Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-28

opening IT, Sstsegsfed 70 the man below.
who sooa entered the room. Then i
could guess pretty wen what they did,
which of course was to lug the fellow
of the bed, thinking that would wake
him, but. although he fell onto the
door with n heavy thud, it appeared to
do nothing Of the kind.
Then the thought suddenly flashed
through my mind that he had drunk
deeply no doubt Of my particular brew
and remembering that the bottle was
empty / trembled lest, having taken
a half dozen doses of the fascinating
mixture at once, he might never re
cover from his sleep So stepping for
ward stated my surmise as to what
had happened and said, You had bet
ter send for a doctor Immediately"
We'll, p'raps so, sir, }" agreed the con
stable; lit would be best anyways, for
he's about as heavy bit of goods to
move as I've come across for q long
while"
Then they laid the huge, burly
burglar on the floor, propped up his
head and left him in charge of the of
ficers till the doctor arrived. He did
SO just as my hosts and their friends
returned from their excursion, and you
may judge of the excitement that fol
lowed throughout the household.
The medical man, after due exami-
nation and suggesting certain douches
Of cold water, etc, treasured us all
with the hope that he would not die.
My assumption as to the cause of his
coma was so feasible as not to admit
of dispute. Doubtless, by aid of his
dark lantern, he saw the bottle of wine
with its label announcing it to be
Medoc of the first quality. Tasting
and trying, and finding it to be light
and agreeable fluid, he drained the bot
tie at a gulp, probably as the first step
toward giving him the necessary cour-
age and strength to proceed with the
business of the night. In this he was
probably interrupted by the rapid
action of the excessive DOSE and feel
ing himself suddenly overcome by a
drowsy stupor had staggered to the
bed and thrown himself helplessly upon
it, The fellow had entered the room,
of course, by the balcony, having
hauled himself up with hooked rope,
which was discovered with the remain
ing tools of his fascinating craft
AT the expiration of some three or
four hours and in the dead of the
night, he recovered sufficient conscious
ness to stand up, and he was then
marched off between the two consta-
bles-locked up, and eventually pun
ished according to law.
son the whole" said the doctor to
me later on, when we were laughing
over the adventure, on the whole, sir,
it is a good thing for You that you tried
the effect of the narcotic ON some one
else Fiat expermentum in corpore
Will Take my advice, sir, and don't
resort to narcotics; they are always
and that must have been
50. The drug clearly was
q very powerful one You have had
a lucky escape every way, for if you
had come in conflict with that gentle
man-remembering how he was pre-
p9red-I am afraid he would have left |
MS mark on you, whereas you have
turned the tables, and, after fashion,
left yours on him. l wish the law
would help you to make it indelible on
his back with a good round dozen of |
the cat 1t is the only way to put a
stop to this armed business; it is the |
only thing these rascals dread. How
ever, he will give blind men a wide
berth for tho future, prognosticato,
now that he has found one of them
such q capital thief taker. Chambers
Journal.