Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-16
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A DOCTORS STORY.

iiy NAY nl necessary Iu,ycIuctIou to
INV sior,, must saY a lea words o.
the t,ue =" ben / commenced the prac
t'ce of medicine.
When NJ. u. was attached 20 nv
uam.. | boacI a. iso sh iuvs. iny mo.
iessiom aud-my AugsIlua- II uaus
was not Angelina, bui my mlis b, ing
a modest Iltg!e lady, desires she saall
not be dragged before an iuquls.tIye
public. l.rg then, the abstract. 40.
geiIua, represent the real woman. !
coucesl my own name for similar Fga
sons.
or cours. had rival. Name. Rseh
apIs araucs, striking and baHdsou /:
character, very ~ bsd.
y tarr my ait elton lvg this gentle
I.au nor ia aarc,Ioa Iar me- aoald
have vautyd eyall.erat,on On Au>
river ! kUua. W. JlsI,ksd each c.hs;
heartily .,um tAc iirss. Being muct
hAus.someT tLau my EEL. be might hayy
been \ dau gvFous rgyaL. However. ls
saved me Al. tile trouble. lie com
mittcd forgery SHien vas discovered
sooner than he expected. lir Was ar.
rested Tor the C'lstcr. triad and con.
sicled. Was enc 81 the rtllciyaI
Witnesses against bim. When the
sentence Mas passed upon him. he rr
gurstsi momeus { .HtrTsatson With
me. shall never forget the look 81
hatred upu hIs face IS he hi.sed out !;
You have ruined my Iose aud my
life. Rem mber that, and iear me-
ana not a tlmid mau, aud attached
but llIIls ImToTianc@ 10 his implied
threat, thought II simply tbe b.us
Ter Of .e.: defeated aud di.gr.ced
rival.
Sher,ly after Angelina and were
married, aud, as the storybook says,
lived happy ever after~ard.'
80 much by way OF Iulroducli II,
now To my story.
We h.d been Marie. u little over
two years. Dining 'hat time | had
heard nothing OF Somers. His sen
teuee had teen comparatively light
ons-a year aud half. Af,er his
discharge from prison, however, |
neither saw nor heard Of him.
For 81 y"ung man. had been very
successful as Il physician. Perhaps
my success MAS principally cu. to my
strict attention to ? actice. No mat
ter how late, or dark or stormy might
be the night | promptly ATTENDED to
all summons al the bedside OF the suf~
terlug.
One night, little while before the
hour Of retiring. tie do bell rung.
and shortly alierward man catered
the room where We were sitting. lie
MAS not possessing. His halr was
shorl and th!ck. AID the gencral cast
o his features sgiialnous.
He evidently bel ns,d to iha, yari-
ETY. Of foml known us the jail bind. -
Nevertheless. without hesitation, Iput
on my hat and coat, and prepared to
go with him.
"A gentleman. he said, "has brok-
en- his l.g.'
| thought it pity that, if he was
anything like his mess nger, he hadn't
broken his neck. | did not tell my
wife where | was going, for it was II
distant part OF the town, and in any.
thing but respectable nelghborhood.
| did not wish to make the little wo
man nervous.
On our way my friend. the Jail bird,
was very uncommunicative. lie an
swered my inquiries about the injured
man in short monosyllahles. lie was
apparently in no haste, for he walked
very slow ly--more slowly, though,
than was consistent with the welfare of
my patient.
At last We arrived at our deslna-
ton. | was very dark looking house,
in very dark street.
My guide led me up two figh's of
very dirty and rickety stairs, that
creaked objections to our weight upon
them. In the third story We stopped
before a door, which, to my surprise,
my mpanion opened with key
which he took from his pocket. Was
lie afraid man with broken leg
would escape? | was still more sur
prised when, on entering the room, ]