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and beheld them proceed, to Elijah’s great delight, 
for the same purpose towards the other stand. Elijah 
prophetically announced they would probably get 
more than they demanded. 
The other stand was distant about a hundred 
yards, in full view, and we perceived at once that a 
commotion was caused by the unexpected arrival. 
The athletic man was shortly seen outside the blind, 
flinging his arms wildly about in front of the two 
Ortley brothers, and, as we were afterwards inform- 
ed, offering to fight either or both of them. Matters 
then seemed to progress more favorably, till sud- 
denly Bill and the younger Ortley emerged, locked 
in an unfriendly embrace, and commenced dragging 
each other round the sand-bank, while the demon- 
strative sportsman was seen dancing actively in front 
of the other Ortley, and preventing his interference. 
Of course we dropped our guns and _ hastened 
across the shallow, intervening water, having just 
time to perceive that Bill had thrown his adversary 
and remained on top. The first words we heard were: 
“Take him off! Oh, my God! take him off. 
Enough, enough, take him off,” from the one on the 
ground, whose eye—the only vulnerable part to un- 
instructed anger—Bill was busily endeavoring to 
gouge out, while the other shouted frantically: 
“He is killing my brother ; let me get to him; he is 
gouging his eye out. He will kill him, he will kill 
him.” 
“ Never mind,” answered the athletic man, swing- 
ing his arms ominously, and dexterously interposing 
