The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-21

We made a diligent search and inferno
gated people in the house, but could get no
| information.
well, +" said the officer, this is mys-
! tery-as great a one as that of the killing
I of Doctor Cronin. OF course he must be
somewhere, living or dead. But where?
! How could he get away from here without
anyone knowing itS We have asked every
one, but to 10 purpose. We will try again
and see what we can CLEAN"
| After further questioning and cross CUES
tioning, and not being able to discover any
! thing new, we were about leaving, when a
| beautiful, intelligent looking young lady
! appeared, whom we had not before seen.
''Who is that young iady?" asked the
| officer of another of the inmates.
''Oh, she is old Doctor Simmons daugh-
| ter, that lives up in the GARRETT was the
answer Her father is a queer old man,
/ and never goes out of the house, and she
! only goes out to get something to eat.
! They have lived here for years The doctor
owns the house, and rents out all but the
! garnet, where he and his daughter live"
"Well, we must examine her, for for
malitys sake at least but don't suppose
she knows anything about your FRIEND"
the officer said to us, as he turned to the
young lady, and continued: Miss, did you
see, or do you know, anything about an
accident gentleman met with here about
two weeks ago."
The young lady stopped, looked fright
ened, and her face flushed to such an extent
| as to make it noticeable to every one stand
ing around as she answered:
Lido l have to answer"
Yes you will have to answer" replied
the officer, with an eager look. "What do
you know"
'I-I-don't know. cannot tell"
''Now see here. miss, you must answer
or shall have to lock you up until you do
answer"
Liam afraid My father"-
Here she stopped again
| then spoke to her i'll kind way, and
told her that the gentleman who had met
his death was my most particular friend,
and that | would like to get some inforrna
ton in regard to him, and that no harm
could come to her or her father if she told
all she knew.
"He-is-not dead" she stammered.
"Whatl not dead!" we cried. Where is
he?"
Upstairs with my father, who is attend
ing to him. He is too weak to move"
At this we made one bound to the stairs,
the young lady calling after us not TO harm
her father.
We pushed into the room, and there we
found our friend lying on comfortable
couch, with an old, decrepit man bending
over him in the act of administering some
medicine.
The old man did not seem surprised at
our abrupt entrance but turning to us,
with his finger to his lips, motioned US to
retire
1t was done in such a commanding way
that instinctively we backed out and he
followed
When the door was closed he told Us to
speak in whispers, for the gentleman was
very sick.
He then told Us, in his own peculiar way,
that during one afternoon, a little over two
weeks ago, he and his daughter had been
startled by LOUD crash in the loft above
the room they were sitting in; that large
piece of ceiling had broken through, and
that on looking up they had been Mortified
at seeing mans arm hanging through the
opening.
Upon going up to investigate he had
found the gentleman who WAS now lying
in the room, and supposed he was dead.
He, with the assistance of his daughter,
had brought him down, and after careful
examination concluded that life was not
extinct. He being physician, though not
having practiced for number Of years, de-
cided that, as the Lord had sent him pa
tient, it WAS his will that he should save
his life, and so he had devoted all his time
and skill to accomplish that object
Now be was satisfied that with the most
tender and proper nursing the patient
would recover, though no one could be al
lowed to see him for several days for fear
all chance OF recovery would fail. And this
was the reason he had so positively forbid
den his daughter to say anything about it,
even to the people in the house
The mystery was now solved. jim had
struck the telegraph wires in falling from
the window, and the rebound had thrown
him into the open scuttle Of the doctors
house, which had been left open to let in
sI,rne air.
There is nothing more TO be told except
that in due course of time Jim recovered;
that the fall, so miraculous, elevated him
frum bachelor TO a Benedict; and that
the doctors handsome daughter and Jim's
gentle nurse IS now Mrs. Jim.-Emerson
BeOnett, Jr., il Saturday Night.