Mower County transcript., 1890-11-12

little hysterical catching for breath,
'it's all very we'll to say impossible,'
but I saw 'em myself. was just pass.
ing BY, ON my way to the Doroas meet
ing. when saw the wagon drive up,
all full Of things. Every possible piece
of furniture you could dream Of.
Reolintng-ohairs, glass-oases, velvet
topped stools"
"He's going to open an apothecary's
shop in connection with his business"
exclaimed Mrs. Deane.
And at tho very bottom, nv dear,
just wrapped in sheets, were two poo.
corpses!' melodramatically exclaimed
Miss Murgatroyd.
Mrs. Deane's jaw dropped. "Are you
quite surt?" she asked.
II saw their poor, pale faces myself
replied Miss Melinda. 1.-The wretch
hadn't even the decenoy to cover them.'
! "Well. I neverv' said Mrs. Deane
This ought to be seen to. Dykeville
| isn't place to countenance such iniqui
ties. I'll lot Deane know right OF
He's smoking his pipe in his Office, snug
and handy!'
And I'll step over to Hunters and
mention tho thing to Squire Goshawl
on tho way" excitedly cried Miss Ne.
| linda, with the sensation of q modern
Joan of Arc.
DR.. Wiggins had had . hard time
moving his worldly goods from the
freight depot Of the Boxtown & Dyke
vile railway. His skeleton had become
disarticulated. and the manikin had
been doubled up under forty pound
demijohn of carbolic acid and hopeless.
| ly ruined. The bottles were broken in
his case Of best Otard brandy; he
couldn't find his amputating instru-
ments, and his favorite meerschaum
had cracked in two pieces.
''1'll be hanged if ever you catch me
moving again!" he fervently calculated
as he sat down to eat some bread and
meat out of a paper in front Of smoky
fire and drink cold coffee from tin can
which leaked. And just then there
came q solemn tap-tap at his door.
my first patient" thought DR.. Wig.
gins, hiding the bread and meat behind
a medical encyclopedias and hurrying to
open the door.
There stood three tall men-Leon.
idas Hunter, Squire William Goshawk
and Mr. Deane.
"Walk in, gentlemen; walk in" said
the doctor, and he rubbed his hands and
looked at them with an air OF smiling
expectancy. In what way can serve
you this eveningT
Sir" said Squire Goshawk, ''we're .
peaceable and law-abiding populace
here, but there are some things which
human flesh and blood can't stand"
"And this Is one of 'em," sputtered Mr..
Deane.
1--WE can't allow it." said Leonidas
Hunter.
"You must either leave Dykeville or
abandon that branch Of your profess
sion." said Mr.. Deane. e. =
And the sooner you understand this
fact, the BETTER" added Squire Goshawk.
with dignity.
All the while they spoke, tho eyes OF
tho three inquisitors were wandering
| around tho room in q restless, errati
sort OF way, which struck the doctor
with amazemont
'tGentlemen," -" said he, what on earth
do you mean%'
"Where are they?" said Squire Cos.
! hawk.
II don't know what you're talking
about" said DR.. Virgins.
mo equivoques, SIR" sternly uttered
Mr.. Deane. ''You are greatly mistaken
| if you think that the criminal law will
not reach you."
''We allude, Sir" said Leonidas Hunt
er, ito the bodies"
"What bodies?" said DR.. Wiggins.
''Come," said the lawyor, ''this won't
60 down! They were seen to be carried
into this house, wrapped in, white
sheets, in the broad light of-of-' he
was going to say day." but corrected
himself by adding: "the street-lamps!'
"Oh!" said DR., Virgins, q light break
ing in upon the troubled darkness of
| his brain. ''O-o-hi Yesl Exactly! /
understandr'
And then DR.. Wiggins fell back into
the dislocated chair, and laug he'd until,
he was purple in the face. + +,
''Hal ha! hal" he chu ckled. '.They're
downstairs! Ha! ha! ha! Come and
look at themw
''Tho man is devoid of natural feel
ing" thought the three gentlemen.
But they accompanied him downstairs
to the big store, where heaps OF boxes,
bales and draperies lay about and,
standing up against tho. counter, tho
senseless faces Of two life-sized wooden
figures simpered at them! ... .-
'They belong to Miss Mix, tbs mill
iner who has rented the store Of me-"
said DR.. Wiggins. ITO put in the win
dow, you know, with fashionable gowns
and spring bonnets on 'eml And you
really believed they were dead bodies7
Ha, ha, ha! Ha, he, hal"
And of went Dr. Wiggins into freak
paroxysm Of laughter, in which the
three gentlemen joined but feebly.
There was joke in the matter, un-
doubtedly,s but they didn't see it. "
Miss Mix Opened" the next day,
with . fine assortment of seasonable
goods; and by the noon train Mrs Wig
gins and the six little Wigginses ar
rived. And the feminine neighborhood
has ceased to take any interest In the