The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-06-29
A Doctors Story

tplu!A-EStI lue pt1|LaEs VI HicoiSlEe-
BY way Of necessary introduction to my
story. must say few words of that
time.
When II ID. was tackled to my name,
bowed ~ two shrines. my profession.
ana-my Angelina. Her name was
not Angelina. but my wife being =
modes; little lady. desires she shall not
be dragged before an inquisi.ive pubic.
Let. then. the abstract, Angelina, rep
resent the real woman. / conceal my
own name for similar reasons,
Of cours- had a rival. Name. Rich
ard So.Lers; age, twenty-six; general
appearance, striking and handsome;
character, very bad.
Neither my affection for this gentle
man nor his affection for me would have
caused confagration on any river of
which l know. We disliked each other
heartily from the first. Being much
handsomer man than myself. he light
have been dangerous rival. However,
he Aaved me all trouble. He commit
ted a forgery which was discovered
sooner than he expected He was ar
rested for the offense. tried ana convict
ed l was one of the principal witnes-
ses against him When the sentence
was passed upon him, he requested a
moments conversation with Inc. /
shall never forget the look Of intense
hatred upon his face as he Missed out
the words:
"You have ruined my love ani my
life. Remember that. and fear NE y
am not d timid man. aud attached
but little Importance to his implied
threat thought It simply the bluster
of a self-defeated and disgraced rival.
Shortly after. Angelina aud l were
married. and. as the story-book says,
lived happily ever afterward."
SO much by way of introduction, now
to my story.
We had b.en married little over
two years. During that time | had
heard nothing of Somers. His sentence
had been a comparatively light one-a
year aud six mouths. After bis dis
charge from prison, however, l neither
saw nor heard of him.
For so young man. had been very
successful as a physician Perhaps my
succsss VAS principally due 10 my street
attention to practice. Nd matter how
/ late, or dark aud stormy. might be the
u,gb, nromn,lv attended ,o all sum.
m"ns.s 70 the bei.lde q the suffering
/ One night a little wh;l, before the
hour Of re,,r,ny the door bell rang. and
shortly afterwerd a man entered the
room wher. NJ, w.r, sitting He VA.
not prepo.sessing. His hair was .hor,
and thick and the general cast Of hi,
/ features yillainous.
/ lie evidently belonged to that variety
! of fowl known as jail bird. Neverthe-
. less, wi,hou, hesitation, | put on nv
/ ha. and coat. and prepared 10 20 with
him.
"A gentleman" he said, had brok II
his leg"
/ though, il pitv that. If he were
ANYTHING like his messenger. he hadn t
broken his neck. did no, tell my
wife where | WAS going. for it was =
distan, part Of the town, ard in any
/ thing but n respectable neigbbor hood.
did no, wish to make the little wom-
an nervous
On our way, my friend, the Jail
bird was very uncommunicAtive. He
susaered my inquiries abou; the in
jured man in the most surly mono
syllabies He WAS apparently In no
haste. for he walked very slowly more
slowly, thought. than was consistent
will. the welfare Of my patient
At last We arrived a, our destinations
II was very dark looking house, in II
very dark little street.
Ny guide lel me up two flights Of
very dirty aud riekety stairs. that
cresked objections tn our weight upon
them In the third story, We stopped
before door which, 10 my surprise.
my companioi opened win Key "hisn
ne took from ms pocket was he
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