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A BLIND MAN'S
FIGHT
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1914, by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.
Without doubt the most singular
duel that ever took place In the United
States occurred at Santa Ke, N. .M., j
many years ago. It occurred several |
' years previous to the Urst I'acille rail- |
road and while yet every pound of j
goods going to the far west had to be j
hauled across the great plains by |
freight wagons or sent around Capo j
Horn by sea.
Two men In a Uogers & Blair outfit
fell in love with the same girl In Santa
Fe. One was an American named Jack
j Uines. and the other was a full blood
| ed Mexican, who was simply known as
Don. The girl was n half breed, and j
none of us outside the two rivals i
thought her worth lighting over.
The affair had goue on for seven or
eight mouths before the outbreak
came. We were in Santa l"e, making
ready for a start east, when the Mexi
can «'tie evening approached a tire be
side which Mines sat alone and threw
a package of powder on the blaze.
With a leap aside he escaped conse
quences, but Jack Hines was blinded
for life. It was n contemptible thing
to do, and but for the civil authorities
the Mexican would have been lynch
ed As it whs, he was kicked and j
I beaten and bounced out of camp A ,
I day or two later, as the girl had gone 1
l „i. him hi* tried to carry her off
by force, hut hail to let her go when
■':e stabbed liini (lines depended on
her pity i" his misfortune. i-stt she
; calmly total him that a hlin.l husband
1 would he of no use to her and laughed
j 'lis far.-; to scorn He In I a relative
in the city mill was taken in .ii»! cared
i'or. white the -Mexican eroded iho ltio
iliiiiide fjr a time. It was a yen later,
j in ' ';\s o'd outfit nn'l all his friends
It::; p-ned to he in S.-nta I'e again
«lien I'.in returned. lie had grown
ii-illr and meaner in the twelve
i. i-:::iis We would have picked a t'nss
! with him and shot him down, hut Jack
I Uines had no sooner heard of his pres
! cin e tban he said:
] "Hoys, you must urrauge for a duel.
| I s!:::ll never rest contcnt until I have
I 'I that Mexican!"
I "l!i:t you are blind!" we protested
j "Never mind that. I must tight liiin
nvd ' him. lilind <>r it"f. and the
wlmb f Santa I'e shall loo It on!" i
I \* iien \>e found that he would have
it > • *vc carried a challenge to Don iind j
I ui>j asked the authorities to let us
j have a public duel Some weak ob
■ Jections were made, hut they yielded
j the point A fight of some sort was
I an hourly Incident, anil duels came olT
j two or three times a week
| "Yes, I will meet the Americano," he
I «iiid. "aud 1 wiii slh*e and cut ami
prick for one hour by the watch before
I give him the grand finish! The crowd
that looks on will see smile of the finest
luiife play ever shown on this side of
the river. Tomorrow at noon, eh? I
will he as prompt as the sun!"
You may helleve that when the re
port spread about there was a great
ox* itemeat. It was generally believed
that the blind man would fall an easy
victim, but even bis best friends said
that he bad better die with n knife In
bis hand than to live in a helpless
str.te the rest of his life. To three or j
fiiur Jack confided bis belief thnt ho j
would trlumi h. Mis hearing had be
come as acute as n fox's, and he
would make his ears see for him lie
u as in perfect health, had the nerve
and courage of a Hon and he believed
he bad a chance
1 At high noon or .">n August nay over
4 .<>00 people, man? of whom were wom
en. assembled on the smooth turf to
witness t!ir* strange combat- A ring of
ropes was formed, and the spectators
formed another. It was to be a duel
with 1;ilives, and seconds and a referee
were appointed. After ea< h live min
utes there was to be a rest. Foremost
among the spectators was the girl who
had caused It all. and she was free to |
say she didn't care who triumphed.
Each man was allowed t« wrap his left
arm iu a scrape or cloak, and all cheer
In:: or advising was forbidden The
blin ! man w.ts pa'e faced anil nervous
as th.> figVt began, but his haril shut
I tieili toM of t!e defer.::lnntion in his
hea:-t The .\!c xican was all bows and
sn'.'in and ctini'iVnce. and as he was
'jiiov. n to be an adept with the knife a
.to:'.n went about the ein le as the two
I topped forward to opeu the flglit.
