Bull went out and armed himself. While returning, he met William Knowlden, to whom he related the circumstances of the quarrel, and told him what disposition to make of his effects in case he was killed. Passing on, he met Peel coming out of the saloon, and fired three shots before Peel could draw his revolver. Each shot took effect, one in the neck, one in the face, and a third in the left breast. Peel fell and died without uttering a word. It was the general opinion that he was treated unfairly. Bull was indicted, tried, and his conviction failed by disagreement of the jury, which stood nine for acquittal, and three for a verdict of guilty. He left the country soon after. On a plain slab in the graveyard at Helena is the following inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LANGFORD PEEL. BORN IN LIVERPOOL. DIED JULY 23, 1867, AGED 36 YEARS. IN LIFE, BELOVED BY HIS FRIENDS, AND RESPECTED BY HIS ENEMIES. VENGEANCE IS MINE, SAITH THE LORD. I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH. ERECTED BY A FRIEND. I was curious to learn what suggested the last two scriptural quotations, and found that the friend had the idea that, as Peel did not have fair play, the Lord would avenge his death in some signal manner. The other sentence was thought to properly express the idea that the man was living who would redeem Peel’s name from whatever obloquy might attach to it, because of his having “died with his boots on.” Could there be a more strange interpretation of the scriptures? CHAPTER XLIV JOSEPH A. SLADE