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Show A FBONTIER DUEL By MaJ. Alfred It. CalhotR. HE plague of the mining camps in the far west were the bullies and de peradoes who, igL noring honest dustry, lived by gambling, or even in-jja- n jk v worse. These fellows al- go armed, ways carry themselves with a swagger and figuratively drag their coat tails on the ground at all times in the hope that some one will give them an excuse to shoot. Fhlrplay ia a very good name for a town or camp, and Fairplay, Colorado, ia today a thriving, place, but, like all western towns, it had to pass through all the stages of social evolution from the absolute barbarity of its beginning to the high civilisation of the present. There are many men not yet beyond middle life who distinctly remember the first hut erected in Fairplay, and who retain a vivid recollection of the first hotel, the Great Western, which was com i o sed of three rooms, one canvas, one log and the other unplaned boards. Though this establishment claimed to furnish accommodations for man and beast," it had no stable for horses, and all Its lodgers bad to Bleep in bunks in one room, W'hile bread and bacon constituted the bill of fare, with now and then sugar-ice- s coffee. The "extras were composed wholly of bad cigars, strong shewing tobacco and whisky of a kind so much viler than the ordinary fluid that one drink of it has been known to produce all the effects of delirium tremens on a man accustomed to it, and it always produced a homicidal mania in those who indulged In it as often as once a week. The bar of the Great Western was the rendevoua, the headquarters, for all the miners and teamsters in the vicinity, und you may be sure that it was & constant resort for the gamblers and desperadoes who always swarm about a new mining town like flics about a sugar hogshead in July. For the accommodation of the latter jolnas, with whom he whs in full sympathy, and with an eye to his own gain he had only one eye the landlord of the Great Western had fitted up a place for playing faro, and a num-;bof pine tables on which those so 'inclined and it was surprising how many were so inclined could play that alluring but most uncertain game icalled poker. At this time there were only two women In Fairplay, vis.: Mrs. the wife of the principal mine jsuperlntendent, and Lizzy Chamberlain, her daughter. Ladles were certainly at a premium, jand Lizzie was very popular and a standing toast with the hundreds of .men working In or near the ramp, jllut as she was a very charming, modest girl she would have been popular had the sexes been more evenly balanced. , Rome men, with wives and daughat home In the states, rather ters 'blamed Mr. Chamberlain for subjecting bis family to the hardship Inseparable from such a life, but had they known that the devoted wife and daughter Insisted on accompanying him and sharing his trials, they would not have been so hard In their Judgment. 'Arthur Lyons, a fine fellow of four jand twenty, was Mr. Chamberlain's assistant, and as be boarded with his It was pretty generally d that he had "the Inside track so far as Uzzy was concerned, and that their marriage was only a question of time. There was, however, In Fairplay, one man who emphatically refused to believe thxt Lizzy Chamberlain looked kindly on Arthur Lyons, and this man ,was known as Red" Snlvcly. the first jname being given to designate his complexion and the sanguine color of his .bushy hair. j Red Rnively wished to be known as .The Mountain Terror," and he tried hard to have the name attached to himself, hut as the majority of the miners looked upon hint ns a nuisance rather than a terror, the mime did not stick to any great extent, j Red Snlvely was a swaggering, d braggart. He was supposed to be a silent partner in the Great Western hotel, and it was a matter of notoriety that all the gambling features of tbe establishment were under h5 immediate charge, He always had money; he always drank, yet he was the one man who did not appear to be affected by the vile whisky indent, it would be nearly impossible for any liquor to make him more brutal and bloodthirsty than he was when In his natural condition. ' He claimed Missouri as his home, and when he became confidential which was always the .case when tbe game was going against him be would hint that he was forced to come west owin' to a little euttln scrape" he had over a game of cards. With the brazen effrontery of his eUar, Red Snlvely made himself very