The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-07
store for prescription. Prescription book
produced by Marcelin, the proprietor OF
drug store. Prescription read:

''R. Hydrarg chloromite.
Ext rhei IA X scruple,
AssaiRt. gr. Ill,
Pillules vi
1t was written with hard lead pencil
on an ordinary bit of white, unruled
writing paper.
Then came Brewstcr's evidence. He
identified the prescription. Wnen he found
there was something wrong with Miss
Sclby, the deceased, lie went to Marcclin's s.
and saw Drake, who admitted to having
put three grains of atropia i'm the prescrip-
ton, instead of the same quantity of assa-
fptida.
Then came medical evidence as to the
effects of atrOpia, and the amount that
should be given in dose which made hall
a grain to each pill, when One-sixth of a
grain should be enough.
1t all looked very bad for poor Charley,
and saw plainly that, in the present state
of the case, Sanford could not help him
any. There was only one question he
asked DIR. Brewster, which seemed rather
20 bother the doctor, and was suggestive
to me-
Doctor" he said, chow was it that,
when you suspected something wrong
with Miss Selby, you left her for nearly
halt an hour with the ignorant people of
this house, and went yourself down to
Marcelin's, instead of trying something to
relieve the deceased, and sending a mes
senger to Marcelin's?"
DR.. Brewster said he wanted to be per-
sonally satisfied
"And how was it, doctor, that, when
gu were personally satisfied, you con-
icntcd yourself with using only simple
remedies, such as sulphatc of zinc, and
did not call in other aid until Miss Selby
was past all hope?"
DR.. Brewster answered that he had
acted to the best of his Judgment, and he
was not responsible to anybody, even if
he had erred, which he did not. And
SO closed the inquest, and Charley was
committed to stand his trial for man.
slaughter, his bail having been placed at
ten thousand dollars. OF course bail was
impossible, and Charlie went to prison.
cheered into little hope by Sanford and
myself, but still nearly heart t-brOken.
There either little Nellie Wilson, Sanford
or myself, visited him daily, and
did our best to cheer him; but the pros
pect was dark, and the State Prison
loomed up before. The day of his trial
was approaching, and there was not bit
OF evidence to submit in defence, save
good character, and recommendations from
former employers and from Marcelin, all
OF which was poor hope.
One day business led me past the house
where Miss Selby had died, and | do not
know what induced the idea, but thought
l would go in. The only idea had, in
fact, was to see the messenger who took
the prescription, and talk with him,
though knew him to be only an ignorant
boy. l saw the landlady-it was a board
ing housewife was kind, motherly sort
of a woman, and, after little gossip with
her, got her interested in Charley's case
as an orphan, and without friend in the
world but myself Then | found that the
old lady was troubled with dyspcptic pain,
which | undertook to cure, sending out
for medicine ON the spot, without letting
ii cost her anything, and finally Won upon
Mrs. Bramble so, that, as | was going
away, she said Now, doctor, why don't
We come and take my little front reception
room, and put up sign here? There
amt no doctor anywhars around this
ncjghbOrhood, and I'll board yc very
cheap, iist to have yc in the house on
'casion."
laughed at the old lady's proposition,
and told her that would think it over by
Brambles house was much superior in
appearance and location to the one in
habited The result was, | struck bar
gain with the old lady, and moved imme-
diatcly to her domicile. hadn't been
there three days, when, one morning,
Mrs. Bramble, who was very fond of goS-
siping in my room, said doctor, can't
help thinking all the time about that poor
gal that was piscncd upstairs. / haven't
had that room opened since the morning
after she died. Seems to me as if't might
be haunted"
"Ycs!" responded.
"There war something strange, too,
about her and that doctorman that came
to sec her so much"
d Yes - l said again, pricking up my
ears, and looking inquiringly at her.
"Thar was so much sncaking in and out,
and coming at all kinds of queer times
and then they'd quarl, and, when he went
away, she'd fret and cry SO, that she'd be
cen almost sick"
"IIsllO" | said to myself, "herc's new
shape to this matter" And then / said
to Mrs. Bramble, "Whcre did Miss Sclby
come FROM"
We'll, that's the strangcst thing of al,
doctor. She never would tell where she
came from; and the most that she ever
dropped was, that she was from New
Hampshire; but then her name never was
Selby in this world"
How do you know that, Mrs. Bran
BILE 81
because every bit of her underclothcs
had another name rubbed out on 'em; and
one day there came a man here, and asked
Tor Miss Goodwin, and, when he was told
that no sich person lived here, he insisted
and said he'd seed her come in here
Then, when this was talked of at tea table
before Miss Selby, she got dreadful excited
about it, though nobody said Il word about
her being the one that just come in before
the man asked for Miss Goodwin"
The old lady was making some rcvcla
tions here that stirred my curiosity but
| could not see how they could help Char
lcy's case, except that, if there was any
thing mysterious between the dead woman
and the doctor, might sift it out, and ust
it to sOf"n his evidence against Charley
or, per,..-,Js, force his interest to help tn,
poor boy "All's fair in love and war,
and so took hold of the slender clew t.
trace out who Miss Selby, or Goodwin
might be. The last, l thought, was tn,
true name, and, although it seemed absurd
to enter upon the search, in such way,
concluded to write to every postmaster il
New Hampshire. / framed letter, say
ing that there was something CT great i'm
portancc pending to family by the mann
of Goodwin, somewhere in that State, an,
requested each postmaster, if the nam
existed in his locality, to please to sen,
me list of members of the family, prcsen
and absent, especially the latter, and thai
if the necessary information proved to b
elected through him, he should be we
rewarded.
This letter brought eleven response:
one of which was from member of tn
Goodwin family, into whose hands tn
postmaster of the town of NJ ha
put my letter. l had no sooner read thi
letter Of Mrs. Sarah Goodwin, than
cried "Eurekal" The very tone of
showed a mother seeking for her lost chill,