The Charlotte Democrat

A Duelling Incident.

An indiscreet gentleman, who had given offense to a young lady in Louisville, Ky., a few days since, was challenged by the that-is-to-be husband of the insulted. While the challenged party was reading the invitation to go out and be shot, his little daughter came up and said, "Papa, mother wants you!" The father then turned to the challenge-bearer and said, "This is my little girl, whose happiness and education and living would be taken from her were I to be killed. I have also a wife and a baby whose welfare I must look to. This meeting, if fatal to me, would deprive them of their only support. My opponent is a young man, without wife or children, or family. He has very little to lose."

The challenge-bearer was almost melted to tears. The picture just drawn was true to life, and he determined to return to his principal and ask for a compromise. The latter was a high-toned, chivalrous Kentucky gentleman, whose heart at once responded to the appeal for mercy. A compromise was effected. It was agreed that the duel should be postponed till the first party got married and became the father of children. Then they will both be on an equal footing and can test each other's courage.