The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-10-02

and down the room. breathing i'll oaLn NJ
nearly every step, aud finally said to me:
"Come, come, old boy, take hoid Ilyeiy' l
want to get home, for this ID old hip OF
mine Is raising hi with me-" / said to
them: .sNow, gentlemen, I'll 1--WE this
man complete relief in less than ten min
utes from The time Law my hands on him
but L must be permitted to retire to n
room alone, for / confess that | have deal
ings with the devil, and must consult with
him. Nothing so charms an ignorant
people as something that has about 1t the
appearance of superstition, and did not
want these men to sec the syringe, or 10
know of its existence. The woman at once
lighted a talIow candle, banded it to
"Cap," and pointed to small room. The
man led the way, set the light down, and
left me alone. / now took out my case,
adjusted the needle to the syringe, filled it
with solution of the acetate OF morphla,
nut the little instrument into my vest
puckct, and returned to tho room.
After waving my hands in the air said
"Genilcmen, [ waut your aid give it to
me and III perform cure that you'll never
forget. All OF you now look upon that man
till | say sHoldp Look him right In the
eye" All eyes were Immediately turned
upon the invalid. Having already taken
my stand ut the foot CT the bed, took hold
the skin, inserted the needle, withdrew it
after diScharging the contents, slipped the
syringe into my pocket, and cried aT the
ton of nv voice, Hold ! The men nov
turned to me, alternately viewing me and
the sick man. From the moment That
the injection took pllce the rawlings began
to cease, and in less than ten min.
utes he was in perfect case. continued
to wave my hands and 10 tell the devils
to i" depart and leave this mnn In peace"
Cap" was the first TO break the silence,
aud ne did it in an emphatic manner, Tor
he gazed steadily at me, then at the sick
man, and eXciaimed: "Big thing! big
thing, boys: id il it aint"' Another
said: "A conjurer, Ivy h-ll! You heard
him say he deals with the DEVIL ! now
thought it time to try = Cap" for from
limpng, grooming, and swearing about his
hip, it seemed TO INC TO be clear ease OF
sciatica, and thus informed him, gvin. Il
description of its manner of attack and pro-
grcss. detailing to him the different stages
Of suffering.
l had early learned from The Difference
paid to the man 10y his associates that lie
was their leader, and | was anxious to get
my hands on him, for / had resolved that
if ever got him under the influence OF the
drug he should nevar have an opportunity
of putting rope around my neck. "Cap."
was so captivated with my diagnosis Of his
you IL trial, id if l don't!" I informed
him that must be with him alone. The
woman remarked that we could 90 in the
adjoining room. AS we left the company,
one of them said a." You aint agoin' To kill
Cap, is you?" son. no !" l replied. |
said "Now,. Cap, I'll cure you, but
need your ait." "Sir," returned he, "pll
do anything you tell me-" ! told him to lay
| on the bed, Shut his eyes, and count one
hundred. He obeyed ut once, and while
he was counting l was filling the syringe
with the mocphia. When he had finished
counting, l informed him that | would
| have to pinch him on the lame lcg. So as to
| get the devil out OF it. "Oh!" replied be,
"you may pinch as much as you Id
please. for Eve seen and felt h I'll with this
old hip!' injected the iaorphii as had
| done in the previous case, and began singing
| u noted Methodist HYMN rs soon rs | had
| finished. As the medicine took effect the
| mau rapidy went off into a slumbcr, from
| which he did not awake while | was there,
! for had given him double dose.
| ! will here remark, that while morphia
will give most instant relief in scia'ica, it
seldom performs perfect cure. But i'll
both cases | knew il would serve my pur-
pose. As soon as Cap" was safe, called
| in his companions, who appeared stih more
| amazed than at the first. They held their
| faces to his TO see that he hreathcd, and
| would shake their heads and 20 out. |
told them l should have 10 remain with the
! man for five or six hours. At this an-
nounccment one Of tue company grew
| furious, and said: "IHs all 4 !vlck 10 s1vc
! his neck from the halter" and concluded
| by crying at the top Of his voice. :" Come TO
al. y Ill l,ir fi,,
| room, assembled in the yard, and had q COLI
sultaIion. 1t was now after eleven o'clock,
and as they had Il large flask Of brandy
| with them they appeared TO keep tncDl-
| selves well filled, from thc;manncr in which
| the room kept scented up. At this juno
| ture one Of the cOmpany-a tall rcd-haircd
| man, whose face wa, completely covered
with beard-cnlercd the room, took his
seat at the table, drew out OF his pocket Il
| revolver, laid it on the table, and began TO
| fill his mouth with tehaCco. The men out
side mounted their horses and rode away,
one Of whom distinctly shouted, "Rcmem-
Der, O'Clock" continued TO visit first one
aud then the other of the inva!dS, feeling
their pulse, and otherwise showing my in
tercst in thclr recovery. The brandy ap-
pearcd to have salutary elect on the man
at the table as the mo!pha had on tie sick,
for he was fast asleep in few minutes.
The only impeachment i'll the way of my es-
cane now WAS large dog, which ii WAS
difficult TO keep from me- when first came
to the house, and was HOW barking, snap
ping, and growing, rs if he had been train
ed to it.
Many modes of escape suggested them
selves to me while the time was thus pass
ing, the most favored Of which was to seize
the revolver, rush out of the house, aud
run my chance with the do". However,
before / could put any of these suggestions
into practice, the woman went out, called
"Lion." Lion," and returned, fol-
lowed by the dog, which she made lay
down by her rs she reseated herself.
In a low whisper this woman, whose
fate deserves 10 be Il better one, said:
"Thcy are to hang you at O'Clock: now
is your time to go" The clock was just
striking 2 as ! arose, and with grateful
look left the house. Taking the road that
nv hat, and after walking some distance
out of the way by mistake, / reached the
station, and took the morning train for Gin
cinnati. WM. WELLS BROWN.
Boston, Sept. IS, 1871.
Tricks of this kind are not TO our taste
bu, we venture to say that every Virginia
negro who reads the above will understand
that Brown did just what his captors
(whose accomplice the woman was) wanted !
him to do-run away from Kentucky.
IGNORANT DRUGGISTS Reports Of the
Board Of Phdrmdcy.-The reports from
the Board of Pharmacy show that out of
two hundred and fifty druggists and one
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