| Show t 1 It g r wr i D A Y j i D u E EIt tr 1 T v j l I It r N Na a THE WOMANS NAME rt u r rA A TRUE STORY I a J r ij r y h L to Ir Iri c i i t ti f f loot 1909 hr t II th lb the s IrL Ik O c C All n Mil I I IR iB R n DICKINSON DICKINSO sir I would not Iii engage In fa hostile relations wll II H M I you for far that hat I know you are arc being 1 urged by b my enemies rather than by ly personal I opposition Rut Int I am In honor bound to tl nek you If Jr t In n truth you have haro said anything in lu my say Aay xay reflecting upon Mrs r Jackson Jack u r The young youn lawyer loaned leaner back languidly as ns he b re rr returned turned his lite direct ginner One who did not know 1 lIow Charlos Dickinson might hwe thought to nt ot him as some pretty butterfly o r fashion Ho lIo lIowns was strikingly handsome almost lt womanish In his beauty anti and daintily clad nut But nil all who camo came In con WHIt Charles Charloa Dickinson were wera exceedingly careful of or their behavior He lIe was wall Known far tar and Wide as the host hest he t shot In Tennessee If It not lot in tho the country Thore thoro was n rell veiled d Insolence In his lib manner that did not go 0 with his ItU words when whon hon he be made reply General Jackson never to my knowledge have IIno I Isaid said paid anything concerning your our wife which might cause offence It Is my lilY fault sir that I nin nm somo some thing and Anel loose mouthed when I have 1100 passed a 1 convivial evening At such times my remarks are beyond my control and I cannot subsequently toll what I may have Il 0 said Well Voll sir returned the tho older man sternly What thod What of the tho possibility you rou Infer Without yielding my uty solf I should bo be heartily he sorry lOrry If I learned I had bad made modo nn an unmeaning slip If U I were vero shown nhoun to be bo guilty 1 fc o should most respectfully apologize I r eau cnn ask n k no more sir said Jackson JAcklOn bowing I Ib you goodday A t 1 very cry ory goodday to 10 J you ou General said the other with curling lip Andrew Androw Jackson then nearly forty years yoom old oltI was too export n player In III the guano of or politics not to know that behind the growing enmity of this export marksman btu luy tho the designs of ot some sane closer anal craftier I adversary It was not tho the first time that ho he had hoard heard of ot Dickinson in n connection with slurs upon tho the ono person ho lie would bo ho sure to tight fight for tor He lie dI had icon boon member of ot Congress OM United States Slates Senator Judge of tho the Supreme Court Cl urt of ot Tennessee Tint But Tinta Buta a n short before ho bo had hall been beon elected major general of tho the State Slate militia nn an educe scarcely below bolow that of ot Gp Governor oritor as ns n a mark of fat favor or with the tho people Ho IIo was n a dominant figure Aggressive In ovary cory move refusing compromises and antI going for tor n a clean cloan victory or a clean defeat In every case ho he had created antagonism rather than encountered It throughout his bis career Rising now to toa toa a It power that would mako make him invincible he had hatI reached the lie point Joint where ho he must be checked If It hi III to bo be chocked at all nil Certain elements among omon I those who had reason roo sou to 10 hate lIale him were resolved that the only effective means InO of removing him from rom the held field lay Iny quite outside party parly trickery or intrigue Tho rho only w way WIY y was to uproot him bodily Three men all nU well volt known In Nashville who were wIe were chiefly Inter Interested ested In bringing about that rosult result mot met with some show abol of at secrecy In III the roar rear room of or n R tavern on the evening following the Dickinson incident I thought you OU hand had your our young than man primed to It Judge was wan the tho opening remark of ot the th session Ion The he speaker kor was of ot military appearance tall figure expression to