El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-11

cling. The difficulty was to locate
him. The rows of trees, running at
right angles. enabled him to see along
only one narrow avenue at a time. His
enemy might be coming along the next
avenue OF the next to right OF left He
might be q hundred feet away OF half
a mile. Sheldon plodded on and de-
clded that the old stereotyped duel was
far simpler and easier than this pro-
tracted hide and seek affair. He, too,
tried circllng. in the hope Of cutting the
others circle; but without catching
glimpse Of him, be finally emerged
upon a fresh clearing where the young
trees, waist high. afforded little shell
ter and less hiding. Just as he emerged,
stepping out a pace. a rife cracked to
his right, and, though he did not hear
the bullet in passing, the thud Of it
came to his ears when It struck a palm
trunk farther on
He sprang back into the protection Of
the larger trees. Twice be had ex-
posed himself and been fred at, while
he had failed to catch a single glimpse
Of his antagonist A slow anger be
gan to burn in him. Il was deucedly
unpleasant, he decided. this being pep
pered at and. nOnsensicaI as it really
was, it was none the less deadly seri-
Gus. There was no avoiding the is
sue, no firing in the air and getting
over with 1t, as In the old fashioned
duel. This mutual man hunt must
keep up until one got the other. And
II one neglected a chance to get the
other that increased the others chance
to get him. There could be no false
sentiment about 1t. Tudor had been a
cunning devil when he proposed this
sort Of duel. Sheldon concluded, as be
began to work along cautiously In the
direction OF the last shot
When he arrived at the spot Tudor
was gone, and only his footprints re-
manned, pointing out the course he had
taken into the depths Of the planta-
don. Once, ten minutes later, he
caught a glimpse Of Tudor. a hundred
yards away, crossing the same avenue
as himself, but going in the opposite
direction. His rife half leaped to his
shoulder, but the other was gone.
More IN Whim than in hope Of result,
grinning to himself as he did so, Shell
don raised his automatic pistol and
in two seconds sent eight shots scat
tering through the trees In the direc-
ton in which Tudor had disappeared
Wishing be had a shotgun. Sheldon
dropped to the ground behind a tree,
slipped fresh clip up the hollow butt
Of the pistol. threw a cartridge into
the chamber, showed the safety catch
into place and reloaded the empty clip.
It was but a short time after that
that Tudor tried the same trick on
him, the bullets pattefing about him
like spiteful rain, thudding into the
palm trunks or glancing or In whining
ricOchets. The last bullet OF all max
ing a double rlcochet from two diff
ferent trees and losing most OF its mo
mentum. struck Sheldon a sharp blow
on the forehead and dropped at his
feet He was partly stunned for the
moment, but on Investigation found no
greater harm than a nasty hump that
soon rose to the size Of a pigeons egg.
firing Of the endless ctrcling. Shell
don tried once more to advance direct
" on his foe, but the. latter was too
crafty, taking advantage Of his bold
ness to fire a couple Of shots at him
and slipping away on some changed
and continually changing course. For
an hour they lodged and turned and
twisted back and forth and around and
hunted each other among the orderly
palms. They caught heeting glimpses
OF each other and CHANGED flying shots
which were without result On a
grassy shelter behind a tree Sheldon
came upon where Tudor had rested
and smoked a cigarette. The pressed
grass showed where be had sat At
one side lay the cigarette stump and
the charred match which had lighted
It In front lay a scattering Of bright
metallic fragments. Sheldon recog-
nized their significance. Tudor was
notching his steel jacketed bullets OF
cutting them blunt. so that they would
spread on striking-In short, he was
making them into the vicious dumdum
prohibited In modern warfare. Shell
don knew now what would happen to
him If 2 bullef strucIy his hodv II