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THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
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lIEATED TO DEATH.
BY WILLIAM DALTON.
In the latter part of the year 184 —a
duel was fought in the neighborhood of
London, between a Lieutenant Beifont
at'l the head of a mercantile house
ianted Gray (for obvious reasons the
tames are fictitious), iu which the lat
ter was shot through the lieu-t, and as.
tnon the examination of the seconds
bi-fore the police magistrate, foul play
had been aliened on the part of llie
vieior, our virtuous town rang with
indignation, the seconds were commit
ted, afterward tried at the Old Bailey,
and 1 believe sentenced to death for
murder, although that sentence was
afterward commuted to a lengthened
imprisonment with hard labor. As lor
the lieutenar.% notwithstanding the gov
ernment offerWl a large reward for his
capture, lie <n%ged to escape, and lor
tnnate it was it\ him ; lor had lie been'
taken, such indignation of the
public, there ca\ be little doubt but
that his fate woultVhave been as ignom
inious death. \
Some days after be trial of the sec
onds, and while metropolis stil 1
feasted upon the tr:yj e topic, I dined
with mv friend CrawlVd, M. D., form
erly of the British At'xiliary Legion,
but then living in the irAnediate neigli
borhood of Blackfriars Bridge, where
by advice gratis between |() and 4, the
appointment of parish \joctor, and
indefatigable attempt to Establish a
general practice, he was endeavoring to
gather sufficient crumbs to supply the
daily wants of a very (Jraw
tord, and some half dozen, smal’er
Crawfords, rising in hight fronvtwo to
lour and a half feet. One iteutofhis
practice, and one which hears more
particularly upon mv tale, wa( the
recovery of those half-drowned petkons
so frequently dragged from the fiihy
water, to whom, when taken to \he
“George,” a water-side public houV.
where the drugs are kept, it was my
friend’s duty to attend. i
Now, as the duelist, Beifont, had\
served in Spain at the same time with
my friend, the conversation after din
ner very naturally turned upon the
late tragedy, upon every point of which,
being well “coached up” by the news
papers, and holding the general opinion
of fouLplay, I modestly asserted that
Beifont was a murderons rascal, and
hoped he would soon be taken, To
my surprise Crawford, with indignant
countenance, exclaimed. ‘lt is a lie, a
base lie. Ii is llie old story. ‘Give a
dog an ill name and hang him.”
“You speak warmly, tny friend,”
••l do—and mean warmly, for there
is not a quiet* r or more gentlemanly
fellow upon God’s earth than poor
Beifont.”
•You know him, then V
‘I did, I do. We were in the same
regiment, indeed we are fellow towns
men.’
‘llis, then, most have been a strange
history. It is not often that men of
the character yon describe are confirm
ed, nay, professional duelists. *
‘lt is a strange history, but listen and
you will also admit that it is both cruel
anu sad.’
George BelfQtit (said mv friend), be*
ing the orphan son of a distinguished
Peninsular c.flicer, had from his child
hood been led to expect a commission
in the British service, without purchase.
As however there were hundreds a
waiting the same position who, if with
out equal claims, possessed superior
interest, poor George at 21 years of age
remained still an expectant.
Disgusted, therefore, with dancing
attendance at the Military Secretary’s
levees, George, like many other men
languishing for employment, rejoiced
at the chances of active military life of
fered bv the British Legion, then fight
ing in Spain (or constitutional govern
ment; and as it was to me he was
indebted for the introduction which led
to his obtaining a commission, upon his
arrival at the depot at Santander, he
applied, and got himself attached to
‘ours.’
For the first 12 months, as you are
aware, the duels between the English
officers became so frequent, that ‘who’s
been out?’ formed a certain item in the
morning greeting. In our regiment, for
some time, a duel had been a raritv ;
ibis was, perhaps, owing to our fel
lows. who were the most gentlemanly,
dashing set of fellows in the Legion, foi
having the commander-in-chief for full
colonel we weie considered a crack
corps.
In one action, however, both officers
and men were so fearfully hit that it
soon became necessary to incorporate
another regiment with our poor, deci
mated corps, and then came a change.
