The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
THE DOCTORS STORY.
OR. 4 GHosrLY VISITOR.



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were az This Tine three other physicians III
the town. and during my four weeks stay
7 had he,o favored with but few patients.
,.5-5 ..-.t. 40, .f,-t,, l,1,, r,.bosa
boarded win an e'''iS iaNS ""ose
grandson cared Tor me ganden ana staDie.
Ny boarding mistress was precise and
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ana ''e Sloch III ilF niue "lN1e' ~" '''''
utcs fast. Iu order TO be prompt at meals
n5tan al home on the evening of tnat
t ,..- .,.l .,.,..i,. .+r,,cl, IN my
u'S' just "''"'' ''i1 MN -N
telephone bell rang. had oniy lhe Jay
PREVIOUS had the instrument put in, and
t..+...,, o.. .,g-,.,r INV FIRST call Come
ir1roe5i.,el, to Nriuvilre No. 20 High street
Tx, he m O'Clock train"
"a, IT, toa' lsts for r1s 10 catch that train.
1,,, 7 IN ,li. ,o,.,r vim rn,- Team if that
n,iIl 7o WA H. Gin. casc7" asked
NJ r,rr,. "ifelor' called again. but
al 49, SIM Tb.n ] rang 10 the CEN
~ IN
PIE connect again with the parties
who c,I.j for Dr Wfldes." said.
mo ono mas called for DR. VVildes." an
.-,.lre,7 ,i,, ,.,i,e of The onerator in the
central office.
lyon mus he mistaken. for have Just
been talking with some one through the
,sic,,b,nt. who, wants me, was NV reply.
,,.be wires must he crossed somew
viii see if can find out where the
,ro5hla is sir came in a sleepy voice
from the central.
n,,t an m, hat and started toward the
statle u,aetinq Jimmie with lantern N
band
IT was inst coming after YOU. doctor"
ba ala 'Your horse seems to be dread
t,11l, lame and I cant find out what ais
her foot
sant the bov 10 a livery stable near
bv 10 procure a team for me, and was
ba+bine and bandaging my own horse
,,,ban I hoard the whistje of the 10 o'clock
rain Tben remembering that my watch
bad been TOO fast 7 muttered a very un-
at,tbo,,7ov connection I'd 7 thought of the
ELECTROMAGNETIC drive I must take in the cold
March ntgbt
bad bastenad IN doors and nut on a
heavy Mister when 7 heard the bow drive
nm to INV door with The team. Again
xyert r. the telenbone ana ringing up
.centraI, 7 INQUIRED if he had ascertained
who bad called for Dr. WiIdes.
1T can NOT dnd that anv one has called
for Won nils evening" came the reply
over the wire
susnectina that somebody might be try
mo To NAV a Joke ON me. | stepped to
.he door and had the team returned to the
1i,er, stable
seatsd myself in an ensv chair by the
fire and after reading a short time | fell
as,een evolle inst as INV clock was
strt1Cine, 10 and as Tho last stroke ceased
INV teIenbone again rang
fastened to roplv. and received the
call Come To NIulville on the midnight
rain 10 No % HIGH street"
,tvbo ,-o,ts ,,eq5 T asked as 7 knew
NOT a eoul in NiIIviue
I received no renIv, although rang sew
oral rinas and n1ttinp on nv overcoat
ara can 7 seized nv medicine case and
burried to the railroad station. a few rods
avaN- where the night train STONED on
beine eie-naled before o'clock had
rcacbe5 N4Ulvilla and found the Dlaca 10
which | had been summoned.
II was an oId-fashioned house which
ba1 been nodernized nv the addition Of
bay windows in the front. from one of
which shone a faint light. / FASTENED up
an. stems. but before nv hand could touch
tha door il was opened from the inside
and passed in. A verv old lady. with
male face and snowy hair. silently point-
ed into the next room. entered and
found 1 was in a good-sized apartment
mar seemed fo he half narlor and half
library. A leather-covered lounge was
drawn IN before an open fire and upSn
it Law a man of perhaps so years. An
ugly cash was in the right side of his
head. which. with the partially dried
blood upon his face formed a picture a.
which [ shuddered
/ bent over him and felt for his mise
His hand was cold but in his CRASH he
he'd a pecuIiar-shaped key. which l saw
plainly in the Light of the fire. His Hoa
moved and without opening his eyes he
said. 'aThe second bunch of cranes the
second bunch of grapes"
The man is delirious," I thought as l
stepped into the hallway
"Nfadan' ., called "a I n.aered a ro,nd IN
the darkness, please bring me a basin
of warm water at once" / heard no sound
except my own voice. could family see
by the light of the fire that shone from
the library that there were three or four
other doors leading from the haH one
after another tried to open them, but
they were all locked fast. ran back into
the room from which l had just come. The
leather covered lounge was still drawn up
in front OF the fire, but the man was gone
1 looked wildly around the room, but no
sign of him could he seen. 1 drew my hand
over the lounge, and found my finger
showed plainly on the dusty covering. The