The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-04

bottles. From that day she began to
was entirely we'll"
''He must have beenIa queer charac-
ter"
so he was; and great doctor at
that He hadn't so much faith in med
icine, but he was firm believer in the
power of the mind over the body. Wit
ness the cases I have described. He
was also remarlkably shrewd in other
ways. For instances, have you heard
be prescribed for John Hudson's sick
child?'
Hudson, the dry, goodsman?"
eyes"
81 know him, butt never.heard about
the child"
"Well, you know Hudson was a man
who was very fond of his children and
very nervous about them when they
were sick. His youngest boy was laid
mp at one time, and Schel was the
doctor. A trained nurse was employed.
/" These pills. said DIR. .Schel1 to the
nurse one night, ARE tofbe given one
at time. at intervals of ten minutes.
This is very dangerous medicine and
must be given strictly according to di-
rectiOns.'
'He handed the nurse bottle con.
tanning about five hundred little white
pills.
THE next forenoonsScheIfSwas in his
Office when q wildlyexcited gentleman
burst in. 1t was Hudson He hadn't
waited for formahties but bad rushed
through Scheil's waiting-room like
cyclone, knocking patieElts right and
left Scheu was writing a prescrip-
ton when Hudson broke into the pri-
vate, Office He didn't look up, but
grunted something which sounded like
either good morning, or go to blazes.'
Hudson could take his choice
Doctor! doctort' gasped Hudson
You remember the pills-the danger
Gus remedy Willie'-not the sick boy
but an older one-'hsts got hold of the
bottle and swallowed four hundred of
then!"
''Schell didn't look up. He went on
writing the prescription
"'Quick, quickp cried Hudson Come
at once and save his LIE
Still Schel went on writing. Hud-
son grabbed him by the arm and tried
to drag him away. The doctor shook
himself loose.
% Keep your shirt on. HUDSON he
said. There wasn't anything in the
pills that viii hurt lhe kid 1 gave
them to keep the nurse awake"
''Weu, I'll be hanged" responded
the other man. why couldn't he
have said that in the first place and
put Hudson out Of his misery"
That wouldn't havebeen ike Schell. |
BY the way, did you ever hear the
story of his death"
''SchelrS? No, never did"
1T was quite characteristic. TIL. /
old fellow was sick quite long while. |
At last he fell into sort of coma |
which continued several days. All eff |
forts to arouse him failed. Four of the |
leading physicians of the city were in I
and they had nearly |
made up their minds that he never /
would recover consciousness.
Suddenly, as they stood around his ,
he'd. he came ont OF his trance. He |
hlinked at the four men around him. |
Then he pried himself up on his elbows
and took good look at them
- " heaton. Stone, Harris. Macken- /
zie.' he said, indicating each with his i
trembling forefnger, Why don't you
send Cor Reese?
1T this point in the story the listener
burst into immoderate laughter
couldn't see anything funny about =.
and my curiosity rapidly grew red hot.
At last Lcould stand il no longer.
Il beg your pardon said to The
gentleman who had told the story.
who was Mr.. Reese"
The best known undertaken in the
city" responded the gentleman cour-
teously. Then he and his friend arose t
and Strolled out Of the car. For that
reason I was unable 70 ascertain any,
thing more about this eccentric char
acter. do not even know what was
the city in which he lived. Yet It
seemed 20 me that the little l knew
about him was worth telling.
How SRD FIELDING.