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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1899)
that to relinquish .vy hold would ad PJGJ1T WITH SPIDERS to my danger, ns th carriage would , THE DUEL ON THE f I : : : MOUNTAIN. : : : I VPs'l P;S4 P-.tV P!'v.-. i'U VrT-V 5"U fV CVtt P VWVii3V?' UUING a visit to Ireland, I was one of a very jovial party at the hunting lodge of my couslu, Mr. Farrel, whose generous and social dls position was well known lu the neigh bonuKHi 01 "iionow uien. It was In S.pteml:or; the shootln; season had just set In, and the entire party, with a single exception, ami that myself, was contiosod of Irish gentle men devoted to the gun. Among those assembled was Capt Conau, who. I learned during the con vers.itiou of the evening, was 'about leaving in a few days to Join his wife and daughter, then at Castlerot-k. Unr, stralted by the socety of the fair sex, we enjoyed ourselves exceed ingly, and indulged rather freely In the contents of our host's wine cellar. The last thing I remember of that night Is my making an offo:t to respond to "our vM or." Te text I knew was, when arous?d by the cheery voice of Jemmy O'Xeill, my cousin's man-of-all work, I found myself on the sofa in the smoking-room, whither I had been car ried some hours before. "Hero 'a a letter foryei sir," ,saW Jemmy. .n rignt, i rep.ied, reaenlng my , hand Tor it. ' Ue gave me the letter, then left the room. ' I felt I must have slept a Ions time, as the sun was streaming in at the windows; and, as the light seemed to aggravate my headache, I merely glanced at the sup.rscrlpilon, and. lay log the letter on a chair, proceeded to draw down the blind. My next thought was to take a bath; but, seeing the let ter as I turned f:om the window, I con cludt d I would read It first. I sank into a halr and tore It open. turuniug m euveiopcqn tbe table, vnnc was my surprise on seeing It begin: "My Beloved Husband " The next Instant Capt. Conan walked In and passed me in the direction of the fireplace. As he did so, his eye caught the letter. "You miserable, ill-bred puppy!" he exclaimed, "now dare you have the impudence to open my letters?" snatch ing it rudely from my hand as he spoke. Smarting under his Insulting words, I sprang up and replied: "In justice to myself, I deny having opened your letter Intentionally. Fur ther," continued I, trembling with pas sion, -you prove yourself ill-bred and no gentleman by your vile language." "Whas!" he scr.ame.1; "no gentle man, no you say.'" Ketract instantly, sir! Itefusc at your peril!" and he ad vanced with uplifted arm. "I never retract," cried I: "but I re peatno gen:Ieinan would speak as you tin " "A duel without doubt," said my cousin; "nothing less will satisfy him. How did this all happen?" I then told my cousin how the mis take had taken place. I left my lutter on the chair and had taken up the cap tain's, which Jemmy had left tharo for him, bel!e lug It to be my own. On learning what tbe captain had said to me, lie thought me very moder ate in my resentment of the insult, ami agreed with me that it was from the captain an apology was due. "The devil of It is," said he, "the cap- tlan is such a good shot he generally pois his man every time." "I'oiw his man!" said I. "What do jou mea,u?" I mean that he will challenge you to a duel, and if you do not accept it I must, for I demanded that you bo treat ed as a gentleman. Hut come," he con tinued, "and see what Johu has In the dining-room for us; for my imrt, I feel as though a dozen of port would not quench my thirst." Whllo discussing our wine, a messen ger came with a note addressed to me. "From the captain, I'll bet!" said my cousin. "You must co it. mv bo v." I opened the seal and read as follows: "Horace Morton. Ksq. Sir: Capt Ocau has selected me to arrange a meeting between you and h:m, that the affair of this morning may be honor ably settlod. nave a friend, for you, to communicate with me during the day Yours respectfully, "Robert Sinclair." "Sinclair, as I liver said my cousin. when I showed him the note. "Just