Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-17

further.
81 know him well. He's Rooney
that owns the public-house close by
I'll get him home all right"
At first her assurance almost i'm
posed upon me, but when I looked at
the pale, aristocratic face that | sup
ported on my knee, I felt convinced
that she had invented the story which
a view to plundering the helpless
man.
L toll her sternly that if she did not
go for policeman [ would do so my
self. She went off hurriediy-as I
thought for that purpose-but came
back no more; ana now / was once
more alone with my strange patient,
and as the minutes went by l knew
not what to do.
Help, however, was near. / noticed
a poor girl-she did not look more
than sixteen-walking slowly on the
other. side of the street; I called to
her, and after a moments hesitation
she came over. I briefly explained
tO.her the circumstances and asked her.
if she possibly could, to get me a drop
of cordial, or the man would die
Il have only got fourpence," she
said, in kindly Irish voice, ''and [
v as going to pay for my bed with that
at the kitchen in FulWood's Rents; but
sure I'll get something from the chem
lists instead, and I'll trust to God for a
nights lodging-I'ye slept out before
now"
And away she went-surely not the
worst of Good Samaritans.
Very soon she returned with the
medicine, and [ sent her again to fetch
a policeman. forced little between
the mans teeth, and presently he came
to and opened his eyes. I asked him
how ne came there; he said: Tired
and starving" And then | asked him
where he came from, and he sudden
ly frightened up, and looking at me
keenly for moment said Edinburgh"
but from the way he said it I felt con-
WINGED he was deceiving me, and short
ly after asked the same question again
and ne, with the same look, said
"Glasgow."
In his weak state, however, forbore
questioning him further, and police
man presently coming up, we got him
into cab and took him to the hospi-
tai, where / waited until he was put to
bed. Before | left [ asked the house
surgeon to give shilling to the poor
girl-Mary Kennedy was her name.
He readily did so, and she went off to
sleep Ill cold Walters lodging-house in
Fulwood's Rents.
When at last | got home, I found my
wife waiting anxiOusly for me- How
ever, when told my story she forgave
the delay, and in talking over the
strange circumstances of the night we
forgot for the time our own troubles.
My wife insisted that something good
would come Of the matter, and at
eight o'clock next morning she reused
me and made me set off for the hos
pltal. AS l was on my way there my
eye was caught by the following ad-
vertisement On a boarding:
CONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.-A
Gentleman of unsound mind has es-
capped from the M Private Asylum.
The above reward will be paid to any
person finding him and restoring him
to his friends"
Then followed a description which
exactly tailed with the appearance of
MY patient. Everything was now clear
to me, and fairly ran to the hospital.
Here, however, my hopes were
damped, for | found that Policeman
Il had gone there before me and told
story very different from the true one
which have narrated, and had actu-
ally gone the length of warning the
authorities against me. The solicitor
whose address was given in the adyer-
tisement had been sent for, and the
worthy constable had evidently deter
mined to brazen it out and secure the
91OO. [ saw the house surgeon, and
told him the whole story He thought
for few moments, and then said:
eve must get that girl at once"
| went myself Immediately to the
wretched den where she had stopped,
and brought her back with me. A
very short examination before the So
icitor settled Policeman,s Us case: and
an hour afterward | was able to go back
to my wife with more money in my
pocket than [ had had for many long
day.
But that was not the best of it. |
visited my patient-who was no other
than the wealthy baronet. Sir Charles
Frampton-every day.
He seemed to take a strong liking
for me, and when he was well enough
to be moved his friends proposed that I
should take him under my care.
He was perfectly harmless, and after
abroad with us for a couple of
years, he SO for recovered that he was
enabled to dispense with my services,
and to manage his own affairs. He
showed his gratitude. however. in most
fashion; settled an annuity on
poor Mary Kennedy (she had previous
ly been literally rewarded by his
and bought me the practice
which l still hold.
From that day everything has pros
pered with me, and | am now rich
enough to leave the work to my oldest
son. and amuse myself in writing some
of the curious incidents of my life, not
the least strange Of which is the provi-
dental occurrence in Gray's Inn Road.
Queer Industries i'm New York.
Correspondence Atlanta Constitution.
The investigation Of the census men
nave LED TO some queer developments
in the manufactures of New York and
adjoining cities. The largest single in
dustry in New York is that of custom
made clothes. The making of paper
patterns employs hundreds of hands,
and, ten large houses being engaged in
it, uses tons of paper. There are fac
tories for making dried blood, the dunn
mics that milliners use to show dresses
on, theatrical armor and jewsharps.
The use of adnlterating substances is