Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-24
Some faces our hearts win ever hold
A SHOT Az TWELVE FACES.

From London Society.
a Prussian officer killed in a duei,n
see, said Gallon, laying down the Times.
Every man who fights a duel is foo
who's better out.ofthe world than in il
said Dormer, laying down the law.
And the seconds are worse than th
principals; they share the folly and no
the danger said Bingham, taking UP tn
strain. s4s
Gently, gently Sweeping censure
always unjust," said Morley, taking up tn
speaker ogaa 70 l.1o
=" Heyday, Morley You are not duel
ing man, are you Z You never left the Ru
lie la PAX, to walk in. the Champ de Mars
surelyn <ts ~
"Weu, / was very nearly second once.
Very nearly. Didn't the fight come
Off"
mo"
"How was it? A very decided chal
lenge, suppose, and then the principals
fought-shy, eh?"
mo mo; the principals were in serious
earnest about it, [ assure you"
Then the authorities interfered and
stopped the fun, perIiaps"
Wrong again. Not asoul threw the
least obstacle in the way ofthe meeting"
Well, how was itthen?"
why, the fact was, that when we got
to the ground--but perhaps I'd better tel
you the whole,story."
"By all means, !" said Gallon. "Silence
gentlemen. Silence, there, Monsieur IA.
conte." 5And accordingly Monsieur re.
counted the following:
"When | was shooting in India, l one
morning received letter, expressed in
some such terms as these:
"'DEAR MoRLEY,-I have a little shoot.
ing party on, and want your assistance.
Come as soon as possible to, Harrison
bungalows we viii make all arrangements
there, and you can go and call ON O'Flah-
erty at once. We are going to have a shot
at large game for change. Don't delay a
moment. In these cases the scent should
be followed while it's warm. The fellows
a big brute, and shall not escape me, if
know it. He's caught a Tartar this time.
Wen put an ounce of lead into his carcase
before he's twenty four hours older, or I'm
not yours, ever, sat5at
Jf'Ia dennis O'DowD.'
"a tiger, by Jove thought. a tiger
at last. > II Il no GF [F TEEg
II had been waiting for weeks in the
hope of getting shot at tiger, and had
been repeatedly tantalized with reports of
one being somewhere in the neighborhood.
The jungle came down to within very
short distance of the place where [ was
staying, and the country looked the very
ideal of what a tiger country should be;
but had never had the luck to get shot
at one yet, although for some time past
there had been rumors that tiger was
about. He had been seen here, and heard
of there; he had carried off sheep in one
place, and bullock in another but still
no one had been able to find out anything
as to his actual whereabouts sufficiently de-
finite to make it Of any use our going after
him. But now, though I, O'Dowd must
have got the bearings of the beast pretty
accurately. / could have wished that
Dennis had been little less dowery and
tropical" in his accounts, but he always
was funny dog and if the tigers having
caught a Tartar was not a mere figure of
speech, the animal must be very fine one.
The part about O'Flaherty puzzled me a
little; it had always struck me that he and
O'Dowd were by no means warm friends
O'F'laherty was always chatting O'Dowd,
and O,Dowd always vowing vengeance
against O'Flaherty. But it was all fun,
perhaps; and O'Flaherty was great hand
Il
rate. Lurrah for the tiger! And hurried
off to Harrisons bungalow, where / found
O'DoWd, with an expression of the utmost
determination upon his face, drinking pale
ale as if he meant it.
"'Well, O'Dowd,' said / we're to have
shot at him at last, are we?'
"'That we are said he; or I'll post him
Post him! Post tiger O'Dowd was
still at his jokes.
"'Well! And when is it to be 2 asked
81 won't have it delayed longer than to
morrow morning, answered Dennis. 'Yot
must go to O'F'laherty at once, and if hi
prefers this evening-faith, all the better
"Oh it depends upon him, does it =?
said |. 446
"'Well, ofcourse itdoes,' said O'Dowd
to a certain extent; but not later than to
morrow morning, mind And now II
tell you all about it.
cay, let's hear all about the gentleman,
said |, eagerly. He's been playing will
us long enough. Well put a bullet into
his hide now 1.E
"'That we viii, my boy returned
O'Dowd., Now, just listen to me. As
was walking up here lastnight met hin
sauntering-
WHAT You met the beast, you say ?
"'And you may call him baste,' saiC
O'Dowd. He was that for certain. He'C
had too much I'll take my oath of that
"'Glutted with carnage muttered.
al could see it at once,' continued
O'Dowd; 4 took his measure at a glance.
well, said anxious to know his size
and
"'And could see that he'd had dea
more than taste of the cratur, though b
carried it off in such mighty easy way
Carried it off easily, did he 2 said 1
sheep or bullock, of course What h
was off with it to his den, no doubt?'
"'No doubt said O'Dowd; he general,
finishes his evening in his own den, the in
satiable thief Well, when be saw me, b
came towards me, roaring
"'Roaringi Came towards your / OK
claimed. BY Jove you took it very coolly
Didn't you run?
RUM said O'Dowd, as if uncertain
whether to be offended or not will yol
please to be serious, Morley. This is NJ
joke I'm telling you
mo joke! My dear O'Dowd, I Shout,
think not, indeed What did YOU do?'
"'When he saw me, | tell you, he pull
his cigar ont of his mouth
"'Ehi What? Cigarr
"'And comes towards me, roaring out
''What ere you doing out o bed, O'Dowd
Go home with you You've got chewber
Giles in your lungs. Go home
1.-THE tiger said gasped out.
Tiger! What are you after, Morley
"'WhO said would cot tubercIe 2