Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-04
The Agony of a Drug Store Clerk.

When was young man l had an ex-
perience that imprinted a degree of care in
me that has probably been worth thousands
OF dollars in after life ! was clerk in a
drug store at Grand Rapids, Mich, and my
duties kept me there from : in the evening
until about in the morning. One night
just at dark a woman with shawl over her
head came in, and, giving me a prescrip-
ton, told me to put it up quick. l hurried
it through and she paid me and Went out
About half an hour later a very well known
physician of the place came rushing in and
said: did you put up prescription for a
woman bit ago. "Yes, SIR" said "Did
you do it in hurry Yes 1 answered
again. with pang of fear Give me some
tartar eme;ic, quick" he exclaimed, tho
man it was for is dying" l got the drug
mechanically, and he tore out leaving me
in an agony of Doubt and fear perfectly in
describable
A man poisoned through mistake, a coro-
ner's inquest, Jail, trial, penitentiary, q
ruined reputation, nay wife and children
beggars, all passed in galloping defile be-
fore my whirling brain. | thought of
suicide or Eight; paced up aud down the
store and gnawed at my nails \ couple
Of hours elapsed and the doctor came in
again How is that man." gasped. "Oh,
he's dead" he replied indifferently. My
God! felt my heart stand still He walked
back toward the stove while stood dazed by
the door. Presently he strolied up and said:
"You put up that prescription, 1 believer
"Ycs "Well, no went on, "she never came
back with the medicine or the change
either" The world suddenly grew bright
again l began TO breathe at my normal
rate of respiration. L thought that doctor
was the loveliest human being | had ever
looked upon. But do you see this hair
watch guard | wear! When looked at it
next day found that in those two awful
hours my hair had turned white as the
driven snow.-Dr. Chas Harvey in Globe
Democrat
The Luck of n Nevada Senator.
"rve always believed in providence since
one day, years ago when was sheriff over
in Shea county. 1t was q rooster OF day,
and l was returning on horseback from a
hunt for some slnice robbers / was slowly
following faint mountain trail, and the sun
was Just baking me, and the horse was in a
lather came under the shade OF big rock
and thought it would be pleasant TO get of
and have O smoke. | sat down on a cool
boulder, cut pipeful from my plug, filled
my pipe and felt for a match. Well, Joe,
there wasn't q match any where in my peck
cts searched and searched, but there was
no match l tell You, Joe, felt worse over
that disappointment than Pve done since
when the marKet has gone back on me and
hit me for slon, 900 at q clip
But while sat there On that boulder
wrapped in gloom, what dye suppose my
eyes suddenly fell on! A match, by heaven,
lying on the trail not six feet away from
me! used Through was a little
afraid to touch it at first-and had my
smoke So You needn't worry about how
this political fight Is going to come out A
man for whom Providence will go to the
trouble OF providing a match for smoke in
the wilds OF the Sierra Nevadas, where
mans foo; scarcely ever treads, isn't likely
to get left when it comes to a commonplace
little thing like being elected to the United
States senate. Ever since that time" con-
cluded the Comstocker, "Ive never refused
q dollar to a parson, and have generally
done my lest In a quiet, unobtrusive way,
to make myself solid with the people who
have the pull on Providence Jones
in San Francisco Post