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Show Sargent S. Prentiss fought only two duels ; one of which was with Foote, When everything was in readiness for the latter little ceremony, and the great crowd was gathered on the ground, so dense that there was only one lane left for the passage of the bullets, Prentiss heard a noise behind him, and, turning around, he saw a half clad urchin climbing climb-ing a tree not far in the rear. "Get down, sonny," he said : "you are in a dangerous fix there ; Foote is shooting quiie wild to day." |