\Ve had anew colonel, an Irishman, of
the name of O’Dragon; a fire-eating,
brave old hov he was, but tyrannical,
and given to pets, oneot whom was bis
own son, a short, stout, bull-headed,
red haired boy, who from beneath the
tails of his fathei’s coat bullied the
whole regiment.
Hated by all, he was nevertheless
toadied by a few who preferred comfort
to independence, and his chief toady
was a captain Gray, from whom he was
rarely separated.
Being, like most spoilt children, ma
licious, quarrelsome, an 1 mischievous,
Bdly soon established a few chronic
misunderstandings with bis brother of
ficers. notwithstanding which, he had
never been ‘called out,’ for regarding
him as tn insolent boy, who by his
influence with his fattier pssessed much
power to make them miserable, the
officers ridiculed, rather than took of
fense at, his petty impertinences.
Contrasted with this whelp, ’was
George Beifont, whose good nature,
gentlemanly bearing, unflinching stead
iness at fatigue duty, made film a great
favorite, to the disgust of Little Biliy,
who lost no opportunity of offering him
every little petty annoyance. He did
so, too, without much apprehension,
lor George nad publicly declared his
abhorrence of dueling to be so great,
that no insult should compel him to go
l)ut, except it might be with the quarter
staff.
'Faking advantage of this resolution.
Billy accused George of cowardice,
whereupon the latter, to prove the con
trary. soundly belabored him in the
presence of several of his brother offi
cers. The little fellow immediately
challengtd him, and being refused, ran
to his papa, when the fire-eating old
Dragon praised his boy for exhibiting
the family pluck, and intimated to
George that after having so grossly
insulted his cub, lie must either ‘go
out’ or ‘gooff.’ i. e. leave the regiment.
George accepted the latter alternative,
and, would have resigned, but there was
a chance of fighting, the enemy were
making advances, and s*. .he remained
till he should have proved before fiis
officers in the field that his objection
to dueling was based upon principle
and did not arise irom cowardice.
Some weeks or so aftpr this, were
ordered to take up a position in a vil
lage not far from the town of San Se
bastian, and as ill-luck would have it,
myself, Bellont, and Biliy were billeted
at the house of the Alcaide, w ith Gray
at the next house, forming as vou may
Imagine, anything but the happiest
family party.
It was while at this billet that an
event happened which led to the iuin
of Beifont. The Alcade had a very
pretty black-eyed daughter with whom
Biilv chose to fail in iove, but who,
loving the British uniform generally,
rather than any individual wearer in
particular —at least, so I thought at the
time —coquetted and flirted sometimes
with Billy, sometimes with Gray, and
frequently, although I could see greatly
to his annoyance, with Beifont. As to
the flirtations wtih Gray, that worthy,
not wishing to offend Billy, for fear of
(getting out of the colonel’s good books,
Aimed on so silly that the whole of
Billy’s jealousy fell upon the man who
had thrashed him. Billy, therefore,set
to work with Jus papa, and got Beifont
moved to the headquarters of the regi
me lit in town
It was late in the evening, George
had left the billet, and I was pacing
before the door, meditating upon those
miseiable pettinesses which produce
the greatest miseries of life, then Billy
O’Dragon’s servant ran against me.
t'o!‘ i2I* f s ;‘qU.ljdvgi.' I exclaim-
‘Faith, an’ 1 axes your honor’s par
don, but it’s looking alter the master I
am, your honor,’ end the fellow, touch
ing his cap.
‘is he not the officer of the guard for
the night V i said.
‘Faith, an’ ye may he, your honor,
hut he’s gone raving mad all the same
nor that, for here’s the devii to pay
and nobody to take the riekoning.’
‘What the deuce do you mean,’ you
scamp ?’ said 1.
‘Mane, yer honor, why the big-wig’s
daughter, the Senora Marina, hasjist
run away thin, and nobody knows
where.’
Astonished as I was st this informa
tion, I still said. *but what in the world
can this have to do with vonr officer?’
