Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-02-01


evening approached fire beside which
Hines sat alone and threw a package
OF powder on the blaze. with leap
aside he escaped consequences, but
Jack Hines was blinded for life. II
was a contemplate thing to do, and
but for the civil authorities the Mexl-
can would have been lynched. As Il
was, he was kicked and beaten and
bounced out Of camp. A day or two
later, as the girl had gone back on him,
he tried to carry her Off by force, but
had to let her go when she stabbed
him. Hines depended Oh her pity In
his misfortune, but she calmly told him
that q blind husband would he Of 10
use to her and laughed his tears to
scorn. lie had relative In the city
and was taken In and cared for. while
the Mexican crossed the Rio Grande for
n time. II was year later and Jack's
old outfit ard all his friends happened
to he IN Santa Fee again when Don re-
turned lie had grown uglier ana
Ineaner IN the II months. We would
have picked fuss with him and shot
IllIu uDMIl, Dut JUN lhb NV hpVhT
cr heard OF his presence than he snid:
Boys, you must arrange for duel.
I shall never rest content until ! have
Killed that Mexican"
But you are blind" we protested.
"Never mind that | must fight him
and XIII him. blind or not, and the
whole Of Santa Fc shall look on"
Ia. tpnttI1 Ia Ua
II 10. we carried n challenge to Don
and also asked the authorities to let us
have n public duel. Some weak obJec-
tiors were made, but thev yielded the
point. hgh; OF some sort was an
hourly Incident, and duels came OF
two or three times per week. The
Mexican Laughed In derlslon at the
Idea. hut readily accepted the chal
lenge
Eyes. | will meet the Americana" he
said "and I will slice and cut and
prick for one hour by the watch before
| rive him the grand finish The crowd
that looks on viii SO" some OF the
finest knife play ever shown on this
side OF the river Tomorrow at noon.
w Nl'i wv IN li'hip' wv 'pH'
You may believe that when the re-
port sprend about there was great er-
element. II was generally believed
that tho blind man would fall an ePsy
victim, but even his best friends said
that he had better die with n knife IN
his hand than 10 live In n helpless state
the rest OF his life. To three or -four
" us Jack confded his belief that he
would triumph His hearing had be
rome as acute M f0x's, and he
would make his ears see for him Hs
was IN perfect health. had the nerve
and courage OF lion. and he believed
lie had chance.
At high noon OF an August day over
1000 people, many Of whom were
women, assembled on the smooth turf
| 10 witness the strange combat. A ring
of ropes was formed and the spects
tors formed another. II was to be Z
duel with knives, and seconds and q
feferee were appointed. After eaci
| Ave minutes there was TO be a rest
Foremost among the spectators wal
the girl who had caused It all, and sh'
was free 10 say she didn't care witt
triumphed Each man was allowed u
wrap HIS left arm in a sernpe or clonl
and all cheering or advising was for
hidden. The blind man was pale face'
and nervous ms the fight began. bu
his hard shut teeth told Of the de
termination In his heart The Mexi
can was all bows ana smiles and conf
dcnce and a. he was known 10 be 81
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