River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-02-17

sure I'll get something from the chem
lists instead, and I'll trust to God for
nights lodging slept out before
now"
Ard away she went-surely not the
worst of Good Samsritans.
Very soon she returned with the
medicine, and ! sent her again to fetch
n policeman. forced little between
the mans teeth, and presently he came
to and opened his eyes. asked him
how he 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 a moment said Edinburgh"
but from the way he said it / 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 l forbore
questioning him further, and police
man presently coming up, we got him
into a cab and took him to the hospi-
cal, 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 in 'Old Walters clearinghouse in
Fulwood's Rents.
When at last / got home, / 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
pital. As ! was on my way there my
eye was caught by the following ad-
vertisement on a boarding:
GONE HUNDRED POUNDS REwARD.-A
Gentleman of unsound mird has es-
capped from the Nj Private Asylum.
The above reward will be paid to any
person finding him and restoring him
to his friends"
Then followed 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 l found that Policeman
Il hhd,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 adver-
tisement had been sent for, and the
worthy constable had evidently deter
mined TO brazen it out and secure the
e10o. | saw the house surgeon, and
told him the whole story He thought
for q few moments, and then said
ave 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
licitcr settled Policeman,s rs case: and
an lfonr afterward was able to go back
to nay wife with more money in my
pocket than ] had had for many long
day.
Bat that was not the best of it. j
visited my patient--who was no other
than the wealthy barOnet. Sir Charles
Franz ton-eyery day.
lie seemed to take strong liking
for It.e and when he was well enough
TO he moved his friends proposed that
should take him under my care.
Hewes perfectly harmless, and after
residing abroad with us for couple Of
Year, he so for recovered that he was
enabled to dispense with my services,
and ta manage his own affairs. He
showed his gratitude. however, in most
priueoly fashion; settled an annuity on
poor Mary Kennedy (she had previous
| ly hoen literally rewarded by his
frien9is) ard bought me the practice
whifi,l still hold.
Frum that day everything has pros
peIci with me, and am now rich
enough to leave the work TO my oldest
son and amuse myself in writing some
of thG:curious incidents Of my life, not
the least strange of which is the provi-
Dental occurrence in Gray's Inn Road.