Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-01-19


perhaps that's your man." / said
would try him at any rate.
No. = Holland Road proved to be q
! the Upper extremity of that longest an
straightest of streets. The house look
ed respectable, and rang the bell
Hardly had my hand touched it whel
the door was opened cautiously y, and tn
head of weakened old woman thrns
itself out. You are the doctor. sup
pose?" she said. in hoarse whisper.
replied that my name was MIR. - OF
iii 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 din
light l could make out that the oil
woman was very pale. and trembling al
over. - You had better 20 up to him.
she said; and | became aware of . tire
mendous noise above Us. Then 4 ia
PANIED tea-tray came bounding ant
rafting down the stairs, where
upon the old woman. with
little shrek. scuttled off hurriedly
and disappeared somewhere at tin
back. where heard her lock herself in
and WAS left alone in the hall. didn'
ike it at all, and had half mind to IL
myself quietly out again. But then
thought | might as well see this thins
through. So | boldly mounted tn,
stairs. On the landing there We're sew
eral doors. One was partly open, and /;
faint light streamed from it. From tn,
inside could hear man 5 voice utter
ing the most awful imprecations.
feared might be intruding upon fam
ily quarrel, and therefore coughed loud
~ to call attention TO my presence
There was sudden cessation of tn.
noise. and presently mans voice callet
out. querulously: .'Come in, whoever
you are" This was not encouraging
but entered, and to my dismay fount
| was in Il bedroom. A middle-aget
man, with very red face, lay on tn,
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 We're living
about the floor. The man glared saw.
agely at me a moment, and then, shout
ing: 'Oh, here are some more of your'
he hurled the bolster with all his force
at my head. / lodged it. WHO thu
dickens are you?' yelled the man
endeavored to explain. but before had
got half a dozen words out, my friend
who | saw was suffering from an attack
Of deljrium tremens, was out of bed, and
making sudden spring. pinned me by
the throat before l could stir finger &c
prevent him. / was nearly choked. but
struggled desperately. and at last, by q
great effort, succeeded in freeing myself
Seeing an open door, i 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, de-
seconded into the darkness beneath, and
came down with 4 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 a 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 l
was. tried to tell him all about it. He
only warned HE that whatever I said
would be FUSED agin me-" and takinga
firm grip, he marched me of, despite
my struggles.
At the station attempted TO give a
connected narrative of myself, but do
not think the police paid much atten-
ton to it. The constable who had eff