Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-11-15
Melinda Murgatroyd rushed in, pt

"Eh?" said Mrs. Deane.
"He's oiildini" said Miss Murga-
| troyd.
"Who is?" asked Mrs. Deane.
"Dr. Wiggins, at the corner store"
| solemnly enunciatod Miss Murgatroyd.
"Bless mol" said Mrs. Deane
"a medical demonstrator, said Miss
| Murgotroyd. IAN anatomist. A man
that deals in--dead bodiosp'
Wmpossible!" cried Mrs. Deane, with
tho needle sticking straight into tho
toes of tho lawyers best blue yarn
stockings.
"Ah" sighed Miss Murgatroyd, with
little hysterical catching for breath,
'it's all very we'll to say impossible ,
but saw 'em myself. l was just pass
ing by, on my way to the Dorcas meet
ing, when l saw the wagon drive up,
all full of things. Every possible piece
of furniture you could dream Of
Reclining-chairs, glass-cases, velvet
topped stools"
Hes going to open an apothecary's
shop in connection with his business"
exclaimed Mrs. Deane.
"And at the very bottom, my dear,
just wrapped in sheets, wero two poor
corpses!' melodramatically exclaimed
Miss Murgatroyd.
Mrs. Deano's jaw dropped. "Are you
quite Sure?" she asked.
81 saw their poor, pale faces myself"
replied Miss Melinda. 1.-The wretch
hadn't oven the decency to cover thom."
"Well, l neverr' said Mrs. Deane.
This ought to be seen to. Dykevillo
isn't place to countenance such iniqui-
ties. I'll let Deane know right off.
He's smoking his pipe in his office, snug
and handyr'
And Pll step over to Hunters and
mention the thing to Squire Goshawk
on the way" excitedly cried Miss Me-
linda, with the sensation of q modern
Joan of Arc.
DR.. Virgins 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. Tho 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.
"I'll be hanged if ever you catch mo
moving again" he fervently CALCULATED
as he sat down to eat somo bread and
meat out of paper in front of smoky
fire and drink cold coffee from tin can
which leaked. And just then there
came a solemn tap-tap at his door.
My first patient" thought DIR. Wig
gins, hiding tho bread and meat behind
u medical encyclopedia 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 1 serve
you this EVENING""
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 en-" sputtered Mr..
Deane.
"We can't allow it," said Leonidas
Hunter.
you must either leave Dykeville or
abandon that branch of your profess
sion," said Mr.. Deane.
"And the sooner you understand this
fact, the bettor," added Squire Goshawk,
with dignity.
All the while they spoke, the eyes Of
tho three inquisitors were wandering
orpnn1 tho in ,,cStlncc -ic
sort of way, which struck the doctor
with amazement.
"Gentlemen," 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"
1--WE allude, SIR" said Leonidas Hunt
er, ''to the bodies.
What bodies?" said DR.. Virgins.
Come" said tho lawyer, this won't
go down! They were seen to be carried
into this house, wrapped in white
sheets, in tho broad light of-of-" he
was going to say day" but corrected
himself by adding: "tho street-lamps!"
"Oh!" said DR.. Virgins, light break
ing in upon the troubled darkness of
his brain. "O-o-h Yes! Exactly! L
understand"
And then Dr. Wiggins fell back into
the dislocated chair, and lapg he'd until
he was purple in the face.
Hal ha! hal" he ohuckled. They're
downstairs! Hal ha! ha! Come and
look at them"
"The man is devoid of natural feel
ing" thought tho 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