San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-12
DESIGNATING FICTION.
4 Doctors Midnight Ride in the Noun.
tains OF Arizona.

& Doctors Midnight Ride in the Noun.
tains OF Arizona.
Some time ago the little railroad
town of Williams, Arizona, was the
scene Of quite strange adventure,
.aA least SO far as one of it's prominent
&atizens was concerned. Williams is
GA the line of the Atlantic and Pacific
aailroad, at the foot of Bill William s
mountain. The one street of the town
rulns parallel with the railroad track,
,aad the only buildings anywhere to
ire seen are directly facing the north,
,saad, therefore, the railroad. The
amildings are all frame, and for the
aaost part one-story, they having been
.nailt with the idea that the town
aaight move, and then the buildings
could be torn down and transported
with little cost.
About the middle of last Novem-
ber," began DR.. Bishop, ION a very
dark and chilly night, after reading
quite late turned down the Highland
@as soon
WRAPPED IN SLUMEBR.
Et must have been eleven o'clock
when I was awakened by knock at
aay front office door. The knock was
a loud one, it was not repeated, so
drinking that 1 might have been mis-
taken, l again laid down to sleep. l
rad no sooner closed my eyes than a
second knock came-this time at the
sack door, by my bed. l could not be
sn istaken, so asked what was wanted.
The answer came that a man had
been badly hurt and required my
,pmsence at once. After lighting a
candle the door was opened, and in
stepped two gentlemen, both we'll
dressed and both indicating by their
SGces that their education had in no
wise been neglected. In fact they
were Eastern born and Eastern bred.
The spokesman, who was the tallest
,N the two, and who, by the way, was
"a splendid type of manhood, urged
apon me the necessity of being some
xhat in q hurry about making my
preparations. For" sale he, you
must go 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 a very
:strange proceeding to ask man 80
pears of age to go out on such a night,
and especially with two men of whom
Ere knew nothing whatever.
ut don't make particle of differ
Gxnce who we are, what We are, or
where we are from, remarked the tall
stranger. You have got to go with
KS and the sooner you make up your
mind, the pleasanter it will be for all
concerned"
How was the man hurt?" inquired
tie physician.
HE was shot," was the answer.
Arguments based ON the age and
health of the physician were of no
oval, and SO it came that hurried
separations were made, and in
sS1orter time than it takes to tell it,
ODE party, including DR.. Bishop were
aafin the cool damp air of the night.
Gt took but a moment for the stran-
.rers to find their horses, and to point
9St splendid, big chestnut, whose
Gocm and every motion proved him
.a BE a thoroughbred, and the animal
upon which our friend, the doctor was
"a make the unknown journey.
That is your horse, doctor" said
he strangers.
HE Is A GOOD ONE,
.asd as sure-footed as any animal In
Arizona. You need never be afraid
q him for a moment, he's as gentle
=ls = kitten.
Into the saddle went the Tow thor
syushly mystifed man Of medicine,
and the two strangers mounted two
horses nearly, If not quite the equals