‘Faith, then, it’s all to do with the
master’s honor, for lie's just run alter
Mister Beifont, whose done the dirty
trick of dialing him out of his two
hootv tlacli eyes.’
‘Beifont run away with the girl !
pshaw, it was too absurd,’ and L turned
a way to make inquiries about her. —
First and toreniost 1 went to Gray’s
billet; to my surprise 1 found he was
absent upon night leave; however, the
story of the girl’s abduction soon prov
ed true enough, lor the Alcalde, the old
lady who filled the office of Duenna
and the servants were running about in
the greatest excitement, vowing ven
geance upon the ravishers, Beifont and
Billy, both of whom, for some unac
countable reason, seemed alike to share
their suspicious. As I could do noth
ing in the matter, l turned in and after
vainly endeavoring to unravel the
mystery, made up my mind to sleep till
roll-call.
Scarcely, however, had I closed my
eyes than I was awakened by my ser
vant bellowing in my ear that an officer
had been found murdered in the little
wood outside the town. Hastily
throwing on my undress and cloak. I
mounted mv horse, and in quick time
was in the town, when imagine mv
horror, upon a table surrounded by
officers laid the body ol Gray, pierced
through the lur.gs !
•God in Heaven ; gentlemen, how
came this ?’ I exclaimed.
‘Ask your friend. Beifont, who al
though too cowardly to *go ou',’ can
quietly t rtui a comrade through the
back,’ said Billy O’Dragon.
‘Liar, this is not possible!’ I ex
claimed.
‘Mr. Crawford, you must answer
this,’ said the whelp.
‘Gentlemen, this is to serious a mat
ter for squabbling,’ said the major;
adding to my friend, who stood sternly
gaxing upon the body; ‘Air. Bellont,
vou are under arrest until this charge
is answered.’
•Good Heaven! do you then charge
me with murder ?’ exclaimed the as
tonished Bellont.
Billy O’Dragon’s character was 100
well known lor the officers to credit
any statement ofhis against a man with
whom he was known to be at enmity ;
still the case was fearful. His evi
dence teemed incontestable. To wit:
Upon missing the senora lie had hast
ened. to the town to charge Beifont with
CARTE RSYILLE, GA., FEBRTJYRY 14, JBGB.
the abduction, when entering the be
iore mentioned wood, he had seen the
body of Gray prostrate and weltering
in blood, anil Beifont standing over him
with his sword drawn.
‘L*ar ! bow is this possible ? Sep,
mv sword is stainless,’ said Beifont.
The officers gazed upon the sword;
it was as said, and they rejoiced.
•The villain coolly wiped the sword
on the grass; I saw him as l approach
ed,’ said Billy.
‘I will not answer this liar, nor at
tempt to shrink from any inquiry ;
but ’
•Mr. Beifont, let me caution you,
that what you say now will be used in
evidence against vou,’ said the major.
‘I know it. Major, and would have it
so; vet flare not i,»r an hour permit this
fearful charge to be believed by you —
at least without my denial,’ replied Bei
font ; and he sternly added : ‘Passing
through the wood, I heard shrill
screams, as if front a woman, and in
stantly, as it flashed across my mind
that it might he some of our drunken
fellows offering violence to a female, 1
drew mv sword and proceeded in the
direction of the erica, where I (bund—
but alas! too late to rescue—poor Gray,
as you see him. lying upon the green
sward weltering in bis blood.’
r l’his story seemed too improbable
even for the men who knew the speak
er ; they cut led their lips ; and Bellont
was handed over to the provost’s guard.
An inquiry took place. The evi
dence of Billy, who swore he hail seen.l
Beifont wiping the blood from his
sword, might have been fatal, but !r *m
the evidence ot myself and several
other medical men, who upon examin
ation found that it was not possible for
the sword—a saber, given to him
by a deceased ftiend in the cavalry—to
have inflicted the wound, which was
small and triangular and as such evi
dently the effect ofa bayonet-thrust
This, Belfont’s known character, the
want of motive for assassinating a man
with whom he had not quarreled and
some hesitation noon the part of Biliy,
sufficiently exonerated him ; the charge
was dismissed.
