Show alme the weapons ir lions 1 I camo came very near having aduel a duel ance said tho congressman to a group of auditors tell us LIS about it said eaid they as ona olaf man when I 1 was abolt thirty he con tinned t i aued 1 I hung hun out oat my shingle in a small email town in a so southern state and being in from the north I 1 did not noi receive at first the agreeable recognition I 1 expected in fact there was one blatherskite blabber of a fellow who made himself so 60 obnoxious that one day I 1 slapped his jaws 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 knocked out of it all by my receiving a challenge from mr blatherskite if there was anything more than another that I 1 want to do it was to fight a duel due and I 1 tried to get g et out of it some way but and finally accepted bis big challenge and chose doubled shotguns at ten paces I 1 bear bea r anything thin from ray man for kwea twenty four hours and then I 1 had a personal call from him 11 1 I have come in he said after a few preliminary remarks to make a statement about this duel what ive got to say is that shotguns are too doggoned mortuary for me and if you have no objections ru ril apologize and an call it 1 then I 1 became very brave and blustered some but I 1 accepted the situation very gracefully at last and ever after ur mr blatherskite Blathers kito was most respectful and stood about as well in the town as he ever did detroit detro it free press |