Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-02
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In the year lS;N l r' :. ! ' d"2r't ct i doctor of metitlrt.,3 ',l~.iy ut London and proceed ,t tn x ''cy tn go through the CVUrsV l1trvl ttn.d for sur. eeons in the army liaNlng completed my studies there, WAS duly attached to tho Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as assistant surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and be fore could join il the second Afghan war had broken out. On landing at Bombay, learned that uy corps had advanced through the passes and was al. ready deep in the enemy country. 1 followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation aS myself, and succeeded in reaching kandahar in safety, where found my l regiment and at once entered upon my new duties
 1 The campaign brought huuurS and pru- motion to many. but for me il had noth- 1 ing but misfortune and disaster l was removed from my brigade and attached | 10 the BCrkshirUS. with whom l served i at the fatal battle of Maiwand There l l was struck on the shoulder by a JeZail 1 bullet, which shattered the bone and l grazed the SubClavian artery. l should l have fallen into the hands of the mur- l dcrouS GhaZiS had il not been for the i devotion and courage shown by Murray, 1 my orderly, who threw mo across pack l horse and succeeded in bringing me safe 1 lv 10 tho British lines.
 | Worn with pain and weak from the l prolonged hard>hipS which had under ! gone. was removed, with great train 1 of wounded sufferers to the base hos pital at P,shawur. Here rallied. and | hAd already improved su far as to be | able tu walk about the wards and even l t0 ha>k little on the yeranda, when | was struck down by enteriC fever. that l curse of cur Indian possessions For ] months my Gfr was deSpaired of, and when aI last came to myself and be- l came VunNaleScent l was so weak and ] emaClItvd that n medical board deter mined that not n day should be lost in i sending ne back 10 England. Twas dis | patched accordingly in the troopship i OrOnteS and landed a month later on Portsmouth jettv, with my health ire tricvahly ruined, but with permission from patyrnal government to spend the next nine months ill attempting 10 improve II,
 had neither kIth nor kin m Eng land. and Was therefore aS free a> air UT a. free aS an income of Ills Cd day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances l naturally gravitated tu London, that great Cr>Spool into which all the lUUuSvrS and idlCrS Cf the entire empire arv irry>l>tibly drained. There stald for SuHlC time at q private hotel in the strand leading a COmfOrtleS>, mean luElcss existence and spending such money a< had considerably more free ly than l ought So alarming did the state of my finances become that soon realized that must either leave the metropolis and ru>tiCatr somewhere in the country. or that l must make a com plcte altvr;tnm m my style of living Choosing iii, ltri. T alternative. began by making up IuN mind to leave the ho- trl amt to take up my quarters in some les Vrr'rntl"u~ and less expensive dOmi- clle
 On Jh, lcIy day that had culme 10 this conclusion l wA> standing at the Irltcrlou lar whyu some one tapped me ou the Shuu!:tl. and turning round l rtCoSnl,,i NNUns stamford, who had been Gr, >>,U uuG>- usr at Bart S. The sight If d fll, 2u!y tat, III the crc4, vii. drrnv>> "t London l> a pleasant thing indeed tu d luuvlV man In cid days Stamford had never htn particular crCuv vt mine. but now l hailed him with enthusiasm. and he in his turn appeared to hC delighted tO see me. In the oNubrr"ncv ot my joy asked him to lunch With me al the Holborn. and we started Htf together in a hanSom.
 'Whatvvvr have you been doing with yourself, WatSon: he asked. III urdis- gul>cd wonder. IS we rattlCd through the crowded London streets You are aS thin aS a lath and as brown as nut "
 gave him short sketch of my ad- ventures and had hardly concluded 1t hv the tune that we rcuChrd onr deSti- nation
 'Pur dv>!l' he >ald Cummlscrar- Inglv after hr had listened To my miS, tor;uu"~ What are you up To now"
 LookIn. for lodgings, answered, 'tryI'S to >olv, the problem aS to whctn,r II k possible t0 get comfortable rooluS at a reasonable price,
 That '> a strange thing. remarked my cuu!am,u You arc the second man today that has u>rd that expression tu luz
 And who wl> the first: l asked.
 A fellow who Is working at the chenlCal laboratory up at the hospital He wa> hcmuamug himself this morn. ing because ho c0rId not get some one To go halves with hlm III some nice rooms winch he had found and which Were ',o much for hls purse
 By love" l cried. If he really wants some one tu share the rooms and the eNpD nse. am the very man for him should prefer having a partner to being alone "
 Young Stamford looked rather strangely at mo over his wineglass.
 Nuu don't know Sherlock Holmes yet, he said Perhaps you would not care for him as Il constant companion. "
 Why. what Is there against him."
 Oh, didn't say there was anything against him. He is little queer in his idtaS-an enthusiast i'll some branches of science As far aS know, he is a dGs cent fellow enough.
 medical student, l suppose:" l said
 No. l have no Idea what he intends 10 go in for. believe he Is we'll up in anatomy. and he is first >lass chemist. but. as far as know he has never taken out any systematic medical classes. His studies are very deSultory and eccentric, but ho has amaSSCd lot of out of the way knowledge which would astonish his professors
 Did you never ask him what he was going in for:' I asked
 No He k not man that it is easy to draw out. though he can be commu- nicative enough when the fancy seizes him,
 ''I should like Ia meet him, said .sIf an, tO lNsl,n x,,;tl \, o,,y- ,,,., skov,Ia