Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-07

years dBo ehBdSeu III d pSculidT ouci
many years ago. It was the outcome
Of love affair.
Castentenus was a Greek and In ear
ly life belonged to a crew Of pirates
which operated in the Aegean Sea.
When pirating proved hazardous on
account Of cruising war vessels, he had
himself tattooed from head to foot,
came over to America and became a
popular freak.
During his career as a buccaneer he
became enamored of a pretty girl,
daughter of the mate Of the black
flag craft which he commanded, but he
had a rival Under oaths which bound
them together they could not fight, and
so they appealed to the girls father to
decide their respective claims upon his
hand. The father knew
Castentenus and his rival as desperate
men and so he resolved upon desper-
ate method to test their love for his
daughter. He outlined his proposition
to them and both accepted.
One night he went into the small
forecastle and set barrel Of sulphur
ablaze and then ordered both men to
go down into the sitting gases and to
remain there for ten minutes. They
did as he directed and upon the expi-
ration Of that time he signalled the
lovers to come forth.
Castentenus, who was man Of re-
markable physical powers, CROPPED and
staggered upon the companionway to
the deck, bearing on his shoulders the
limp and unconscious form Of his rival.
Castentenus was bleeding from the
eyes, ears and nose. When he got into
the fresh air he swooned. He revived
an hour later. but his rival passed in
to the great beyond. He had lived but
a few moments after being carried out
by the tattooed man.
The woman for whom the great
sacrifice was made never married. for
she was taken sick and died in few
weeks.
Castentenus later realized that 1t
was the mates intention to kill both
Of the lovers and get possession Of the
vessel. One morning the mate was
missing and was never heard from
again. A few months after Capt.
Castentenus, the tattooed man." was
one Of the biggest attractions ever seen
at a circus in America.
There have been electrical duels,
duels with poison wherein two rivals
have dared each other to quaff dead
ly draught at a specified time, and
early in July two Boston longshoremen
engaged in a conflict that was decid-
edly novel, to say the least. The story
Of the battle in which they engaged
has only just come to light.
Bad blood had existed between these
two sons of toll and they concluded to
settle their differences. Both were the
specimens of that type Of hardy man.
hood which Is employed In loading and
unloading the great ocean liners-men
who usually settle their troubles at
fisticuffs, which fact makes this incl
dent all the more starting and inter-
esting.
One night they went down upon the
New York and New England docks at
South Boston and removing their
clothing, they plunged into the waters
of South Bay. They battled for at
least 20 minutes. during which time
the results were about even, when
suddenly one seized the other by the
neck and began to strangle him. At
the same time both sank beneath the
surface. How many feet they went
down is not to be recorded, but, the
stranger becoming exhausted, rose to
the surface. A moment later the ap-
parently lifeless body of his adversary
made its appearance.
In the dim light cast upon the wa
ters by the distant electric lamps the
victor realized that his deadly work
was accomplished, the strife at an end.
Thoughts Of arrest for murder, the
electric chair, crowded in upon his
mind and his almost benumbed senses
were quickened. He grasped his vic
tim and shouted Justify for assistance.
A party returning in catboat after
a pleasant days outing in the harbor
heard his cries and reached both men
just in the nick Of time. They were
taken into the boat and after artificial
had been applied for time
they were restored to consciousness.
After a bracer or two Of brandy they
were put ashore at the public landing
on Long Wharf and, arm in arm,
started for their homes.
A small paragraph appeared In the
morning papers, which stated that two
men were rescued by yachting party
and cared for until they were able to
go home.
But there had been duel in the dark
waters Of Boston harbor "the night
before the Fourth" He who would
have been a murderer became life
saver; his magnanimity has been rec
ognized by the man who might have
left him to his fate had he been as
successful in that terrible conflict as
the other, and now both vow eternal
friendship.-Boston Herald.