The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-07-15
CHAPTER II(Continued)
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mo-"
."Then weM take 'un to the gents
IN the city"
The doctor looked at the man for
about half q minute before speaking
again, and the man looked at. DR..
James. - zt, H. -
Have you a comrade" at length In
quired the doctor.
'sThe .Trotter,'" with a jerk of n
thumb toward the yard, was the reply.
"Well, let that job alone tonight,
and DO one for me, which will pay you
better"
"All right, doctor"
There then ensued a good deal of
whispered bargaining, at the n OF
which something passed out of the doc
tors possession into that Of his CON-
paniOn.
1.-THE remainder will reach you" said
the doctor, as the man turned towards
the door, when I have got proof that
the job has been well done. But re-
| member, you must bury yourself Tor
some time and work In some other
direction till it blows over
"Au right, DR.. James. We can trust
| yez and We can trust huz. ~ w..
The door was unlocked and the man
disappeared in the gloom.
The events we are naITatlng TOOK
place in the early years of the present
| century, when q nefarious trade was
| certainly to some, extent driven be
tween anatomical students and what
were called " resurrection men," II at
this back-door there was a vague I'M
preston in Greenbarns that suspicious
looking bundles, carried by suspicious
looking men, had more than once, by
chance and late loiterers in the ad-
jacent fields, been seen to pass.
This, however, did not do the least
harm to the doctors professional rep
utation, but rather enhanced it. 1t pre-
sented him to the popular Imagination
in the character Of a man enthusiast
tically devoted to the pursuits of sci
ence and who, though perhaps by
means questionable and dangerous, had
acquired Il more than common knoWl-
edge of the construction and workings
Of the human frame. ."
People might like the idea Of them
selves or their near relatives being
brought under the dissecting knife; but
they had no objection to reap the a
vantages Of such research when their
limbs were smashed or their organs
became diseased. ~
After seeing his visitor out DIR. James
passed through the lobby along n a +
row passage toward the back, opened
q door and said to some person within:
You need not answer the belt to-night
I will be sitting up and shall attend
to it myself"
He then returned to his own room,
placed O bottle and glass on tn. table
1 l.,o IL ~ ~ human f0oH 6nvyn q hook
and settled himself as IL to read. The
leaves We're, however, turned so slowly
that it was evident he was thinking
more than reading.
Twice, he had to answer the bell, but
on neither occasion did he require to
leave the house. The dawn by-and-by
looked in upon him, and frightened to
| early morning. He put out his light
and still sat, sometimes readings some
times musing and refreshing himself
at intervals from the bottle, for an
other hour; then, muttering, II must
speak to her." proceeded upstairs to
the bedroom, Of which he had the key
In his pocket.
He quietly unlocked the door and en-
tered. There was no person within.
The bed was empty-had not been lain
upon. The window, which the doctor
| now remembered overlooked the roof
Of an clubhouse, was open, showing by
what means the prisoner had escaped.
III.
Later in the day Greenbarns was
stunned h. the that DR.. James
had been arrested IN the charge Of
murder.
Henrietta, or, as she was usually
called, Miss Wilm0t, a distant relation
Of the doctors, who had been for some
years resident in the family, had APP
peared, 1t was said, before q justice
and sworn Information against him.
Rumor In this instance told nothing
but the truth, and for three days, till
DIR. James, who, as we have said, was
q general favorite, and especially SO
with the female portion Of the locality,
made his appearance amongst them
again, the villagers could talk of moth
ing else.
The history Of these days was thus
given q couple OF evenings thereafter
by Joe Burton, chief of the police force,
which kept Greenbarns In order and
criminal detective In general for the
district to- a friend over d glass Of ale
In the Gross Keys
What DIR. James was accused of,
you see, BY the woman was slow pois-
oning his wife by means OF arsenic.
There was d lump OF money, It seems,
belonging to her which she would OBJ
stinately keep q grip of and which the
doctor could only lay hold of on her
death. This was the motive alleged
by Miss Wilmot, besides something
more personal. The doctor, she said.
had got to hate his wife, and was de-
fermined to get rid OF her. He wanted
to get married t9 some one else; but
she would not say whom. She did not
directly implicate herself, but seemed
careless about II. I can't say what
might have come out IL the case had
gone to trial, but you see it neyer did.
I'VE the doctor coolly denied the
whole muir, and looked innocence, if
ever man looked II. IN a sort f unwill-
ing manner he explained that Miss
Wirmot had lately shown signs Of
mental alteration, as he called III.
One ot the ways IL went, he said-and
and It's a very common way I've
heard-was getting dead-set against the
very persons she had most liked. This
had been particularly shown fowarda
himself. He had been thinking . tax
ing outside advice on the case, but Ind
Delayed. He had D warm nffecii0n Tor
her; and considering the friendalip
between her and his deceased wife.
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