The daily gazette., 1878-11-14
ne bad not forgotten Doctor Johns, nor
MS promised revenge .asass

IL was Saturday night when the stage
coach set Charles Horton down at the
door Of the village inn at Honeyhurst.
ne gave false name to the landlord.
ahu smoked cigar with hina after SUM-
per, and inquired about the village
without that functiouary once suspect
ing his identity. ~
In the course of the conversation
Charlie asked "who it was that lived
III that large house with front garden
down the street." 4a.
"That's DIR. Johhs-been here a good
many years ; clever mar. I'll introduce
YOU to him IL you wish. The doctor
and are pretty good friends"
"Weil," slowly replied Charlie, as if
considering 1t, she ought to know his
danger, and it would be best to tell him,
IL may not be too late yet"
And on they started, down the street,
toward the doctors residence.
"Wbat did you say was his name p,
asked Charlie, as they marched along.
"Dr. Johns" replied his host.
"Jonns-Johns," said Charlie Thought
fully, 81 knew fellow in Europe
Charles Horton by name-whe said he
had studied with a DR.. Johns, an old
AA~ht hhA oOInCWudt Oi u CQdTdCLeT. L
wonder II your doctor Is the same man "
"To be sure he is," replied the ina-
keeper. III knew Charlie Horton well.
He went to Europe three or four years
ago. Soyoa know him, do ye? Is he
there yet? The doctor will be douby
glad to see you If you bring news from
Cha lie. He thought a great deal of
him.,
BY this time they had reached the doc
tors office and he greeted the landlord
heartily, and Looked inquiringly at the
stranger.
The landlord introduced Charlie as DR..
Holmes, and added that he brought news
from Charlie Horton
AT this DR.. Johns was overjoyed, urged
the pseudo Holmes to come In, and IN
quired affectionately about his old pu-
lpil.
Conversation was carried on for an
hour, when Charlie, looking the doctor
earnestly in the face, said:
"Dr. Johns, how is your health now ?"
First rate, sir-first rate. Never felt
better in my life" and he certainly
looked it.
"You don't find old age creeping on
you, do you, sir ?" blandly inquired
Charles, but still looking very intently
into the doctors face.
"Well, little stiffish in the joints now
and then; but-bless you, sir-I can ride
as many miles and az many hours as
ever could"
"Dr. Johns" said Charles very i'm
pressively, "do yo never meet in your
practice people who look and feel the
perfect embodiment of health, and yet
whose constitutions are being sapped by
a fatal disease, and they not conscious OF
litw
"Well, yes, have met such cases." re-
piled the doctor.
"And did you never apply them to your
self, sir " again asked Charlie, in solemn
tones"
why. DR.. Holmes, what do you mean ?
Do you think that my constitution is un.
dermined by secret disease? Nonsence
man /" and he laughed outright.
Then Charlie began. He told the old
doctor all that he had told the landlord
and much more. How he had made such
cases. He knew the doctor felt his age
and he cleverly used those symptoms
| twisting them about, showing that it was
not age, and in two hours time the doc
tor was SO thoroughly frightened that he
believed his end liable to occur at any
moment, and besought CDR. Holmes" to
do whatever lay in his power to give him
relief. "Dr. Holmes" promised to think
it over during the night. DIR. John:
L
linn, but insisted upon him taking a bee
at his own house.
Charlie with a grave face finally con
sented, but before going to bed he ad
vised the doctor to take ian anodyne,
assured him that there was no immediate
danger, and cleverly managed to slip an
emetic into the doctors glass of hot rum
and-water, which he always took before
retiring, and had done so with great
regularity for thirty years.
About the middle of the night the old
house keeper, called Charlie up in great
haste and terror. DIR. Johns was very
sick, and had asked her to call DR.
Holmes as sooon as possible. Charlie
went into the bedroom and found hin
tossing around, and groaning at greal
rate. He felt now he had an attack Of
the diseases mentioned by Charlie, anG
besought him to do what he could
speedily.
grave, and shook his head.
"Bad, is it, DR.. Holmes ?" asked Johns
family "tell me the worst, sir"
"It is a bad case, DIR. Johns" said
Charlie. 81 can only do one thing, anC
that is a costly one. 1 can give you a
prescription, but it will cost you twenty
pounds. / am obliged to ask that for it
as 1 obtained 1t under peculiar circum
stances 1t may give you relief l have
seen it used with very good results"
Twenty pounds ?" asked tine old doc
tor eagerly. "All right, l will give it
sir. What is the prescription? Here il
the money"
Charlie wrote on slip of paper, fold
ed it up and handed it to the doctor. He
received it eagerly, opened it with
trembling hands, and by the light of the
bedroom lamp read:
"Dont get the wrong pig by the ear.
CDR CHARLES HORTON"
With one bound the doctor was out
of bed, but CDR. Holmes" had vanished
"Charlie," said DIR. Johns next day
"I'm getting old; you must come anC
take my practice. Your twenty pounds
| will help to give you start"
The doctor says ne never got the "wronl
pig" but once.