New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-06-08

dash IN one Oi the WlndOWS, Dut i HItsJ C' my I
hand, for thought might do letter.
John, John, john" shouted, go gentle
man wants you Mt the Bull and Bush directly
l hid myself instantly, and in about minute
the door opened, and the fellow appeared shad- /
ing the light with his hand.
"What's that what's that f" he cried I
who wanted ne Mr.. Lane is it Eh WHO I
called II mus. have only fancied it, and yet
it was 50 plain. COnf2Und it. ] could have
sworn it, Never mind"
He closed the door again, but was not dis |
posed to give him any peace He had given me /
a hint upon which acted
'John, John,'' cried again in loud voice
" John, Mr.. Lane wants you at the Bull and
Bush directly
Who the devil is it % he said, coming to the
door again in a moment "where are you /:
Mr.. Lane, did you say; I'll come, of course,
directly"
He went into the cottage as l guessed, to say
something to his wife: and then in half q mi
mute he came out with his hat on, and walked
out in the direction Of the public house had
named. | did not hesitate a moment but went
to the door and raped at it. AS ! did so,
found that ii yielded to my hand, being merely
placed close without fastening so ] went in at
once, and passing through the first room,
reached the inner one where the Vas,
whose compunction for the deed she had con-
sented to, had brought upon her such ill-usage
She was on her knees by chair, with her face
hidden in her hands.
| 50 Woman p / said,
She srrang up with cry Of terror, and laid
my hand upon the cofin-lid, which | saw was
nailed down. With my other hand | pointed
upwards
6 God,' said, has seen this nights work.
She shook for moment or two, and then fell
| into a swoon at my feet with heavy dab. as if
| she had been corpse
4 hammer and chisel lay upon the next
chair to that which held the coffin, and my first
care was to wrench open the lid Of the death
| like receptacle, and rescue the child The wo-
man never moved and q thought struck me
which | at once carried into practice ] recol
! ected having seen some loose bricks in the yard,
and dashing out, got four of them, which laid
! in the coffin They filled it well, being rather
/ iammed in. | then fastened the lid again as
| found it; and taking the child III my arms, !
darted from the cottage, closing the door behind
me, and ran on towards Hampstead
! had not gone far before | met woman, to
whom | said:
6 Do You know where Mr.. spragg, the medi
cal man, lves:"
sWhy, Lor a massy,'' she said, you re only
just passed his blue lamp. May make SO bold
as to ask. sir what you -"
..Thank YOU, that will do sail /; and
darted over the road TO n house where there was
blue lamp, sure enough, indicative Of the
dwelling Of Mr.. Spragg. / should not wonder
but that | rang rather violently, for Mr..
Spraggs bell handle came off in my hand; and
when servant appeared, she had quite ter
rified look
sis Mr. Spragg at home :" | said
"Ye-ye-yes, sir lie is at nome But Il
its accident Mr.. Spragg would rather not have
anything to do with it. He don't like accidents
ana low people, and advises an 'ospital"
pushed the servant aside and made my way
| 1o1ly;
young man over lis ten and mullins
Good God" lie said, whats that Il
renlly--if it's an accident, 90 to some general
practitioner. ] only attend to ladies-a--a'
g You are a fool,' said l $ ] am physician
This child is suffering from the effects Of mar
eotic Get some nitric acl directly or else II
+ have you transported as an accessory, rs SURF
as You are born for you sold the laudanum.'
: Transported! Good God ! could no
e live without cold cream, and they don't allow it
/ | ! think. You are physician--a--a--a--
dear sir, what do you thinl, is the very hest dy
/ for whiskers that have IA tendency t. get
Il little red =
r was amazed and mortified to find such al
ass in the profession.
g IIark you, sir, / said, 8 there is my card
and if you don't assist me directly in what
. require, rs sure as you are n living man, vii
t have you prosecuted rs accessory in the at
c tempted murder of this child"
0 | lie WAS thoroughly stunneu. Inc SlGhI q
f my name on my card, perhaps, gave him turn
t and he at once brought the proper restorative
| for the child, and began blubbering, and crying
and begging | would not blame him.
o 81 know the child" he said: Mrs Bigg
had it to nurse. It's true they bought som
d laudanum of me, but John Biggs said it was 70
the tooth ache, He didn't mention the child
G name indeed he didn't. Oh, its coming round
Look, look !"
c The child opened its eyes, and at that momen
e ! felt such gush Of Joy that had saved it fror
r the horrible death intended for it, that coul
n not speak to Spragg for several minutes.
Il | rose and made Spragg assist me in giyin
the child exercise. An emetic, too, brought
t round wonderfully; and in half an hour | ha
b the inexorable pleasure of seeing little swet
looking fellow of about three years of age, quit
l restored and sleeping gently upon spraggs sofi
J. BY -the-by Spragg never left off crying and hold
d ing eau de cologne bottle 10 his nose
Y Now Spragg don't you go on crying in tina
2 way" said | you are only fool
Q Thank you, sir. | am, oh dear, yes"
Of Who and what are the people with whom tn
:, child was y
/ Very religious, sir But don't know whf
John Biggs was. lie is nearly kept, l hav
n heard by Mr. Lane, a very religious gentleman
who has prayer meetings They told me, sil
le the child was to he buried in the yard of IIamI
IN stead church Ut twelve tomorrow.
ID Every we'll. Now, rather think have nC
/ done enough to alarm the Bggs, and that IL
1t funeral will still take place"
ID i" Still-still. Bless me, doctor you don
10 mean -
r j" see must tell yon ALL said /; land
1r you don't keep it a secret, retract my promi
le to say nothing about your conduct
n then related to Spragg all that had occurre
Il and how had fastened up The coffin aga
while Mrs. Biggs was insensible, so that Il
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