Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-03-30
Tempsranes.
A DOCTORS STORY.

A DOCTORS STORY.
"You know nothing about intern
perance," said noted physician. 81
could write volumes that would
amaze you"
''Write one" | said.
ssIt would be breach of honor.
A physician, like Romish priest.
may not betray the confessional"
After moment he added sOur
profession takes us into homes And
lives and hearts that seem all bright
and happy are often dark and miser-
able from sickness of the SOUL
.sThere must be some scenes that
it would be proper for you to tell
me-" 1 urged; please think of
some"
II was called to the wife of a dis
tinguished gentleman. Her husband
sat by her bed tanning her, and
lovely bouquet of flowers was on the
the stand by her side. Two little
girls were playing quietly in the
room. 1t was charming picture of
love and devotion.
MY wife fell down stairs, said
her husband, 'and | fear has hurt
herself seriously
/ examined her shoulder. 1t was
swollen and almost black, and one
rib was broken.
How do you find her?' asked her
husband anxiously.
i will ask the questions, if you
please. How did you so injure your
self?'
4 fell on the stairway
/ hesitated. / was not in poor
shanty, but in the house of we'll
known and unstained man. / re-ex-
amined her side.
when did she fall ? | asked.
Last night, he said, after a sec
ond's pause and glance at her.
My resolve was taken.
please show me the place on the
stairs where she struck | said to
the husband, rising and going out.
He followed me.
Il was not with her when she FELL
he said.
The injury was not from a fall,
and it was not done last night. New
er Try to deceive DOCTOR
'She begged me not to tell you the
truth
Then get another physician, /
said.
Il will tell you the truth. Night
before last had been out to dinner
4 saw your brilliant speech in the
paper. Was it wine-inspi.ed?'
Partly. Most after-dinner speech
es are to a degree. [ came home ex-
cited by the fine dinner, wit, wisdom
and wine of the evening, and went,
not to bed, but 10 the closet and
drank heavily. My wife heard me
and came down, hoping to coax me
upstairs, as she had done many
times.
But she was too late. My reason
and my manhood were gone, and I
pounded her, and left her. She tried
to follow me, but fell on the stairs.
, After a time she crawled, she says,
, upstairs, and went into the nursery
and slept with the little girls.
slept late. and woke with a fierce
| headache, and went out at once,
thinking no breakfast and the
outdoor air would clear my brain for
my morning engagements. | pledge
you my honor I had forgotten
that / struck my wife. When ]
came back last night l found her suf-
fering; but she would not permit a
physician should be sent for lest il
should disgrace me. | think she
really tries to believe that she hurt
herself, more or less, when she fell
And with an honest culver of the
chin he added, 'She is an angel, an6
wine is devil J
What ale wine-bibbers
, Own children of their father. X
, my wife seriously hurt?
. Il cannot tell yet. | fear she is.
More absolute, untiling devotion
no man ever gave wife than ht
gave her while she lived and suffered
, When her noble, true, loving hear
. ceased to throb he was incOnsOlable
His love and devotion were the them,
of every lip, and the providence
! that so afflicted him was callet
strange in tone of semi-censure
o On the tomb is cut the beloved
wife, He has gone to her now, il
that land of no license.
No one but myself ever knew th
Truth. National Temper dnce I'D
UOcdte.