Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1893 — Jones Knew His Weakness. [ARTICLE]

Jones Knew His Weakness.

Somebody challenged Jones to fight a duel, thinking to scare, him. “Well, it’s a go,” replied that cheerful lunatic, “but only on one condition. You know how near-sighted I am? Well, to make things equal I insist that I shall be placed ten paces nearer my opponent than he is to me, for the fellow’s got am eye like a. hawk." 1 '