as certainly cruli me b -neath It While 1 did not succeed In mopping the horse, I somewhat lessened Its Im iH'tuoslty. and was at length conscious of others coming to my assistance, and knew wo were saved. I tainted from exhaustion. When I recovered 1 founti myself at my cousin's house, my nervea Iwdly shattered by the excitement, and my body considerably bruised; but l yond this no material Injury had been received. During the cvuting my cousin In formed me that he hail seen Mr. bin- clair, and had arranged a meeting be tween the captain anil me the following morning at S o'clock on the mountain, where we were to right with pistols, at thirty paces apart, oue shot only to be exchanged. Under the circumstances, though," said he, "I am Justified In having the matter postponed until you are better prepared, and will see Mr. Sinclair to night for that purpesc." ATTACKED BY AN ARMY TARANTULAS. OF Two Ptowuwny in mo now m n Ilniiniui-Citrryliiu Vcol from Hitv nun Have n llnttlo fur Their I.lvcu- Kc.ciictl Jimt In Time. Joseph Mabry. of St. Louis. tollM tho most remarkable tarantula Htory that lias come to light for several months. Mnbry has papers to show that he wiih n member of a (loorglu company (lur ing the Simnlsh war. and that ho wit a In Cuba. If only one other man l thu world wore living, and lived lu Ha vana. Mabry says, he would dtoboforo going to see him. lie In now In Hcnl son, Texas. Speaking to a newsimpsr man of that town, he ald; "My home I in St. I.onln. iJist win ter 1 left home mid chiiio south, pass Not at all," cried I; "that would be Ing through Texas and tlnally going to ttimtii.r ... .. Artb HiirioKMK for help, w " ed intention mid a,,,,,,, ." " Uttf ciiiiio to our roue in- ,, , .,u hi the an ora wo Inii,,, i ... """IK Ol- Wllllllllip It .. ' 'r'"0U: .... ...... .. . . . "Mir nil. Ill llulll'llllil nml ..... ... 1 "Dill closod'-Clovclatid n0 Y, 7' WHERE QOLO Qll0Wa, ' Km it It Dihia.Hm n it. v i r (i i is M1I.-A t ... . i or woniH, wuoro fn-Mt, ,i, M", ' '"ft invviuim llll'llll lire 10 li. fi.1,.,1 " H uliu An..... . HiiU i ascribed to cowardlte. Anyhow, I will be all right to-morrow." The morrow came, and. true to our appointment, Mr. Farrel and I proceed ed to the spot Indicated on the moun tain. We ware aconiMnled by a doc tor, in case his services might lie need ed, and Jemmy O'Neill, wlw drove the car. Though not yet S o'clock, wc found the captain and Mr. S ticlalr awaiting us. I noticed that the captain wan ex ceedingly pa!c, and regarded me closely as I approached. The preliminaries were soon over, and eaclj of us took our stand, and had the pistol given us. No effort at concil iation was made. The signal for firing was to bo the discharge of a pM.d by Mr. Sinclair. Mr. Farrel stood to my right, (Hicour aging me, Mr. Sinclair About midway between us, to my left, while the cap. tain and I, with arm tl.'vated. and pistols presented at ach other, awitlted the signal (leorgla. I worked wherever I could got employment, that blug my uitMtln.i down this way. I was out of work In St. I-ouls and was discouraged there. In Georgia I iM work for a whllo, but In the :rinri my employment gnvij out. Compniilf wore being organlxwl to go to the war and I offered uiyaulf as a voluutcvr. I Joined a comimny of Owtrgla voluntitri and went off to camp. We did not get to the front, and after tin- protocol was algnml I and n friend f mine decided wo would get out of tin- mtvIch. My friend was from ICentu. ky. I was u imielilnlst and my frhnd a Hteuographer. Wu decldetl that If wo could get over to Havana, w would prolmbly be able to get In on tlx- ground Uoor. Wo ap plied to a ( ongmMtniin who waa a friend to my friend, and our tllacharKiM finally came ami we wont to the coast, taking a ho.it for Havana. Wc wore our army uniforms, not thinking that they would make any difference after we were discharged, hut they did. Our Ono Hiieli district ts i., n ... t.L' I.llf.i.... .u....,m.. ... ..... 'iii.m.. iiftirii. in iiif ,ii u.i.1. '.m -I .