I Th:it duel was something to lie re
j Tiicmbcrcd for all time From the blind
| ann"; movements no one could have
(old that he was sightless. For four
;ivo-minnte rounds they fought with
•:ily a few trifling scratehes on either
!e. but if there was any advantage
: was on the side of the American.
<vho had the full sympathy of the
i rowd. Mexicans and all When they
•.luie out for the fifth round Don wink
d and chuckled and said it was time
he b.-san slicing ears off nines had
located his man in a hair's breadth,
ind as they faced each other the Amer
ican leaped forward like a flash, caught
the knife on his and threw it to the
left, and the next instant his own blade
■ had found the heart of the man who
had blinded him. We who were only
■ 'ivr feet away could not follow the
I' Movement, so swiftly was it made, but
| r was a successful one and. of course,
.' 'tirled tile fight. Hiues told me that
I I'Trin? the fight he seemed to see every
II novo and motion made by the other
■1 -lid from the first felt sure of victory.
[ \ public purse amounting to over a
' h msand dollars was raised for him on
| spot, and about five hundred was
nbsennently added, and he was sent
' isf 'o some institution and Is today a
■ •aeher of the blind and a man too ten
• •- p irted to kill a fly.
How a Dowry
Was Procured
By MARGARET C. DEVF REAUX
Between Switzerland and France
there is a chain of mountains running
In a northeasterly direction to Basel.
Within the Swiss border there lived
i watchmaker nauied Cremleux. Ilia
laughter, Clochette, was a very pret
ty girl, seventeen years old. with black
hair and eyes and an olive complexion,
through which on each cheek shone a
roseate color like that on a ripe peach.
Alphonse Royer, a young woodcutter,
met Clochette at a dauce and there
upon came one of those quick love af
fairs that spring up like mushrooms
between young persons of opposite sex.
For awhile t'lochelte concealed the
nffnlr from her father, for woodcutting
has never been a protitable occupation,
and Alphonse was i>oor as a church
mou.se. She did not thtnk, therefore,
that her father would permit her to
marry her lover, especially since there
ivas no dowry for her. But those who
love and are kept apart soon nre worn
out. and at last Clochette told her fa
ther her secret, adding that if she
could not marry Alphonse she did not
care to live. Cremieux, fearing that
his daughter would destroy herself,
after much thought said to her:
"1 will consent to your marrying Al
nhnnsp on eondltion that vou or he
can mnke enough money for yonr dow
ry. You will need 2.000 francs with
which to begin housekeeping and have
a nest egg. I will help you. I know
a manufacturer in (Jeneva who will
furnish me on credit with watch
springs. T'u tv is a heavy duty on
them wlun transported to another
country. We are near the border of
France. If juii ur Alphouse can smug
gle enough waieh springs Into that
country to produce a profit of 4,000
francs I will consent to the marriage.
The duty is -JO per cent Therefore to
produce 4.0(h) francs yon must get 10,
000 fraui s' worth of watch springs Into
Frnuce free of duty. Hut If you are
caught smuggling the goods will be
confiscated. Therefore you must not
risk doing all at one time. Risk only
2.000 francs' worth at each attempt"
Clochette conveyeil this information
to her lover, ami I hey agreed to accent
the conditions, milking alternate trips
with each other across the mountains
Into France. The customs officers
were alert, and Ingenious devices were
needed lo deceive them. Clochette
agreed to make tiie first trip, and Al
phonse made for her a pair of wooden
shoes In such fashion that when the
outside and Inside, which were sep
arate. were placed together the whole
would look like one shoe. But between
them he left a space, which would con
tain the watch springs. Using this
device, Clochette passed the customs
officers successfully, and the first In
stallment of the dowry was won.
