Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1911 — Nothing Doing but Talk. [ARTICLE]

Nothing Doing but Talk.

The following is told of a federal bfficial, formerly a senator of the United States from Kentucky: In the of his youth the Kentuckian was asked by a friend to seo•ond him in a duel. He consented, and at sunrise the parties met at the appointed place. i Now it was this Kentuckian’s duty to say the last words touching the terms of the'dueL But, although he faithfully performed this duty, the duel never took place. A murmur of “Why not?” invariably goes round whenever this story is told, whereupon the answer is as follows: “For a very simple reason. When Joe finished speaking it-was too dark for a duel." —Chicago Journal.