La Junta tribune., 1915-02-27
The End
OF a Duel
Il. Game In The
Beginning
D. Rurn GRAHAM

During the middle OF the last cen.
tnry. when the old plantation system
was IN institution In the southern
statss. there wers customs which have
new become q thing Of the past
ADoog the most notable Of these was
sitting disputes according to the code
euello.
In The north At the opening Of the
eQatufy the sacrifice OF one OF the
6ost gifted Of American statesmen.
Alexander Hamilton. gave duellns it's
Guietns. In the south II lasted much
longer. In Tennessee long after the
Hamilton. Burr tragedy Andrew Jack.
eoa fought under the code. Il remain.
"a for Q girl to show the people Of that
etAts By few caustic words bow far
~ world bad gone beyond . custom
advocated By one no less notable than
Q president Of the United States.
lt was shortly after the Mexican war
that Aiss Belle Conway went TO Ten.
neooee from Ohio to take the position
of eoverness In the family Of Colonel
Rathbone, q retired planter. Thst was
before II became customary for young
ladies to earn their own living. Miss
Conway had been educated In Connect.
Scut-western girls and boys usually
went east In those days for an educa.
oon-and had evinced superior mind
She bad not long returned from school
when her father died. leaving his fam.
tie su+le
then Held In the south for teachers.
and northern graduates were sought
after.
Miss Conway was comely. but not
beautiful. She Possessed character.
and II showed itself In her personnel
Character in her was allied with good
sense. She was more self reliant than
most Of the southern girls Of that day.
whose Intellectual and practical fucul.
ties were not readily developed under
Q system wherein their slightest re-
Qulrements were attended to By their
oorvantn.
Aiss Conway Was treated % Q mem
bsf Of the Rathbone family. and where
they wscs invited she vas invited. She
"a soe capture those che net % some
1om11ag ooaeAs0 6eauty woulA tave
1eoe n ths north. bot from The orst
thsee was steady growth tn hes fa.
W. 0lfis q NJ ews ass vsss ~
jealeus q ~: they rsthse admired
~ fee ~ pensss6so u thass tsslts
WhieA thsy did not poassD ths0ss,ves.
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Wsgo ooss 10 keeping With theis sue.
eosodjnp thas intellect ~ Tor the
yeeag men. they ssw In hss eomeehias
al9sseoe from that 10 WhSch they had
beso aceuseo0ed aud Wes gradually
attracted % Il
Fostunatsiy there was 20 son Of
Coloosl Rsthboos Of 90 age - fall 10
l0ve With the eoverpess. Ths man
who was most ihrows With bsf wss
ArchlbaA Dabuey. who hsd recently
rssurnsd frVm The Univessity Of VIZ.
gtnia. where be bad studied lsv. rnthsr
with . view 10 using it 10 political life
shan % q prosessioe. NJ. Dsbosy
Was juss the msn % b. attracted 70
sUeh . sin % Mtss Conway. While
she was eoethrrn born and besd. b
was representative Of the best shess
Was IN The south.
NJ. Dabeey found Mis- CONWAY
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