Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-06-17
he rascal out p James hesitated.


was getting angry. James looked a
both of us. He did not know what to do
ALLOW me, sir, to explain again. Don
you see that it is my misfortune, not my
fault ?"
James, kick him I will double your
wages a sovereign for every kick yor
give the rascal :" and he threw three Of
four sovereigns on the table. James ele-
waited his foot at the sight of gold, and
advanced.
Sir, | am, said I, "the victim of cir
! cumstanees"
You and your circumstances be-
and that was the last [ heard as | bolted
l father-in-l law that was-to-be, and from
his footman's toe The parson said I all
but made him swear. They was he had
used very unclerical language. What is
meant by swearing, | hardly know, but
his language had been much worse than
| have repeated, or probably than he had
imagined. | banged the hall-door after
me, and was soon on my road back to
town. Well, thought [, if that is the fuss
the clerical gentleman makes about a
mistake, what on earth will the Irish
squire say? [ was half inclined, on sec
ond thought,slo marry Fanny Fitzgerald !;
but then it struck me, if such a course
was not right before [ had seen Mr. Les
lie, 1t could not be right now; and be-
sides, my worst enemy could never say
that fear drove me to take any step [
disapproyed of. However, thought I,
the next affair shall be differently man
aged and | will see papa first. He will
listen to reason, if he hasn't got daugh-
ter hoWllng in the next room
In three or four days [ was at coun-
try inn IN Ireland, awaiting the arrival
OF my No. 3 father -in-law that-Was-to o-be,
to whom had dispatched note When
he came, he embraced me, called me his
broth ct q boy, his jewel, &c: [ found
out afterwards that he was in debt and
wanted through his daughter, to get
hold of my money After time [ So
bered him, and then we got to work
" Sir, said he, when I had finished, "by
the powers you shall hear of this again
| will foight I will kill you, you spal-
peen" [ am not a good hand at Irish,
SO [ will pass over his eApIetives, merely
adding that while he was howling with
rage, and had al. .but struck me, to com
pei me to give satisfaction, the landlord
entered people separated us, and he was
taken away, declaring [ should hear from
him again In an hour or two. his friend
came who he was, [ neither knew nor
cared.
At daybreak we were paraded at twelve
PAGES from each other. My second was a
lawyer whom | knew in the neighborhood,
and who came out to back me up, for the
Irish fun of the thing. Just as [ was go
ing to bed the previous night, hostler,
belonging to the inn, came into my room
with bow and scrape, and gave me a
note: From the young lady, sir"
Tnh0ughtless]y [ tore it open; read it,
although it began, My dearest Fred,
and then looked at the address. 1t was
not directed to me- When Mr. FitZge-
raid and stood opposite each other, he
fired, and the ball seemed to 90 near me-
[ fired in the air. [ thought he would
then be satisfied, but knew little of an
Irish duel. Our seconds decided that
under the circumstances there must be
blood, or at anyrate three shots Mr.. Fitz-
gerald fired again the ball went through
my hat. [ then, regardless of ceremony,
walked up to him and gave him the note
Read that" | whispered; "act on it at
once, if you like, or else [ will return to
my P lace and fire with sure aim" He
read the note, turned pale, said he was
quite satisfied, and rode off at full speed.
The note was from his daughter Fanny,
my afianced bride was dated prior to my
first interview with her father, aud was
addressed to some Irish pauper, who, pre-
tended to be rich, and won her so-called
affections. 1t was, moreover, to the ef-
feet that she had agreed to her darling
Fred's proposal, and would meet him and
his post chaise at $3.50 A. NJ, at certain
place. 1t was about 5:15 when her
father fired his secand shot through my
hat. l left Ireland as soon as [ could.
The respective ends of the two girls I
afterwards heard were these: Fanny got
safe off with her lover Fred Margaret,
in SIX months time, married the Rev
George Smith. All parties, for their own
sakes, kept matters quiet; and the first
they will again hear of the subject, as far
as | am concerned, will be through the
pages of this periodical [ have been
shot at by Maoris, stuck in a drunken
row by settlers, have mark where I was
knocked over by furious bull, but never
was N greater fix than with those two
girls. Do you wonder that [ am bach
elor?
The ruling passing strong in death
was Enthusiastically illustrated on the