Daily Republican., 1882-05-12
ADREAM OF MURD Err. .

his bride to q large town in England.
The lady possessed great personal
charms, and had quite following Of
suffers, the est conspicuous of whom
was a young chemist, who did not bear
the most irreproachable of characters;
: but shortly before the marriage, this
young man disappeared. The married
couple were very happy for several
months, till an event happened which
bears upon the story. Returning from
received slight chill, which threaten
I'd to rest on the lungs, and medical
assistance was procured.
The doctor came and after ordering
q simple prescription he retired
remarking that his patient would
b. all right in day or two. This
anticipation, however, was not fulfilled.
To the great grief of her husband, his
wife showed symptoms of extreme las
sitade; and the most ski)lful diagnosis
Of All eminent physician failed to &C.
count for the abnormal condition.
Medicine was of course prescribed
| fleely hut 9Th no beneficial result
Exhaustion supervened, and at this
crisis the husband telegraphed to his
friend in Edinburg to come and per.
form some little business.
The summons was readily Obeyed, as
the friend had sincere admiration for
the husband, and the greatest respect
for the suffering wife. Seated that
night in q Midland carriage, with no
companion but his thoughts, the young
! man recalled all the circumstances OF
the marriage, not forgetting the sinis.
ter incident of the disappointed apothe-
cary's disappearance. As he thought
On all these matters be foil asleep. He
awoke with start and found he was at
Carlisle. His sleep had not been re-
freshing, sor 1t had been disturbed by
dream that troubled him. Unsentilnen-
tai by nature, he tried to laugh the
fancy away; but it refused to be exer-
cisei. Still harping on some OF the
Incidents, he reached his friends home,
and fouLd the young wife in a hopeless
condition. The husband was saddened
and perplexed; and his friend realiz.
ing that action Of some kind was neces-
safy to raise the mourner from his
stupor, succeeded in getting him to
talk about the business he wished
transacted.
They went through number of
streets conversing familiarly, when all
of sudden the husband found himself
grasped by the arm, and Looked round
to see his friend gazing eagerly into
a window of shop. Recovering
himself In an instant the visitor
talked freely, and did not volunteer
an explanation of his rather erratic
conduci; but Oh returning to the
house, he requested the servant to get
the bottle containing the medicine last
given to the suffering woman. The
girl brought the bottle and said she
had just washed it, as the doctor had
ordered her to 60 for another dose.
This was disappointing, certainly.
But the friend was q born detective
and not to be balked. The girl went !
tor the medicine. When she returned /
with IT. the young man took the bottle,
and without aCqnaintlng tae husband
of his intention, lett the house with the
prescription, returning after brief in
terval with the medicine. During the |
night the breathing Of the patient be-
came easier and when the doctor called |
next day, he was able to report symp-
toms of recovery.
In the evening the friend accompa-
MED by man of severe demeanor, en-
tered the room where the husband sat, |
and requested him to come out on d
little piece of business. They walked |
in silence through several streets, and
at last reached police station, which
they entered. Behind the desk there
was seated man with his face buried
in his hands. The officer on duty, with
out much circum loo ution, told the busi-
ness which had called them there. Ad-
dressing the husband, he said that The
man seated in the office was charged
with administering noIious drugs.
W hen the accused stood up the party
saw the altered features of the missing
chemist. A light seemed to flash over
he husbands face, aud after he had
made all the necessary depositions. he
hurried home. At the next a5sizes, the
chemist was sentenced to ten years
PENAL servitnde; and as he pleaded
,uilty, the public knew nothing of the +
ircu instance more than was contained
II the charge.
One of the prosecutors, however, mad
manifested great interest in the case, !
nd as the husband and his friend were J
eaving the court, he reg uested the lat
er to give him some explanation of the !
manner in which his suspicious were
rst excited against the criminal. The U
riend at once told his story. v
In the railway carriage he had y
reamed that he was walking through F
large city which he had never visited. T
1t length he came upon row Of shops, d
nd at q window Of one Of these he OBJ
erved the face of q man debased and ~
indictive in its expression and quite -
.miliar to him. The man held NOR ~
ar and pestle in his hands, and while 4
Q mixed up some drugs, there vas "
aneful light in his fishy looking eyes. v
hen the sharp whistle of the engine
wakened the dreamer.
The sequel was plain. Walking with X
Is friend through the labyrinth of q
reefs, could he despise his sleeping u
.ncy when he saw before him the act T.
al row of shops, while at one of the
indows stood q figure that haunted
10 memory like a nightmare. 1t was I'll
perfect revelation. When he return pr
|, and secured the medicine and pre- nc
ription, he went to another chemist
I'd procured the needed restorative,
I'd then called upon an analyst with Ga
@ first bottle. 1t was found to con- ac
in deadly narcotic and the police an
thorities having been satisfied with an
Q main facts, ordered the arrest of
0 Jealous and wretched man, before
o guilt of actual murder lay at his
or. .-"Chambers Journal .o'
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