law-abidi- I . I er Ch&m-berlal- n, me-ploy- er. ron-rede- I ever-arme- i objectionable to Lizzy Cbamberfsin by two bullets through the center of the bis disgusting attentions, so much so, bit of circular tin before it reached the indeed, that she dreaded to venture out ground. Have you a good pistol?" miked ths unless accompanied by her father or Arthur Lyons. stranger, as he took Arthur's arm and On one occasion the latter told Red led him out of the hotel In the direcSnlvely very emphatically that hia tion Red Snlvely had taken. I have not, replied Arthur. conduct was disagreeable to Mlse Then take this. It is loaded, and Chamberlain, and that It muat be stopped, and this was said with such baa a fine hair trigger. Are you a i calm emphasis that tbe bully was not good shot? Arthur took the pistol the stranger left In any doubt as to the young handed to him, and replied: man's meaning, nor of b determinaI am not, and so you must place tion to enforce hla request. In addition to its many other uses this man so dose to me that hla suthe Great Western was the postofflee perior skill will not result to my disat which the weekly more often tbe advantage. Leave the whole thing to me, and monthly mail wag delivered. mall do not Interfere, no matter what 1 proOne rainy afternoon after t' had come In, Arthur Lyons went up to pose," said the stranger, pressing ths letters and pa- young mans arm. get tbe "You appear to be a gentleman, and pers from the east. will do as you say, replied Arthur. I While he was leaning against the The crowd in the bar came out In man behind for the bar damp waiting it to look over the addresses of the tbe rain to see the duel, all taking cars be out of range. parcels that had come by just, he felt to I propose, said the landlord, thai a heavy hand on his shoulder, and at we place our men at ten paces with rethe same time he heard Red Snlvely we seconds'll toss up for ths volvers, tone uylng, in a mocking, bantering wc and then they're to fire and keep rd, that meant mischief: one till or the other goes down. firing Come, Lyons, join me and we'll I'll do nothing of the kind, replied drink to the health of tbe beauty of the stranger, in tones that evinced Fairplay. "thit As Arthur shook the fellow's huge ccolneaa and determination; hand from hla shoulder, he said, very foully, pointing to Snlvely with hie revolver, "is afgood shot; my man ia not quietly: I propose they shall shoot across i I do not drink. pocket handkerchief, or let only one You dont, eh?" sneered Red Snlvepistol be used; we'll draw lota to see ly. which man shall take it. Are yov "I do not. agreed ? he asked, turning to Arthur "Then I'll drink for two. "I agree to whatever you say The barkeeper handed Red Snlvely "But I dont! ahouted Red Snlvely. a bottle and a glass. Half filling the latter, he raised it toward hla lipa, but, 'This ain't to be a murder, hut a stopping as if he had suddenly changed duel. "A murder! cried the stranger, his mind, he shouted, with an oath: No gentleman ever drinks alone!" striding toward the bully. "Do you and with this he threw the contents of dare to apeak of murder? "I want a fair fight, replied Snlvely, the glass into Arthur Lyonn face. A fair fight la impossible without The unexccted explosion of a bomb could not have caused greater con- an equality of skill and force. You sternation than did this unwarranted would not fight, you cur. If you did not art. Men leaped from the tables and feel that you had all the advantage on said the stranger, with sought places of safety, for such an In- your side, sult they felt must be folllowed by Im- stinging contempt. Mebbe youd like to change places mediate shooting. Red Snlvely expected to use his pis- with your man, said the landlord of tol, for he drew It, but before he the Great Western. "That is exactly what I proposed to could fire, Arthur Lyons seized the arm that held the pistol with his left do from the first, said the stranger. hand, and with his right he planted a Ibis la my fight, he added, turning blow between the ruffian's red eyes to Arthur Lyons. Hear me out. I that caused him to fall as if a bullet have been searching for this murderer for a year, and now, after a hunt of had been sent through hia brain. "No more fighting here, shouted a ten thousand mllea, I have him under number of men, rushing in between my pistol, and no man can fire at him Arthur and the man whom the land- till I have squared my account. Who are you? demanded Snlvely, lord of the Great Western