The evening times., 1897-01-25

guard, his rings and all valuables. and TO
leave n nosc on his desk stating where he
had gone.
Once said he, Il was called TO b
alley to a certain number at midnight /
waited until morning before ans woing the
cail being somewhat apprchcnsve OF the
place In the morning I wen, To the place
and found the house for rent. No one knew
OF any sickness around the alley. Queer
wasn't it?''
Next we visited an old rookery known as
Buzzard's Roost. IL is a large frame
building on the street. Its halls are mar
row and dark, and its stairs seem ready e.
fan. There is a closet in the hall Of tho
first floor, which sends forth stench
through the whole building We wcat up
several flights and paused at an inSitie room.
IL you wish To see filth and gloom this is
the place to seek it.
The room was furnished with filthy
bed, an old stove and table, on which were
few pieces OF cruckery. IL was inhabited
by an old man with ragged beard and a
leering eve We had come to see a woman,
1t seersed, and She was not about.
where is the woman l came to see the
other day?' asked the doctor
Il don't know, she's gone,'' was the
sullen reply.
Where has she gomez"
Don't know
Where are the children"
Gone with her"
"Humph," said the doctor
A colored girl waited on the stairs out
side and announced that the man had been
away several days and an officer came and
took the woman. She didn't know where
they had taken her and so we walked
toward police headquarters.
That's funny case said the doctor.
''She was woman about twenty-Seven
years old, not bad looking il She had been
fixed up. She had two good-looking chill
dren. She came here from Baltimore to
keep house for that man. and remained
with him a while in that hole"
Lived with him." gasped :.'w hat for?"
The doctor shrug gged his shoulders.
You've heard of Svengal, l suppose?i
he remarked.
DO you think she was hypnotiZed?"
Goodness knows Il should think she W ould
nave had to have been. Did you ever see
such sinister face as his? The woman
cut ner hand and 1 came here to dress it.
I'm glad she's gone
/ asked the doctor if he did not think a
corps OF women nurses visiting these cases
would do good.
1T would Be effective in many cases, no
doubt," said he, land. therefore, desirable.
Tshouid pitythe women W howent in forthat
sort OF work, however. But We no doubt
that there are plenty OF women who would
lake it up if the work was established.
Women are quite thatself-sacriftcing. There
is some talk Of it, too. Such a movement
would emanate from the health office"
At police headquarters we found that the
Trilby Of BUzZard's Roost had been re-
turned to Baltimore, and the doctor nodded
his head, satisfied, and put her ont OF his
thoughts He said ''good-day,' as he
had to return to his residence to prepare
to make some respectable calls.
Don't be iscoura ged," he said, cheerily
as hailed a car. There are worthy poor,
and there are vicious among the rich.
Life's a kind of jumblc, you know. Illtake
you on another round some day, and per-
haps you'll like it better
''I've got a sort of yeaTning for home
sweet home just at this minute," said l,
and saw the doctor smile with a subdued
grimace, as he lifted his hat and turned
away. SIBYL WILBUR.