Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-11-18


only one friend in all Boston and that
was Charley Drake. Charley was my
cousin. and clerk in drug -store--a
retail store-where he had plenty of
close work, and very small pay. For
him there was no such thing as rest.
lie slept in the store, and was liable TO
he called at any hour of the night, to
make up q prescription. or retail dose
Of castor-oil. This may seem a trlfe
TO some but, to man who has been
going through the petty dru'lgery of Il
retail store from six in the morning
until eleven at night, it is no small
matter to be wake,l uo from his first
sleep to mix NAiYsWse.- ~nS ~spre,ii.
and tie up prescrirtion-a task tha,
requires quie;ness of head and repose
Of bo,ly.
.'One morning, quite early. stop
ped in his store, rs it was my almost
daily habit To do, to get some small
matter wan,ed. The proprietor came
out, with look Of anxiety on his face,
ani greeted me with
Did vou know that Charley is in
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cd himself, before it hal happened IN
my shop. 1t will ruin me-
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oher jury.
ieit ~ utter disgust lor thiS ie!-
low nut ! thonIht WON'T give h'm a
Partih5 shot before l ie't hih' y"
sad
But whv don't they arrest you !
ihet must look l" You as principal
1T was attn '-t a'ni'Inr 10 see his
expression ot fr ght.
Arrest me " hat hai G"t 70 d"
wlth IL ny. wasn't even IN the
store "hen IL occurred
-No-thc Sncak-hr was asleep !"
bed, while ne put all the work and re-
spon-,o'''ty oil on poor Char'ey. How
ever contenteh iiifscii win asking i
te" questions as = who the person
was that had died, ami when Charley
had been arrested. AMI then started
10 see hin. iound him, IN very
iittie time. IN the custody oil one "i
the coroner officers awaiting the lI"i"-
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it with the coroner in the morning."
We'll. and they arrested y,u this