The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-11-09
PRESS GANGS AND POISON.
4 Story Of Death ard the Dcctor.

lad But. you see the coroner inquest set
all things right and after that it was no use
asking further questions. 1t must now be
nigh fifty ycars-htty years he repeated,
halt closing his eyes. aud paualng, as his
MUD travelled over the space which had
brought so many and great changes. even
10 that quiet little village, where an old
seatariug man they called Captain Mere
dlth, hvcd-at least, that is to say, lodged
in the house of widow named Penryhn.
lou might see the spot from the brow OF
the hill, Tor the house itself has been pulled
down long since then. Well, he might
have been "a captain or not. [ don't pre-
/ teud to say. lie is certain he had bit OF
money put by, and lived comfortably
enough. Some say he had been In the
smuggie trade, and had made money IN
that way However, it don't much mat
ter; he was well respected, and though he
had daughter as was called Ellen, and
/ the prettIest lass in Caw>and, and for miles
around Well, now, this old widow had a
son named Paul, and a strange article he
was. L remember him-a little handy
legged chap. with red hair, and the people
used to call him Doctor p"
Nv as he, then, Il surge0n?' | inter
rupted.
I'm going to tell you. He had been ap-
prenticed 10 a chemist in Davenport 1--WE
used to call him Dock, III those days., and
! after bis time was out he had been stop
ping with his mother to take care OF her, or
perhaps, he cOuldn' find a situation readi-
/ ~ for himself The old widow lSd put
something by, suppose, and Paul had been
at home about year, when the captain
came to lodge with his daughter This
! Pail S room was at the top of the house,
where his light would be seen burning at a
time when honest folks were in bed and
asleep. Sometimes he would be out all
night, and be met in the morning returning
with his arms full Of weeds and plants
which he used to take up stairs, into the
doctors shop, as they called it.
"Ah a botanist," | remarked
Il don't know about that, replied my
friend, slightly puzzled; but the people
said he made poison out Of them. Any
way, once when Paul was passing by the
! blucksmith'a, the dog ran out and bit HIM
and the next day, Paul was seen to give bin
! a bit of bread and the dog was dead within
an hour. The neighbors blamed him for
| It, and | recoIect, when ii youngster, call
! Ing after hlm, There goes Or. \ 44hjshadc!
and his stopping and sa!lng, Ii | had you
( to doctor, Ny lad, you wOudn't shout 50
/ loud. Wei, very shortly after Ellen and
| her father had been lodging at the widow :
house. it wa, clear 10 Sc. that Paul wished
! TO court her: wherever she went. sure
enough, Paul wan far behind, ana Things
went on IN this way until about six months.
when one night, the wind blowing great
guns and the sea running high, We saw sig
! nails OF distress from some vessels on the
! point. There WAS no lie boat in the place,
] ana our small craft cUulD have lived d
! inmate in such weather. In hesnoruing
| we saw no signs Of the vessel, and supposed
/ she had gone down, and all on board lost
/ however. we heard in the day that one OF
/ the poor fellows had escaped, and, thought
cat and bruised, had conrrived TO crawl up
! tie point there, where he was found By
| Capt. Meredith, who brought him home to
/ his own lodging aui nursei bin.
lie was d iIuG young fellow. an orphan,
is he said, rs name y iijum Ran Iai an,
I had been "uraia- his way 70 Liverpool ~
hopes Of Obtaining employment. Tn
Clergyman of the T:"cc-~you may see the
/ church on the n2hi rs you 20 lo"arJ
! ldgercgmba Ferry heard q TINS, and be
coming u good deal Interested IN the young
uIan, offered hlm p.acs a. gardener, o.
general servant, or some;Ain- = other. -
hlii was a han2J chap, am soon mad
/ ilcnds With the people, and obey lersUadeo
ham 10 stop here, Instead o. gong to Liver
! pool as he had Intended TO. lie dlda twani
much pressing. tor amy ohe co"lG see there
was glrl II tne case, and that eli. va.
LiLen Meredith, and 1t dlan want more
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