Funny Finale To A Serious Affair

A writor in The V ' ckshurg Sun fjrnishes the following incident of the celebrated duel betwien Judfifö Gholsoo 5. S. Premiss of Mississippi: The facts are these: At ihe first firc, Gholson Icuud exaotly tliree féet ono ièchanda half frem ilio grouud, not wuli i ba'l thmitgh his heirrt, bvuaurá the ball luid struck thu too -f h'iS right fottt, glitntjing in a westtfaitffy directhrn, tiittiiiy; Gholaon's M'cond in tho pit of ho siomach, caonin him tb "doublé ïp" witti such vidence that nn empty jiBto] lie had in tiis hand tlew fórwrtrd vith suoh a forcé ia to hit hfs principal on tne he-.td, bUfing him to j rap aS Hf iréfifl d, beuaiite lm was Su Cornplutuly astoniühedj tfelteving hls inuig.. nist's buil had liit hun n th back ot tho head! Gho son wns cured of u corn on his right ftwt, but had the tooth-nche for u tveek. Gholson's tsecond touk tlio crainp colit!. Th'eball of his ad ersary passud so close to the lips of I'i'entiss as to take away his lirnu h, oausiflifr him to ful 1 U)chi, the ground, fro.n which ever aft rwards he had a tliht lïp in his .-.peeuh. The purties weve reoonciled on the gronnd in this niahner: At. er they had untanglad and unrolled (tIioIsod's second out of i hard knot, and sornewluU reliovod hifi!, Prentiss, liping eonsidurably, aaid, "Gholfon, yon owe meadolhir!" l'Vhat lor? sald Gholson. "For curing your corn," says Prentiss. 'Nu," sas Gholson, "yon owe inea doilai: ' '-What iorV" says Preutin. -Hjc;iusü," said Ghulson, 'your bal! hit my socond ifi ihestoinach and caused hiin to hit nio on me liuad, which gave ma a toothache, und nov FU have to have, the tooth puiled, which will cost me a dollar." 'VVell, ' says Prentiss, -'lt's cali it square." Thoy shook h-inds on the spot.