New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-15
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A Night In the Life Of 4 Rnysician.


was sitting in my chair, when q tremendous
knocking was heard at my door. The servant
opened it, when man rushed in in the widest
disorder.
4 For Gods sake, DOCTOR, said lie, e come
with me! 1t is d case Of life and death One
thousand dollars if you save her! Come oh 3
do not delay and he rushed toward me to
drag me along.
! hurried away with him, enatching my IN
struments from the tableas I passed it. think
/ never saw before such convuIsiye grief as this
mans face expressed He was q handsome
man, with one Of those faces the ladies gene
rally admire, jet black hair, clustering III Yayy
curls ever white forehead The lower part of
his otherwise feminine features was relieved by4
deep jet black beard
asked him for the particulars Of the case
Doctor" said he, E make haste. shall 40
mad. Why I would give every drop Of Blood ID
this body to save one drop of hers. Oh, God z
said he, 6 preserve my reason She stabbed
herself before could prevent her. Make
haste, doctor; oh, my God my God <
We reached the house. On satin couch. in
with blood, lay a young girl / think I never
saw snch a beautiful creature. Even with pal
lid countenance, and bloodless lips, she was
more Of heaven than Of earth What she Was
when the roses played on her iowny cheeks, \
could only fancy.
There was deep wound over her heart, and
it was quite evident that the blow had been
given with right good will On the hoor,
covered with blood, lay the weapons slight
Damascus dagger, the handle richly set with
pearls, strongly Lit up with the reflection from
the blood stained ivory
L was too late! Alas, the life blood was
slowly dropping away That master piece Of
| creation was soon to be cold and inanimate
She slowly opened her eyes, and fixed them with
II Il
moned me to this scene of death.
s Sidney" she said. 6 Sidney, ] am dying.
My own Sidney, I could not live neglected i
tsld you would love you till death. Kiss me,
Sidney She sank back, and death closed
| upon his victim.
My companion sat for some time strangely
staring at the lifeless form upon the couch +
could perceive that reason was tottering upon
its foundation. was fascinated by his strange
look. At last went up to him. q Sir / said,
g she is no more. Death has released her of
her troubles
g Dead did you say she was dead, doctor 81
he said with a strange and curious stare at me.
&c All, you have murdered her!r yelled the
madman, for such he was now.
You have murdered her, and shall murder
you. All! !! ahsl it will be rare sport Before
could prevent him, he picked up the dagger
Yes, said he with yell, g / will stab you in
| the same place. Oh, it will be rare sport to
hear you groan and struggle like she did. All I
ah ~ and he made q bound at me-
Now this was far from pleasant. In fact it
was very awkward position to be in. did
not know how to act The madman made a.
grab at me, but fortunately eludea his grasp
and thinking it better to fight in the dark,
seized the lamp and threw it on the floor. The
room was now dark. The madman set up q
terrific yelling, and could hear him lock the
door and put the key in his pocket, while he
kept muttering, g will kill him, will kill
him. Oh it will be rare sport to see him die
like she did,
felt my courage rise with the emergency.
felt determined to try struggle with him but
! knew the increased strength that the insane
possess, and l thought it scarcely prudent
What should do? | must do something, 1t
would soon be daylight, when / would again be
| in his power. Ifelt for some weapon with which
! to defend myself, and as luck would have It.,
| found heavy dumb bell in the corner where I
| lay concealed. Presently heard tie madman
slowly searching for me; it descended, and 1
\ was free. The madman lay stunned on the
| floor. rushed to the door, smashed in the
\ lock with the heavy metal, and rushed down
| stairs Presently the house was all in eommo-
ton Oh what a scene-the girl dead in a
pool of blood, the man insensible on the floor,
with the dagger firmly clutched in his hand
/ bled him, and he slowly recovered But
| reason never returned He is q madman to
this day. / never heard the history of my pa
| tients of that night. They we're strangers in
the house. I never shall forget that nights
| adventure.