The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-25

ed up to him. pulled his nose and said:
That's the way / would treat the
king"
Every one present expected to see
the stranger annihilated. Kemper
rose from his seat, made a profound
bow to the man who had insulted him
and retired from the tavern. Present
~ one of his friends returned bearing
a challenge to the stranger. 1t was
accepted. and the challenged man.
having the right to choose the weap-
ons to be used, chose pistols and in
sisted that the principals should fight
In a dark room.
Kemper declared such meeting en-
tirely without the code The stranger
said that be didn't care If 1t was. He
would fight in a dark room or nst at
all Eemper then declared the affair
off His friends were surprised They
told him that either he must fight or
forever lose his reputation as duel
ist Kemper demurred Several days
passed. and the stranger who had
pulled the terrible mans nose still
lived. Then Kemper. finding that
those who had stood In awe of him
were treating him with contempt
yielded
1t was agreed that the meeting
should take place at the tavern In
room on the second fioor and at 10
o'clock at night The shutters were
closed so that not even a ray Of star
light could get In, and every article Of
furniture was removed from the room.
There were two doors to the chamber.
and eneh of the principals was let in
to 1t by one OF these doors. Once in
they were to remain standing by their
respective doors till the word "Firer'
was given by man outside with a
stentorian voice. after which each
should be at liberty to XIII the other as
soon as he pleased.
Ten minutes after the signal had
been given not a sound had been
heard. But the chamber was large
one. and the parties might IN their ma
neuyers have passed each other a num-
Der of times without knowing it, Then
suddenly a shot was heard One pis-
tol had been emptied. and as each man
had been supplied with but one weap-
on with a single barrel half the bat.
tie had been fought Several minutes
elapsed. and another shot was heard
Then the doors were thrown open, and
those outside rushed in with candles.
Only one of the participants, the
stranger, was visible. He looked as
much puzzled as the rest,
For heavens sakef' exclaimed one
of the party. you can't have eaten
your adversary"
Eaten him? No. | explored the
room till was tired: then heard
shot. didn't see the fash. for my
back was turned at the time. OF
course, after that he was at my mercy,
and since couldn't kill an unarmed
man ! concluded to discharge my pts
toI in the sir. The only way TO do that
safely was to fire up the chimney"
This turned the attention of the par
ty to the big fireplace common in those
times. and one of the party, holding
candle there, exclaimed:
'There's blood on the hearthw
At that moment down dropped KEN
per
Then there was an explanation
Kemper's pistol-it had a hair trigger
went Off on account OF his nervous
ness. Then be had crawled up the
chimney for safety. The stranger, fir
ing "in the air" gave him a flesh
wound in the leg.
That ended Kemper's supremacy.
Magma charta and the Bill of Rights.
Historically speaking, there is a big
Inference between the Magma Charta
md the bill of rights The irst was
obtained by the barons from King
John at Runnymede in June. 1915, the
,ther by the lords and commons from
he Prince and Princess of orange in
I6Ss-s9.
Magma Charta will ever remain the
greatest landmark in the constitution
Il history of England. but next TO the
yreat charter wrung from John by
he barons must stand the bill Of rights
hat WAS so graciously acceded to by
King William New York American.