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Show , . I . I . ; 'IL..I iij L . ..i .. j I j 1 .1 . ; The V.;9 tf a Virini:n tn- certry c - $ in r-y veir.s, mi I e!i3.H puzih 137 fee on ,the field of ; :t - ::r :y cro. n. ; I f::l lVz9 tar a-I fciiLerln Z-:-".r. 3 rh.' he ta!'-3 r' o-t '-Mi-' ; . . duels. CTATrm SY nr. CLa . n. V7acc::z. ; . . CIUCAOP, . March 14. "Our. seconds will, arrange the time or cdmbat, and we r hall crpss swords. rTes, It may be a fight to the death, so far as It am concerned,; but the seconds .can arrange . for that. I don't accuse Johnson of try--' . Mm to back out ef the f "she . .-A (tall... epar- man. with -a firm Jaw and a black mustache lopkjng . iome , what like John Drew, vas itue .speaker. He was George H. IVagoner, the contractor, con-tractor, who challenged James. Johnson to a .settlement -of thejc differences on the afield of honor to uphold his South- em tradition and he did not want to be r misunderstood, "The differences arose ovr paying for e mint julep. "I'm from good old York -State myself," my-self," continued Wagoner, "but the blue blood of a "Virginian ancestry courses - through my veins. I do not -consider . this affair as any of the public's busl- ness. It ia strictly private." Z tespite the -stringent jaws against , br(h men errr jZeterrMned .in i t. r j-urr'e. s.'i. r.er pays the duel will be fought. Ills wire says it will not, at least if she can stop it. The e'"'r,.Js, a suvjreon and the two yv:nc'.r a in the tael will repair to P"'ne di.;o!.ue fpot within f.fty miles of ( Lieaeo rn San-Jay, accordirg to their 6j-erttor,s.' R L. Jones, oredit man for Armour & Co., will second "Wagoner, and. en intimate inti-mate friend of .Johnson's, Ilaxry ,Moore, will rerform a I ke service for hini. Both men will Tsht by the method used in Franc. Alter shaking hands, the swords will be unsheathed and the duel will begin at -the dropping of a hanikorchlef by the surgeon, they declare. de-clare. The. surgeon's name has not been j divulged. j ' "I believe In the good old-time field of i honor," said.Wagnoer. "We .should have j a system today . whereby an aggrieved, person would be allowed to eflect accommodation ac-commodation with his antagonist. As It is. we shall have to hunt some lonely place, but we shall fight. "I want the publio to understand that our quarrel was not ,so trivial . as to arise from the selection of a mere mint Julep," continued Wago'ner. "It was a deliberate breach .sf manners and an Insult .on Johnson's part that-caused me to .challenge him. , I shall .pot go Into .details." - Mrs. Wagoner does not favor the duel method. ... . "I .Xel Jike tar And feathering roy husband when be talks about fighting 4uels," .she said. .- |