which a n long Ion scar Mar on his 1111 right eh contributed in fn no mall smell part The one ODe at whom he Stung Hung hale hie words in a tone of reproach was an o flabby man mail with smooth face tace and soft thick lands He lie these hinds hands out protesting t r He Is Mystified And to so I lied hAil Captain CAp III be ho returned I Intro have played upon him two tuo mouths or more wore according to 10 toone our one agreement nut Hut ho falls me at the tit pinch I am om canall all at sea soa over it lie He lied bad no reason to love lore Jackson Je n and most meet carefully I r fomented his hll ambition and his hll pride that lilt h 11 he might ht see lee Ids his chief chlof obstacle what discretion I had hill to UM use I 1 tried ideal to make him ready for tor I cannot CI explain It Hut you MM it was wu a III sun SUM way Wal said saki Id the Ut Cap Z tale tain Irritably throwing himself late luto a weir t lr 11 by so 10 we all ail II thought th It was Has 1 It Jt Is II well known be keeps this wife of ot lib his a wend thins tI that thet none play may speak of ef t scare scarce lOa look upon We W might tried I any an other l t sal ami 1 be M would have hue laughed 1 Hut ut kale bis hi wife lot any AD MM ae bint klut t that un w u as a au it is regularity IB la I tit Lb cud and be he becomes a Semi dew the tbs matter with Dickinson How flow can cite I tell 1111 The boy buy Is I only and ami Us bs I nan has fought six sus al duels ditl He lIe need fear no DO on one e Tu To moot lIMIt him ham oo OD the It held Arid U is I like Uke confronting the tM clammy ha kaki 4 of death I ba have seen leen him bin stand snuff a at paces ton tea t o titans time out OUI of ot ten teat I AM A fur for Jackson M k has bes fought rough and an tumble lull cud other ways wa walie t te M w r bad bill the name mans of ot a quiet quick shot Hot or i a sure sun era M a were back where here we WI started 4 from tN laW sahl laWM Ik lb M aa with some IOme u t kWI roper If U than theres so aOI one o Me WI CM eau lad 1114 klea Dickinson for loa thIs tola l I IIa to Is Ia of him Ws Id do It U NII only m ay IN SI w yet ot whet they u used to ao be This you cub rub Is II tl IOU JOH r after alter all aU that tU J Jw Jr ia w r r that list or be bes lea queer gear quat of K tc aU all of ot a 1 The flea Im tot toe Ir try I lug a II u new w plau ather Well be able We U w imd nud an b un as goat u us iii l fur Cur that OWl OHO ass wild sold Ihu Judae tl li We Wa Wei u ia to wilt ti 1 M U UThe i t U Uin lIa The pia all in WI Jr waa aaa w we wart want w suid IU III the Youre bulb both wrong It was Has al the tb third of ut j ill iii II speaking fur ur the llie Unit first t tim ewe I they Ibel ho hoa i li n I r d Ibe Ile 11 Nits a 1111 wail und and tWi i i i rIi 1 in Iu ind 1 1 tut but ti a Ii UI t a w wd Id d II pi p lie r n u one in II i ut or f a it MI manful l ir HIi f rs It Iii ItI r I jn in It any 01 i wpm WH tar Ike I M Of ofa t a i i t a aI aA ar q I r A r l a f 0 aA 1 I V Y S z t f x r ty r rr lr r a Ju Jut Juet t l et r S J r w wf R Cf r Yr Gr S e eL f f L r t 4 f R i iti r rr rk ti r k V Wf a z I t t a t 0 JACKSON ACKSON REMAINED IN IllS HIS PLACE WATCHING HIS OPPONENT CLOSELY n I his M voice olec The fault fRuIt was with the tho plan nor lIh If It y u want to know specifically wily why h there thoro a 1 challenge oh llono on the tho spot It was be baa because because cause I had hall fixed matters to block just that out outcome outcome come conic The Tho he others looked at nt him In 10 wonderment The Tho recovered first And may I ask what Induced you to Interfere Mr Ir K 1 T he asked with n a trace of ot sharpness Certainly It was common sense all nil Sup SliP Suppo Paso po o Dickinson had hall flared up and they had fought The Tho whole State would have known that Jackson was wag protecting his name and sentiment would have lIno been beon with him If It were going to got rid of ot the tho theman man once for tor nil wo we o must his hU popularity I lanai had