The Penn's Grove record., 1882-05-06
NUMBER 80.

and found he was at Carlisle. His
sleep had not been refreshing, for 1t
had been disturbed by a dream that
troubled him. Unsentimental by ma
ture, he tried TO laugh the fancy away (;
but it refused to be exercised. Still
harplng on some of the incidents, he
reached his friends home, and found
the young wife in a hopeless condition.
The husband was saddened and per-
picked and his friend, realizing that
action of some kind was neces sary to
raise the mourner from his stupor,
succeeded in getting him to talk about
the business he wished transacted.
They went through a number of
streets converting familiarity, when
all of q sudden the husband found
himself grasped by the arm, and
looked round to see his friend gazing
eagerly into the window of a shop.
Recovering himself in an instant the
visitor talked freely, and did not vol
unteer an explanation of his rather
cratic conduct; but ON returning to
the house, he requested the servant t o
bring the bottle containing the medi-
cine last given to the suffering woman
The girl brought the bottle, and said
she had just washed it, IS the doctor
had ordered her to go for another
dose.
This vas disappointing, certainly.
But the friend was a born detective,
ana not to be baked. The girl went
for the medicine. When she returned
with it the young man took the bottle
and without acquainting the husband
of his intention, left the house with
the prescription, returning after q
brief interval with the medicine. Dur
ing the night, the breathing of the
patient became easier, and when the
doctor called the next day, he was
able to report symptoms of recovery.
In the evening the friend, accom-
panied by a man of severe demeanor,
entered the room where the husband
sat, and requested him to come ont on
a little piece of business. They walked
In silence through several streets, and
at last reached a police station, which
they entered. Behind the desk there
was seated a man with his face buried
in his hands. The officer on duty,
without much circumlocution, told
the business which had called them
there. Addressing the husband, he
said that the man seated in the office
was charged with administering
nexious drugs. When the accused
stood up, the party saw the altered
features of the missing chemist. A
light seemed to flash over the hus-
bands face and after he had made
all the necessary dispositions, he hur-
ried home. At the next a~ssizes, the
chemist was sentenced to ten years
penal servitude; and as he pleaded
guilty, the public knew nothing of
the circumstances more than was con-
tanned in the charge. One of the
prosecutors, however, had manifested
q great interest in the case and az
the uuSuduu anu iIichu WcAC iCdNih&
the court, he requested the latter to
give nina some explanation of the
manner in which his suspicious were
first called forth against the criminal.
The friend at once told his story.
In the railway carriage, he had
| dreamed that he was walking through
a large city which he had never visi-
ted. At length he came upon a row
of shops, and at q window of n OF
these he observed the face of a man,
| debased and vindictive in its express
| sion, and quite familiar to him. The
man held a mortar and pestle in his
hands, and while he mixed up some
| drug, there was a balefuI light in the
| fishy-looking eyes. Then the sharp
whistle of the engine awakened the
dreamer. The sequel was plain. Walk
ing with his friend through the lsby-
rinth of streets, could he despise his
sleeping fancy when he saw before
him the actual row Of shops, while at
one of the Windows stood u figure that
haunted his memory like a night
mare? 1t vas a perfect revelation.
When he returned, and secured the
medicine and prescription, he went to
another chemist, and procured the
needed restorative, and then called
upon an analyst with the first bottle.
1t was found to contain a deadly mar
cotic and the police authorities hav-
ing been satisfied with the main facts,
ordered the arrest of the Jealous and
wretched man. before the guilt of
actual murder lay at his door.