-.. ..... c-lllllli. II, " n,iinu iiitinn null "i...i.. - u . in re nr. . . , every year eolmldt r.it " gold by a few iliggerw living out of the (mis -.. ,i out mv mom coiihp CUllg't-l of tlllH - near IpIimiik. In th. pr In Cliltwi. For tnntiy i. year gold has Ih-cii u bunks of coarw grm . i the Illror Ilau, and In auriferous dlatrlet ti,. town called Mkutim "Oold niggera' Inn." HUlHllvlde th gold I among tliemwlvvs m, out tlMlr claims with (1. Illin(i.. to ,v W fcri "" or iij "1 'rwu "i;iit f ,:,!y. itiuJ tmy no reran v mum m... ... UMim 1 tlM II M k,,i,. . '"rot may be tlattblMl, as Jo an adept at 'layln t niitllu." Tha annual rlvi-r tto. inilWo or ton of naai the inountalHd, and r which Ik chargwl wji k aiMl In llakts, la d ) of six ltiche or more gral. It la lu tin- v gold U wvaheil. and it ' re, tqtltt 1 na;mji ' ninj MUtjj liang went the pNtol. and Uue next I t0 MU. ,lil)my ,Mi ot IMly my en men work Mlanit tx Instant, though scarn ly conscious of It myself, I d svbargetl mine. As the smoke cleared away I Iwheld the captain sianding Just as he was before I fired, and still holding his pis tol itreeented At me. "Heavens!" said I. 'what suspense la this? Why don't he lire?' He did not do so. however, but, throwing his pistol to Mr. Sinclair, ap proached me and extended Ids hand. "Mr. Morton," said he. "as It was I who challenged you to this meeting, I would say nothing to Interrupt the duel; but now that you have had your cltlxvn clothing got us trouble. "As toon as we reached Havana we were told that wo mutt leave. We were laboring under a grave mistake, thinking that the United .State hud some authority there In the fall ln'foro the tflce treaty was alguiHl. We were put under a guard and ordered to leave on the first boat, as our prwnmce In Havana might be dangerous to the peace -nml safety of thu community. AH wc could do was to wait our time. Into Hfriout "VX JlrtM 1h day. ' ' IS J n t a mm "iuti in ' T luit k When tha planet Mar js nrsrtit Ik earth It Is 3,(K)0,000 tudti away. An Italian inventor l is hin-otej i A Itrltlsh Imnt touched at Havana, , V ...tl JUIIll. . m . . ... . . .1. ' - M"'. shot, I will sny I could not brine mr- . . .... miu a lom 01 ,K",t wb "'. vthuu h mvmM self to shoot nt the man who had done in,P v mwi 10 Kul Itwige solely by the motion of the m watit me such an Invaluable service as to save the life of my beloved daughter." heavens!" SAID I, "WHY pint?" nox'T "Your daughter!" said I, In astonish ment. "Yes," said ho; "it was my daughter whose life you saved yesterday, so to day I withheld my fire on that account. ItesMos, I apologize for my rude words of yesterday morning, and admit I was wrong lu using them. For preservlnc my beloved child, I thank you from my lanit, and she herself will thank yon in person ore long." on the lont and were refused iKjIut blank, ns the bout did not carry passen gers. Our guards gave us to under- stand, ns wo thought, that we must leave or go to Jail. Wo decided to leave. Ilefore the boat sailed wc man aged to slip altoard by bribing a couple of sailors. W c were told that we could :11ml) Into the bins where bananas were Hioreu nun wini tne sail would no a short oue to New Orleans. The anllor promised to smuggle food to iin on the Journey and they fastened us up lu the do, "I say you shall, though, else I'll cnoKe tne life out of you!" springing xownru me as lie spoke. How this would have terminated I know not, for nt thfs moment Mr. Far rel rushed Into the room In time to catch him ere he rcjc'jcd me. "Hold, Capt. Conan!" cried Mr. Far rel. "Mr. Mprjtpn g, hgre as my guest, andas'such I consider it my duty to protect him from violence." The captain seemed to see the Justice of this observation, but his fury was not abated. Turning to my cousin, he cnld: "Perhaps you will also consider It your duty to teach him some manners. Ho had the Impudence to open a letter addressed to me, and Instead of offer ing an npo:o?y, nddeJ to his misbe havior by saying I was no gentleman. Hero Is the envelope," taking It from the table, "plainly addressed to me, and I caught him In the act of reading its conteuts." "However