Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-23
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sPFpssipn officer K He'd in a duct I IEeeS'
said Cation, laying down the Times. .,s.. -
Every man who fights duel is q fool,
who's better out,of the ,wOrld, than in 1t, y
said Dormer laying down the law.
And the seconds are worse than the
principals; they share the fellys and not the
danger," ssaid Bins CHAM, taking mp the
strain. 82et9'9
.:GentIy, .geptlYl Sweeping eensure is
alwaS nnj6sta said Morley ylakibg hplths
'psiEsi sHeyday. Morley xH6a are Gosaa6sling
Ia IpaiS 70 Walk: in ths tE & Gilatnp de Mars,
sWefl, was very, ry nearly a second once =
Very nearly Didn't, the fight, come
''Iow was sitP Avery decided challenge
Isuppose, and then the principals lsefohght-
no, no; the principals were In nio serious &
earnest about it, | assure1yOn.p sssss
"Then the authorities interfered and
stopped the FUN, periiaps 9ss'as4 ts912 30
Wrong agan1. Not az soul threw: the
least obstacle in the May of the meeting.'' Z
eWellS hOWswaslit, then ept 2DAN a3f4
"Why, the fact was, that when we got to
the ,gE9gpdT]b,ut by perhaps ia better Eel you
@By all means, r 1said. Gallon. stSiIence,
gentlemen. Silence, there. Monsieuf
rGconte." And aeeordingly Monsieur re-
cOunJed thefollovipg: A8E3I :
'When was shooting In India, one
morning received letter expressed insUm
such termssas these = zs ZSEAE IT.
dear MORLEY-I have little shooting
pafGy on, andlwaht your assistaneeA Come
as soon as possible to Harrison's bungalow
we will make all arrangements there, anS
yoasean go and call an y Flahefty tat once
We are going to have q shot at large game
for change! Don't delay amomeEt. LII
these cases the scent should be followed
willie it's warm The felIow'sa big brute
and shall not escape me, if / know it. Hef
caught Tartar this time. Well put al
ounce of lead into his carcass before hei
twenty -four hours older, or I'm not yours
eveE;as7aaI .lst .2ig ssIt DENNIS OoDOWD.'
"A tiger, by Jovep l. thought. "A
tiger at last1 us gsIsa 5.Sj tFs ;ieoas ri ig35
Il had been waiting for weeks in the hop,
of-getting ashot at a,tiger, and had beer
repeatedly 6antalizeds with reports of On,
being somewhere in the sneighborhood
The Jungle came down to. within a yery
short distance OF the place where llwa
staying. and the country looked the Verl
ideal of what a tiger country should be- Du
1 had never had the luck to get a'shot at on
yet, although for some time past there hat
been rumoTs that, q, tiger was about. Ii
had been seen here, and heard OF. there; b.
had carried off a sheep in one place, and
bullock in another; but still no on
had been able to fud OUT any thin;
as to his actual Whereabouts sufficient
ly definite to make of any use our COINS
after him. But now, thought 5I, o DOVE
must have. got the bearings o
the beast pretty acurately.nsI cotlt
have wished that Dennis had been a littl
less flowery and tropical in his account
but he always was funny dog /; tile drit
otIhis letter was clear enough and if th
tigers haVing caught Tartar was net
mere figure of speech, the animal must b
very afineo1e.i The part about o. F1ahert
puzzled fne'a little; It had always strucl
me that he and O'Dowd were by no mean
warm friends; O'Flaherty was alway
chatting O'Dowd, and .O'Dowd Away
vowing vengeance against O Flaherty. Blu
it was all fnn, perhaps; and o. Ffaherty wa
a great hand at attiger-shootin dared t
say. At any, rate, hnrrah for the tiger
And Fhurried off to Harrison's bungalow
where found O'DOwd, with an expression
of the utmost decentralization upon his face
drinking pale ale as though he meant it.
@sWell, o'Dowd,' said I; we're to, hay
a shot at him at last, are We"
"srhatT we. are.' saidn he; tor IN pos
him. ..--z
s.Rost him! post q !tigerl o'Dowd wa
"'Weil! And when is it to beP
asked. <7A>-' = -
~ won't have it delayed longer than to
morrow morning. answered Dennis. -Ho
must go to O'Flaherty atonce, and II b
prefers this evening g-faith! all the better
80, it depends upon him, does it2 saidl
"sWell, of course it does said O'DowG
tto certain extent; but not later than ia
morrow morning. And now Pn teH yo
all about it, t,'IakHaE SO 31AR
"sAyilet,s, hear all about the gentleman
said l. eagerly, Hes been playing with =
long enough. Wen put bullet into hi
hide n0W.'d3 s1fE5sI sfsHs3g-ss9a4 20 e afsI1
,..ssThat we. will, my. boy returne
O.Dowd.a Now just listen to me. AS wa
walking up here last night, L met hiI
sauntering--'fx faspF = fEsee rqTa4e4f
..Wliatt You met the beast, you say?'
@.sAnd you may call him a baste,' sal
ODowd. He was that for certain Hel
had too much; I'll take my. oath of that
''tGlntted with carnage muttered,
81 could see it, at once continue
O'Dowd. Iztook his measure at glance
'''Well, said I, anxious to know his siz
and ;.g< 5.,.1-go< .eqi.pe7sf -
'..And Icould see ithathe had deal moi
than taste of the crature. though he cal
ried it off IN such mighty easy way.
"4Carried it off easily, did hep said L;
sheep or a bullock, of course. What Il
was off withft tosiiis den, no dOubt?'
..s<NOEdenbt,' said O'Dowd 3 he general
finishes his evenings in his own den, ii
iusRtiable thief, Well, when he saw me, |
came towards me roaring s.ss
iH'Rnaring! Game towards your e,
claimed. BY Jewel you took it very COO
~tRnnp said sO'Dowd, as if ,uncerta
whether to be offended or not; will yC
please to, be serious, Morley. This is, !
joke Pm telling you.'
".Nojokei. My, dear O'Dowd, shou
think not, indeed. What did you do ?'A
ts'When. he saw me, tell you, he pul
hiscigar out of his mouth
"sEhl What? Cigar!'
ssSAnd comes toward me roaring OF
"What are You doing out o. bed, O'DoWt
Go home with you. O You've got cheWbe
cIes in your lungs. Go home - s1i41E
t.sFhe tiger said p Igasped out. -.f
tfsTiger J. Whatiare you after, Morley p
"tWho said you'd got tubercles ?, ae
"'Who? Why, O Elaherty :oa slsH - 4
go, confound O'Flahertyr I sal
sWhy the plague are you always bringil
his name in |? ! Tell me about the tiger :
"sWhat tiger? said sO'Dowd. In I'll
name of mystery, what tiger ?''i5 g 1ff oaa
"'Why, the tiger we're going to shoot,
course z . E.NgF aSFN EEsEsEsB ~
'''I am going to shoot no tiger. I'm g
ing to shoot FIaherty." 2, ~ h'''' 52'
"'Shoot O'Flaherty! What are y
going to shoot him for p a , sss deiRsA
why, didn't you understand ? He *
me I'd got chewbercles.'
".,And soCthis precious note of your
that you're going to fight O'FlahertyP
"a Faith and you may say that repli
O'Dowd. I thought I'd put it delicately
s".By JoveI you pueit so delicately tl
Ithonghtit all referred to tigershootin
sssAnd did you so?' said Dennis, w
some pride. .Begad / always was NJ
hand at letter wfiting.' 1858. 4.
:.tRnt Won are n1t seriot1ss T ho