Alphon.se next started with an equal
number of springs. Since it was the
hunting season, he took his gun and
game bag ai t. going up into the moun
tains, began lo shoot squirrels and oth
er game. A customs officer, hearing
the reports, approached and, seeing a
huntsman, made the necessary exami
nation. then let him go where he liked.
Alphonse's srun had two barrels, nnd
one was full of watch springs.
Cloehette's turn coming next, she
carried tier consignment through In n
bandbox with a false bottom. An offi
cer took everything out of the box, but
ditl not discover the trick.
This left one more trip for each, Al
phonse's turn coming next He as
cended the mountains with an nx on
his shoulder and on reaching the sum
mit began 10 chop. A customs officer
joined him, and unluckily he was the
same man who had seen him as a
huntsman. This made him suspicious.
"1 thought yon hunted?" he said to
Alphonse.
"Oh, that was only for a day's sport.
I am a woodi-hopper. 1 am to cut
twenty cords of wood and must do It
at once."
"Nevertheless 1 must search you,"
said the other
He made ;i careful investigation, but
found nothing on Alph<mse that was
dutiable. Having sat is tied himself, he
went away, and the woodchopper soon
slipped down the luoiiutaiu side to the
westward Ills :i\ handle was hollow
and full of witch springs.
There was now but one more trip to
be made by C'loehette, but having
made two and met a different customs
officer each time, she feared that she
might meet one of the two, in which
ease his suspicions would be excited.
When she went up the mountain
with her wat«-h springs she carried a
large bouquet <>f tlowers. She did not
attempt to go through by any unfre
qucnted route, but by a paved road.
When she came to the summit there
stood a man who was expected to look
out for smugglers. As soon as Clo
chette saw him she winced. He was
the man she had passed with the band
box.
"You come this way very often," he
said, eying her suspiciously.
"Only once before."
"Twice before. The first time I saw
you, but yon did not see me. Come in
here."
lie took her into a customs station,
where he turned her over to a woman
to be searched. Nothing was found on
her, and. picking up her bouquet, she
held it under their noses, then walked
away, saying:
"You customs people are very bus
picious."
This time the last consignment of
watch springs was in the bouquet
Alphonse and Clochette wero married
and lived happily.
THE NEW SPORTING ANNUAL
The best little smarting reference
book of the year is the '*''c'ice Gaz
j ette Sporting Annual" lor 1D15, pu «
I llshed by the Richard K. Fox Pub
i lishlng company. It is a compen
| dlum of best performances in all
j branches of sports; ably compiled
and edited by Sam C. Austin, the
well known sporting writer and crit
ic. The athletic records are the
records of the Amateur Athletic un
ion, and officially accepted by that
organization; the rowing, yacktin;-,
racing,, trotting, pacing, automobile,
hockey, football, aero ilane and swim
ming records made all over the
world, are officially correct. The
baseball statistics were furnished
by the National Baseball commis
sion, and include the details of the
world's championship series.
Tho main feature of the book,
however, is the pugilistic records,
and includes the history of every
boxer of prominence la tlit. world.
This splendid book is made doubly
attractive by its high-rlass illustra
tions and photos of the champions.
It is authentic and rjliable, and
stands today an^ authority on the
subject upon which it treats. The
price is ten cents; postage two cents
extra.
HOME TOWN* TALKS
A town is like a girl; its a won
der what a little fixing up will do
for it
Opportunity knocks once at each
' man's door; better be at borne when
be comes.
The world owes every man a liv
ing, but the street corner is a poor
collecting agency.
There is only one bet!or man than
the man wbo gets behind and push
es an effort to improve his town,
I and that is the man who goes ahead
and pulls.
The kicker should consider the
bull frog, how ho croaks; be has
been croaking now for several
i thousand years, but nobody yet
has ever taken him seriously.
Bo a live one and this town will
never bo a dead one.
Good roads lead not only to town
but to busincsg.
Why should a town muzzle the
dogs and not the knockers?
Lot's not be trying lo siop some
thing all tho time; le's start some
thing.
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when healthy: and the radical cause of al!
hair trouble i.-i dandruff, which is caused
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Dally «hlpment® of pur®
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