Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1890 — What He Would Fight With. [ARTICLE]

What He Would Fight With.

Col. Robert Lewis, representative from Hancock, tells the story of a duel in which he was to act as one ol the principals, says the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph. He was then paying devoted attention to a young lady, and had a rival as devoted as himself. The rival grew quarrelsome, and his feelings, of which he possessed as fine an assortment as any duelist that ever stood on the field, were hurt by something that Col. Lewis had said. He sent a “friend” to see his enemy. A card was handed Col. Lewis, which read about as follows: “You have insulted me and I demand satisfaction. You may choose the weapons we shall fight with. Shall it be pistols, shotguns, bowie-knives, or what?” To this card Col. Lewis replied briefly that he would fight him with “what.” “We haven’t fought yet,” said Col. Bob. ‘‘l don’t suppose they have yet invented the weapon I wanted to fight with. But every time I see that man in a crowd I can run him away we* are good friends now—by asking him if he still wants to fight.”