, 1875-01-16

putting up the shutters, as the hour was
late. was restless and unsettled My
brain was teeming with strange fancies,
| drank OFF my "night-Cap" "a pewter
tankard of stout, and then crept into
nv cold, humble, little bed. fell
asleep very soon, but such q feverish,
dreamladen sleep! During the whole
Of that CHASTITY night | led the life of a
drinks" all round to a miscellaneous mob
of miners, Indian fighters, gamblers, etc,
at "a public bar. In moment | found
myself in the center of free fight"
revolvers were cracking right and left
ike zigzags" on the Queens birthday;
bowie-knives flashed here and there like
sireaks of lightning; screams, hOwls,
and oaths arose on every side. | had
lust succeeded in shooting man through
the head after missing him five times
when suddenly a sharp pain darted
through my neck, l felt the warm blood
trickhng down my breast; l grew faint
| sWoOned.
And so on during the night.
No wonder, then, that when | g0J up
early next morning to dress by gaslight
for my visit to the hospital | did not
feel much refreshed by my slumbers. 1t
ing. | swallowed cup of cofee-could
not eat anything-and with this prepara-
ton dragged my unhappy carcass to
the infrmary; stood in the wards taking
notes while the professor explained the
nature of the cases which came under
our observation; finally repaired TO the
operating theater with the rest of my
fellow-students When seated in the
gallery (an amphitheater of seats) | OBJ
served - California jackson" below me,
and therefore nearer TO the area where
the operations were performed. He
always seemed to take the operations
very COOlly; this morning he looked as
imperturbable as usual.
Suddenly the patient who was 10 be
| operated on entered the thester from be-
! hind the hanging curtains which guarded
! the passage to the wards. was startled
by her appearance, never having seen
| her before. Tall and lady-like, she pre-
sented a cOuntenanCc of great beauty,
| although it bore unmistakable signs Of
prolonged physical suffering. Her
beauty was of the Spanish type-Ohve
complexion, large dark eyes, long, black,
silky eyelashes, cOal-black luxurlant
locks.
One of her hands required to be am
putated, owing, as the surgeon ex-
! planned, to disease which had devel-
| Oped in that member Although evi-
IDENTIFY very nervous the patient behaved
most admirably. She lay down on the
| operating table and the administration
Of chl0r0form was proceeded with. She
struggled a little while this was pro-
| gressing Ny eye accidentally lighted
on California Jackson" and TO my in
tense surprise | saw his iron features
working in a most extraordinary way AT
first thought that | must be dreaming,
| What, California Jackson" moved by
the struggles of a patient going under
chloroform? ImpOssiblel He claSped
his muscular hand over his face. AT
length the chlorOformiSt pronounced the
woman quite under the influence of the
anTsthetic and the surgeon, having ar
ranged his assistants, advanced knife in
hand. Just as he was in the act of max
ing the first incisiOn California Jack
son" rose and hastily left the theater.
His departure gave rise TO quite a
I y
and subsided so soon as the surgeon
raised his head to learn the meaning Of
the disturbance.
When the operation was over | re-
paired to the college to attend lectures
as usual found California Jackson" {"
I sI&u>liUg 6y tie Gateway sG20ki1g Slo@@
Uy s9IUted hlyn and y&ssed ln.
; Nell BAY J2cEsoD 0ppeQrs6 Iyl>O DDS
hand bound ia napkin, and he seemed
fond Of thIusting il into his bosom. Next
day he seemed restless; his hand was
still wrapped up. | inquired frequently
how the wound WAS getting on. warning
him of the danger of tampering with
such injuries He always said that it
was getting all right, he thought. Next
~ ~ ~ SSSssp = &SssSsssssssl2s>Te7ssssS &SssSsssssssl p Te7ssssS
G&w- 6TUeG&Ss 5000 @ssscM C0a6,
5 S23s&Ha> p > 50 p>s@a22s28 >o&5S&s@
: fngs when my days WORK was over re-
! solved 10 look him up, whether | was
! welcome OF moi. ! knew his number IN
the dreary street where he lived. I
climbed the stairs and arrived at r door
bearing brasS-plate with the inSCrip-
| ton:
Miss VINEGAR,
DTeSSh1dh6r.
! pulled the bell-nO sound. Pulled
harder-a terrific clatteT resulted. In
short time the door was opened by Miss
Vinegar herself in towering passion.
She asked me if | knew that there was a
sick person in the house | apolOgiZed
humbly That and my raven muStaChe
and general distinguished bearing molli-
fed the dear creature, whose appearance
was quite in keeping with her name.
Learned from her that my fellow-student
was half deliriOus, that his hand was
frightfully bad, and that she had sent
for doctor. Found matters just as she
had stated. jackson lay tossing about
on a sofa. dressed, with the exception of
his coat. The injured hand was dread
fully swollen and intlamed, and at the
center of the palm, where the wound had
been inflicted, there was black spot. |
could also observe red lines and StreakS
running up his forearm. His face was
flushed. and be seemed only half con-
scious. The doctor arrived, and, after
learning the nature of the case, lanced
the hand freely TO liberate the pent-up
matter. He then gave directions, wrote
q prescription, and left me in charge OF
the case for the night, poor Miss Vinegar
being quite tagged out by previous nurs-
ing.
Well, knew that had dreary night
of it before NE. The room was shabbily
furnished and frightfully stutfy. Every
thing in ii smelled rankly of strong to-
baccO. got hold of rather interest
ing volume and sat reading while the
slow, dreary, heavy "tick-tOck" OF the
large clock in the lobby sounded and
the gas kept faring up and singing IN
most extraordinary way. Everyone
knows this sort of thing.
About one a III. Jackson woke up and
T,I1 har INT a