Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-11

was passed by. Mr.. Blank. notebook In
hand, sang out. Forty nine" tust a.
the keeper escorted q man to the plat
form and called: That's all"
There must bs another" said the
doctor. nervously.
"You counted wrong" said the keep
er.
mo, I'm sure I'm right. but I'll count
them again." said DR.. Blank. and he
did 90. with the result that his first ag-
uring was correct.
One man was missing. There could
be no doubt about that. The car had
only yielded forty nine men.
Search the car" called out the doc
tor, and the keeper proceeded to do %.
The first man he encountered was Mr..
Inch, who, having made up his mind
that sufficient time had elapsed to rem
der 1t safe for him to leave the car. had
risen and was making for the door.
Hello" exclaimed the keeper. "how
did you get here?"
Il Just walked in from the other
car" replied Mr. Inch. with dignity.
Didn't see a man hide himself
around this car anywhere. did your"
Now 1t happened that some minutes
before the train reached Parlor City
the red-headed man who sat next to
Mr. Inch had slid to the door. and cud-
died himself up under the seat Mr..
Inch had seen him do 1t. and had mar
veled at the mans ability to stay In one
position SO long. To tell Of this incl
dent, however, was to admit that he had
been In the car for some time. which
would scarcely do, so he simply said in
q tone Of mild astonsihment:
"See a man hide himself? How ndic-
ulous." and the keeper. impressed by
his tone. passed by and started search
Ing at the upper end OF the car.
Mr.. Inch continued toward the door,
reached the platform, and stepped
slowly down. Mr.. Inch's personal ap-
pearance was not what II usually was.
A night in a country hotel. with neither
hair brush nor comb in the morning.
showed on him. Contact with the
elbow Of lunatic behind him had put
q most d!sreputable looking dent in his
derby. His appearance was altogether
bad enough to Justify DR.. Blanks ex.
clamation OF:
"Ah, here he is. This way. my
friend" which he made when he saw
MIR Inch descending TO the platform.
Mr.. Inch heard the remark. but paid
no attention to 1t. Instead Of obeying.
he Quickened his pace toward the other
End Of the platform. but before he had
gone a dozen yards DR.. Blank was
alongside.
This way. my friend" said DR..
Blank, swinging Mr. Inch around by
the arm.
What do you mean. sir?" said Mr..
Inch
Keep quiet, now. keep very Quiet," "
said the doctor. soothingly. 'Itn be
all right if you keep quiet"
why should l keep quiet when Q
ioafer grabs me by the arm and swinga
me around as though were a log Of
wood" cried Mr. Inch. Indignantly.
Get back into line" said DR.. Blank.
''Get back into line. and let's end this
nonsense" and he grabbed Mr.. Inch
by the collar and proceeded 70 drag
him down the platform.
Mr.. Inch lost his temper then, and
swung his right around toward his
captor's Jaw with vicious violence
The blow landed. and 80 did . second
! and third, sent in with equal precision
DR.. Blank hung on, though slightly
dazed. He couldn't hit the man back
| There is . State rule forbidding keep
ers or doctors to strike an insane per
son, no matter what the provoc4tion
The doctors have but one mode Of de
tense. 1t Ia the hypodermic infection
and each doctor carries a syringe load
ed with a special preparation which
will take all the life out Of q man II
i've minutes, cause him to sleep To-
several hours. and bring him arount
mental condition.
/ While DR.. Inch was banging Dr.
Blank on the nose and jaw, the doc
tor was maneuvering with his fre'
hand for bis syringe. While the strug
gle went on the keepers kept their eye
on the other insane men. They couldn'
leave them to 60 to the doctors assist
ance. The struggle was apt to excit
them, and general outbreak was to b
prevented above all things.
Dr. Blank was was getting played on
when he managed to reach his syringe
haul 1t out, and Jab 1t into Mr.. Inch
neck. The effect of the Injection wa
Instantaneous.
I'm stabbed!' yelled Mr.. Inch, slaI
ping both hands to his neck and droI
ping.
Pm d-n glad of It," remarked DI
Blank. You're the toughest one eve
tackled" and he motioned to q keeper
who was coming toward him on . ru
to come faster.
We've found the other man." sal
the keeper, when he came up.
"Of course we have" said the do'
tor, with sarcastic emphasis ON tn
I'VE"
He was under q seat In the car,
went on the keeper. You've made
bad break here" he went on in . 10y
tone. Come up here, and lets &C
away"
Great scottr" reared the doctor
isn't this one Of our menr
No." said the keeper. Hes q cit
zen who wandered into the car"
Lets cut this quick" said the do'
tor. Tell the boys to march around
the north Of the depot and IN Join ~
there" and away went the doctor !
one direction, while the keeper wsr
down the platforn,
So much interest had been NANTES
Cd In the crowd Of insane meA tat t.
people ON the platform had noticed q
struggle bstwesn d. Bhlk a. =
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