Show 1 allt ule like the IVea poni 1 I came very near having a duel dual I 1 once nce said the congressman to a group of auditors tell us about it il said they as one ona man when I 1 was about thirty I 1 he continued 1 I hung out my shingle in a small email town in a southern state and lie bl ing from the north I 1 did not receive at ai first the agreeable recognition I 1 expected in fact there was ono one blatherskite blather of a fellow who made himself so jo obnoxious that ono one day I 1 slapped his hia jaws j awe this brought all the respectable people of the community over to my side and I 1 was feeling pretty good for three or four days when the bottom was I 1 knocked out of it all by my receiving a challenge from mr M blatherskite if there was anything more than mother another that I 1 want to do it was to fight a duel and I 1 tried to get out olit of it some way but and finally accepted his challenge and chose doubled shat guns at ten paces I 1 haae anything from my man for twenty tour four hours and then I 1 had a personal call from him 11 1 I nava have come in he be said after a few preliminary remarks to mako a statement about this duel what ive got to say bayis is that shotguns are mortuary for me and if you have no objections ni ill apologize and call it square I 1 then I 1 became very brave and blustered some but I 1 accepted d the situation very gracefully at last and ever after mr blatherskite was most respectful ln and d stood about as well in the town as he be ever did detroit free press |