Chapter 22

           InTexasaduelisnotevenaninedays’wonder.Itoftenerceasestobetalkedaboutbytheendofthethirdday;and,attheexpirationofaweek,isnolongerthoughtof,exceptbytheprincipalsthemselves,ortheirimmediatefriendsandrelatives.

           Thisisso,evenwhenthepartiesarewellknown,andofrespectablestandinginsociety.Whentheduellistsareofhumbleposition—or,asisoftenthecase,strangersintheplace—asingledaymaysufficetodoomtheirachievementtooblivion;todwellonlyinthememoryofthecombatantwhohassurvivedit—ofteneronethanboth—andperhapssomeill-starredspectator,whohasbeenboredbyabullet,orreceivedtheslashofaknife,notdesignedforhim.

           MorethanoncehaveIbeenwitnesstoa"streetfight"—improviseduponthepavement—wheresomeinnocuouscitizen,saunteringcarelesslyalong,hasbecomethevictim—evenuntodeath—ofthisirregularmethodofseeking"satisfaction."

           Ihaveneverheardofanypunishmentawarded,ordamagesdemanded,insuchcases.

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