n a little talk w th Dickinson and convinced him that ho he had n a bad en case so for lor himself r The Insult Recognized Then rhon what bravo havo we been ben planning and Rud working for Cor all this time It If not that Identical situation r snapped the UIO Captain When Wilen you strip It tare bare that In la w were ro plan planning I lan ling ning and working Marking for lor an Insult and ami a It challenge re returned 1 returned turned Mr r K IC 1 calmly cRimI nut Hut I take it you JOIl know little of ot the art of contusing confusing th the Ule issue Wo rot gat Dickinson to spread remarks about Mr lira IIII Jackson JacklOn b beGUile be cease canto the lie only thing thine that will bring the General Into ha OI 00 B Hut But we e cant m meet et klan an on 0 that ground Its It too loo apparent too No We get t Dick Dickinson inson to back down lowll Then lIen after a It time we lore lun him hl i repeat the offence and take ear care that Jackson Jack n bears bars of It If 1 necessary he lie 11 must back hack down again Mean Meanwhile Meanwhile while we carefully circulate contradictory tales tale put pul pulling putting ting ling tin Jackson luk n In a bad light making him appear tai In Inthe the tho wrong w as AI the Ille result of ot his hll quarrelsome hot tended temperament When hn his bis bl suspicions of Dickinson are area 1 a routed aroused to a point where r they tM cant be lie calmed he is will challenge Well ell and awl good aoud Ily Hr that UaRt time dale w we will trill have dare e every ver one Of against him good I s sense n e nodded the be Judie Judge Car Can you JOIl compass It on those linear Raspy It If you will wUI aid ahn 11 rue m 8 returned Mr sir Ie IC R Ve WI can handle bandl Dickinson as we want to now After some further discussion the gathering broke lI e up Withal threw three tit weeks another story Ilor vague as al to t detail case etu to the ears Mn of vt Jackson concerning Dick Dickinsons rambling tongue to Co t though bough he wee was that the young C lawyer served as I a 1 pawn IWU be he could rould se see no way wal of ot meeting Ib the wove move peaceably Ills His III oos wen open lust hut be he had no DO choke choice other than thuu to tutor alter Ill lor the Ibe trey trap I rill III Ilia 1111 oue bud hens been fairly fi iiii t und and II nil fairly W bell li It i nan Nas UM u It question nf if f the lite of u bo I Jin l OIl caution 1 Hint and al Insight for fr ii scare CUll before out Oil of ot lan I arct u t eat a of ot history had bad come cot to dower lowr with the Ibe mar auer marriage rise riM of ot Andrew Jackson and Use Del It beards Ur U lu in full b belief that her bI Lenin Le I bad u II ilhorn III several n fure the tho I hi d roe ree bud tind In III fart fact ta t boMI f rani Id the Ibe fat 1111 mi I Is th Ili had hat repealed the Iks this I II h nan Nas n tin the m ui nt bleb mills ue has h it and nursed as al the one oue weapon capable of ut wounding a great gnat heart hoart Th l Pies lote 10 uC of ar sr are out nut more leader de deep t or I bun than the Ibe I h lu lute I Andrew Audrew J k ou burst bore tb the 5 Ii 11 MIK I I ti bus hili Nit If fill ot of It 11 I HIT UI Cf Jj J tin IIII Hii II II s I 1110 1 idler r mid m in Mile M Na w M CUT cirr r Im his saint lilt In lu an tut win hi h li M u I I nn i r UMI h u ni a u ere H i nut lain her have e II Ii wee was hotter better able to support M play nal tal calumny any au blow 10 that tell fell mien alone upon UP him then than that a breath should bould turn tum roughly tom Since his hale second wedding quito simply and without wit bout bravado lira fill 0 ho had kept n a certain sot set of ot duelling pistols oiled and amI ready randy for tor the man mon who should road read an nn ill III moaning Into the error oer over tho the divorce horce None oue had bad yet dared to appear as ns tho the author of ot slurring con com comments mints ments lIven Dickinson had bad denied his share But Jackson knew that tho the time had bul come to fight