The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-06-30
Sally SsrickIand,s Case.

of those oficers.-1llSS Leslie.
Sally Ssrick lands Case.
StOtcing hotc tie Doctor Cared her ofthe
Blue DevjS.- Miss Strickland was mai
den lady of FIVE and -forty,who had wea-
ried the Doctors patience by her reitera-
ted attempts at dying at most unreason-
able hourS-at least SO far as regarded
the comfort of her medical attendants
One cold, stormy night the doctor had
been called to see Miss Sally, and had
succeeded as usual in pacifying her fears;
and left her enjoying sound and refresh
ing sleep. He had hardly arrived at home,
drenched through with the rain which
was falling in torrents, and got into a
warm and comfortable bed when he was
awakened by loud rap at the door, and
a voice without begging him to get up in
a moment, as one of his neighbors was
dying and needed his assistance. Half
asleep and half awake, he sprang from
the bed, and ran to the door, to inquire
which Of his neighbors was in so danger
Gus condition. On opening the window
he was surprised and chagrined to find
that his dying neighbor was Miss Sally
Strlckland-that after he had left her an
hour or two before, she w.s taken sudden
ly down again and sent messenger 10
hasten his return and tell him if he did
not come quick he would not find her a
live. The messenger urged him to get
ready as soon as possible and in the mean
time he would get his horse and sulky up
and have them at the door, The doctor,
worn out with the repeated calls, and ia
tigued with his previous visit, hesitated
but finally decided on going, determined
to make an end ofthe job by either killing
or curing.
On his arrival he put on gloomy and
CHASTITY countenance, said but very little
and very gloomily, and in all respects ap-
peared more like stranger from another
world than the humorous and agreeable
physician. On his entering the room of
Sally, she noticed the countenance of the
doctor, and discovering that something
was preying upon his spirits, as he did
not appear with his wonted cheerfulness,
so she inquired Of him the cause of his
gloom and depression, and begged him to
unbosom his mind fully and freely, as it
would probably be the last opportunity
he would have.
He told her it would be improper under
existing circumstances-that as the time
other dissolution was approaching it might
terrify and hasten her departure. She
entreated him to keep nothing from her,
though it mi ght relate to herself, for she
was very desirous of knowing the worst
of the case, and was prepared to meet it,
be it what it might. lie still declined
disclosing the cause of his melancholy;
and insisted that her remaining strength
was insufficient to sustain the shock which
it must necessarily produce; and begged
her to turn her thoughts to other and more
appropriate subjects. Though Sally sup
posed herself dying, yet she was unwilling
to die without having her curiosity graft
fed, and she therefore the more strongly
importuned the doctor to keep her no lon
ger in suspense. After getting her curl
osity and Imagination on tip-toe, he con-
sented
He said when the messenger came last
for him, he was in sound sleep, and was
dreaming that he was in the land of woe
Beelzebub was conducting him to
the various rooms of the prison of despair.
for the purpose of showing him their ar
rangement-that in passing the door ofa
room in which some young Satans lodged
he saw them jumping and skipping about
in high glee-that Beelzebub
noticing it, told them to go to bed aud be
quiet-that on there not obeying his or
ders cheerfully and readily, he stamped
tremendously On the floor, adding with
true satanic emphasis, "Go to bed, 1 say,
and get some sleep, for old Sail Strickland
is comming tomorrow, and there will be
no sleep in purgatOry for a fortnight -
Miss Sally sprang for tho broom, but the
doctor catching up his saddle bags made
his escape. The cure was efectull