was helping from the floor. "If there's to be hla countenance purple and his thick shoot In let It be done fair and square lips trembling with excitement. "I am George Pierce, the twin outside under the rules of the code, and not in a crowded bar whar innocent brother of Henry Pierce whom you murdered in St. Louis one year ago. men may get popped over." The stranger threw off his cloak and I agree to that!" roared Red Snlvefalse beard, and stood before the cowed ly, who had now recovered himself. desperado Hyperion facing a Satyr. second. Landlord, you'll act as my Stand back, men, and let us have ''I'll do that and take your place if out. Coward and murderer though you go down, replied the lanlord, who it this Snlvely is, I will give him a chance for his vile life The men dropped back and Snlvely suddenly raised his pistol and fired. He was In the act of cocking his pistol again, when the young strangei raised his arm. A crack, a puff of silvery smoke and a crimson spot in the center of the man's forehead, who lay dead before the barroom door. One hour after this George Pierce shook hands with Arthur Lyons and rode away from the mountain camp, the preserver of one man's life and the avenge of anothers. Soon after this the landlord cf the Great Western had to fly the camp, and was subsequently lynched in Nevada. Arthur Lyons Is today one of Colorado's most prominent citizens, and lit often tells hia children of the early A TUFF OF SILVERY SMOKE. days of Fairplay and of the duel he came near fighting on account of theli was only little less of a brute than the mother. man he was championing. And I'll act for this gentleman, Tha Kablilt Prolilrm Solved. sold a tall man, who had been sitting The vexed question of the extermiunnoticed since he reached the place, nation of the Australian rabbit, which r. a few hours before, with the has hitherto constituted the chief He had a long, black beard, his problem that has confronted every anhat was slouched, and his coat collar tipodean administration, has at length turned up bo that but little of his face received a satisfactory solution. There could be seen, but there was that In la no for Invoking any longer his voice and bearing that convinced the services of necessity scientists sucL great the lookers-o- n that he was no ordinary as the late Dr. Pasteur and Professor person. Koch to devise means for their exterAs the stranger took hla place mination, for the invention of the Arthur, who acknowledged the rooms on board ship has led to offer by a courteous bow, he drew from the bunnies being exported in a reunder his coat two revolvers and he condition to the omnivorheld them with the peculiar grip of a frigerated of the mother country. ous market man wno knew how to use them. Rabbit pie Is a favorite dlch in the Arthur Lyons, like all civilized men of sense, was opposed to duelling, but United Kingdom, and the rabbit which not be successfully can.ied for he knew that If he did not fight this could and preservation is now leavtransport fellow under the rules of the code the chances were lie would be ing Australia for England at such a shot down like a ilog, and he well rate that soon there will not be a single knew that in such an event there was one of them left In the antipodes. no law to punish hla murderer. He Manna. knew that he was not a good shot with a rlutol or nn.v other weapon, for his In Australia, tropical Asia and Aflife had been spent at College or at rica true manna is found on a kind of hard work where he had neither need blue grass. It appears in masses aa for nor opportunity to acquire the large as a marble on the lodes of the doubtful areompllshment. Hteme. Nearly three parts ronslst of Red Snlvely was notoriously the best mannlte, which, though sweet, 4s not pistol shot in the mountains. He had sugar. The manna also cortzlna A been known to send the bottom of a ferment which has power tc decomtin box skimming Into the air and then pose rnne sugar without evoMng car to draw hia pistol from hla belt and Are bonio acid or any kind of gas ever-welcoi- ALL DRUGGISTS .....CAMiim ilia Suit at Inin aiUkla aaralaa luou-arA WM asisa by tba Bulbar aUMa bar alls Blidly and baa a bi Id bataartala a fact oa ax lira for tba ara paroly vacaial ud eoaiata aa or otbar bIb-erpot ton. Thar ara Bada of tha lab Ml Tcmadlaa UiMMT- -. nrad ana ara a aataa Bar-curi- ooBblaatlOk navar before pat togatkar In anr fora. .. CAST A BETS ara anflwpuc. 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