Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-13

health ofice, where the record Of deaths
and their causes ae kept. and turning
30 the proper name found that the
watchinan's death was attributed to tho
intense heat which prevailed upon tho
night when no was found writing upon
his heat.
1T instantly occurred 20 me that Dr.
C., whom ! knew, must have known
FROM the mans general condition. ~
we'll as tho medicine which prescribed.
that ~ was q cue ~ strychninc poison.
ing. ..nn must confess that II struck
me with suspicion. which instantly
rtpelled that tbs doctor was in some
way particeps .criminis made Il
point, however, 10 casually throw Inv.
self IN his way. AMI to raise the question
o. the death Of the Waterman. The
FIRST fow words which thedoctor dropped
convinced me that h. was IN no way
mixed up IN the mysteries Of the death
He stated briefly that when he WA
called the man was dying. with only
few brea,hs len In bic body. The wife
had Informed him that had been gone
but short time before he wa called.
and that | had said her hubbard hal
been overcome by the heat and some.
thing The Waterman had eaten. witch
disagreed with his stomach. The fact IA
Dr. G. had not bs,m called In until the
afternoon. ON comparing notes Dr. q.
became interested. and knowing the
people In the neighborhood. where he
was often called, began u course ~ eau.
tious inquiry. aud ia the course Of time
gave me the following factsi
when the Waterman died. and while
the preparations for tho funeral werc go
ing On. the widow gave great scandal to
the neighborho0d on acc0unt Of her dc.
pertinent Her face was absolutely
radiant with the hsppicst Of expressions
and the sound II her voice wa. ~ ioynns
~ the expression Of her face. She talked
giiblyou tho most trivial Of subjects and
welcomed people a. though "a wedding
instead " q funeral were going on. No
tioing finally that some Of the callers
were shocked at her actions, she became
demure and silent, and called up an
Alteration " sudden grief but II did
not last long. tho old radiance came
back. aud II SEEMED that the short time
81 her simulated grief rcdoubled the IN.
iensiiy Of her broadly apparent hnpp.
neS when her natural feelings til.
umphcd.
I'm due time after tho burial OF her
husband fho drew 5000 insurance
money from Ito insurance company,
and, dispo-ing q such Effects a. she had,
bought tickets Tor herself and family Of
three children 10 England. II was only
after hor departure that DR. G. learned
that the medicines which ! had prr.
tcribcd had not been administered, but
had been thrown In a closet. wheru they
were found intact subsequently. She
told aneiEhbor that her r,,t-on Tor doing
this was that she was n Catholic, aud
would not giyo her husbands Protestant
doctors medicine.
Having started into the inye.tlga,ion
together, DR.. G. and myaelf extended IL
To the subsequent career NJ this woman.
ON hs arrival In England, where, ~ 1t
transpircd, her girlhoods lover lived,
khe sought him out. aud found that he
HhA NHNtfA ti' ptNtlsu army ~ con-
mon soldier. But. nothing deferred by
this, sho fsw 10 his arms. aud they
wcre married. although sho knew him
TO b. common drunkard. only saved
from n dranknrdh grave BY the rigid
discipline Of the army.
"And ore long che niso know that she
was indifferent 10 his selfish egoiism and
swinish character. Sho loved him and
she was near him. and that was all sha
cared. He beat her. but she loved the
hand TINT rainod tho blows upon her
head. lie sqnaudered every dollar VI
the money which she posirssod aud
when his regiment was ordered 10 the
West Indies he lett without even taking
y farewell look Al her as sho lay. NOT
Gully In hel VI sickness but In a bed NJ
poverty, with her thrc children In the
poorhouac. She only wcpt, but never
uphrnided her hrArf's love when she
heard how ho had brutally deserted her."
As the doctor ceased the cynical inrr.
chant hnnmed the line, IT'S love that
makes the world turn round. ~. W.
W. in Detroit News.