Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-23

perhaps come to some arrangement; SO,
with much reluctance, i told Dennis that
he might eommand me. ,-...1.,,,.--,,.
u tssI Knew yot'd never spoil sport, said
ODowd. Nows hook here, Morley, you go
a1onee to ,Q' Elaherty, and give him to pn-s
ddrstand that / require-'
Embellishments sake my dear 0'Dow1,'s
said I, ,anxiously, don't be,too hard upon
him. Put it as peaceably as you cam saois
fttaIIlsta what Fms going to sdo.5 You go
to O'Flaherty, andateif him thaE Treqnife q
written apology. which must contain a con-
ffeksion that he, was drunk at the time of
sueaking! and;a declaration of his fun Der
lief that I've no more got cheybereles than
be has,. LII he declines to give this, i ex-
pect immediate sa8isfactipn.A Il can't put it
more peacebly than that now. can II, = =
t.IceEainJE thongbt it possible, Pus as
OlDowd adhered TO his own opinion, that
\ lid no good at ALL So, armed with this
| pfaceab1Ri messages IT took my way 70
| OlFlaherty,J whom Il found sitting elazily
lubon cane-bottemed chair aud sur
ls'Ha! Morley said he, delighted to see
you. upon me con science. Will YOU take
peg MOL, You'd better Eye done littis,
elEe ever since 1 got up. Welt yes, / was
q little sprung last night = just adrappie in
me eeSas thatsScOteh .fell low says in bis .inr
l'fernaF brogne. Begad looking back Upon
LAST nights proceedings, reminds me of
those dissOlvin9 views, where each picture
fgets tfisty, andsruBs into the next ~
II +. L suppose, then, you heve no very dis
last nj gIits have you ?, Inquired, - - -
rs Faith no. said he, my memory might
be cIearer'f L HT To g a. Ea9f7ssl
sitWen, the fact is, I'm come upon a very
uhpleasantmissiou.,s You don't remember
Pmeeting O'Dowd, do you?'
| Is It's O'Dowd you meant said O'FIaher-
| ty, thoughtfllly,,r Begad, then, / DON'T
+ latAhY You did meet him though, and
he says insulted him grPatly.f
| i"tA nd did, Insult him !? said O,Flaher-
| ty, taking up a Soda-water bottle. THAT'S
mighty curious, How did do it?h
j. l".tWeh, it seems you said something
labout his having tubercle of the lungs, and
he does not like it. He's rather teuehy
about his chest, you knO W. y SzTG
t"tAy, know. And did1 tell him that? p
"sYes, you told him he'd got tubercles,
and he took the speech so much to heart,
! that i am come from him to say that he ex-,
! poets an apology y.'isaaa,1 ~ ssii 4i assa.i
i @sBegad, and were you told to say that p
/ al was indeed; and Pm sure, my dear
4 fellow, you must see how extravagantly
absurd we shall all make ourselves if this
affair proceeds any further. Every mess
room in India will be laughing at the Tu-
bercle duel. I am sure you must perceive
the truthaof this, and the absolute necessity,
of putting stop to it at once. By Joves
sir, we shall never hear the last of 1t till
1.-The day of our death,
Is "'You may say that indeed,' said O'Fla-
herty, laughing. Faith, it Won't be only
no 'Dowd that will be troubled with chew
1 bercles, will itT :o..l .1Jarz3
4 .stNo, that it won't. It's not generally
j fcorsidered an infectious disorder, but it
Twill inject us, at any rate said i. u -
Il rttCbange of air will be the only thing
for u.s. said O'Flaherty. Esl efts fssd 1o 8.
sI5 $ Then. look here. my dear O'Flaherty,'
ine 10 frNyUo rdh inn
sljust scratch two or three lines to say that
last might you were, as you've just said.
