Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-11-18

Blank on the nose and jaw, the doc
tor was maneuyering with his free
hand for his syringe. While the strug-
on the other insane men. They couldn't
leave them to go to the doctors assist
ance. The struggle was apt to excite
them, and Il general outbreak was to be
prevented above all things.
DIR. Blank was was getting played out
when he managed to reach his syringe,
haul it out, and jab 1t into Mr.. Inch's
neck. The effect of the injection was
instantaneous.
I'm stabbedw yelled Mr.. Inch, slap
ping both hands to his neck and drop
ping.
I'm d-n glad of It," remarked DR..
Blank. you're the toughest one ever
tackled" and he motoned to keeper,
who was coming toward him on a run
to come faster.
We've found the other man. said
the keeper, when he came up.
"Of course we have said the doc
tor, with sarcastic emphasis on the
"we."
'He was under a seat In the ear"
went on the keeper. you've made II
bad break here" he went on in low
tone. "Come up here, and let's get
away"
Great Scott!'' roared the doctor,
isn't this one of our men?'
No" said the keeper. Hes citi-
zen who wandered into the ear"
Lets cut this quick said the doc
tor. Tell the boys to march around to
the north of the depot and I'll join you
there" and away went the doctor in
one direction, while the keeper went
down the platform.
SO much interest had been manifest
ed in the crowd of insane men that few
people on the platform had noticed the
struggle between Dr. Blank and Mr..
Inch. The few who had seen 1t went
away when the insane men were
marched off, and so n little later, when
spectacle Mr.. Inch asleep in pile of
freight, his clothes torn and dirty, his
hat ripped through the middle, and
minus his collar and necktie, he threw
up his hands In astonishment. He
called other station hands, and the
men in the baggage room came, too,
and their eyes nearly popped out of
their heads ut the sight of James Inch,
Parlor City's respectable citizen, in so
deplorable condition. They were n
heartless crowd, those station men, for
they called policeman, and the police
man hauled Mr.. Inch out of the freight
and started dragging him toward the
station, Mr.. Inch the meanwhile sleep
ing innocently X Half way to the sta
ton the policeman gave out and Mr.
Inch was allowed 40 take a short doze
on the sidewalk pending the arrival OF
help.
1t happened to be on the main street
of Parlor City that the policeman left
his prisoner and as the afternoon was
as bright and sunny as the morning had
| been, the inhabitants were out in great
numbers. Any attempt to record here
the comments of the people on Mr.
Inch and his condition would be futile
Suffice it to say that the downfall OF
James Inch, the model citizen of Par
lor City, the pillar of the church, and
the greatest philanthropist in the coun
try, was known for miles that night.
And the next day there was more tc
talk about. Mr.. Inch slept for five
hours at the station house, and ther
his wife, proceeded to destroy the fam
| lily china. He hurled plates around un
til he was tired, then smashed win
dows and mirrors with a poker for {
time. He went to bed after hacking a
some furniture with carving knife
and the next morning woke up with
out the slightest recollection of wha
had happened. He recalled the strug
gle at the station, but that was all. Hi
wife pretended to believe the story o.
his having been stabbed in the neck
but she didn't at ALL
For several days the cold glances o
former friends and acquaintances an
noyed him. They all said, Yes, yes,
when he told of his remarkable TEN
porary alteration, but he could see tha
they did not believe him. Nevertheless
the truth came out in time and MI
Inch of Parlor City is as respected ant
honored as he ever was. DR.. Blanl
made statement in the local paper o
| the matter over his signature, and tina
more than anything else exonerate'
Mr.. Inch. AS for the doctor, he wa
suspended, but at Mr. lnch's earnes
solicitation the superintendent restore
him to duty, and he and his victim ar
now the best of friends. The docto
doesn't carry his hypodermic syring
except in the asylum wards now, an
he has declared that he'll never tax
it out of the building again.-NeN
YORK sun. -.>,a ~ Y. =!