Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

to enraSc Brcrctou, and bofotc VIC could
prevent il he had wrcnchcd his hands
loose and spmng after her, crashing tho
door behind him. As VIC burst open the
door to follow him, wo heard scream
OF terror and the fall of some heavy body,
end our first view of the room showed w
| Dorothy lying scnsclcss ON tho floor,
| blood streaming from terrible cash in
her forehead, while Brcrcton stoopett
over her, heavy ruler in his upraise,l
hand.
"Wc sprang upon him in timo to pre-
vent second blow, and carried him,
struggling from tho room. 1t was somo
time before wo could bind him again,
and in the meantime, Charlotte, Doro-
thy's nurse, had como to relieve our
mirds about her. Her mistress was bct-
Ter, she snid, and had sent word to tho
doctor not to leave her husband until ho
was quiet, assuring us that her own
wound was slight.
'For the next half hour il was as
much as We could do to keep tho maniac
We were guarding, from killing us or
himself. Twice the doctor injected NOR
phlno without amy apparent effect. The
dclirium was, il anything, increased, and
death in its most frightful form, momcn-
tarily drew nearer tho stricken wretch.
''rhc doctor was in II dreadful dilcm-
ma. If hc administered morphine again
1T would very probably prove fatal, while
on the other hand, 10 permit tho ,lclrum
to run IFS course uncontrolled, meant Ger.
tain and u loathsomc death.
''ln this disagrccallc situation he nc.
ccptcd the alternative that presented
some slight hope aud administered II third
dose OF morphine.
Its effect was almost instantaneous.
From writhing, screaming maniac, he
became, suddenly, as immobilc ns II fallen
statue, his heavy breathing The only sign
of life.
"For another quarter of nn hour tho
doctor watched every pulsntion of his
heart, i'll evident dread of some sudden
| catastrophe. AZ the end of tlat time hc
rose, visibly relieved, and said in whis.
per:
g i must 80 TO attend to Mrs. Brcrc-
TONS wound, Holiday; keep your nlten-
tion closely on this fellows heart. IL it
does its work well for tho next half hour
he'll pull through, but if there il tho
icnst ilunciuation call me ut once; delay
ten minutes, and not the whole college,
of surgeons could bring him to liff
again
''llc left the room noisclcssly, only &c
turn at the door To repeat his warming:
=" "Rcmcmbcr, Holiday, delay mcanr
death
"With those words ho left me. Loft
me alone with the man who hnd ruined
my life and broken tho heart of tho
woman loved, whose lro meant misery
TO the trembling, wounded girl in tho
next room; whose death meant rclcnsc To
her and peace, and ID was to this man
that delay, not n blow on nny violence,
but II simple ten minutes Of quiet whit
ing, Of delay, mcant-dcaihl
al prayed, ycs, sirl you my think /
could not pray about such II thing, but
could and did, and then all my doubts
cleared away. The crisis, of which tho
doctor Ind warned me, might not occur
In that case he should live; by no net OF
mine should his death bo hnstcned, but
neither should my act of mine prevent
| I've IL eiD 'ii0ip tulll nllDuNl--tlU-
lay!
"Wcll, sir, just as hnd made up my
mind, there cnInc n smoihcrcd cry OF pain
from the next room. IT. was Dorothy's
voice; she was suffering under the doc
tors hands. AT the same instant felt II
change in her husbands pulse, it nml-
tcrcd-stoppcd-iluticrcd on again faint
ly. A cry for The doctor rosc To my lips,
and died nway, nnuttcrcd. My wntch lay
on the table beside him, the hands NOV
ing slowly, oh, 10 slowly, marked three
-ilvc-cight minutcs-thc pulse grow
ing rapidly wcakcr--wns scarcely per-
ceptiblo now--nino minuics-tcn min
utcs, and gave II sudden cryl The doc
tor rushed in and raised I3rcrcton in his
arms, calling frantically on me for RENE
dies. IL WIS no use; the pulse had llut-
tered family, and ccasc'l. Not the whole
college of surgeons could bring him TO
life againi Brcrcton was dend!'
The Corporal ceased speaking, rose
from his scat, and stood before me.
"I have stated the case, sir, he said,
quietly, ''whaL is the ycrdict-was il o
criInc?"
nv hcAI u"y nI Suhuo"n tOrpOral
jack fell mortally wounded. reached
him only in tiloe to soothc his last agony
just before ho died he murmurcd,
family:
"Don't forget, sir, that never saw
Dorothy again, though might, because
no one suspected. Remember that, sir,
and tell me if il was crimc?"-Atlantt
Constitution.
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