Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-11-19

ID
who is?' asked Mrs. Deane.
'Dr. Wiggins at the corner store SOL
ennly enunciated Miss Murgatroyd.
Bless mel said Mrs. Desne.
"a medical demonstrator, said Miss MUIR
gatroyd. AN anatomist. A man that deals
in-dead bodies!'
1mpossibleH cried Mrs. Deane, with the
needle sticking straight into the toes of ths
lawyers best blue, yarn stockings.
'Ah,' sighed Miss Murgatroyd, with a
little hysterical catching for breath, 'it's all
very well to say fmpossible;;' but saw 'em
myself. was just passing by. on my way
to the Dorcas meeting, when | saw the
wagon drive up. ALI full of things. Every
possible piece of furniture you could dream
Of. Reclining chairs, tables, glass-cases,
velvet topped stools
He's going to open an apotheesry's shop
in connection with his business exclaimed
Mrs. DeaBe.
and at the very bottom, my dear, juss
wrapped in sheets, were two poor cOrpsesP
mechanically exclaimed Miss Murga-
troyd.
Mrs Deane's jaw dropped. Are you
quite sure?' she asked.
I saw their poor, pale faces myself re-
piled Miss Melinda. The wretch hadn't
even the decency to cover Them
We'll, neveIp said Mrs. DeaDe. This
ought to be seen to. Dykeville isn't a place
to countenance such iniquities. I'll let
Deane know right off He's smoking his
pipe in his Office, snug and handyP
And Pll step over to Hunters, and men,
tion the thing to Squire Goshawk, on the
way excitedly cried Miss Melinda, with
the sensation of modern Joan of Arc.
DR.. Virgins had had hard time moving
his worldly goods from the freight depot of
the Boxtown and Dykeville Railway. His
skeleton had become disarticulated, and
the mankin had been doubled up under
forty pound demijohn of carbolic acid, and
hopeessly ruined. The bottles were brok-
en- in his case of best Otard brandy; he
couldn't find his amputating instruments,
and his favorite meerschaum had cracked
In two pieces.
.I'll be hanged if evel you catch me NOV
ing againP he fervently calculated, as he
sat down to eat some bread and meat out
of paper, in front of smoky fire, and
drink cold coffee from a tin can which leak
ed. And Just then there came a solemn
tap tap tap at his door.
my first patient thought DR.. Wiggins
hiding the bread and meat behind medical
encyclopedia, and hurrying to open the
door.
There stood three tall men: Leonidas
Hunter, Squire William Goshawk and Mr..
Deape.
walk in, gentlemen; walk in said the
doctor; and he rubbed his hands, and look
ed at them with an air Of smiling expectancy,
sIn what way can serve you this EVENING"
Sir, said Squire Goshawk, we're g
peaceable and law-abiding populace here,
but there are soalo things which human
flesh and blood can't stand.
and this is ope Of 'em,' sputtered Mr..
Deane.
we can't allow It, said Loondias Hun.
ter.
you must either leave Dybeyille Or
abandon that branch of your Profession
said Mr.. Deane. =
sand the sooner you understand this fact,
the BETTER added Squire Goshawk, with
idgnity.
All the while they spoke, the eyes of the
three inquisitors we're wandering around
the room in restless, erratio sort OF way,
which struck the doctor with am.zement.
'Gentlemen,' said he, swhat on earth do
yeu mean.
Where are they?' said Squire Gashawk.
sIdon't know what you're talking about
said Doctor Wiggins.
Deane. tYou are greatly mistakon If you
think that the criminal Law will not reach
you.'
I'VE allude, cir, said Leonidas Hunter,
'to the bodies.'
what bodies?' said Doctor Wiggins.
Come, said the lawyer, this woa't go
down! They we're 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 aiding: 'tbe
street.lampsr
sOhp said DR.. Wiggina, light breaking
10 upon the troubled darkness of his brain.
Ooh! Yesl Exactly! understand
Aud then DR.. Virgins fell back into the
dislocated chair, and laughed until he was
purple in the face.
'Ha! ha! hap he chuckled. They're
down stairsl Hal ha! hal Come and look
at them'
The man is devoid of natural feeling
thought the three gentlemen. But they
accompanied him down.stairs to the big
store, where heaps Of boxes, bales aud
draperies lay about, and, standing up
against the counter, the seuseless faces Of
two life. sized wooden figures simreied at
them!
They belong to Miss Mix, the milliner
HuO udo I0-lL6u bbO ctUIo VI AlCs oo;N w
gins 80 pat in the window, you know,
with fashionable gowns aud spring bonnets
on 'em ! And you really believed they
were dead bodies2 Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha,
hal
And off went DR.. Virgins into fresh
paroxysgn of laughter, in which the three
gentlemen joined but feebly. There was q
joke in the matter, undoubtedly, but they
didn't sea it.
Miss Mix opened the next day, With a
fine assortment Of seasonable goods; and
by the noon train Mrs. Virgins and the
six little Wigginses arrived. And the fem
mime neighborhood has ceased to take any
interest in the affairs of the new corners;
and Squire Goshawk, Mr.. Deane and Leon
idas Hunter unanimously say:
we guess the ladies will know it, tbs
next time we are induced to msddio in
other peoples busnessP