Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-24

ssill noss injurious 70 WI No. rsputA-
ton he had.
Fix, II you please, in your mind these
two bits Of Crawford goesip-that Doc
tor 0rynnt was In want of money, pressed
for Il on al sides, and tha4 he waS : con-
slant, and the only constant vidtor q
Isaac Ho9ley's-a man suppOeed b. many
people with far worse opp4gtunaties Of
Judi ing) TO be very wealthy md misery,
and you win be prepared f6r tast Of what
fol1owA
Late one evening in the folio Mig March,
DR.. Gryant WAS sitting al0neh hls study.
With his bead On his hands, j. ~ fazfng
into the IRE - earnestly g d IL shapes
In the burning Goals could aAew hin MA
picture some way d eGCapo NON H. DIM
cultiss. Letters by on the table contasd-
ing persmptory demands for money.
While he was thinking and worrying how
70 meet these demands he hcard my
fathers summons Il was Just sfter II
o'clock ct night and the measured beat Of
the iron bell, like gAostly clock slowly
striking the hour. Jared on hint was
20 hsrsh. It was sonde minutes before he
answered tho bad papers 70 put away,
and his desk and drawers to lock. Then
he took his hat and went 70 the door. No
one was there; but he nw, - usual, that
his patient had left his own front door ajar
for him TO enter. The dining-room door
wa, howevef, closed. DR.. 0fyant opened
It
Isaac Morely bad hllen down PROSTATE
on the door, struck with parslyEA DR..
Gryant NV Immediately that he still
breathed and judged that my hther must
have had Just warning enough Of the Inn
pending stroke 10 enable him 70 20 out
and ring for his doctor, and then Tegain
the dining-room before the seizure took
place. The stroke must, however, have
BEEN vesy sudden. ny htAer lid bean
counting hi money, which 10 had evi-
IDENTIFY attempted 10 replace In the heavy
cash-box, which lay open On tbs table. be-
fore help could arrive, los he notes were
crumpled up and thrust h hastily in .
heap; some had hnttered 70 the floor,
whore IAac Morley hy, with gold still in
his hand, and gold lying about him.
DR.. Gryant hesitsted between the cash.
box and the patient A few moments
could make little differences, after al, 70 .
man in my fathers condition. He looked
in the cash. box-saw there . packet of
thirteen notes, each for thousand pounds
many for smaller sums, and numerous
rolls in which sovereigns were done up in
roulesux Of ffty. He looked ct the para
lytic, then ct the gold, then quickly from
one TO the other. One was little to him
little, perhaps, to anybody, he thought;
the other, the purchase Of freedom from
annoyance, luxury-at least tranquility.
Then he placed the packet Of notes and
four Of the rouleaux Of sovereigns In his
own pocket, still glancing ct the sick man.
But there was no sign Of consciousness,
only heavy stentorous breathing. Lower
down in the cash-box was . villa mere
sheet Of note paper, kut duly signed and
attested, and It nan thus:
~, Isaac Morley, Of sound mind and
body, do give and bequeath oil my real
and personal estate Of which msy die
possessed TO my son Thomas Morley,
whom I hereby appoint sole executor 70
this, my last win and testament"
A more laundering thief would have
taken the whole and destroyed the viii.
Doctor 0ryant contented himself with tho
packet Of notes and four rolls Of gold.
He left oil the rest In the disorder In which
he found It, and relying on the fact that
Isaac Morley's wealth was not known even
TO his son, he then turned to his patient.
Only one Circumstance was ever likely
to discover the then. That was, should
Isaac Morley recover. There was no
danger Of this, - II happened, for In three
minutes my father had brsathed his lask,
probably without palm or consciousness.
Doctor Grysnt, frightened at what he
had done, rang the dining.ro0m BEN vio-
lently for the housekeeper. tt very sound
was better TO him than the silence, but
the old woman was 20 deaf and slept 20
heavily she did not hear, 20 tho echoes
died away, and there was silence once
more, with the dead man still clutching
the gold, and the doctor longing TO see .
live man or woman again. Doctor Cry
ant was not usually nervous with the
dead, but no feared my hther - If the
dead man could get up and strangle the
money away FROM him. At last he could
bear II no longer. He ran from the
room. up stairs and hammered ct the
housekeeper's door: "For mercys nke,
come down, for Mr.. Morley 10 dyingi"
At last hs made her understand something
serious was the matter. But he waited
for her-Doctor 0ryant did. He had seen
death from Ill points Of view but one, and
never quailed, but no feared 10 enter that
dlning.room alone.
The housskeeper hurriedly threw on .
few articles Of clothing and followed him.
The doctor let her 60 in first. Never
needing the gold, she wsnt straight to the
dead.
sOh, bless mel bless mel" cried
the old soul "Go and get . cordial or
something, do, and don't stand staring
thers, or hen b gone
DR.. 0Eyant waS glAd Of any excuse 10
get out 81 the house with the money. He
went 10 his surgery, depoaited the money
there, and quickly returned with stimu-
lantA OF coarse they were uselssa He
told the old lady her master was gone, and
past surgical aid. Then he related how
he had been summoned - usual, and had
lbund Hr. Morley smittsa With paralysis
In the very article Of death ~ be entered
the room. The old woman paid little
Ased TO what he aid-her whole mind was
taksn up juse then With simple and sim
care Grief q the los Of her ulAgtor, whflst
she rather resented Whist little The doctor
sid o exsmplilyins 70 m belisft i0o-
ranoo az book 1oufnoo about anytkin9
practical. 6he bellevod ~ could have
nvod hin, Il ~ AAd only eesn Mn
sswhen no was frse tool" -tkat was about
III The housekoepe9 I'D 70 ~.
Dr.. 0Tyant tken did p@hAps The wiseGe
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