The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-11-07
A FORTUNATE ACCIDENT.
rho Funny Outcome OF Most serioss
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Il This IS tragedy or comedy, according
70 the light in which you view IL
One Of the proprietors OF drug store
m Atlanta was not long ago drug
slerlx in n small city There were two
irug clerks in the store at the time.
They divided the time, one answering
The calls at night and getting shorter
hours in the day, and the other doing
!ong hours.
zone night" said the Atlanta man,
II was in my room over the drug
store couldn't sleep, somehow, aud
tossed about on my bed until de-
sided TO pass the time reading. After
a bit ! heard some one come in the
drug store below and heard my part
ner get up and wait on the customer.
In a few minutes heard the customer
20 out and everything was quiet again,
But quiet only for short time.
Presently heard my colleague be-
low walking about uneasily, and l
could ell by the nervous way in which
he walked about that something waP
the matter. went down and founa
the young man walking up and down
the floor, great beads of perspiratioH
standing out on his brow and agony
written all over his face.
81 don't know what on earth to do,
he broke out in absolute despair, y
made a mistake with that prescription.
was so sleepy did not know-but
somehow kept thinking after the boy
left that had made a mistake, and ]
went to the arsenic and found that sure
enough I'd put enough arsenic in that
prescription to kill three men. For
Gods sake, if you think of anything
that can be done, tell me quick.
Ills face was drawn and white and
his mind was at terrible tension.
Speak, speak, for Gods sake, for the
boy was in a hurry and the mans
already taken it, I'm afraid
Where does he live?' l asked.
His face fell and an expression OF
terror came over it. He dropped into
a chair.
~ don't know he gasped.
Il sat down facing him and for what
seemed an hour we sat there looking
At each other, not speaking a word.
What passed through our minds no hu'
man words can tell. We saw the dread
full effect of the mistake-death, dis
grace to us, ruin to the establishment,
criminal charge and forever afterward
the frightful knowledge of having
been criminally careless. Black pic.
lures fitted through our minds. It was
an awful moment.
I'VE started at every little sound.
We listened for the cry of the family
Of the sick one. We could see the pa
tient writhing in the throes OF death
death brought on by a terrible, a Grim
inal, an inexcusable mistake. The
cold sweat stood out all over us.
There came q sound outside. We
listened intently. There was a knock
on the door. We both sprang to our
feet. rushed to the door
"A small boy stood there crying. He
held the remnants of some broken
pieces of glass in his hands He threw
his arm over his eyes and cried as il
his heart would break.
Ion, mister, please, sir-please, sir,
he blubbered, L couldn't help it.
stumped my toe and-boo hoo!-fell
down, and-boo hoo!-brole the bot.
tie
1--WE both seized him In our arms
My companion gave him the sort oil
an embrace that one gives to his sweet
heart after a years. separation and we
wept on his neck. The way we set
that boy up before letting him &C
ought to have set premium on break
ing bottles among the small boys Of
that town. Atlanta Constitution.