Sammy's egg struck Hans behind the right ear, and spattered all over the side of the Dutch lad's head, while Frank's egg landed on Ephraim's neck.
"I vos a deadt man!" squawked the Dutch lad, as he went over in a heap.
"I'm shot, by gum!" squealed the Yankee, as his knees collapsed and he measured his long length upon the ground.
"Smoke!" cried Barney Mulloy, grasping his nose with both hands. "It smells loike ye'd both been corpuses fer a long toime!"
"By Jove!" gasped Frank. "That odor is strong enough to lift a safe!"
The other witnesses of the duel roared with laughter, but Hans was bellowing and Ephraim was groaning so loudly that neither of them heard the sounds of mirth.
"I can feel mein prains runnin' all ofer der side uf mein headt!" howled Hans.
"Send for a doctor!" shrieked Ephraim. "I'm covered with blood! My jubilee vein is cut clean in two, an' ther blood is runnin' down my neck!"
"I vos dyin'!"
"I'll be dead in a minute!"