The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-06-18
Colonel Bunker
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1a6. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
By NJ. QUAD
CopyriRht. l91b. by the McClul

window-"I was just thinking Of an
incident in my early career as q duel
list In fact, sub. when this thing came
about | had not yet dra WI my rapier
on the field Of honoh. In the southern
town where l first hung out my shin
gle as q lawyer were a dozen gay
bucks Of young men, and l was one Of
them.
I'VE were sports, sub. We rode. we
sambled. and we staggered. We talk
Cd about Jul honoh, and We took nc
advice from our elders.
1T was a wonder we kept clear OF
the duello among our W selves, fol
we were hotheads. But destiny ha0
something laid up for US, and at the
proper time we learned what 1t was.
When a dapper little man dropped into
the town one day and gave his name
as Professor Mayne and explained that
he was something Of a naturalist we
had no idea that his coat covered des
tiny.
1T was about a week after the pro
fessOr's arrival. and none OF us young
blades had made his acquaintance yet
when six Of us sat on the tavern veran-
da OF a summers evening arranging II
fox hunt. when the stranger appeared
among us. and. looking directly ut me
he asked:
= "May | have the honoh or asking
your name|
II gave it as Bunker. Of cO'se.
"'Bunker? BunkerT he repeated
Did you evan spell it with an HT
"'Suh. sub. What do you meanT
"'Was the name originally JunkerT
"Ecad. sub. the man was deliberately
insulting me,
81 always thought | carried things
off very we'll for Al first time. | raised
nv hat, handed him nv card and turn
ed away. He received it with a bow
and also turned.
There You were. suh-there you
were. \. duel for sunrise was arranged
for within an hour. and | was Il hero.
Gould Il professor Of natural his
tory handle a raI,icr like II young buck
who was ALWAYS at it?
NO. Of cu'Sc not, and | should pla!
with him. Should | Kill or only wound
him? That question could wait and
be settled after the blades had crossed
The most | had to fear, as my friends
told me and ~ | firmly believed my
self, waS-t)Ht the professor would ei
thnr send du ll,iuct Apology or sneak
way durin- the night. He did nui
thcr, however
I'VE talked the mattcr over. and all
the bucks THOUGHT | ouglt TO run the
professor tlrou@h the heart, and thus
at once establish my reputation, but
l decided that Il wound that would lay
him up about six weeks would do.
1T was only when the word had been
given and our blades had crossed that
l found out | had caught a tartar
Why. sub, the professor made me look
IKE - cents, He disarmcd me twice
In ten minutes. He could have killed
me during the next five. but be stayed
his hand.
AT length after Illuminating me for
the best part Of half an hour. he pink
ed me III III" shoulder and | was ont of
dressed my wound. The young bucks
oml kh"" what to make OF 1t, but
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