The Red Cloud chief., 1882-03-02

struggled. l screamed. Atlas. | man
aged to shake him of. and there ",
stood giarlng at each other and perspir
ing. Fortunately | had saved my tooth
III felt loose, but it was still there.
was very indignant. Explanations fol
lowed. IL seemed he was a dentist. AM
had an appointment with a patient. 70,
whom he took me. We both apologized,
and he begged my acceptance of one oi
ms cards, on which | read: DIR
fcnrhys Jones, Surgeon-Dcntist.''
brcathcd freely once more rs | found
myself in the square.
When l had somewhat recovered my
equanimity, ! looked at my watch, and
IN 1t still wanted a quarter to seven.
All was not lost, then. IiUrrying uu
Queen cate, i found myself in Ken
Sin%ton High Street, and at the corner
OF a street | perceived a house agents
oiiIcc. There seemed 10 he a chance
here, and entered and made inquiries.
"Pwllhyll JOncs," m%urInurcd the agent,
rcilcctlvcly. lyon are sure it j.
Pwllhyll?" he asked. Yes, replied, |
was quite sure of that. anyhow. Then
he rcfcrrcdto book, and said: There +
a L. Jones lives at No. Holland Road.
perhaps that's your man" | said |
would try him al any ate.
No. - Holland Road proved Ia bc n
the upper extremity of that longest and
strai%hteSt of streets. The house look
ed respectable, and | rang the bell.
Hardly had my hand touched it when
the door was opened cautiously. and the
lag.l - IL.
itself out. You are the doctor, | sup
pose She said, in t hoar-r whisper.
replied that my namc WAS Mr.. - or,
If She liked, "DOctor'-RccS, where
upon She bcckOncd me in without say
ing another word, and closed the door.
The hall was rather dark, hut inthc dim
light | could make out that the old
woman WAS very pale, andtrembiing all
over. "I0u had better 20 up 10 him"
She said; and | became aware of a ire
mcndouS noise above us. Then a ia
panncd tca-tray came bounding and
rafting down the stairs, where
little shrek, scuttlcd off hurricdly,
and disappeared somewhere at the
back, where | heard her lock herself in;
and | was left alone in the hall. didn't
like it ut all, and had half a mind To let
myself quietly out again. But then !
thought 1 might rs well see this thing
through. SO | boldly mounted the
stairs. On the landing there We're scv-
cral doors. One was partly open, and a
faint light Strcamcd from IL From the
inside | could hear a man voice utter
inc the most awful imprccationS. ]
feared | might be intruding upon Il fam
lily quarrel, and therefore coughcd loud
" Ia call attention 10 my presence.
There WAS a sudden cessation of the
noise, and presently 4 maj voice called
out, ENORMOUSLY: Come in, whoever
Won are This was not encouraging,
but | entered. and Ia my diSmay found
| was in a bedroom. \ middlc-a"rd
man. with 4 very red face, Law 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 glarcd Say.
amclv at me 4 moment, and then, shout
inc: '.Oh. here are some more Of you''
he hurled the bolster with all his force
al my head. | lodged it. "Who the
dickens are you?' yelled the man. !
cndraV"Tcd 10 explain, hut before had
got half a dozen words out, my friend
who | saw waS suffering from an attack
of hclirium trcmcnS, WAS out of bed, and
maxim" a sudden spring. pinned me by
the throat before | could stir n finer Il
prevent him. | was nearly chokcd. but
struggled desperately, and At last, by s
great effort. succeeded in freeing myself.
Seeing an open door, dashed through
il. and found myself i'll a>mall dressing
room, with no other cgrc>S than the win
dow. Hastily throwing it open. J
snran~ on t" the sill. and graSping the
iron pipe which ran by its side. | de
seconded into the darkness bcGcath, anO
came down with Il splash into the mid
die Of a huge watcr-butt. Happily il
had not much in it; but | could feel the
cold fluid ~trickling into my thin shoes.
There WAS 4 wall close by, the top 90
which | could Just reach by standin"
on the edge of the w~atar-hutr.
scrambled up without much difficulty,
and dropped down gently on the other
Sidc-into the arms of a policeman.
Nov 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
darhicS on to Yer in a fifty In vain ]
c~NpoStulatcd, and, all brcathlc>S rs
WAS. tried Ia tell him all about il. He
only warned me that whatever | said
would he used awiu me- and taking Z
firm grip. he marched me OF. despite
my struggles.
At the station | attempted to. give s
connected narrative Of myself. hut | dc
not think the police paid much attcn.
ton I il. The constable who had Of.
fcctcd my capture sworc that he had
had his ~ on me for 4 long time. and
knew me Ia be a notorious craftsman.
He also accused me of being drunk and
diSordcrlv. think | WAS more iniig-
nant about the accusation of drunken
ness than the more serious one. | could. |
of course. prove that | was not 4 bur.
glar. but il is another thing 10 convince
IN o~pinionateC policeman that Il man i
not drunk. | therefore insisted on the
divisional surgeon being sent for To saw
whether | was sober OF not. and. rather
10 my surprise. the Inspector consented.
In the mean time was thrust intoa cell
Ia await the arrival of the medical Off
GER. In 4 quarter of an hour or 50 that
gentleman made his appearance. TC
him | rccounted my history, and. rs i,
proceeded. his face, which At first had
been somewhat grave, expanded into a
broad smile. and IT last he sat down on
one of the benches. and Slapping his
thighs. fairly burst into roarS of laugh
ter. | felt rather hurt. and | think |
told him 80. At this he exploded into
fresh roars, and NJ length managed To
gasp out: "D-d-don't Won see the
ioke-ho, no, no. oh. dear, ha, ha,
Why. MAJ alive. I am Mr.. Pwllhvll
Jones, and we had been waiting dinner
for You n quarter of an hour when | was
sent for 10 examine an alleged drunk
ard-ho, hor'
OF course. after this, | was Immediate
" set ut liberty. and accompanied my
new-found friend to his comfortable
house on Campden Hill. where. after
repairing. with my hosts assistance. rs
far rs was possible. the damages my
wardrobe had sustained. l was taken hy
him into the drawing-room and pre-
scnted to his daughter. whom found
- all my [aunt's fancy painted her,