Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-11

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! pany of two men, neither of whom lie
/ had ever seen before, riding he knew
not whittier, seated upon a magnitcen!
Thoroughbred stailioE, and this all hap
pepiug 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 a free rein, ~ and away the band
dashed. On they rode, hour after hour,
ND hill and down hill, now crossing a
! narrow stream, now o broader one, INTO
and across arroY as, Through what seemed
! to be dense forests and out again on the
sandy plains, never once stopping, not
even speaking a loud word, the whole
idea being bent on the early arrival at
some specified point. Night began to
break into morning and morning into
broad day, the sun came up In all It's
western splendor, and yet our travellers
never once spoke CT stopping. 1t must
have been s o'clock when all at once the
rein Of the chestn- stallion was grasped
and halt called. And now for the first
time since midnight DIR. Bishop was al
lowed to look around him, his forced
blindness having been removed by his
guides.
They seemed to be in beautiful val
ley down which trickled stream of clear,
sparkling water, and all around them
the earth was covered with a garment of
gramma grass. They had halted imme-
diately in front of small but neat
appearing house, the door of which
stood open. Only three persons were in
sight, the two strangers, companions III
the nights ride, and another man whom
the doctor had not before seen. eco
down to the brook, doctor, take drink
of water, and refreshing bath, and by
that time breakfast will be ready"
81 did as directed" said the doctor,
''and don't believe there is another such
stream of water IN Arizona. / can as
sure you it was to me the grandest bath
[ ever took.
AS yet the surgeon. had not seen
his patient, but breakfast was soon dis
posed OF. the bacon and beans being
devoured with a relish, and then the
patient was disclosed, lying upon a pile
of Navajo blankets in one corner of the
log building.
s'He must have been a man 80 years
of age, black hair, black eyes, and fully
six feet tall and heavy in proportion, but
every pound of weight seemed to be
muscle, said DR.. Bishop. Iknelt down
beside him and found that the wound
was Immediately over the heart and that
it had been made by large sized re-
volver."
The preliminary examination and q
few questions elected the fact that al
though a 45-caliber ball was still inside,
yet it was by no means dangerous. The
ball was probed for and extracted, the
patient never uttering a complaint. The
wound was bandaged up, an application
prepared for its dressing, and the sur
geon's mission was ended
All day and the first part of the even
ing was spent at the camp, and then the
horses were again saddled, and the ride
homeward was only repetition of the
night before, including the blindfolding
of the doctor.
60 We arrived in Williams at 4 A. NJ,
before anybody was moving" said DR..
Bishop, 4" and | was landed In my little
home here none the worse for my
thirty-six hours experience. The tall
stranger, without asking me as to my
charges, Immediately counted out $50,
and handing it to me remarked that they
we're little hardup just now, out would
pay me fully III a short time"
'The doctor went on to state that the
strangest part of the whole affair hap
pened only a few days ago. The wound
ed man came over to my Office just be-
fore the train pulled out, and laying
800 on my desk remarked that he
thought ought to consider myself paid.
Rushing out he just caught the train,
and that is the last have ever heard OF
any of the trio"
DIR. Bishop could not explain in any
way the strange occurrence, but sur
missed that their might have been q duel
between men of some standing, and
that, having failed to bring a surgeon
with them, he had been called to act in
that capacity.
It was a strange adventure, and when
one thinks where it occurred, sort OF
sensational halo is thrown around the
whole affair.