that may be," replied my cousin, "as n relative and frleud of mine, I demand that you treat him as a gentleman." "Out of respect to you and ns your relative, he shall be treated as a gentle man," replied the captain, hotly. "So I will begin by demanding nn apology from him for opening niy letter; also for saying I was no gentleman, and that ho shall retract that remark." "Itegarding the letter," said I, "I will say I opened It by mistake for my own. Itegarding the remark, I shall not re tract It, and repeat no gentleman would use your language, and not npol oglzo for bo doing. It Is from you nn apology Is due, and, If given, will be accepted." "Enough," said he. "Mr. Farrel says you are a gentleman. I will soon provo him either right or wrong, by treating you ns ono. You will hoar from me during tho day," and ho strode from the house without another word. hot-headtd as the cnntaln himself. Whnt are you going to do, Horace V" "Do?" said I. "What can I do?" "Why, tight or apologize." "Fight by all means, then," said I. "I'll never retract." "Who will act as your friend In this matter?" "You, I hope. I know no one olsc I could ask." "Very well. I shnll proceed direct to Mr. Sinclair. Have you any Instruc tions." "None whatever, except tho requost that you will arrange the affair to come off S3on; to-morrow, If you possibly can." My cousin departed on his mission, while I, to calm the turbulent feelings of my mind, took a walk along the base of the mountain. My mind was filled with the most gloomy forebodings, nor could I banish the thought of my ln mentable fate coming to Ireland on a visit of pleasure, to be shot down by an angry gentlemnn. I was roused from these gloomy re flections by the sound of a rapidly ap proaching carriage. I looked up and saw a horse und carriage como tearing nt breakneck speed down the mountain rond. "What reckless driving!" thought I, The only occupant 'of the carriage was a young and beautiful girl, clutch ing wildly the seat In front of her, not knowing tho moment sho might bo dashed down one of tho chasms of tho mountain side. Tho anguish depicted on her sweet countennuto went directly to my heart, and I resolved to make an cuori to savo nor. As I write these linos nnw n ran,nin. ,,InH "r Imnaiina. dosing the liatchway form hangs over my chair, and. lookin,. u 1111,1 not ""d "' ritl fr forty up. I see the same sweet eniiii.mn,.7. K"1 """ "tI were dead on our feet ........ vw 111,. I.. .11.. . . l ueUGiu la tlie carrlnce on tlu ovo nt "u lul,llu u i"'1-' niw mm 11 KOCS LK!l III rOlltl 1 Ul.lljrr. Sufferers from neuralgia ore warsd ! by a medical writer not to drink n but to partako freely of coffee lt which the Juice of a lemoa baa ti squeezed. It Ik prolwbly not a matter of grant knowledge that all the varlctlH ot grape cultivated In the vuiejarihtl Hurope and Asia have sprung froratai one recognized sjiecle, wlr-c cultlti tlon began lu the Kat; whir, on til other hand, there are twenty orlhlnj native siieelea of grapes In t!.- roaauy, and tho 800 domestic variHUs ban been produced by American t ultlratoa til iiv ui nuitll illtli la ., the duel dn the mountain -Chicago ""'"""J' morning of " ". "''"'"S"" mraloi Journal. 'e following day, when 1 was uwak- Itlley's .JoVes on HalTon!. J. Whltcomb It Hey did his first lite ary work, In the early 70s, for the In dianapolis Journal, under nn assumed name. The first pay he ever received for a poem was a suit of clothes frm the late George Harding, of the Indlan aiwlls Herald. About 1870 UHoy went East and was welcomed by Holmes, Whlttler and Longcllow. Tho New England ncwapapcra made much of his visit, ami when he roturued he was a iiero. oned by my friend calling to me. " 'What Is that?' I heard him nslc. "The light waa very dim anil I could barely see the outline of his form near mo. " 'I don't see anything,' I ropllcd. "'I thought you were tickling me with a bundle of straw,' said hu. "I did not waken till you called to mo,' was my reply. " 'I guess It wns a rat,' wild ho, and ermiin Imtaulst who first distilled tb we notn dozed