Believing in mv friend, enraged with
the malicious yonng scoundrel who
would have sworn away his tile, I could
not help exclaiming, although 1 had no
foundation for my suspicion. ‘Do you
know, George, 1 believe Lying Billy
himself was the assassin.’
• Why—wherefore? It is scarcely
possible.’
‘They might have quarreled about
the senora, who, after all may have
been taken away by-Gray.’
‘lt is not possible, Crawford Dra
•m» Gay
found.
•II so, nothing will excuse your call
ing out and shooting the little reptile
who would have sworn away your life.’
‘Nothing shall induce me to fight a
duel,’ he said, solemnly. ‘I have
promised, I have sworn to one whose
beloved father fell in a duel and whose
love would be changed to hate. To
please a woman many a man lias
fought. To please a woman l refuse to
tiL'lu, a woman who lias suffered in her
deepest affections from tins cursed code
of honor, and who, did I braak the
pledge, would hold me accursed, and
llie meanest thing on the earth. Have
I not a reason for my refusal ?’
‘Enough, my dear friend; and I am
not the less pleased to believe that \ our
refusal is after all less based upon your
promise than upon a settled principle,
or amidst such temptations as exist
here you could never have sustained
it.’
After this sad affair Beifont became
an altered man, and although his
brother officers endeavored by every
attention to show their entire belief in
his innocence, he became dull and
gloomy—was seldom to be seen at
mess—and never among the billiard or
monte players where we passed our
leisure time. Indeed, bis lie;Jtli was
becoming so visibly injured that even
Old Dragon, the colonel, now thor
oughly unpopular from his son s con
duct, besought him earnestly i;o go to
England upon sick leave; but neither
the entiealies of friends or enemies
could prevail upon him to leave the
service before the assassin had been
discovered, or until he had proved by
his gallantry in some well-fought fielJ
that he was not actuated by shameful
motives in his repugnance to dueling.
At length the opportunity he sought
tor came. The terrible sth of May,
when, by the cowardice of the Span
iards, who left the brunt of the action
to the English, the majority of our
officers were shot down like partridges.
'Throughout that day Beifont fought
like a madman ; wherever the cannon
ading was the heaviest, or the fire of
musketry the hotest, there he was to
be found, cheering and leading on his
men ; the major, the captains, the lieu
tenants were all shot down, leaving the
decimated regiment to Beifont—in fart
he madly sought death, but seemed to
bear a charmed life, and hy his terrible
bravery did no little toturn the balance
in our favor.
Alter this action he moved among
his surviving brother officers more
proudly, the farcied stain upon his hon
or seemed to be wearing away, and he
might have legained his happinss but
for another insult that wore into his
proud heart. Many were the decora*
tions distributed for day’s work,
but neither cross, medal, or promotion
to the bravest man in the service. The
colonel had been empowered to recom
mend to the general a given number of
officers and men. Beifont was purpose
ly passed over that a decoration might
be given to Billy O’Dragon. This was
too much; his passion boiled, the two
met at mess, Billy wore his decoration
and covertly bullied Beifont. The
officers sided with Beifont, warmer
Words followed—the young scoundrel
I agiin accused him of stabbing Gray.—
‘ Human nature could stand no more;
j Billy fell to the ground stunned.
Aper such an insult, to remain in the
service ami not accept Billy’s challenge
was imposible. They met the next
day, and the colonel’s son fell dead the
first shot. Beifont fled —his brother
officers compelled him—knowing that
although a court martial would have
acquitted him of intentional murder, the
persecution he would suffer at the hands
of the colonel would have rendered his
life in the service both intolerable and
dishonerabie. From that fatal dav
untill the late unfortunate duel I never
saw or heard of my poor friend.
“Indeed,” said 1, “1 now believe the
poor fellow has, even in this last affair
be. n the victim of circumstances*”
“1 would swear it,” said Crawlord,
warmly.
“But, ’ I said, “was it ever discov
ered what became ot the senora, or who
murdered Captain Gray?”
