St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-25
THE DOCTORS STORY.

"When [ was a young doctor l fell
very much in love with Miss Constance
Iarlay, rich young lady in the town
where l commenced to practice. While
my attentions were warmly received by
the young lady, her guardian, Mr.. Bar
ton, opposed me from the start. Her
father, IN his will, had given the guard
ian full control of her money, and he
had the privilege of cutting her off with
out penny if she chose to marry against
his wishes.
''Mr. Barton had nephew, Gideon
Walmeslev, whom he wanted Miss Har-
lay to marry, so you may believe my
chances were very slight of winning
her.
lone night a lady heavily yelled called
on me at my Office. After | had closed
the shutters and lit the gas saw it was
Miss Harlay. What passed between US
/ will mention later on. | was shocked
many days afterWard to hear that this
young lady had been found dead in her
room.
such an occurrence, In q household
more humjly circumstanced, would
doubtless have led to calling a cOrOner's
jury. As it was, no inquiSitive officials
busted themselves TO ask questions, and
DIR. COluber's statement was everywhere
received as quite satisfactory. Indeed,
that distinguished practitioner, instead of
having the young lady's death laid at
his door, received great credit for hav-
ing kept her so long alive.
The funeral was announced for the
following day, and In the course of the
afternoon those desiring a last look at
the departed were admitted to the sec
Ond story chamber, where she lay in
her coffin.
II went and looked with the rest.
The face was white as sculptured mar
BILE, but in beauty of outline eXcelled
the highest achievement of art.
'At last the coffin lid was screwed
down, not to be raised again. The
spectators retired, and the door of the
room was closed on its lonely occupant
till the final ceremony on the morrow.
Next day a numerous thrOng attend
ed the funeral, and when the coffin was
lowered to its resting-place many ad-
vanced to drop flowers upon it, and
when the sections assistants began to
shovel in the clay more than one sym
pathetic sob re-echOed the Saddening
sound.
MIR. Barton bore his grief with equal
fortitude and dignity. AS his niece'S
nearest surviving relative and heir, he
took possession of her property, and the
following Sunday sat with solemn COM
posture through an exhaustive discourse
of Parson POlyteXt on the uncertainty
of human life, comprised under sixteen
heads and lastly.
',Jasiel Barton no doubt saw, or fam
cied he did, much in the last sad event
to point to a moral. He had plotted
with infinite pains to gain control of
his rebellIOuS niece's property
either indirectly. through her mar
rage with his nephew lover whom he
believed his influence unlimited), or by
driving her to marry another without
his approval, thereby FORGETTING her
fortune to himself. Now, by 4 sudden,
though melancholy turn of fortune. all
was his own, with no fear of compiled
tons from the yagarieS of Skittish
young nephew.
But alas for the vanity of earthly
hopes! Within very brief period Mr..
Barton furnished ParSou POlyteXt with
occasion for another solemn discourse;
or rather for Il repetition of the same,
pIeced out with a head or two addI-
tional; for he, too. was found lying
stark and stiff one morning. Coluber
was forthwith sent for. and thrust his
lancet into the patients jugular; but
the vital current refused to flow. Apo
pleXy,' was the learned gentleman's de-
ision, and JaSiel Barton, like the rich
man in the parable carry Tie pal allel
no further-WaS taken out and buried;
his datiful nephew, Gideon WalmeSley.
succeeding to his wealth. He didn't
get time to take possession, though.
1.-THE day after his uncle'S funeral he