Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-09-19

sled.
An hour afterwards Harry Lane
Knocked at the back door of the doc
tors office. The worthy DR.. Metcali
presented himself
"Where shall | take the body?" he
asked, in a low tone.
"Right through into the dissecting
room, and lay it on the table. There,
/ thought you'd think better Of it, and
you've been quick, too. Stopped at
the graveyard as you went along, did
MT you?"
"And the note ?''
"Here it is; you're welcome to it,
Mr.. Lane. You're good hand at
such little matters, and | shall have to
call upon you again"
"If you like the subject, I may be
able to furnish you with more Of the
same kind" replied the young man,
tearing the note into strips, and clos
ing the door with "good evening,
doctor"
DR.. Metcalf chuckled 20 himself,
well pleased with his success. For a
half hour, perhaps, he sat in his easy
office chair, whiting fragrant Havana.
At the end of that time he took up a
candle and went into the dissecting
room to see what kind of a subject had
been brought for the class to work up
on the next day.
He held the candle in his left hand
and turned back the sheet with his
right. The fumes of liquor met his
nostrils. He started with ludicrous
combination Of anger, surprise and
amazement upon his countenance.
"George Morris, by all that's evil !"
he ejaculated-"drunkr ha
DR.. Metcalf saw that he had been
sold, and to the tune of hundred dol
lars, to. His first determination was
to give Harry Lane piece of his
mind; his second was to have the
worth of his money, at any rate. Stu
dents are generally in for sport, and
those belonging to the institution su-
perintended by DR.. Metcalf were no
exception to the general rules Every
thing was in readiness about the time
George Morris awoke from his drunk
en- stupor.
He looked around-ghastly skele-
tons, horrid grinning skulls, fleshlcss
bones met his gaze on every side-he
tried to move; he could no more raise
an arm or foot than he could fly. A
dim light revealed all this to his aston
ished gaze-a moment more and he
was in impenetrable darkness.
= Suddenly right before him in fan
ing characters, he saw the word per-
dition He trembled, he groned, he
shricked in terror. Was he in the
abode of the lost? Again dim light
revealed by his side horrid figure,
that might we'll have represented the
prince Of darkness. Irr rrr
mortal once, Spoke ghostly voice
''you have come to this dreadful abode
for the sin of drunkness."
Mercy mercy" shrieked the trcm-
bling man: i e msa
"Mercyl that never enters hear
Behold you have brought your own
ruin upon yourselfl'
Again all Was darkness. Gfoans hdr-
rid yells, and shrieks fell upon his ear,
ice-cold fingers passedever his face, and
dreadful pinchings were inflicted upon
various portions of his body. Shrek
ng aloud-he gave vent to his agony
and terror in groans and cries for mel
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"You were drunkard when living"
said an unearthly voice.
"Oh yes -yesl" groaned the I'm.
happy man.
"You had a, good wife and interest
ing children"
"Oh yes dear Satan" he said, "thc
very best Of wives, and the loveliest
"And you left them to suffer aud
starve, o you incofrigablc man!' said
the unearthly voice.
"Alas, yes"
"And therefore receive thy reward"
+, Again the pinchings and Burniugs
we're continued, and ah almost intoler-
able oder of sulphur besiegcd his nos
trils. Again he shricked and pleaded
for mercy.
"Oh, mercy, mercy"
"You had no mercy upon the wife
who loved you, the children who cried
for bread" said the unearthIy voice,
yet upon one condition you may rs.
turn TO them" '''seJ f1sf ga +
"And that, WHAT'S thatf any condi.
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