off. aromatic oil from Its wood. "Shortly I wna awakened by a shriek A recent meotlng of the Hlologlcal from my friend. Ho had Jumtied im Society lu Washington was d-volwl U At a recent meeting of the f.lnneit Socluty lu Iridoti Mpeclinni of a nn oil producing plant from W-nwudi wero exhibited. The oil rc-i mlilca tint of sandalwood, and Is nlrc.nly known In commorce, but the plant has littlicrti remained undcscrlhcd. It prove to It a new genus of the rue family, lo wulcb (he common prickly ash belongs, and It has been named Schlmim lia. after a 'I can remember," said an old Tour. . "8 Hll,n" nt 11 "lack, fuzzy ob- lo wont Dismal Swamp, ami the faci nnl man the other day, "whon Illley ' nnv 1 rt'C0W"t It at w'18 "rought out that, at present, tin Tho light was not "rwi ot awamp Is slowly slnklns come around the olllce and sit on mv " W"8 Jol"0,1 "lier and nnother, Krowlng larger. Similar changes lw dosk and dash off nonsense versos In 111 ,l fww !l0l"'H 11 lowlwl wo occurred In tho past, periods of elcw- won ami subsidence gradually sucree with his smooth, bovlah fn,. oi.. ...I oneo n a '"niutuln. figure, clad In sacerdotal irarb ni (n f. ' mu umt ,micl1 WUH I1'"'"- Soon "d Uiko Driimmond, In Its center. Tho Uint same conner-nbitn ,,,in.-,c "ure n-oumied with tarantulas handwriting that he usos to-day. i t J K 8I,,,lo,'8 regarded us as Impostors, MK one another. The average ( U-vntloo 1, now a major In tho United liZ "Tl?1 1'('"t.." ""'"-king ns! army and President Harrison'- . " ",uu 11 u'"' K," '"y, and secretary, was tho editor, an101"'"1 ulom wu" our above sea level Is so slight that natural drainage l Insufficient to remove lli rainfall. Tho swainp Is a kind of fron tlor station whero northern and south' Halford, States army private secretary, wns tho ciHnr ,i it used to be Itllov's oiiif ,iniii'. "Did you cvor see nn nm.i... submit eomo of his most meuninirlesa tulft? If yo" nevor (1,,1 on't go look- t,rn l,,nnts mwi '""'O' northern sieclci Jingles to Halford for the editorial K ono' nnd " J'ou ,111 one don't ,mvin U101r Hoiilhcrn limit Here, u page. The Major, who never had tho look for a '"""'red. I supposo It is no fiovt-'r"' outhorn types their mod slightest sense of humor, spent many a cx,IKSorntlon to say thnt wo were faced nortllory nlddlng place. It coiitnlnt weai-y hour trying to comprehend l,y 11 '"""'red of thoso angry Insects ,nnny ,),r,'rt ,u"1 """'''8 which them. Thoy spring like ruts or fm,. 0...1 ..il distinct characters. Truant l,aw Knliirt'ed. Tho absence of n child from scliool In Switzerland, unless In case of Illness, Is punishable by a fine, the amount o which Is dally Increased. If It Is sus pected that tho child's illness Is sham med a doctor Is sent by the scliool au thorities, nnd, when ho is convinced that tho suspicion Is correct, tho par cuts lmvo to pny his fee. " 'You'd better draw a diagram to go ?' ",l,w ft 1Inck obJt would como with this,' he would say. Thou a shout B,,,r,,l,K through tho air, and la uinc " "'Kier irom tne boys would show , , lL" u wmm trlko hoiuo lilm l.r. .!... ... . uu" I 11 tl I'll H flwl u.i I....... .. - .wu wus n joko loose some- 1 7 , ' "1JLtl ltH venom. I where, nnd ho wnnii r.i,. .. I was bitten In half n in.. ..1 ... Why should I hesitate." thoinrht t olllce to avoM it Bn V . tho face, nnd ns 1,,..,.,. "when to-morrow I may fall a prW to Post " m" ban., nnd arms, , d Vho InsectH would Luuiu mo rriglUened liorsn. nnrl RmiIi... im.i -,i... UllO US. I o 1 nf in il.,,.,. 1 .... . ., when within a few yards of mo' iTn- When a 'splr 1 " " over ou7 persm I ""X " n nil i t , . 1 Miiiiurni fn otnn.l -' " down. hi 'J : r ?.w uu "na but no thus Itllr ii'ltnf ttm I ti . . M Kltb iUB II1V I TIT lRR 1 T BllrMi 1.. nil. strength compared with the force that nrounr-o 1 " 8"ct 0,1 E5E H wounds were swelling d or7hro7tBr After n girl passes 25, If a serenad ing pnrty stops at her house, sho H conceited If sho doesn't decide that tl'fl young men lmvo mndo a mlstako lu tho house. Whon a mnn is noted ns a bore, otliei men try to got by him without beini seen.