The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-09-20
THE DOCTORS STORY.

Thac&cry SAYS there are no new ,Iorics-all
are old. But they are all turned in that ka-
tci1escopc We call time, and though it may
ID the same piece, We see another color through
IT. What was at one turn a deep green, at
another becomes II rose color, soft and bcauti
"a. - my story may be old. but in the turn
ing, q new Light may come through an old
"! Of 1Ia,- which shall have not crown dim
~ the shadow, of time.
Ea- sitting late one nigh; in my Office
tGtoyu q crate ire, or one that had been gJfat
:: ir-H hours before, with my feet on the table
Gc'Drc me. | had forgotten to rCpcnish the
drC, had no idea what time il was, for my
thoughts had been busy studying out the case
OF Il patient had that day been to soc. had
ha1 many year, ot practice, but this case was
eUmc,hiDg new 10 me. ! wa, pulling over
g. my books of reference lay scattered about
en- tAC table and chairs and | was Just begin
ming to see where the difficulty lay, when
hCsr1 y shot, the sound of men running, and
soon somebody ascending the stairs and com.
'nE toward my door, Ii was opened hastily
" big stout fellow, Il mechanic, by the
Namc OF Ross, man had known some time.
&c spoke out short and quick
"DoCtor, there's man down on the side
.alk-dcad GUESS. Wish you'd come down
uHl sect
,natchcl my hat and followed Ros, down
hSir- and there lay the man almost before
die door examined him and found life was
eonr lir va, beyond all human aid. | in
Cuigci of Ross if he knew anything about
ain. lie said he believed he boarded Il, The
Ecycrc House and that he roomcd with a
.Lan by TIN r'mc OF Dougal but knew moth
.HE farther
We tool, the poor fellow between II, and
Carried him o.. IA mud
~, asked him what he knew Of the young
nlan lie "ts very much affected ut first,
tAd ''ld llJi hr WAS good friend Of his, that
cIey h,n 'o"Wua together for more than
yea. tm' ar name was King Johnston
Kline ,ha0 H. worked in the machine shops.
u7L everybody iikCd him He was "A treat
taar'cd fellow. The only difficulty was he
Would drinks -1HulimC- and he suppu,cd that
~A- w'iaI au he'd been NJ tonight. Ills home
49, IA Canada; ltc had Il father aud mother.
and rDmu sisters, hC believed; a mulhcr any
way, for a.. hai talked abou, her sunday
,.Eh!,. sometime.
a. loohrj at young King, lying where We
Cu. him, uu his own bed, with his white, boy
'-h face, aud the dark Curls that lay damp ON
t'- low broad forehead Thought Of my own
noy that had isil me only few year, before
~ hup hold pur lIag high above all outrag,
and ,'uDd"r, lla' had been shot, and fallen IN
'ag midst uf smoke and fire, and some on,
'af found him, and buried him rs Il soldier
.'"H!t hc BURIED. with his own tlag abou
tIm, and always felt that il wa, debt
CHg,, ald believed there would come tmt
"A1 might repay il: and this was the frs
'ArHC" ! had; and | resolved that Johnston
Nl'- should have from me al! that SOL
G1y.ii have.
t',l '!w young man ! would attend e
'-a funeral. J ,taid 1T The hotel that night
r" 1h't 't..r wa, len Of il, and the ncX,
.p'n.n. found out the whole particular, OF
4, % affair
5oun-lou King had gone into one q, the NJ.
'urn-, nal taken a glo>, Of ale. and wa. uos.
e. cu'. Hh,u some man whom ne knew
"'ighhy offered him something stronger; rot
C'n under the influence of il, and Then began
'.Sbsn'cr and annoy him, until hr Was beside
"'r;-rL, V"rl lac gave the man u sound knock
WITCH -'r' Gim into one corner oi ihc room
de q, az - mad rs natural drprayiiy and
drink CiH make man lie took out a piStn
!-0'u Ei- pocket which King discovered, and
go. bh Va" man followed him. and fired af
~ Eoin. ll' little way. Somehow ! coult
80 b,smr aUang King Iii, frank, open fac,
"'d touched my heart. ! thought of his home
$50 n, mother and believed there was Z
'r,nr'hing hidden thai We might not know /,
III, liz. bG' fla, would bc made clear 10y and
y. l. -u-u4rJ jAc ssdGc-i ihing hnd cycl
rnD,.N. W buried him that day The me
'alaicv from TIC shop attended he funeral
gat t.! --Sinc-i 'o icri sad and troubled, and
h"-.d them -sy IN. Que 50 another:
w -La.l miss poor kmC-hr always KEEP,
'i1hz~ llEr'i and many time when I've
,hsS ipc hr bs- lad Chccry word for me
- - nir 81 right again. SumcWay he al
~-s~ iri' tack at light behind him"
T.. ] -a- Glad had done for this man
Si,a' ~''rl, bly, had done for my hos. The
,,b.-T> iha' ~, had IA account Of the affair,
,.s'ns -" 'na 10 c.logy or DR. Gardner
s.--i.'r-. - -.rn- cor stranger ~! hist he
,D,It b,r. dsr" to- o0c Of hi- oHn hmily. I