Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-09-30

DOCTOR's STORY
TRAGIC HISTORY oFJoE, His MoThER
AND THE BABY. ri.
A nasly frsesasssaal EzDsssssss 1AAA
w. DsssgAa Dask - : : Xssk m.
sassaassMlaA ~ sAs ssssy q : MssAsr
n . Dswsey aalseu.
..It's . queer world aid . New
York physician ~ he laid tho morning
paper aaide.
What prompted that original 10
ma1ka'' asked . visitor.
"Well, ! was just reading IN account
Il . stabbing aflair, and IL suddenly oc-
cuEred 10 me that I had known the man
who did the killing.n The doctor ret
tied back In his chair, and the visitor
waited for the story. After . few mo-
mAnta IL InAmas
"When I ART heasn "a nraotica. I did
m immense amount az oh,rity work.
Eyery fellow doaa Eat q the start for
.rre.se,,na M I.hor ho hoan. a. mn ecr
hnm.nitv,a $40 I had nrettv oond snc.
~, witH childran ana nn.ia nnita :
name down in tho tenement districts
and incidentally spent mort Of my pocket
INA dsv a free sterili.ad mir 1or dcf
hahias md dnsans A in-satntions Tor ~
raliaf AZ the noor.
cone mmmar n ~om.n hao.n hr;nu.
ino Z siok hahv n ma. A 1nall IN.
ahont 4 vaars old. alv.ve canna vith
tham ana seemed q IL fsirly stronp and
well. IND the habv va niaful nttle
thine. With a thin. whita feoa aud IN
blue eve With = look Of nm N tham.
Tha Woman seemed an ianorrnt honest
soul and eenarally wore : thick. dark
veil "a hide = blaok eve or nreat blne
hruise. It,s cav anourh To firnre ont 4
thinp ike that. Won know. INIT she never
spofe az her hushand az oomplained. "a
didn,t m anv nnastinns she hronrht
the hehv oftan. and eanh time T. iooi,ed
more wsxan and .crswnv. I'M I oonidn't
flnd ont that the ohild had snv dieeesa.
ami ali the svmnfoms nointad n = I.ci
~ n%onrishmenkl
GA last M, morning I ..id n the
mother thaA + Relieved tha nm w.s
~starvinr. and chat / didn,t intend 10
allow her a. leave the ofaca untii aha
had told ma the truth abont the afYair.
aha iookad .tnhhor, for = wornant ana
,vonidn,t .nsvar INIT thon IN ha.ra ~.
IAN - ro,i do,vn hor hr,iaod aisco,o..
al chaaks' end .ha conSesss5 thst sha
d;an,t h.sa anorah socd - ~ the -.
10 sha wo.Iad is-S M 70.
dr.nL and tool avarv oant .ha made
snd heat her evsrv dav into the .h.r.
e.in. ehe was fond II Ana hrnta In
snite Of all THAT and told ma : lnna sto.
r. ahnnt fhe henvenlv n.tnra the ri.
Low mi before ia heosn to drinL.
"Einallv I told her I wonld Give her
uuart Of min everv dav. wouIdn,t
give her the monev because I didn,t
oovat tha nriv,iaoa ~ hnvinO rad whi..
kv for the husband. INT vould nav
the nearest milk depot 70 sunnly her
with a ouart n dav. That would fead
tha habv and laava come for littia
joa. Who didn,t iook nnita ~ weii A.
he did when that wo Arst haoan caliino
on me. After Az Z didnst hear AM
more about the oase for a week or two,
Than nv friands tnrned mn AGAIN The
babv looked worse than aver. and the
woman,s faoe was a %natohwnrk in bine
and oreen. INIT iittla .ine waa nnita ro.v
I didn,t ~understand. The hahv Ia IN :
bad CONDITION. and Idid what / oould
for Il. After / left INV of3oe I wanl
down to the milk depot. Tho man ~
my woman had had her quart Of min
every day.
at INHALED over the thing that NIGHT
The next mornino tha TITO were al nv
office. The hahvss hIna avalida wera
closed. and I thonohs A. ffrst that Il
wss NOT breathing. INIT fonnd a faint
intter. I oonidn;t sea anv reason yor
rnch : atata ~ thinos, ~ once moro !
lad tho woman into nv ~nrivata ofica
And shut Che door. Them / said:
"sNow iooE hara Tha,o,s . nv.+erv
abont this. And von,va COT - tai mo
1hat,s the mater. That hahv,s st.rv.
ino ~ da.th and + vsrt - i.no., -,
von,ve dome with the NM "-'
1Tha ,vo,n.n iooLod .c..ed and .n-,,
al naia hatr,aan hrrtses Than .ha @s..
." pa.o N*M .sses Ino.a sne savs