: Troubled with drappie In your ee; and
you may add-its as wen to do the thing
handsomely while you are about it-that
; you have perfect faith, hal haNpertect
3 faith in the integrity of O'Dowd's lungs.
y Como, what do you say?' - ss,g-, ,gssR
Il 'sPop went the soda-water.
ss'That,' said 0'Flaherty. ID 73gE 9tl
4 "'Thatl Explain, please .. 5ar2
i "'That's all the apology that yell get
II "sBut, my good sir, if you don't ap- ex-
plain in some way, % O'Dowd insists upon
lyour fighting.'' u tr tf2i-. .' fg.'fT. p q
y "'And by the.bIessed st. Patrick" said
O'Flaherty, his speech becoming ten times
more Irish than before at the mention of
the national pastime - and by the blessed
St. Patrick, I'll foight him with all me
Isowl-with all the pleasure in life, begad.
Ye can't fright Tim-0 0,Flaherty into an
apology by telling him that foighting's the
alternative, promise ye.' afzaaL
z Fright you,, said !; I meyer dreamed of
. frightening you. But reflect tor moment
upon the absIrility of the whole affair.
i Come, old fellow, stretch a point, and save
us from universal ridicule.'
4 ssFaith, not l. said o. 'Flaherty; sEthe
prospect don't trouble me at all to speak
Of u & G ?
i 8 Then you decline to apologize alto
) gether?'
''There, if you haven't stated the case
exactly.' ~ - ESE.EI$ lAAAf
"'Then I've no resource but to ask you
for the name of your friend, il you really
II will not be persuaded to- = /!
"sI can't really undertake to be persuade
ed, my dear friend. Are you going? Well,
4 good by; Pll send some one TO call upon
! fyOE in a stwinkling. ~ 4 aSE =
.'Disgusted exceedingly, took my leave
and returned to my quarters. The idea Of
two fellows shooting at each other for no
better reason than that one had accused the
|, other of having diseased lungs, was SO
cpnfundedly ridiculous, that setting aside
e the uBpleasantness of being engaged in an
: affair of this kind at all, l would have given
anything to be able to wash my hands Of
. it, But what was to be done? '-A%' :. 3 =
Ell When the two principals-both of them
Il Irishmen tOo-were resolved on fighting
what could stop them? Perhaps O'Flah-
e erty's friend, who would of course be Of
e my mind about the serious farce in which
live were compelled to act, might be able
= to hit upon some means OF getting out o
: it. [ would see what could be done wheT
ii he arrived. 1t was really such utter non
n sense, that peg was the only thing to re-
U store a fellows equanimity after two
0 such interviews. s..a.at -e...
"Before had finished the peg, O'Flah
d erty's friend made his appearance. He wa
unknown to me. We both bowed.
ls "eMr. Morley. I believe go
II "tUpon my lifetanother Irishman; anC
my hopesrofa a peaceable termination to th
t. affair took flight at the very sound of hi
z voice.
I :. sAIlew me to introj1ee meselt Lieu
! tenant Doolan, -th Regiment. 1 COM
r. from Mr.. O'FIaherty.'
Il 40 yes,' said /, affecting to have beel
- fmomentarily forgetful of that little matter
Very happy to make your acquaintance
]. though L could wish it had been unde
g pleasanter conditions.' gr
"sNot at all,' said Mr.. Doolan, in a ton
e of the most, perfect cOntentment; mot a
all. It's not meself that's going to quarre
Of with the conditions. ...,,r.,. =
"This might be only politeness toward
D. me, butt thought it sounded much NOR
= like satisfaction at his mission.
~ "tMr. .O'Flaherty has no doubt instructe
you fully as to how the matter. betweel
Id himself and Mr.. 0'Dowd stands -
.. Quite so. quite So said the Lieutenant
81 ~'Then feel certain, Mr.. Doolan, tina
ne you must agree with me that the affair can
not be allowed to proceed 71 'lf 10
edI ''Doolan simply stared. 1e.- - 9-1a
= a@EYou can scarcely avoid feeling,' cor
at tinued, 'that the cause OF Quarrel is to
g. slight for us to permit our friends to per
tn their lives about such trifie.'
at 'ssFhrifie? calculated Doolan. 81
t "'Now can't we hit upon some metho
Ie, for bringing to peaceable issue bIlsines