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

I'm noes Injurious to wlat n1ais Fsputar
ton he had.
Fix, II you please, in your mind these
two bits Of Crankford goesip-that Doc
tor 0ryant was in want Of money, pressed
for Il on al sides, and that he was : con-
slant, and the only cons(ln1t visitor q
Isaac noflsys-a man suprcssd b many
|judging) to b sery wealthy nd miserly,
and you win b prepared Soe taFt q what
followA
Late oneevenisg IN the lblld ing 1larch.
Dr.. Gryant was sitting aloneh his study.
With his had On his hnnd1. J. ~ gazing
into the IRE - earnestly - 4 the shapes
in the burning Goals could d4ew him In
picture some way u e9caps non HI din
cultisa Lsts9s ny On tie table contain
ing persmptory demands fbf money.
Wills he was thinking and worrying how
70 meet these demands no heard my
fathers snmmonA II was Just sfter II
O'Clock Ct night, and the measured beat Of
the iron ben, Ike . gAostly clock slowly
striking the hour. Jared on hint was
20 harsh. It was sonde minutes before he
answered THE had papers to put away,
and his desk and drawers to lock. Then
he took his hat and went TO the door. No
one was there; but he NV, - usual, that
his patient had left his own ffont door ajar
for him to enter. The dining-room door
wa, however, closed. DR.. Gryant opened
it.
Isaac Morely had ALLEN down PROSTATE
on the floor, struck with paralysis. DR..
Gryant mw Immediately that he still
bresthed and judged that my father must
have had Just warning enough Of the I'M
pending stroke TO enable him TO 70 out
and ring for his doctor, and then regain
the dining.room before the seizure took
place. The stroke must, however, have
been very sudden. Ny father had been
counting his money, which he had evi.
IDENTIFY attempted to replace In the heavy
cash.box, which lay open on the table. be-
fore help could arrive, for the notes were
crumpled up and thrust IN hastily In Q
heap; some had futtered TO the floor,
where Isaac Morley lay, with gold still In
his hand, and gold lying about him.
DR.. Gryant hesitated between the cash
box and the patient A few moments
could make little difference, after oil, to .
man in my fathers condition. He looked
In the cash-box-ssw there q packet OF
thirteen notes, each for thousand pounds
many for smaller sums, and numerous
rolls In which sOvereigns were done up in
rouleaux of MY. 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 roulesux 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, hut duly signed and
attested, and It ran thus:
II, Isaac Morley, Of sound mind and
body, do give and bequeath Ill my real
and personal estate Of which / msy die
possessed TO my son Thomas Morley,
whom / hereby sppe,nt sole executor TO
this, my last wifi and testament"
A more laundering thief would have
taken the whole and destroyed the win.
Doctor 0ryant contented himself with the
packet Of notes and four rolls Of gold.
He Left al the rest In the disorder In which
he found It, and relying on the fact that
Isaac Morley 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 wa, should
Isaac Morley recover. There was NO
danger Of this, - II happened, for In three
minutes my father had breathed his last,
probably without pain or consciousness.
Doctor Gryant, frightened ct what he
had done, rang the dining-room bell VIC.
lently for the housekeepcr. tt very sound
WAS better to him than the silence, but
the old woman was 70 deaf and slept 20
heavily she did not hear, 90 the echoes
died away, and there was silence once
more, with the dead man still clutching
the gold, and the doctor longing to zee 8
live man or woman again. Doctor Cry.
ant was not usually nervous with the
dead, but he feared my hther - If the
dead man could get up and strangle the
money away from him. At last he could
bear Il no longer. He ran from the
room, up stairs and hammered ct the
h0usekeepor's door: For mercy's sake,
como down, for Mr.. Morley 10 dying I"
At last he made her understand something
serious Was the matter. But he waited
for her-Doctor 0ryant did. He had seen
death from al points Of view but one, and
never quAiled, bat he feared 70 enter that
dining.room alone.
The housekeeper hurriedly threw on .
| few srticles Of clothing and followed him.
The doctor let her 90 In first. Never
needing the gold. she went straight TO the
dead.
.Oh, bles mel bless mel" cried
tho old soul. Go and get cordial or
something, do, and don't stand staring
there, or hen be gone r.
DR.. 0ryant waS glad Of any excuse "a
get out Of the house with the money. He
went to his surgery, deposited the money
there, and quickly returned with stimu-
lantA OF ooufse they weTe uselsss. he
told the old lady her master wAs gone, and
past surgical I'D. Then he related how
he had been summoned - usual, and had
found Mr.. Morley smitten with paralysis
IN the very article Of death - he entered
the room. The old woman paid little
heed 70 what he aaid-her whole mind va
taken up just then With anpls and sin
cere grief at tho loss OF her uAster, whilsl
ahe rather resented what little the doctor
cid . exsmplllk ing 70 Mr. bsliaftA lno-
ranoe of = hook 1eefnode about alythine
practical. She believed ~ could have