Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-07-11
A Doctors Adventure.

DOctOr>S Au'cutuTc.
Some time ago the little railroad
town of Williams, A. T., was the
scene of quite strange adventure, at
least so far as one of its prominent
citizens was concerned.
Williams is on the line of the At
lantic a. Pacific Railroad, at the foot
of Bill Williams Mountain. Nearly
directly opposite the depot, and about
midway in the built-up portion of the
street, is low board office, upon the
door of which this legend is enscroll-
ed: "Dr. Bishops Office" 1t was
in a portion of that office that the
strange adventure Of that November
night began, and it was in this room
that the whole history of that night
was related by the Doctor to the wri-
ter.
about the middle of last Novem-
ber," began DIR. Bishop, "on a very
dark and chilly night, after reading
until quite late, | turned down the
light and was soon wrapped in slum-
Der. 1t must have been IL o'clock
when | was awakened by knock. /
asked what was wanted. The answer
came that a man had been badly hurt
and required my presence at once.
After lighting a candle the door was
opened and in stepped two gentlemen,
both well dressed, and both indicating
by their faces that their education
had been in no wise neglected. In
fact, they were Eastern-born and
Eastern-bred.
The spokesman, who was the tallest
of the two and who, by the way, was
a splendid type of manhood, urged
upon me the necessity of being some
what in a hurry about making my
preparations "for," said he, "you
must 60 with us, and we have a long
ride to take before morning" The
doctor demurred at going at all, and
said that it was certainly very
strange proceeding to ask a man 80
years of age to go out on such night,
and especially with two men of whom
he knew nothing about whatever.
at doesn't make particle Of diff
ference who we are, what we are or
where we are FROM" remarked the
tall stranger. "You have got to GO
with us, and the quicker you make
up your mind to do so the pleasanter
it will be for all concerned"
GLOW was the man hurt?" inquir-
ed the doctor.
"He was shot," was the answer.
Arguments based on the age and
health of physicians were of no avail
and in shorter time than it takes to
tell it, the party, including DIR. Bishop,
were out in the cool damp air of the
night. 1t took but a few moments
for the strangers to find their horses
and to point out a splendid big chest
nut, whose every motion and form
proved him to be thoroughbred, a:
the animal upon which our friend, the
doctor, was to make the unknown
journey.
"That is your horse, DOCTOR" said
the strangers. "He is a good one
and as surefooted as any man in Ari
IONA. You need never be afraid o.
him for moment he's as gentle as
kitten"
Into the saddle went the now tho
roughly mystifed man of medicine
and the two strangers mounted two
horses nearly, if not quite, the equal,
of the chestnut stallion. The party
had hardly got clear of the few mid
night lamps at Williams when halt
was called, and our M. ID. was inform.
ed that it would be necessary to blind
fold him, as his companions had nc
idea Of allowing him the faintest con.
ception of the direction in which the
trio were travelling.
The Doctor, of course, objected to
this kind of treatment, but he was
quickly voted down and compelled to
submit himself to the inevitable. A
sack, which one of the party carried
was quickly drawn over his head and
then they were again ready to ad.
vance.
Imagine, if you can, the feelings Of
this follower of Esculapius, in the
company of two men, neither of whom
he had ever seen before, riding he
knew not whittier, seated upon mag,
nificent thoroughbred stallion, and
this all happened at the dead of night
on the sandy mesas Of Arizona.
The horses were given the spur
with the admonition to the Doctor to
"give him free rein," and away the
band dashed. On they rode, hour af-
ter hour, up hill and down hill, now
crossing narrow steam, now broad
err one, into and across arroyas,