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A Strange Duel Carried On by a Mother’s Hand
In Louisiana in the mid 19th century Fitz Hugh Stewart, a young heir, duels with Forshay after a tense courtship to wed his widow mother. Mrs. Stewart arranges masked combat at five paces with pistols. Forshay is killed when a veil reveals the mother’s face, prompting her to justify the act as saving her son from a worse fate.
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Leonard Mulloy
Coppright
American Press Association
Louisiana
Mra Stewart
Fitz Hugh Stewart
Parich
Pinkton
Forshay
South Carolina
Fitzugh Stewart
Fits Hugh
Stewart Hame
Fitzhugh
Stewart
Tran
Termemar
Hugh
Farvhay
Walter Longctaff
Fitz Hugh
Ile
Tugh Stewarts
Lancetaff
Fite Hugh
Langstaff
Larrystaff
Witz Iluch
Langetaff
Mrs. Stewart
Bing