna' 20 Rou .nda
asked Masterman' Hihaiy' hheerhs oSue
MN ,L.o ,.,,ornv little GIRL WAS the
ALMOST nsuaiDis 'ePSbord lns,ds the mans
Mastermah put his manu- lho'uy u.o "iIt lt .