“Stay, l will tell you.” Before,
however, Crawlord could satisfy mv
curiosity, he was summoned to the
“George,” to the aid of a man who had
just been taken out of the river, into
which he had, either by accident or
design, fallen. So as it was late, and
1 had to leave town by’ an early train
l shook my friend hy the hand, and
went home and to bed.
After a month’s absence, during
‘which I had been so importantly en
gaged that the deep impression made
upon my mind by the duelist’s story
had become effaoedM returned to town.
1 immediately called upon Crawford,
and finding lain in deep mounting, ex
claimed, “Yon are in deep mourning,
mv dear fellow ! 1 trust, however, it
i3 foi a patient only, not for a frfend
or a member of your family.”
“For both patient and friend,” he re
plied, adding gloomily, “for poor Bel
font.’
“Good Heavens ! then vou have
heard of him,’ and I turned aside my
head, with the false shame that most of
us have at the little good in us, for my
eyes were filled.’
“Bah! this is womanly; hut I can’t
help it,” he said, brushing his own eye
with the cuff ofhis coat sleeve; ami so
in accordance with the code of civiliza
tion, brushing away the outward sym
bols of human feeling. lie continued:
“you remember your last visit to me.”
“I do full well, and she impression
left upon my mind for some days by
the story of Beifont,”
“And that I was called away to visit
a half drowned patient.”
“Yes,’ I said eagerly.
should have been the man we had been
speaking of-—Beifont?”
“Can it be possible? Then he com
mitted suicide.”
“Well, 1 will tell you,” said Crawf
ord -
* * * *
Upon reaching the public house. I
found the case worse than I iiad expec
ted. My patient, when taking his
dread leap had fallen into a lighter, at
that moment passing through an arch.
His frame seemed completely shattered
and he was senseless. A minutes ex
amination toid me the case was hope
less: alas, it told me also that the alien •
uated, miserable being before me was
mv old Inend, George Beifont. For
tunately, however, service m the field
teaches one to act first and feel after
ward; soon the instant I had the poor
fellow taken to my own house, and
placed in the bed from which myself
and wife turned out, while he remain
ed with us.
Afraid of the shock that the sight of
an old friend might cause I asked a
medical acquaintance to attend him. —
lie did so for a week, when, although
Ins case still remained hopeless it Was
thought l might with safety see him. —
I shall never forget that interview.—
When 1 entered the room he was doz
ing—it was the first sleep he had had
and I sat down by his side. He
awoke. Seeing me, he passed his
hand across his eyes, as it to be certain
it was not a vision. I placed my finger
upon my lips to enforce silence.
‘The Lord in heaven bless you, my
dear friend !’ were bis first words, as be
placed bis thin white finger in my
hand.
‘Hush, George—your life depends
upon your not becoming agitated,’ I
said.
•Agitated ! agitated ! No, my agi
tation is now nearly passed. I am
calm. I can become but one degree
calmer —deed !’ Then he started sud
denly, rose up in the bed. looked at me
sternly, ‘Crawford, are the hounds near?
Tell me —tell me, like a man —where
am I ? Are they saving my life to hang
me afterward V
dlush, George. Upon the word of a
man, your existence is net known.
You are in my own house.’
•Thank God, my friend V and the
borrowed strength failing he fell back
ward.
At length we succeeded in so far
mitigating iiis pain, that when alone lie
told me his career from the time ol the
duel with ‘Little Hilly.’ I will tepeat
tills narrative as pithily as possible.
Passing through France to Luglaml,
Be I font made his way to the village ol
F f where, as so noble and gallant a
Inllow deserved, lie was rapturously
received by his betrothed, and for a time
all seemed couleur (le rose. But the
remembrance of the duel with Biliy,
alas! cast a shadow over his future.—
It had been against his conscience, it
hung upon his spirits like a cloud
prophetic of a coining storm of retribu
tion. He felt he was acting a lie to the
woman ho was about to marry' the
approaching spring.
The spring came, Beffont being in
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surrounding Counties.
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Cartersville, Ga. Jan. 24th, 1808.
NO. 82.