Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 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 oi 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, shot guns, 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. “I 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 U he still wants to fight.”