The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-02

table had taken the impression plainly
and there / read, while Sanford looked at
me wonderingly, not only the prescription
now in the hands of the law, but the i'm
preston Of another almost identical, only
substituting the word atropia for assafe.
tlda. was thunderstruck, and called
Sanford round to my side of the table,
lie read it, and we looked in each Others
faces. The whole thing was as clear to me
as day.
" | called up Mrs. Bramble and Mrs.
Goodwin, and both read the marks. Quick
work should now be made of the whole
thing. The room was closed, but not un-
I'll had made most accurate copies Of
both prescriptions. Sanford went to police
headquarters, and brought one of their
principal men, while Mrs. Bramble in her
own name, sent off for Brewster to come
directly to her on matter of importance.
lie arrived just before Sanford's return
with the minister Of the law, and seemed
very much taken aback by meeting me,
whom he remembered, at the inquest as
friend Of Charley's. | said to him
doctor, there are some matters connect.
ed with the death of that lady upstairs
which | want cleared up, and | induced
Mrs. Bramble to send for you, satisfied
that you could enlighten me-
" Enlighten you he sneeered. What
have you to do with it at all p
"'Oh | said careessly. Il have ia.
ken an interest in Miss Goodwin's death
as | have in Mr.. brakes life
The name of Goodwin staggered HIM.
and he turned livd.
- Goodwin he muttered. 4 don't
know any Miss Goodwin.
- Perhaps you would not know her
mother, | said, as that lady entered the
room with Mrs. Brambe. Brewster
staggered toward the window | Jumped
between him and it, for | thought he in.
tended to throw himself out.
GO Perhaps, doctor, you don't recog.
nlze these two prescriptions, | continued
showing the copies had made. Here
Is the one calling for atropia, which you
exchanged for the other when you called
at the drugstore Of Marcelin. and asked
Drake to show you the original. The
very same. doctor
60 That lie = he hiSsed, ! destroy.
ed that
"'Oh did you? Well, you see ii
has come to life again. However. I'm
glad you've confessed that vou tried to
destroy it. And now, doctor, my advice
to you is to make a clean breast of thi,
thing, and throw yourself on my mercy
" He caught at this like cowardly
wretch, and, as Sanford came in. he knew
him, but did not know the man with him
He told the whole story. He had be-
gulled Miss GOODWIN with marriage.
which, of course was bigamy. and was
in daily dread of detection. He had
plotted her death, and this plan had oc.
Cured to him the very evening of it, ex.
ecution He knew the working of Mar.
celin's store, and that by changing tho
prescription, Charley could be made the
victim, and himself exonerated And
then, as he finished, he said
" And now, gentlemen, have done
what do you intend to do with me q
"Have you hanged, said calmly.
' Is that your mercy threw myself
on?''
"rhat's too much mercy for villain
like you. There's your man, officer
Wen 90 with you till we see him safe
under lock. We don't want to take any
chances on that fellow
"And that was my first case, and nv
first arrest. The next morning was
sent for by the authorities, and coolly in
formed that Brewster had hanged himself
the night before in his cell, so you see
only erred by pronouncing who should
hang him. As to Charley, the district
attnp elnd He was a Tree man. Marcelin
was very anxious to have him back but
obtained for him a better place, in
larger store. with less work. more sleep.
and larger pay.
" As to myself, few days afterward.
was sent for by the president of the
B Bank, who, having apologized for
his strange proposal told me that he had
heard from Sanford the whole story of
my amateur detective business, and he
felt satisfied that if would take in hand
the matter of the robbery of their bank
it had lost eighty'thousand dollars some
weeks heforc-which the regular detec-
tives could do nothing WITH he was salts
fed could make something ont of it.
At all events, on his recommendation, the
board of directors had told him to offer
me five hundred dollars to try, whether
| succeeded or not, and fifteen per cent.
on all the money | recovered, if | sue
ceeded. | laughed at the idea, and lis
tened. Five hundred dollars was a great
deal of money to begin on. 1t would be
a long time before | would get such
sum as a medical fee. was interested
in the story of the robbery, and took the
job professionally Two months later
closed it up, having recovered seventy.
two. thousand dollars Of the money, and
received my fifteen per cent ten thousand
eight hundred dollars, less the five hun
dred dollars already paid On this mon
ey | set Charley Drake up, elegantly in
business, and married him to Nellie and
put Sanford in the way of getting up
sending him since large practice. I'm
done sir, | hope havnt bored you with
the account Of my first case ?"-Apple.
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