The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-04
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arch % couuemO-2ue his victories and rzSSed down 0u the ctbeT sSie 10 the SculoCDe wood A msa inside called . h2ft
 AllChtInE. be dlrecce5 the cOachn&n oo drive on over s crest and walt. Thea he hogan Cn Vsce Idly hack and TC-Th. DOW turning To tho east oo Sd- uiCe the tiars pafutNd uD the clouds by rhe coming cn5 ot day. now snap pinS aT a h1o<Sou5uS hooL Of clover e dansel5oa. He WAS Su intellectual lSokinc por~on. vfth a east Of COunte naaCc denNyfug Inc svTfSr5c or imSgina- tive fscuHy. straight and slender. with a mass og nlaCS ha5r failing down over a3S NOsC collar
 Presently hc took out his watch, Oot- ss the hou- and uuue-ed
 1T tS lime some Of them should ar rive"
 A moueu; later the grinding Of wheels was hea7d and sno;heC carriage cane in Slchy. drove 70 where the man was standing. stopped. and a gentleman sHChtcd sn6 stood faCc Co face with the a-t comcr. He was followed by two cou0anlou<. one carrying bundle "f toilS the orhr- a box.
 An. VI. CharlIp-." sad the new coner. .why 6o md you here alone, WhC-e are rhe SNcNDdsE'
 "wsig.~ sa53 VI. Charl5er. You are no. The n7rv. DC-Sau ! aw 10 meet this no-ntnC. Thew arr several persons rho wish rN deprive mo ot my life, and I n7oDnSr rhar s'l shall have tSir CAsnNs
 .F-<t Nane. first served Is S good rule sotrfI the 9-ivrleCe of taking nv 7rvence N,fn-a any une else has had & chsuoe 70 dN0-.ve H'" ot iJ The lnSuE ! have -N,ctvN5 esunNt possibly have hcen eguafrd. demand sn oV- po-yuuiry Co show yNu
 Meanwhile sOo;hr- carriage drove up. and our <rrnTr,5 another party. This time rhc7a were TWO men carry lnS Foil> a0d. s> hefo-r one hearing 6 box The p-neiDsI oouEd easily be re,asni7e5 s-Nm rhe surprise with wai-h he nourea 5hst a party similar e bis own had arrived beIO0e him.
 Pardon no. Ee0rlemen." he said. What does rhis mean"
 ~I; means. V. dc NuSse-,~ sSid harlfer. that V. RuhidouN here, hay lnS demanded satisfaction. Ss you have done. Fs eau-1e6 10 tt ss much ss you-"
 But V. EuH5dcuN csunoJ possibly bsve the grievsnce tast l have. Some petty N7esch ot etiquette. perhaps, while r.
 Acafn there was & sound OS whee'S. The men lookad and saw two more ca-1sces coming
 "whst do you mean. VI. ChSrlier ?' asked VI. Ruh5dou1- Are these CAT risSes intended for your funeral train"
 They bear other persons vho come be7e fo- satisfaction
 The TWO csvriages stopped and from each s party sHShJed. sH looking as toaiShe5 st seeing so many persons present V. Casric7 ScepNed forward co introduce them.
 M Ruht6oux. VI. dc NUsseT, per nit me 10 present N. TetcioHx and M. Cardiac
 All four men bove5 ve-y low. taking or vhcir bats and stirring up Consid- e-sble dust with the wind made by their sweeps. Thcgr attendants stood ln groups lcokinS on. wondering st the strange turn rhe sfSfr had taken.
 .If all those you expect" said NJ Ruhidou1. 's0e present ! beg to say to them that sS first Couc7- ! shall in- sist"-
 And l. too. insist" interrupted De NUSSrT.
 'VSentIcmeu. %. exclaimed VI. Tetedou1 b a so0orous bass voice.
 r42entleueur cried N. Cardiac in tones Of a shr1II reed instrument
 Ch8rlier folded hjs arms and visited.
 This fellow" cried RuhidouX. has sought to save himself from my just wrath by picking QuRrTsl with 50 many that he thinks all not bsluE able 10 Vake satisfaction we will let him or. I p7oooSp we east lots for fCst chance 70
 "Acreed erred All the others st once. Chs-Ife- hlmse't wrcVe their names each oa a separate bit ot paper. put them in g hat. enc ot the seconds drew and the first chance fell to NJ. Rubi- soux They fought and N. RuOidouN v-as so eager 10 duish the case himself that he fenced hotly sud badly. Pres elrly his foa went flying iU the air He was ohljced to give way 10 the next msn whose name had been drawn, and NJ. Cardisc stood up before the victor.
 "TU show you that you cannot In suit me by drawing what you conceive Co 6e my character h your miserable uovel with iDTunly."
 What novel," asked De MusSeT.
 'sNoL'" replied Cardiac Jules GarnIeV iu thst story Is a csvicsure Of myself"
 'sNot at an put in VI. TetedSuI, "GarDiec was drawn from me
 ~Geutlemeu." inte-vupCed N. Rubi- 5oux. T think I can convince you that the portrait IS intended 10 be mine when I tel you that ". ChsrlieT sent me R CODY or the book to Cesd-"
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