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

| Brewster. She had not been very well
for day or two, and DR.. Brewster had
| prescribed, late the night before, and
sent bov to MarceIin's drug g-store 70,
prescription book produ ccl by Marcclin.
| he proprietor OF drug store. Prcscrip-
| don read
| "'a ilvdrarg. chioromite,
| Ext h,'i "a Ia scrupic.
| A-sstet. ~. ILL.,
| fiiuIe- W."
| 1T was written with a hard lead
pcucil. on an ordinary bit OF white un-
ruled writing-paper.
Then came Brcws,er's evidence. He
Identified the prescription. When
he found there was something wrong
with Miss Selby. the deceased. he wemI
10 Mlrcelin's, and saw Drake, who
.'hnItted To having put three grains OF
tiropia IN the prescription. instead OF
the same quantity of as-air ida.
"Th II came medical evidence as To
the effects o. atropia. aud the amount
tliit should be given ia "A dose which
made halfa grain to each pill. when one
,ISih oi IA grain ShoIIl be enolsI.
"lt all looked very bad Tor poor
Charley, and | saw plainly that in the
present sta'c OF the case, SANFORD could
iot help him any. There souly one
>ccincd rather TO bother the doctor. and
was suggestive 10 Inr.
''DpCtor. he said how was i, tb,,
whc1 YOU suspected something wrong
with Miss Sclby. YOU lett her Tor nearly
MALT an hour with the ignorant people
ot tins house aud went NourSclf down tn
Marc"lns instead OF tr> ing some hing
70 relieve the dccc lscd. and sending a
ne. -,.Utrrr 10 NlIrr,.liu'.
'Dr. Brewster said he wanted to be-
personally satisfied
And how WAS it, doctor. that, when
YOU were pcrs ,nal.y satisfied, YOU c,u-
trntcd Yourself with using ouly .i,nnlc
remedies, such a sulphate oI zinc. and
d'd net call IN other aid until Miss >elby
was l'a,t all hope
Dr. Brewster an-w cred th,f hc LaI
ic;ei 10 III" best of hi~ iudsiueLt. aud
ne was not responsible 10 any body, even
u ic lntd erred. which hr did no Ana
:" closed the inquest. and Charley VA
committed to stand his trial Tor rna,i-
slaughter. his bail having been placed
at zen thousand dollars. OF course. bail
wA- impossible. aud Charley went to
PRISON, cheered into a little hope bv san
ioru ana myself, but still nearly heart
broken. There either little Nell Will
~oh. Sanford, or my self visited him
uaiiN, and did our best to cheer him
oui the PROSPECT was dark. and the State
fr>oh iooncd up before him. Tie ,lav
81 NJ trial was approaching, and there
WAS not "A bit of evidence 10 submit in
dcirnce. save good character. and recon-
ihehdatlon> from former employers aud
from Marucliu. all OF which ~-4 rD-r
h p.
One day business led me past the
house where Mi, Sclbv had died. and
do not know what induced the idea but
! thought | would 20 in. The onlv lea
l mat, III iIct, Wa to see he messenger
WHO 'nk the prescription and talk with
him. though knew him To- be ONLY an
ignorant boy. | saw the Ian lady-it
was boarding hou-c-who was kind.
moiherlF sort oi woman. and. after Il
i ~ gossip with her. got her interest
cd III Charlcv'- ease. a. All orphan and
without Il friend in the world but nv
self. Then found that the old lady
wa. t-.Hcd with dN-pcpfic pain;
which undertook to cure. s n ling ou,
for medicine on the spot without letting
.lt cost her any thing and finally won
upon Mr.. Bramblc 80, that. aS | was
going away, she said: Now, doctor,
front rcception-room, and put up sign
here: There aiu.t no doctor anvwhar~
around this neighborhood. and I'M board
yc very cheap. ji-t to have ye in the
house OH 'ca~lou.,
Il laughed nj the old lady, propoSi-
tion. and told her that would think il
over By next day; did do 50, and saw
that Mr.. Brambles house was much
superior III appearance aud location TO
the one inhabited, The result was, |
struck bargain with the old lady. and
| moved immediately to her domicle |
| hadn been there three davs, when, one
morning, Mrs. Branblc, who was very
fond OF gos-iping in my room said:
doctor, l can't help thinking all the
nine about that poor gal that was piscn-
eel upstairs. l haven't had that room
p ned since the morning after she died.
Seems 10 me as i'll might be haunteS. -
Yes" responded.
= There war sopsiShfg strange. too,
about her; and That doctor-man that
came 10 see her so much
"le-. said again, pricl Ing up nv
ears, and looking inquiringlv at her.
Thar was 50 much sncaking in and
| ont, and coming al all kinds OF queer
! times; and then they'd quarl, and, when
he went awav. She Il fret and cry so
/ she'd be cen IA most sick.
| .llalio.'' | said TO IN SELF here,
new shape to this matter AMI then |
said TO Mrs. Bramblc, where did Ms
Sclbv come from
"'Wrll that's the strangcSt thing of
all. doctor She neveI-w ould tell where
| she came from: and the most that she
ever dropped was, that she was from
| New ii ,mp-hire; but then her name
never was Selbv in this world
GLOW do YOU know that, Mrs. Bran
| blc.
Because every bit of hrr under
| clothe, had another name rubbed our on
EN-; and one dtv there cime a man here,
and asked for Miss Goodwin =, nd, when
ne was told that no such p,.-Ou lived
| hs re, he insisted, and said he seen her
| come in here. Then when this was
talked of 1T the tea-table, before Miss
Selbv, she got dreadful excited about it.
though nobody said word aboui her
being the one that Just come ia before
the man aske d for Miss Goodwin
| 1.-The old lady was making some reve-
lations here that stirred my curiosity;
| but could not see how they could help
Charley case. except that, if tn re was
any thing IN, sterious be ween the dead
woman and the doctor, might silt it
out, and use it to soften his evidence
against Z. .arley, or, perhaps, force his
interest to help the poor boy. 'Alls
fair in love aud war; and so took hold
OF the slender clue To trace out v no Miss
Selbv or Go piwin. might he. The last,
| thOnsht, was the true name, and,
although il seemed absurd to enter upon
the scarchin such way, concluded to
write to every post-inasterin New Hamp-
shire. framed letter, saving that
there was something of great importanc
p ending to family by the name Of Good
viii, somewhere in that State, and re-
quested each postmaster, If the name