Fair play., 1886-01-09
NED FROM THE DRAFT.
, Peter Duffy Managed &" Escape
(-uuscriptis,n During tho War.

C.nscriptis'n During the War
During the darker days Of 'ac war.
when it. holiday features bad given
placr 10 genuine blood aud universal
sorrow. when the dazzling uniforms
lad been dragged in the mud and dust
# many campai gns. and the soil OF
very Southern State hal swallowed mp
the dear hu,t of brothers and sons, and
when the roll Of drums an! ila>h oi
swords no longer won n"w recruits I"
deaths grim carnival they" came the
draft. with all the hon"rS. h':l none "i
the dearly bought cory OF volunteer
service.
Peter Hufv. an Irish blacksmith. with
A youny " .fr and y re family oI he T.
.e,s li,'lr cl, drcn. w. among the ir>t
in Southern Wisconsin 10 draw Il s"r-
rowf,l plizr. lie felt that h: absolutely
could no, 90. He tired ,:cr; way to
rvado the cal of certain death. but met
with notiin. but chagr.n, rid.cu e and
iefr:t
One day. Hon. James II. Earnest was
speaking in the State Scna'c, wilcl II
nesspn"c- came and told hin, / al Il
.,an outside the Senate chamber :" shed
o see IN Owing /" some mi>'inicr-
standing. Mr.. Dulit wa- H-h"rad INTO
the room. H. had Il god deal %; hair,
Viii, h h.. a. ow d u row in wild pro-
u Oh, lie dill Got t.Oli li'Eio L = spo--
,.tlc II any WAY Tor that ha + Iii lie -!
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were inprac'.'an c,
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&c tai b. IN "ycrH h. I'M NJ aialitv.
nj / n afraid yorr Psi II ION word
not be Gee ed. | nj >,ynu ;.'i 20 pas
mHtical "N mmatiom ,"u VIII have
!, q. 2 IS.
Then A.r. nalE thou lit OF some
h NJ.
.'>'nator. tt the oa,i,. ! can t
lar yer vii meseii, VIM | was IN
.,l.;,rrni. IA rnd III, i. .uo-llod the
,;l-i J. i out or me AL i'll, aired M
listener
Mr Earnest had never noticed tl;+.
bu' he rra.i d.,la't wInt IL S'e Dan,
20, AID n h E.rdic>s II hi, heart he
n ouraged tie idea ;t!c. lie e.cn
wen olc- f >ct Ir i.o.t at Camp
handai!. an wh'e they mai some
>cienli!ic experiments with lemons ani
81 c;ir and spirits, lie Il t1i he co.i.cr-
II on toward Mr. IL Y.
The n ! day NJ. arn"-t tol" Peter
to come down to the Park Hotel AMI
visit INN Il h : room. .Ai ne apl oin'c l.
h,ur 5 lator Earnest p ciucci a list OF
que ticnS and told h N he would h We
10 answer these sati f., ,toril,. fa
tentlv they set to work Ike Il class Of
students who nave se.retly secured a
1T of ,,uer.es prior t. the. day Of 'Nan-
nation Every day alter the legislative
session had closed Mr.. Earnest would
repair to his room IN company win
,ir. Duff. and they .wo,l i 60 through
the rchca 'sal. Finally the time for
Duiiy's examination came. and nat"r
Earnest had TO go to "a p RtniaH To
assist. \ quesii n Won d Ne p opound-
ed to Peter. and he would turn vita
great gravity AMI earnesines, to Nj.
Earnest hy him. and ask:
''Nh hat DO yoI say. JIM + Ell
jim woulI bawl the question into Duff
fy's Oil wear. The exam nation went
on first rate. only that Earnest nearv
died trying I" keep Il straight facr.
Finally came the last test. which gen
era''y caught the impO t'r. DIR. Hoyt
turned with great iiS:-,ist to the otncr
examining surgeons and aid
Gentlemen. We don't want this
bump on a log. He can't hear any
thing. Think we had better leave the
blanketv-bank wooden-head ut home.
where his iamIlv can attend to him and
ste that he don't ms the resurrection.
This was said in Il low tone of voice
TO catch the unwary lri>hman. but
slowly he turned to Senator Earnest
ami gra,e'y inquired:
"W hat do lie say. Jim?''
Then Earnest. red in the face with
suppressed emotion. beloved into
Duiiy's best ear:
The - doct r. says s-vou-can't -
he cir- anything. lie thinks YOU
had -he:ter stay here where Your
-family-cm call-your attention
to-the resurrection. ''-BW Nyc. i"
ntrcgry.