Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-03-15

examination Of the body or rea'iing the
novel. offered the more pleasing prospect
At last | decided in favor Of going. be.
cause by 81 doing the oil would be saved
which otherwise my lamp would consume
Slipping on my Overcuat aud drawing on
my storm boots, | sraspei my umbrella
and started on the journey. On turning
the corner Of q street my umbrella WAS
turned inside out, when quickly present
ing II anep 10 the angry breeze il was
great skill | managed 10 keep it IN that
POSITION till reached the Doctors house,
aud rang the bell.
doctor Dash in T. asked |, If the SER
want.
mo, sir
was on the point OF swearing, when
she asked it my name was !ipthorpe. l
replied in the affirmative. Then she
wished me to eater. as the Doctor had
give" orders to that effect in case called.
Having relieved myself Of my overcoat.
and laid ASIDE my dripping umbre'l., |
| entered the study. The maid said her
master would soou return, and retired
shutting the door
The room was unoccup;ed and illumi
mated by sinsl: candle dimly burning
upon the mantle piece. There were pien
~ Of books and p;ctures representa-. dif-
ierent parts of the human hudy. In one
corner swung skeleton, and upon the
top OF II cabine. OF mons,rosities, partly
hiid-n by II red curtain, grinned u row nf
skulls. Inc maniel shelf was "rnumented
| with plaster casts of the heads of persons
who had died with brain diseases. Should
| a timid person enter this room Tor the first
time al"ne and at night while the gale
was wilhou, and q ieebly burning candle
within. he would no douot feel ncrvons-
In the CRATE burned a small quanriiy of
coal emitting a stead dull light, and be.
fore it was u large. w-ll.cn>hi"nei easy
chair drew it near 10 the fire, aud tax
Ing my seat therein stretched my hands
over the Goals. While doing this | acci
dentaIly glanced to the right, and for the
first time noticed large pinewnod box.
| wondered what it nigh, contain. since
il was apparently too ANAL to hold hu-
man body, its Dimensions being about 4
feet long ~ three and half high. 1t was
made OF very thick rough wood. firmly
secused by nails. Ny friends address was
on top, with the additional words. please
use with care Having beeu thoroughly
chilled by my walk, the FIRE was quite com
fortsblo, aud while thus enjoying myself
| heard the door slowly open. aud turning
beheli Dr. Dash.
"Ah, good evening, good evening"" said
he, advancing and shaking me by the
hand, "hope you re we'll What an awful
ev.rins i, is, bn. I'm glad to see you,
however. Keep your seat and II ring for
more cual and Hn extra candle. The note
brought YOU. I'm Delighted that , GU We
come. as I'm going to take look at
subject
"in ,hat2" said I, pointing to the box.
Th. Doctor nodded.
What's in it =
"A man"
A dwarf, no doubt"
NO. its II f..il grown man, so I've been
tod; but il must be n pretty small one, |
Imagine. II was forwarded hy i,end in
kentucky. who has before this sent me
many subjects. don't know anything at
all about this one. The other day re-
ce.ved "a letter from him, to the effect that
soon alter ITS r-cei pit there woa'd come to
my address square box containing IA
'charac.sr,' which he hoped would prove
acceptable. lie gave 10 further par'icu-
lars, save it was a man. Il i. the tirst
tune I've ever had such curiosity in my
study. Th. people il the house suppose
the Caest contains books
''Are yuu sure there is a body inside ?"
! asked.
III The !eitor was here l would show il
to you, replied the Doctor, "hut you must
take my word for il I'LL We can have proof
SaPpose we change the subject. AS the girl
Is apOnt enterin. 10 put On come coat AID
give us II little IN Dre hight on The occasion.
3y the way, amuse yourself for n momen,
while | get hammer and chisel. III be
back soon aud we shall see what We shall
see
The girl entered, and placed lighted
candle on the table, and Goals upon the
fire. She then retired and Doctor Dash
returned. lie turned The key in the lock.
and being thus secured FROM in,ruders,
went to the windows and closed the shut
ters.
Il don't snppnse any Que will stop to
peep in Oh such a night rs lh's.' he re
marked, yet it make US feel easier when
We are ccttain no Oie Chi pay the spy. -
NDw for the box. recoiect how the cart.
man thanked Heauen when he left it in
its present position, for he swors it was
very heavy, and | cant help laughing
when l remember how frightened he was
on seeing the skeleton yonder lie quickly
crossed himself and hurried from the
room. The casts on the shelf, aud the
skulls on the top Of the case scared him.
too, but the bony gentleman did the bust
ness. LA ha ha!
While he WAS thus speaking We had
moved the box further from the wall. and
the Doctor placed the candls so tha. u
better lish, was obtained, prepared for
action. With the al Of his tools he com
menced prying up the lid. The nails
were large aud well driven. requiring
some exer,on too loosen them. Suddenly
he stopped aud looked at me as if struck
by an idea
WELL said !. "what now p
u have forgot someshinS. We must