Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-11

abundant opportunities of changing his
condition, had he but chosen to avail
himself of them. To most of those who
questioned him on the subject he re-
piled that he was welded to his profess
sion, and that any other union would be
flat bigamy but to his friend Harry
Everett, in moment of after-dinner
confidence, he told very different story.
"My medical cousin Alice was the
woman who ought to have been Mrs.
Bistoury, and an admirable fellow-prac-
titioner she would have made for me-.
The way in which she once cut splin-
ter out of my thumb did equal honor to
her hand and her heart and, when she
was only ID, she bought a skeleton with
her uncle's birthday gift of S." "a fact),
"and articulated it in manner that was
really mastery. But in an evil hour she
became tainted with a fancy for homeo-
pathy; and after that, of course, all was
over between us. Such is life"
The doctors agreement to engage a
night-watchman quoted Harry's appre-
tensions for the time being; but few
weeks later he returned to the attack
once more. 81 say, doctor, have you
got that night-watchman yet?"
Eyes; some time ago."
"Well, he don't seem to do his duty,
then, for I've passed this way at all hours
of the night, and never seen him. Are
you quite sure he's to be trusted?"
"Wait and see % replied the doctor,
oracularly.
And Everett waited, but did not see.
The invisible Waterman remained as in
visible as ever, and Harry, out of pa
tience with his old friends seeming in
fatuation, had almost decided to take
some decisive step on his own authority,
when new complication introduced it.
self into the drama This was nothing
less than the temporary retirement of
the doctors veteran man-servant, popu-
larly known as cold SAM" whose
health had begun to give way so mani
testify that his master insisted OF send
ing him into the country for three
months holiday, replacing him with an
other man, who had volunteered as
promptly as if he had been keeping his
eye on the place for year past. The
newcomer was a grave, smooth-faced,
taciturn man, who moved as noiselessly
as shadow, and seemed a living COM
bination of the two proverbial requisites
OF good servant-silence and obedi-
ence.
But, although the doctor and his
friends highly approved of this model
not That one was Harry Everett, who
lost no time in announcing his opinion.
"Look here. doctor. I don't want to
be always bothering you about this rob-
berry idea, but it's fact that that new
fellow of yours is up to some mischief.
[ was coming home pretty late last night
when I caught sight Of him standing at
the garden gate talking to a couple OF
men. One Of them happened to turn his
face to the lamplight as T passed, and I
knew him at once for noted thief, who
goes by the name Of Badger Bill ,"
Indeed! Are you sure OF that :? %
"Quite sure. You know I never for
get face I've once seen"
"Ah! In that case, it's time for me
to act!!" The last word was SO curiously
emphasized that Harry, who was not
wanting in shrewdness, began to suspect
that his persistent warnings to the doc
tor had been superfiuous, after all, and
that the old gentleman was quite equal
to the emergency.
The suspicion was confirmed one even
ing about a week later, when the doctor
dropped in upon him unexpectedly, say
ing "Give me some dinner, my boy
You've no engagement this evening, ]
know; SO I'm going to be very benevo-
lent, and find you some amusement my
self. Have you ever read 'The Count
of Monte Christo?' because you're 60
ing to see chapter of it dramatized to-
night, and pretty effectively, too. flat
ter myself"
"What do you mean?" asked Everett,
staring.
"Why, you see, I told my servants
few days ago that [ should be away from
home tonight, and my cook naturally
seized the chance for getting an even
ing OUT consequently, the house will
be under the sole charge of that worthy
man-seryant of mine, against whom
you're so rnaccountably prejudiced. It's
quite possible that the two honest gen.
tlemen with whom you saw him talking
the other night may be kind enough to
enliven his solitude with a visit; and
So"
Harry sprung to his feet, and cut
caper worthy OF dancing dervish, snap
ping his fingers by way of accompani-
ment. "Capital first-rate I see it
all now But come, now, doctor; why
on earth couldn't you tell me before that
you were up to the whole game, instead
of letting me make fool of myself by
preaching to a man as smart as any six
of me?"
"Never mind, my boy" said the doc
tor, laughing. "Your warning was
kindly meant, all the same. Eat your
dinner-you'n aoant it before the even
ing,s over, can promise you-and then
we'll have our talk
Dinner over, the doctor Lit one of the
incompatible cigars which were his sole
luxury, and proceeded to expound his
plan of action. Give locked up the
outerroom that opens into my mysterious
chamber, which puts two strong doors
between it and the robbers. My estima-
BILE servant will warn them of this. and
they'll try the window instead. He'll
let them in by the garden door, and
give them the old ladder that lies beside
it to mount by. We'U hide in the sta
BILE, which, thanks to my keeping my
brougham elsewhere-has been unused
so long that no one would dream of sus-
pecting it; but I can open the door
easily enough. And then
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