The Worthington advance., 1878-07-18
BYLAW NO. Z.

AON0 ohAy wv SOApAAOaS~- snS OA0
GENT withra mild, benevolsnt ex.
PRESTON sstsngsly atiyarisace with the
nervous restlessness Of his eyes; the 9th
er a grim, taciturn man, who has been
absorbed in his paper ever since the train
lef.s Edinburg en- route for the South.
saEbea bad got in together, and were evil
Indy travelling companions. Rather .
qIecrly assorted couple; for from their
dress and general appearance there could
be no doubt but that their stations in life
weresNidely apart. What couldstheyrl'e2, 2,
Master and servanti, Evidently not; for
the humber of the two seemed to have
control Of all their travelling arrange
ments. A detective and his prisoncr2 I
{ thik not, for the one looks too much at
ease TO- have troubled conscience; and
the other. though evidently in cammand,
treats this companion with more defer
ence than Is compatiable with the con-
scious power of captor.
My speculations on this point filled up
agap in the journey. We are past Dun
bar by this time, and are fast approach
ing Berwick. have been vainly trying
to catch the restless eyes of my apparent
ly more companionable companion. He
is now closing them, and evidently set
tleing down for quiet nap. My more
taciturn friend has never taken his atten-'
tion off his paper; he must either be
very slow reader, or having; exhausted
the news, he must have fallen on the ad-
vertisments. I offer him my paper. He
takes it with bow, giving me his own
in exchange-the Bantfshire Gazette. No
news to be got out Of that after having
exhausted the Scotsmun.
g My friend opposite Is fairly of to
sleep. Quite clear that he has nothing
on-his conscience. The other is as deep
in: the Scots,nan as he was erewhile in his
own paper. I can't stand this any long
er. Talk I must. The Banffshire Goz-
cite is published in the country town
bearing the same name; so see my way
to an opening.
"You come from Banff, I presumed
You must have been travelling all night9
No wonder our friend here is worn out"
! I g"Ws have come from Banff," replied
my friend, with no trace of the churl in
his voice or manner that his appearance
would lead me to expect. 1--WE have come
from Banff but We have not travelled all
night. Our governor makes it point
never to over-fatigue any of bis patients
It's part o: his system; so we broke our
journey at Edinburgh.'
, =. His patients! would as soon have sus-
J pected my opposite neighbor OF being a
criminal as an invalid.
''1ndced," I say. "Might l inquire
what is his complainta"
My taciturn friend touches his head in
. mysterious way, and I am just in time
to stop low whistle indicative of sur
prise, and to turn it into another "In-
deed"
"What particular form does his-abem
complaint take2'
am beginning to hope he is not vio-
lent. D.,
"Generosity." ...
> ''Generosity7' 8
- 'Yes, sir. You see he gets all sorts .of
schemes into his head for the relief of
suffering oi all kinds; and his friends,
fearing he nigh make ducks and brakes
Rf his money, have put hi4 under thse,,
e9s&ys5 e9sS soa s''1s5ssst 1as:'Gs[r In hopeless
81 ii is,r Is; Dir: HIS ,;<ofstth ons <ofathe quiet
so1k you see. More violent cases are'
easier to deal with. Our governor turn.
ed out rare wild one. quite cured the
other day" -.
"What is his treatment?'
Letting Tim have his own way. IT..
part Of our governors system; but it was
rather risky in this case"
feel interested, and intimate as
much.
"Well, sir, Captain B-had been down
$ with the yellow fssor in the West Indies,
and was such q severe attack that the doe,
tors gave him up a q bad job. and handed
= him over to the black nurses to do what
they could f6f him. They pulled him
through, but with such strong ,deses of
I quinine, that before he was convalescent
his reason was gone. His was suicidal
mania--about the worst kind We have to
do with, ter the patient always has bis!
victim handy if be can only get the means.
IAey had rare job to get him over to
England; and when he was first put un-
DER the governors Gaze, he was about the
worst case we had. The governo: studied
nm carefully and found that l"ttiEg him
nave ms own way was the only thing
that did him any good. He was very
iond OF bathing; and by. and-by, when he
began to mend little, he was allowed to'
go to the river near our place. Ofcourse:
! always went too, and kept pretty
snarp eye on him. However, this did
not suit him; 80 one day he goes to the
governor and says: + ~
DR. it is notcongenial to my feei-
s lnGs IS gentleman: always to have that
would much prefer privacy.'s The cover
nor tried to put him off; but the contra
dlction had bad effect ang him. Now
! ono Of tho governors theories Il; that 1t ,
certain stage Of the eomplaint, II vou c.n
humor patients they have every chance Of
recovery; cross them and il il oona.
Captain B says he, I know that Il
you pass your word to me you will keep