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

ence waited both hers to seize her own
opportunities There was no resource
now bntlo let the matter on to its bitter
end.
I'm ahirs of this kind, you know, it is
not etiQt lite for the parties to go in COM
pany to he battle ground, as pugilists do
to priz SIGHT. We must go separately to
what BaPs Life would call a likely spot,
and NEE there with distant politeness. As
we hadgo dri ge d good way to the place
pitched lpon by Doolan and myselt-an
4 open spec, we'll known to ussall little
way int the iungle-it was agreed that
/ O'flahety and his second should goo ! an
hour or Wo in advance taking their rifles
with thm, in order to pass9he time with
I any spot that might fall III their way, ana
4 that /, with my principal a1d.the surgeon,
should blow at Stated itlnle. Al loI
which h.ppened as arranged.-The respon-
hdent ana Doolan departed early ia the
! Afternoon designing to lunch, at the rem en-
I devious and shortly before six. the appel
4 liant. Hde, and ] followed 7droveto the
i .outsEirts of. the jungle, there left our
i carriage, and strolled through the reaSo to
the place ,t..,
dadsP' Here we are,' said Hale, true to our
time, butt don't see our friends. Euphem-
4 ism for elemies f;i,,sl.,. lt.i, s<jf IN an.
"<Thefve been here very lately, said
O'Dowd, pointing)te tiIeS.r 6li0SJIof stslun-
eheon scattered ABOUT on the grass, and,
faith thy'ye fnade5 mighty free with the
eatibles.' e,.fs yr1Fs aFg5x.
+ 34's' The end of FEAST most decidedly,
said Hale so We are quite ready ter the
beginning of fray, 70 4al9 !! ep
They'll make their appearance IN
minute Or two, no doubt L said. They're
having asshot at something. in the jungle
perhaps J.
l "The crack of a rife short distance off
seemed 10 confirm my words.
4 H 50 They might have taken both rifles
with tliem,l then, I'm thinking, exclaimed
E, O'Dowd, picking up 0 .Flaherty's which
I lay on the grass
4s4AYe we're standing about O'Dowd ex-
aiming the rifle, which was loaded, and
Hale the pale ale, bottles which Were dis
charged, when we were surprised by seeing
i Doolan running towards us with every APP
peaTance of extreme terror. aG i
| whats the matter?' we all shouted.
''s' Here he cried. Come here. Bring
the rife. O'Flaherty's been carried OIL by
a tiger!'uar aa 9ai "a
- Now, Morley said O'Dowd, you've
1 yot your wish at, last. Come along.
And we all set off running towards
! Doolan, who had stopped and was loading
his rifle. ..f ~ -
ibid We lit him, Phil? did ye hit
him said 0'Dowd, when we reached the
lieutenant .a5H.5 ~1a
- Hit him, is it? said Doolan No,
faith | daredn't try. L fired in hopes of
| frightening him. Come along He jumped
ON us from behind as were sitting on the
bank there, caught poor Tim by the shout
| der, and trunded off with him, niver say
ing word as if six feet two were nothing
i to spake of at all9uCome alongt' We
were hurrying after him all the while. l
jumped up picked up the rifle. "Stop, We
/ theft" / called out, cor I'll shoot you'll"
j He gave a wag with his TAIL the haste, as
much as to say, "Shoot away, We daren't
hit me for fear of killing Tim; and, begor-
"a, I'll make myself safe enough for. the
matter of that" And at the word the
| cratur chucked poor Tim on to his back as
as fox does with a goose, and away he went
/ again---7come along l-safer than ever, for
4 could see more of O'Flaherty now than
could of him, bad luck to him! and |
wished I'd shot at first / daredn't touch
the trigger, for the life of me, now, you
understand ; so followed till he stopped,
after a bit, and lay down with Tim before
him, and then shot, not at him, for fear
of killing Tim, but in the hope of fright
ening the brute. But sorra a bit did it
| frighten him; it only made him gnash his
teeth, and Tim was between 'em yell recol-
lect So then | ran back for the other rifle,
and met you, and-have a care now, we
can't be very far off him, unless he's eloped
with Tim again, which the saints for
bid, for it's a mighty unpleasant way of
! travelling
!" He had not eloped with Tim. He was
still lying where Doolan had left him, with
his mouth so close to poor O'Flaherty's ear,
that he looked as if he were whispering in
to it, What was to be done? The very
thought CT firing into him across O'Fla-
herty made my hand shake. We all stood
still for moment or two, staring at the
tiger and his victim.
80 Now, then, who's going to shoot 2
said Doolan. Somebody must, Or faith
poor Tim will be minced veal before he
knows where he is. But I'll be hanged if
it's me that's going to do it. You're the
best shot, Dennis
! - Shoot, o'Dowd, said I. 'Idaren't for
the life Of me-
"tFaith, it's a risky shot, for certain,
said O'Dowd; but if we stand here and
do nothing, there'll be no chance for him at
all. Now, bark we, gentlemen he said,
throwing up his head and looking tubercle
or not, thoroughly fine fellow, you all
know, I'm sure, that though was anxious
enough to shoot O'Flaherty standing op-
posite me at twelve PAGES, I'd be the last
man in the world to take advantage of him
now. All right-all right. There, that's
enough! Upon me sowl, then, | never
thought otherwise for a moment. Look
I here now Give Morley vo11r rifle phil
| and you and Hale stand trifle back. Now
Morley, my boy, I'm going to creep in a
thought nearer Keep you just behind
me. I'll blaze away at him first; and
shall hit him, don't be afraid of that. If
he springs right at us, cover him well and
let fly. If he only jumps UP, hand me
your rifle, and I'll bang at him again. Do
you understand me?'
1s"t Perfectly .l
8. Follow me, then. aesV 61
'Dowd stepped gently towards the
tiger, and | followed his steps closely.
When we were within dozen yards of the
animal, the tiger dropped o 'Flaherty' arm,
which it had in it's mouth, and lifted its
/ head. O'Dowd sank on his knees Instant
| ly, looked along his barrel for one second
and fired With the most awful yell I ever
heard, the tiger sprang up, gave one bound
towards us, and then, before I'd time to
mark him properly, rolled over on the long
/ grass.
90 Twelve feet from the nose to the tip of
the tail, I'll bet a hundred, :; said O'Dowd,
quietly TX r.f..4
II handed him the loaded rife and we
4 all, except Doolan, who dashed recklessly
1 over to O'Flaherty, walked cautiously to-
wards the fallen tiger. The bullet had