The San Francisco call., 1909-12-19

But Tevs refused vehemently to be satisfied.
Nothing would suit him short of instant personal
revenge upon the man who had added the most acrid
drop of bitterness his defeat of the preceding after
noon
Il want to fight!' he cried tensely 'I1l fight him
on the street or over bar, or anywhere see him.
And what | want of you now, Macdonald, is the
publication of card under my which will
make fight inevitable unless the coward needs a
whip lash in addition.
The editor protested that ethe affair was none of
his and that he could accept such card for pubi
cation
"Then I'll fight you, too shouted the begerent
Tevis, bouncing up from his chair. Damn it all,
ming paper and you can't refuse to sell space for
announcements at your whm. | shall consider
it as deliberate reflection upon me if you do, and
shall act accordingly.
"Oh well, if you're out to fight the whole county |
suppose you'll have to have it, said Macdonald,
yielding to the irebrand, Il guess you'll have your
hands full, beginning with Lippincott.
The next issue of the Sierra Citizen contained a
small notice in of the regular news section,
"The author of the article entitled Sad Tale of a
Know Nothing Youth, in yesterdays Citizen, is here
by denounced as liar and ah slandeTeT n,,,c.
Lippincott was sitting with his chance acquaint-
ance of the scar, Colonel James, in the El Dorado
saloon, when the issue containing this card was
reached for his morning drink with characteristic
deliberaton.. James noted the gesture approyingly
get himself clipped" he remarked
"Wi you act for ne?" asked Lippincott carelessly.
With pleasure on my brow, returned the other,
displaying trace of animation upon his solemn and
repelling countenance DO you challenger
"Of course said Lippincott. Il should be very
sorry to have to kill him. I've never even met the
man. but if he's set l shall accommodate him.
THE FORMAL DEFIANCE
Colonel James proceeded with due gravity to de-
liver the formal defiance ntrusted to him and was
promptly referred by Tevis to friend, Lloyd Smith,
whom he designated as his second. "A conference
took place between the two representatives and fol-
lowing the instruction of his principal, Smith an
nounced that the duel would take place with double
barreed shotguns, loaded with ball, at 40 yards.
The saturnne Colonel James had no objections to
offer to such desperate terms, having full authority
from Lippincott to accede to all conditions 1t was
further agreed that the fight should take place
the at spot in the Sierra county hills to be
determined upon as occasion required
Word of the impending affair could not be kept
from public knowledge The publication of the insult
all eyes upon the who had inserted it and the
against whom it was directed. Before night
even the terms were. known and had been widely
discussed. Miss Pellet was greatly distressed when
the news communicated to her. She felt that, all
innocentiy she had been the direct cause of the dis
loyal Sons of Temperance, or rather some. of the
men who admired and respected her most, undertook
bring all possible influence to bear toward recon-
citation
twas discovered by some of these volunteer peace
makers that both Lippncott and Tevis were members
of the Odd Fellows A meeting of the local lodge
was convened that evening and the power of the
organization invoked to prevent bloodshed.
Enissares dispatched to both beligerents with
fraternal appeals. The one who saw Tevs returned
standing firm for his absolute right to manage what
concerned him closely without interference The
messenger to Lppincott brought back the answer
that the editor considered all the responsibility as