Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04

~ must not forget your fee he
said IA he lay back again a full length
on the couch. Please 60 Oh. 1t is very
soothing
II was getting desperately sleepy my
self. and more than ever anxious to sue
coed and get away.
This won't DO he said quite anx-
iously. If | go to sleep how on earth
shall know what | Owe you?'
"'You can trust that to me- said.
shortly. and continued the reading
again. with what seemed like complete
success. till at o'clock my patient
jumped up as lively as ever to present
me with my fourth fee
The want of success made me des-
perate, and | was already regretting
deeply the promise which prevented me
leaving the old gentleman TO his fate.
and getting home. when another
thought suggested itself to mo-
The sleeping draught which he had
refused was lying on the table before
me. He admitted having taken large
quantities Of every known drug. but
this was n very strong one, and might
affect him more than he expected, if I
could get him to take it. He had re-
fused so pOintbank before that | did
not ask his consent. but slipped il
quietly into n glass while l was read
Ing.
Perhaps anothcr glass Of whisky
will help you | said. filling it up; try
drinking it straight off
1T appeared to NE 10 take effect vert
quickly. but | did not fatter myself
on the point until my fee became due.
when. finding that my patient did not
stir. l rose softly. put on my hat and
coat. and. turning down the lamp. felt
my way downstairs in the dark. and let
myself out OF the house.
AS | walked home | tod myself
that l had secured a desirable patient,
and already given him some reason to
have faith in my powers The four
haif-sovcreigns jingled pleasantly in
my pocket. and had still time left to
get good sleep before it was necessary
10 begin the days work.
But rest was not for me yet awhile
AS | opened my own door with
latchkey u single glance at the hall
was sufficient 10 put another complex
ion on the case. and | strobe rapidly
through the house. TO find that it had
been ransacked from top to bottom.
My old friend with the insomnia
was simply the aCcomplice of a gang OF
burglars. who had taken this means of
keeping me cut of the way while his
friends removed the greater part of my
portable property. 1t seemed to me Us
if they must have taken it away in a
furniture van.
Il hurried off a once to the leighbor-
ing police station. and the Inspector in
charge looked serious.
1t seems to me like the work Of
gang that we have been hearing of for
sometime. but that we can't get hold
Of he said
swell, | think | can take you to
house where yOu will lind one of the
gang. said, and told him briefly of my
patient.
THE policeman smiled a superior
smile.
He is one of the gang. without
doubt. rs we'll as the lad who brought
his message, but you won't find him at
the house now. You will find that lie
has taken the room furnished for
day or two. and vanished the instant
you left the place
81 have no doubt that was the plan
l said. but / happened to give thu
gentleman a dose which, if he isn't as
used to drugs as he pretended, will
keep him asleep for Il week.
And did you find him!
Yes. exactly as | left HIM | had
SOME trouble bringing him around. As
we thought he was Il notorious crimi-
nal. and his arrest led 10 that of the
whole gang, and-what was Of more
Importance to mc-tht recovery of my
furniture. 1t has often made ME smile
10 think Of my little sleepin. draught
cffecting what the whole police force
of the metropolis had been trying to dc
for months. l call it Il triumph of med
icine. Chicago Chronicle.