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At
the
same
instant
was
heard
a
different
voice
from
the
one
which
had
already
spoken
.
It
was
Calhoun
's
--
no
longer
in
roistering
bravado
,
but
in
low
whining
accents
,
almost
a
whisper
.
"
Enough
,
damn
it
!
Drop
your
shooting-iron
--
I
apologise
.
"
In
Texas
a
duel
is
not
even
a
nine
days
'
wonder
.
It
oftener
ceases
to
be
talked
about
by
the
end
of
the
third
day
;
and
,
at
the
expiration
of
a
week
,
is
no
longer
thought
of
,
except
by
the
principals
themselves
,
or
their
immediate
friends
and
relatives
.
This
is
so
,
even
when
the
parties
are
well
known
,
and
of
respectable
standing
in
society
.
When
the
duellists
are
of
humble
position
--
or
,
as
is
often
the
case
,
strangers
in
the
place
--
a
single
day
may
suffice
to
doom
their
achievement
to
oblivion
;
to
dwell
only
in
the
memory
of
the
combatant
who
has
survived
it
--
oftener
one
than
both
--
and
perhaps
some
ill-starred
spectator
,
who
has
been
bored
by
a
bullet
,
or
received
the
slash
of
a
knife
,
not
designed
for
him
.
More
than
once
have
I
been
witness
to
a
"
street
fight
"
--
improvised
upon
the
pavement
--
where
some
innocuous
citizen
,
sauntering
carelessly
along
,
has
become
the
victim
--
even
unto
death
--
of
this
irregular
method
of
seeking
"
satisfaction
.
"
I
have
never
heard
of
any
punishment
awarded
,
or
damages
demanded
,
in
such
cases
.
They
are
regarded
as
belonging
to
the
"
chapter
of
accidents
!
"
Though
Cassius
Calhoun
and
Maurice
Gerald
were
both
comparatively
strangers
in
the
settlement
--
the
latter
being
only
seen
on
occasional
visits
to
the
Fort
--
the
affair
between
them
caused
something
more
than
the
usual
interest
;
and
was
talked
about
for
the
full
period
of
the
nine
days
,
the
character
of
the
former
as
a
noted
bully
,
and
that
of
the
latter
as
a
man
of
singular
habitudes
,
gave
to
their
duello
a
certain
sort
of
distinction
;
and
the
merits
and
demerits
of
the
two
men
were
freely
discussed
for
days
after
the
affair
had
taken
place
nowhere
with
more
earnestness
than
upon
the
spot
where
they
had
shed
each
other
's
blood
--
in
the
bar-room
of
the
hotel
.
The
conqueror
had
gained
credit
and
friends
.
There
were
few
who
favoured
his
adversary
;
and
not
a
few
who
were
gratified
at
the
result
for
,
short
as
had
been
the
time
since
Calhoun
's
arrival
,
there
was
more
than
one
saloon
lounger
who
had
felt
the
smart
of
his
insolence
.
For
this
it
was
presumed
the
young
Irishman
had
administered
a
cure
;
and
there
was
almost
universal
satisfaction
at
the
result
.
How
the
ex-captain
carried
his
discomfiture
no
one
could
tell
.
He
was
no
longer
to
be
seen
swaggering
in
the
saloon
of
the
"
Rough
and
Ready
;
"
though
the
cause
of
his
absence
was
well
understood
.
It
was
not
chagrin
,
but
his
couch
;
to
which
he
was
confined
by
wounds
,
that
,
if
not
skilfully
treated
,
might
consign
him
to
his
coffin
.
Maurice
was
in
like
manner
compelled
to
stay
within
doors
.
