Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-01-13

4 aged to shake him of, and there we
i stood glaring at each other and pcrspir-
ing. Fortunately had saved my tooth
IL felt loose, but IL was still there. /
was very indignant. Explanations fol-
lowed II seemed he was dentist, and
had an appointment with patient, for
whom he took me. We eboth apologized,
and he begged my acceptance of one of
his cards, on which l read: "Dr.
Penrhys Jones, Surgeon-Dcntist. ]
breathcd freely once more as found
myself in the square.
When | had somewhat recovered my
equanimity, l looked ut my watch, and
found it still wanted quarter to seven.
All was not lost, then. Hurrying up
| Queens Gate. found myself in Ken
sington High Street, and at tho corner
of street | perceived n house agents
office. There seemed to be n chance
here, and entered and made inquiries.
"Pwllhyll Jones'" murmured the agent,
refectively. "You are sure II Is
Pwllhyllph he asked. Yes, replied, 1
was quite sure of that. anyhow. Then
he referred to book, and said: "There's
a p. Jones lives at No. - Holland Road,
perhaps that's your man." said l
WOulu tFy MN ut any THte.
No. - Holland Road proved to be at
the upper extremity of that longest and
straightest of streets. The house look
cd respectable, and rang the bell.
Hardly had my hand touched it when
the door was opened cautiously, and the
head of weakened old woman thrust
itself out. "You are the doctor, sup
posep" she said, in hoarse whisper 1
replied that my name was Mr.. - or,
if she liked, "Doctor''-Rees, where
upon she beckoned me in without say
ing another word, and closed the door.
The hall was rather dark, but in the dim
light | could make out that the old
woman was very pale, and trembling all
over You had better go up to him, !"
she said; and became aware of trc-
mendous noise above us. Then a ja-
panned tea-tray came bounding and
rattling down the stairs, where
upon the old woman, with u
little shrek, scuttled off hurriedly
and disappeared somewhere at the
back, where heard her lock herself in;
and was left alone in the hall. Ididn't
like it at all, and had half a mind to let
myself quietly out again. But then l
thought / might as well see this thing
through. So I boldly mounted the
stairs. On the landing there were sew
eral doors. One was partly open, and a
faint light streamcd from it. From the
inside could hear Il man voice utter
ing the most awful imprecations. l
feared l might be intruding upon fam
lily quarrel, and therefore, ,coughed loud
ly 10 call attention to my presence.
There was sudden cessation of the
noise, and presently mans voice called
out, querulously: "Come in, whoever
You are" This was not encouraging;
but entered, and to my dismay found
was in bedroom. A middle-aged
man, with very red face, lay on the
bed half dressed, and shaking violently
all over. The furniture of the room
looked as if somebody had been dancing
upon it, and the pillows were lying
about the floor. The man glared saw
agely at me moment, and then, shout
ing: "Oh, here are some more of your
he hurled the bolster with all his force
Mt my head l lodged it. "Who the
dickens are youPn Yelled the man. !
endcavorcd to explain, but before had
got half dozen words out, my friend,
, who saw was suffering from an attack
of delirium tremens, was out of bed, and
making sudden spring, pinned me by
the throat before could stir finger tt
prevent him. was nearly choked, but
struggled desperately. and at last, by {
great effort, succeeded in freeing myself
Seeing an open door, dashed through
it, and found myself in small dressing
room, with no other egress than the win,
dow. Hastily throwing it open,
sprang on to the sill, and grasping the
iron pipe which ran by its side, l de.
scended into the darkness beneath, and
came down with splash into the mid
die of huge water-butt. Happily il
had not much in it; but could feel the
cold fluid trickling into my thin shoes.
There was wall close by, the top OF
which could just reach by standing
on the edge of the watar-butt.
scrambled up without much difficulty,
and dropped down gently on the Other
side-into the arms Of a policeman.
"Now there's no use your kicking
this worthy remarked, as he pinned me
roughly by the collar and cuff; ..if you
don't come along quietly. I'll whip the
darbies on to yer in jiffy." In vain
expostulated, and, all breathless as
was, tried to tell him all about it. He
only warned me that whatever said
would be FUSED agin me-" and taking q
firm grip, he marched me off, despite
my struggles.
At the station I attempted to give q
connected narrative of myself, but dc
not think the police paid much atten.
ton to it. The constable who had eff
fected my capture swore that he had
had his eye on me for a long time, and
knew me to be notorious cracksman
He also accused me of being drunk and
disorderly. think was more indig-
nant about the accusation of drunken.
ness than the more serious one. could
of course, prove that / was not a bur.
glar, but it is another thing to convince
an opinionated policeman that a man is
not drunk. therefore insisted on the
divisional surgeon being sent for to say
whether was sober or not, and, rather
to my surprise, the Inspector consented
In the mean time was thrust intoa a eel
to await the arrival of the medical oili
Ger. In quarter of an hour or so that
gentleman made his appearance. TC
him recounted my history, and, rs il
proceeded, his face, which at first hat
been somewhat grave, expanded into 4
broad smile, and at last he sat down or
one of the benches, and slapping his
thighs. fairly burst into roars of laugh
ter. l felt rather hurt. and l think
told him so. At this he exploded into
fresh roars, and at length managed to
gasp out: D-d-don't you see the
ioke--ho! no! no! oh, dear! ha! ha
Why, man alive, am Mr.. Pwllhyl
Jones', and we had been waiting dinner
for you quarter of an hour when was
sent for to examine an alleged drunk
ard-ho! ho!'
OF course, after this, l was immediate
ly set at liberty, and accompanied my
new-found friend to his comfortable
house on Campden Hill, where, after
| repairing, with my hosts assistance, as
Z far as was possible, the damages my
l,.,I II tal Il,