Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-23
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RI cheerfuliy undertook & took to do this, as r.
was ,determinsd that, at any rate, the surf
sgeOn should not be an Irishman, and had
some hopes that he Nigh be able to suggest
some way out of the difficulty Accord
'ingIy, after writing couple of. lines to
O'Dowd, to say, that I had arranged every
thing, and to inforEn. him of the time and
place, / set of, at once to look up the sur
geon.- His name was; Hale, a. thoroughly
scientific man, DEVOTED to his profession
and as little likely as any body 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.T = II ba--
t't.How are you, Hale 2? said I. / h li,IrIi
1 ss.IHow do Morley p said he., What's the
matter AHything wrong with you? You
look rather out Of sorts,i Digestion wrong
70. there's rnpothipg the matte. with me- :
said don't fiatter yourself. = Iwanby9u
fhelp, certainly bur, not for myself. a You,
will be wanted about half past five this
E,;Eh said Hale, You don't mean f to say
sNo, no, safd I, nothing Of the Kind kiridd- :
quite the reverse indeed, No, the state of
the case is this: o. 'Dowd has taken umbrage
lat something o FlahertF has Insisted upon
tAR. tina thats r. is It p said Hale, bis ewes i4
fbrightening; and you'll want me upon
the ground in case of accident. Certainly
with all my heart. Pistols, of course,-
with glance at his manuscript,--.n nothing
| like pistols You may depend upon me,
| Morley. You may be quite certain that /
shall be there, -....,..,..,,
1.-THE villain was evidently in want of
an illustration to prove some confounded
theory of his own with regard to bullet
wounds. His glance at the manuscript be-
| traxsed him - F19f9a~s 3ftT fFitI .att,f f ss
sssNo : but look here, Hale,' I said, the
| affair oughtnot to be allowed to go on.'
| ,1'Yoa think not said he,as if entertain-
ing the gravest doubts as to the wisdom of
my opinion. 81 lad7 'aa 80 1I i.s"1...-
| s'tCertainly, I think not;;' and you'll think
| so, too, when you hear the cease. Last
! night, O'Flaherty, when slightly screwed,
charged O'Dowd with having tubercle of
he lung?d h4j3aEj5 2.i dT3.i32 'a ~
l"aAnd a most insolent thing to say, too,
4 thongh it's positive fact all the same. Tn
1 zinc UeTitdS, and no mistake. But still man
! with any respect for himself can't 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 meeting, eh -
i ''tJust so. He insists upon an apology,
and it's really too absurd-a declaration
i from O'Flaherty that the charge brought
! T"sQuite correct said Hale, land this de-
rlaration O'Flaherty is unable to make
| His statement was perfectly true one, and
4 he can't .unmake it without telling false
hood. Upon my word. if you can see any
way but one out of the difficulty you are
cleverer than l. 7I..ifEi8 .iiie :. .At
/ az believe you are all gone mad,' said
i vexed beyond bearing. There's not acrea'
1 ture who will look at the thing in calm
4 and reasonable manner. Why, do you
/ realize, sir, that just for ridiculous WORD
l from a drunken man valuable life may bt
| lost?' 5-.,it II -i32l
i aSAh, very sad, very sad, indeed, replied
4 the DOCTOR coolly; shut it can't be helped
The matter has gone too far now to b'
stopped. A meeting is absolutely necessary
for the honor of the parties. and'-layins
: his hand casually upon the Ms, and speak
ing in thoughtful manner-sm may be o
Infinite service to the cause Off, ,91t
"He broke off there, but he meant th'
cause of science, I'm certain, confound him
He was devoted to his profession, was Hale
4 s'sHalf-past five, at Harrison's bungalow
if you please. Mr.. Hale,' said |. coldly, anC
walked out of the room, the man of scienc
! following me to the door, and assuring me
in the cheeFfulest and friendliest manner
that might depend upon him absolutely
that he would sacrifice any number of pa
tients sooner than not be present; and tina
he would. be certain not to forget his in
struments ~ - t@7om Tts-t u III = 4
"I had done NV best. sI,had called upo1
I Common Sense to assist me, but Common
Sense was nowhere to be found. l had ap
T pealed to the Dread of ,Ridicule, but
slept. and could not be awakened. hat
asked Science to lend me hand; but Sci
ehce wanted both of hers to seize her owl
opportunities. There was no resource nov
but to let the matter 90 on to its bitter END
, "In affairs of this kind, you know, it
Il not etiquette for the parties to go in com
pany to the battle-ground, as pugilists d
to a pTize-fight. We must go separately II
what Belts Life would call aglikely spot
and meet there with distant politeness. A
we had to drive a. good way to a plac
pitched upon by Doolan and myself--a
open space. well known to us all, a 1ittl
way into the jungle-it was agreed tina
O'Elaherty and his second should go on a
4 hour or two in advance, taking their rifle
with them in order to pass the time wit
any sport that might fall in their way, an
that L, with my principal and the surgeon
should follow at the stated time. All {
which happened as arranged. The respond
ent and Doolan departed early in the after
noon, designing to lunch at the rendezvou
and shortly before elk the appellant, Hal
and followed and drove TO the outsklri
4 of the jungle, there left our carriage, an
strolled through the trees to the place.
sssHere we are,' said Hale; true to OF
time; but don't see our friends. Euphen
ism for enemies - ''a 90 ..'.s.
"sThey've been here very Iately,' sal
Z O'Dowd, pointing to the relics of lunch
con scattered about on the grass; 'an'
faith, they've made mighty free with tt
eatables' zee 7.i' -i.iT''i.' % t---'ta
ssVrhe end of feast, most decidedly sal
Hale so we are quite ready for the begiI
ming of a Fray -s. -,
.stThey'Il make their appearance in
minute or two, no doubt said. 'They'l
having shot at something in the iungl
q perhaps f-r.,.-,,.. :,
,1The crack of rifle short distance @
seemed to confirm my words.
"'They might have taken both rifles wi
them, then, , I'm thinking eXclaimt
= O'Dowd,. picking up O'Flaherty's, while
Z lay on the grass.
I'VE were standing about, O'Dowd ez
amining the rifle, which was loaded, an
q Hale the pale-ale bottles, which were a
discharged, when we were surprised
seeing Doolan running towards us wi
every appearances of extreme terror.
"sWhat's the matter p we all shouted.
, "sHereP he cried, come here. Bring t.
rife. O'Flaherty's been carried off by
Il 7..Now, Morley said O'Dowd, .you'
got your wish at last. Come along aar
= " And we all set off running tOwar
Doolan, who had stopped, and was loadil
his rifle. estlef7sisl l,tls ,.-.... t5.-v r.
!" "'Did ye hit him, Phil? did We hit him
said O'Dowd, when we reached the Lie
tenant. sEfuia svrf vsFf a-...s ,..,
t'Hit him, is it?'o said Doelan. IN
r faith dared not try. i fired, in hopes
- frightening him. Come along! He jump
= on us from behind, as we were sitting
- the bank there, caught poor Tim by t
| shoulder and trundled off with him. niv
saying word, as if six feet two were not
ing to spake OF at all. Come along!'
| We were hurrying after him all the wh
8 i jumped up, picked up the rifle: Ste