Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-08-15

how much too weak to cope with my hus
band-as strong and as crafty ~ he Ii nm
principled!'
Then, what, IN Heavens name. are We
to dor"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES than suf
fer Mr.. Mountjoy, in ais weak state. to in
terfers between man and wife"
"Yes-yes-but such mani Mrs. Vimp
any, he was present when the Dane was
poisoned. He knew that the man WA
poisoned. He sat in the chair, his face
white, and he said nothing. OH 1t was a
much as coula Dc not - rush out and
cash yne glass from his hands. Lord
Harry said nothing"
MY dear. do you not understand what
you have got to dor"
Fanny made no reply.
"Consider-my husband-Lord Harry
neither Of them knows that you were pres
ent. You can return with the greatest
safety: and then, whatever happens, you
will be at hand to protect my lady. Con
slider. again. as her maid, you can be with
her always-in her own room, at night
everywhere, and at all times; while MI
Mourtjoy could only be with her now and
then. and at the price Of nos quarrellin0
with her husband"
Yes" said Fanny.
IL weak and ILL.,"
you t.ink that I should 60 back ta
Passy"
"At once, without the delay OF ~ hour
Lady Harry started last night. Do yol
start this evening She will thus hav'
you with her twenty-four hours after hel
arrival"
81 will CO." she said. at terrilss m,
even to think of going back to that awtu
cottage with that dreaded man. Yet
will 60. Mrs. Vimpany, | know that Il
will be of no use. Whatever is going Il
happen new will happen without any
power OF mine to advance or TO prevent
/ am certain that my journey will prove
evening"
Then, with final promise to write a.
soon as possible-as soon as there should
be anything to communicate-Fanny went
away.
Mrs. vimpany, alone, listened. From
the bedroom came no sound at all. Mr.
Mountjoy slept still When he should bt
strong enough it would be time to let him
know what had been done. But she sal
Misunderstanding when one has
the worst husband in the world, AID very
well knows his character, 1t is disagreed
BILE to hear such a story as Fanny had told
that wife this morning.
he Is quite dead, (" said the doctor, with
one finger on the mans pulse and another
lifting his eyelid. He is dead. / did
not look for 80 speedy an end. It is no,
half an hour since I left him breathing
peacefully. Did he show signs OF con
sciousnsssc'
No. sir; 1 found him dead"
This morning he was cheerful. It Is
not unusual in these complaints. l have
observed it in many cases of my own ex-
periencs. On the last morning of life al
the very moment when Death il standing
on the threshold with uplifted dart, the
patient Is cheerful and even Joyous; he is
more hopeful than he has felt for many
months; he thinks-nay, he Is sure-that
he Is recovering; he says he shall be up
and about before long: he has not felt so
strong since the beginning of his illness.
Then Death strikes him, and he falls" He
made this remark in most impressive
manner.
Nothing remains" he said, "but to
certify the cause Of death and to satisfy
sne proper forms ana auth critics. 1 cnarge
myself with this duty. the unfortunate
young man belonged to q highly distin-
guisbed family. 1will communicate with
his friends and forward his papers. One
of his family, nurse, will take last pho
tograph of him as he lies upon his death.
bed" Lord Harry stood il the doorway,
listening with an aching aud a fearful
heart. He dared not enter the chamber
1t was the Chamber Of Death. What was
his own part in calling the Destroying An
gel who is at the beck and summons of
every man-even the meanestf Call him
and he comes. Order him to strickland
he obeys. But under penalties
The doctors prophecy. then, had come
true. But in what way and BY what
agsncyi The man was dead. What was
his own share in the mans death, He
knew when the Dane war brought into
the house that he was brought there to
die. As the man did not die, but began
to recover fast, he had seen in the doctors
face that the man would have to die He
had heard the doctor prophecy out of his
medical knowledge that the man would
surely die; and thea, after tho nurse had
been sent away because her patient re-
quired her services no longer, he had seen
the doctor give the medicine which burn
ed the patients throat What was that
medicinef Not only had it burned his
throat. but it caused him to fall into deep
sleep, in which his heart ceased to beat
and his blood ceased to flow.
He turned away and walked out of the
cottage. For an hour he walked along
the road. Then he stopped and walked
back. Ropes drew him; he could NO long
er keep away. He felt as II something
must have happened. Possibly he would
find the doctor arrested and the police
waiting for himself, to be charged as an
accomplish or principal.
He found no such thing. The doctor
was in the salon, with letters and Official
forms before him. He looked up cheer
fully.
my English friend" he said. "the un-
expected end Of this young Irish gentle
man Is q very melancholy affair. I have
ascertained the name of the family solicit
ors aud have written TO them l have also
written to his brother as the head of tine
house. end also, by examination of his
papers. that his life isinsured--the amount
is not stated, but l have communicated
the fact OF the death The authorities
they are, very properly, careful in such
matters--havs received the necessary no.
tees and forms; tomorrow, all legal forms
having been gone through. We bury the
deceased"
$50 soon"
$50 sooni In these cases Of advanced
pulmonary disease the sooner the better.
The French custom OF speedy interment
may be defended a. more wholesome than
our own. On the other hand admit that
II has its weak points. Cremation is per-
haps, the best and only method of remov.
ing the dead which is open to no obiec.
tons except ona Im.sn. OF course, the
chance that the deceased may have met
with his death by means Of poison: But
euch cases are rare, and. in most instances,
would be detected by the medical men in
before or at the time of death.
think we need not Ny dear friend.
You look Ill. Are you upset by such q
simple thing as the death Of . sick mani
Let me prescribe for YOU. A glass Of
brandy neat. &c." he went into the sale
q nsan0er aud returned with his medicine.
Take that. Now let US talk" The dec
tor continued his conversation in q cheer
fully scientific strain, never alluding to
the conspiracy or to the consequences
which might follow. He told hospital
stories bearing on deaths sudden and un
expected; some of them he treated in Q
jocular vein. The dead man in the next
room was . case, He knew of many SINH
lar and equally interesting cases. When
one has arrived at Looking upon o dead
man as q case, there is little fear of the
ordinary human weakness which makes
US tremble in the awful presence Of death.
Presently steps were heard outside. The
doctor rose and left the room-but return
Cd In . few minutes
The Croquemorts have come" ne said.
They are with the nurse engaged upon
their business. 1t seems revolving to the
outside world. To them IL is nothing but
the daily routine of work. By the way,
took Photograph Of his lordship in the
presence OF the nurse. Unfortunately
but leok at it"
1T 10 the face Of the dead man"-Lord
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