Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-24

PEELED to act might be able to hit upon
some means of getting out Of it. | would
see what could be done when he arrived
It was really such utter nonsense that a
peg was the only thing to restore fellows
equanimity after two such interviews
& Before had finished the peg, O'Fla.
hertys friend made his appearance lie
was unknown to me. We both bowed
''' Mr.. Morley, behave
Upon my life, another Irishman and
my<hopes of peaceable termination Of
the affair took flight at the very sound oi
his voiee-r-
"HAllow meself to introjuice lneself-
Lieutenant Doolan, til regiment come
from Mr. OFlaherty.'a 2 D .teH Iayis4;.nr.
'ats' Oh, yes said |, affecting to lave been
inomentarily f0rgetfJl of that little mat.
ter. Very happy to make your acqilaint.
ance, thought could wish it had beeh under
pleasanter conditions IA
90 Not at all, said Mr. Doolan, in a tone
of the most perfect contentment; not at
all.. It's not meself that's going to Quarrel
with the conditions - H..
- " This might be only pOlitenessS towards
me; but thought it sounded much more
like satisfaction at his mission. ,aH9 sri
@sf' Mr.. OFlaherty has, no doubt, in
strncted you fully as to how the matter be-
tween himself and Mr. 0'Dowd stands
- Quite SO, quite so,'i said the Lieuten-
ant. ,a IS
q. Then feel certain, Mr.. Doolan, that
you must agree with me that this affair
cannot be allowed to proceed. sta & i ..0.a
'iDoolan simply stared. s,.oigoy .o
E.e' You can scarcely avoid feeling, con-
tinued, that the cause of quarrel is too
slight for us to permit our friends to peril
their lives about such atrif1e.''. f .cp
s"' Thrife!' calculated Doolan.
- Now, can't we hit upon some method
for. bringing to- a peaceable issue bust
ness which, if proceeded with to the end at
present purposet, must, as I'm sure you
perceive, bflng nothing but ridicule apon
adj engaged IN it. saI b; asgu ssa no-ti
- Faith, then, said Mr. Doolan, warm
", | perceaye nothing of the kind. Hank
We, MIR. Morley / came hear to arrange
paceahly the time and place for this meet
ing, and not to, dispute about the right and
wrongs of the matter, or to question the
good sense which no doubt injuiced both
the gentlemen to take the fair and honora-
bic course. which they have taken. May !
beg, sir, that you will enter, as soon as you
conveniently can, upon the rale business
for which | am here .a .f,a sH
"There was nothing for il but to pocket
the olive, and do as the Lieutenant Nshed.
Time and place were agreed upon, and
Doolan rose to take his leave. AS wewefe
shaking hands in the most friendly man
ner, said, By the way, Mr.. Doolan, |
must not forget to tell you that I have
nothing at all in the shape of a. duelling
pistol; perhaps you are better provided
50 Make yourself perfectly easy about
that Mr. Morley, said Doolan, who would
no more have been without hair-triggers
than hair brushes never travel Without
the pacemakers. IA re0oir. And Mr.
Doolan took his departure, after receiving
my assurance that | would call upon the
surgeon, and make sure of his attendance
upon the ground.
81 cheerfully undertook to do this, as |
was determined that at any rate, the sur
geon should not be an Irishman, and had
some hopes that he might be able to sug-
gest some way out of the difficulty. Ac-
cordingly, after writing a couple of lines
to O'Dowd to say that had arranged ev-
erything, and to inform him of the time
and place, set off at once to look up the
surgeon. His name was Hale, a thorough
" scientific man, devoted to his profession,
and as little likely as anybody to have any
sympathy with the romantic folly of the
duel. found him at home, in remarkably
good spirits, as doctors generally are, and
engaged upon paper for the Lancet,
upon the subject Of gunshot wounds.
&c How are you, Hale said L. 5f3
How do, Morley said he. What's
the matter? Anything wrong with you ?
You look rather out Of sorts. Digestion
wrong, or what is it?' Hat E
"'Oh there's nothing the matter with
me- said Don't fatter yourself !
want your help, certainly, but not for my
self. You'll be wanted about half-past five
this afternoon at ts..f,e
O. Eli said Hale, you don't mean to
say that Mrs. -
No, no. said I, nothing of the kind
quite the reverse, indeed No. the state OF
the case is this O'Dowd has taken UNI
bragg at something O'Flaherty has said,
and has insisted upon calling him out
All, that's it, is It'll said Hale, his
upon the ground in case of accident. Ger
tainly, with all my heart. Pistols, Of
course with glance at his manuscript
- nothing like pistols. You may depend
upon me, Morley; you may be quite GER
tain that shall be there .e.a5 'sa-i
The villain was evidently in want of an
illustration to prove some COMPOUNDED the
DRY of his own with regard to bullet
wounds. His glance at the manuscript be-
trayed him. Id s4,t Il
"F No, but look here, Hale said, this
thing ought not to be allowed to go on
Go You think not said he as if enter
tanning very grave doubts asto the wisdom
of my opinion.
!. "s Certainly l think not and you'll
think SO, too, when you hear the case.
Last night, O'Flaherty, when slightly
screwed, charged O'Dowd with having tu-
bercle of the lung.
"'And most insolent thing 10 say, too,
though it's positive fact, all the same. In
UanO gerit0s and no mistake. But still a
man with any respect for himself cannot
allow his lungs to be thrown in his face in
that way without taking notice of it. And
SO O'Dowd demands an apology or meet
ing, Ell? ,,,....tg s,+.~s \. .~a:s ,fas.f..s
~ Just so. He insists upon an apology,
and--it's really too absurd declaration
from O'Flaherty that the charge brought
against his lungs was unfounded.'l ,Fs s4t
"'Quite correct said Hale, and this
declaration O'Flaherty is, of course, unable
to make His statement was perfectly
true one, and he can't unmake it without
telling falsehood. Upon my word, if you
can see any way but one out of the difficult
ty, you are cleyerer than l.
90 believe you are all gone mad, I said,
vexed beyond hearing. THERE'S not a
creature who will look at the thing in a
calm and reasonable manner. Why, do
you realize, sir, that just for ridiculous
word from drunken man valuable life
may be lost p fW h.-sa era
"'Ah, very sad, very sad, indeed, replied
the doctor, coolly but it can't be helped
The 1aatter Is rana toe far. 1aopr- ff,-ha