There was no escape The rumors the tho nods DOlls and aud winks would not cease until he lie had called out ont the one ono who had revived the dead slander He lie had bUll proof that Dickinson drunk anti and sober had said things thin that could not bo be passed over It made no difference that with his keen klon understanding he lie could fool feel tho ho secret forces torce nt at work behind the young law lawyer lawor lawyor yer or and identify their purpose They Tho mount meant to pit him against t n man whose shot was death They Thoy meant to 10 hiring bring It about In a n roundabout way so 50 that ho Ito could not pin down the offence and have hae clear Justification All 11 tills he knew and accepted i Dickinson the Puppet lie He walled waited only oly I long lOll enough to determine to his hi own satisfaction who were really responsible 81 10 II o Three fig figures 11 ores ures among the ranks of ot hb late sonnies ho lao finally fanny settled upon UIN three men for tor whom as al ho felt sure Dickinson wa was all puppet It was vita nearly JU arl a n year after the first whisper of evil nU bed been oon traced to 10 the lawyer er that he sent nut his bis challenge In May I 1800 It was well oil known that trouble hung bung about the this two tuo men hut hint Jacksons opponents bad bill heel been active and anal clever The Tune common view of ot the matter nutter was that the tho General so much the older and ami therefore so 10 much more inure to blame had bad shown himself leil Irascible I lilt unreasonable and III Ill governed bi lu seeking tho the quarrel accepted accented this challenge Instantly and proceeded as es was wu his bis to tu the terms term General Thomas Oration Ormon H n rough h old oil Revolutionary soldier acted as Jacksons second IIII and returned from man manthe the tho U lew with the dandy In hi it II great stale tale of or mind Here is II tINt the very ery fop tep of ut duellists shouted 1 the U in indignant n warrior to his principal It seems you yen west wait a II wash wk upon him while his hS beribboned lordship procures an as arm adjusted to 10 the killing of ot you 00 Why Yby Wb what t did b be say ItAr I to m meet ot him Jackson Jacl aoa Oh Oli ho he wa Wilt much astonished that you 00 hould wake make such unseemly baste In the matter maUer As 1 for him I III lug Ing III bU his hand bund cud and setting It on lib hll lip hip like Ilku soma tu fig Ilg 11 be he b wust have bate a pistol especially amile for far the tho theor UL or avion Well Pell ell Nell violl Ill It Let bier blui have hi bin hili hl time If It I t Nero as s with the Ille III as s 1 I might aught lie he Ie A h t It ti I tiny any pistol suits stilts Nhat ole else luu a u ere iv in III It stead stand fight eight paces apart suit and to tire Are at nt atun UM un I luu n a f ti I IT r the Ih word onIt U i ghee Kilen I 1 vu Ww there Jackson No Nu o mIll mast his has a ot of before tore Wan dill Ha Ue upon killing mv we before 1 emit can riles my III Ku No 1 I thought of 01 It t answered Overton anxiously II II 1 Ie you quirk enough upon the trigger to tu te II Ii him fur i Ihu ho bl nr first t shut hut II t NII 1111 only III if result IM to In my nay aim min Unit listin tu to ui ally Ie 1 It t him hut hu Inure hun ilia him shut Jut stand bU his dr without retuning It U If It ht be or wounds you you will UI have ban a fair tall chance c oce at ml him blui himI I 1 set 1111 oo other 01 ber wry May for tur you ou t 11 to lu win The plan l Is III good answered Jackson ll and there Ibern bl hi hh Huir l user 0 11 the meeting lU ended lilt Ill nud e iral of the bis thus lime about II till set m t for forth Hi on Ihl both I pa paul ui vI W I JU I fur t tto u 0 H g i roam at lied Hirer JU I a I good genii days ride It I wee Has a a I a a aut outing o with tile Ibe lui Interest ie t hut wouW centre about II tJUI th Ih the killing of ot the obnoxious General Jackson n They gal galloped galloped 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