A STRANGE DUEL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4878, 16 November 1894, Page 2

A STRANGE DUEL.

'■ '•:;"■ li witnessed ?.ii straiiije diiel;6n;'; one of : Presidbiit .Orospo's ranches in tlunnterior of Yenezuela '• - writes'.:-(i correspondent. . "ffwo';vanqueros or cow-boys, wcro oiiam-;-oui'ed of the same dark-eyed little i Indian girl of the great Orinoco?, plains, and they decided to settle by?: a with a lasso which' of them'; would take.'heivto.wue.-.ii.dozen/ follow-vaqueros assembled - to: wit-? ■; ness.the fray.. The lovei's.soon ap t - ? Mettlesome mustangs, each with long,'powerful lariat of tough cow hide. They were;■■ both.exports with tho lasso,and their; '■ horsemanship was a marvel. They? approaclieditolwitliin forty or fifty; yards *of each •then'began' to. manosuvre for a deciding? cast, After soveral feints the '■■■-, lariat; of the bf'.'thoi rivals, a handsome, sim-bronzed fel- ?■? low fron\ Carabbb6,v.went:.whizzing' through the air so swiftly that tho ■; eye could scarcely follow it. The other, sank his spurs i deep, into his mustang,' .'• The animaLfiprang.for- ■ ward just, in time from the .noose and as he did bo the. second laSso;' rose; in'HW air ;aM ''> settie'd round the shoulders of the' man who?mißsed ) ?piniiing-his arms to his: sides ns. in a rice. Ho was jerked headlong out of his saddle. His successful rival drew him along handover hand, half lifting him from. the ground by tho tonaciqus thong,' and put a bullet square between Mb eyes. 'Ho then? turned;and, rode directly to the camp where lived the: oau6o of this barbaric scene.,. She mounted behind him, .and he came galloping back, swinging his som- : broro," •' ; '' '■.'" '; •-;