The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-04-28

uau vvvn frightened neariy'to deatn got
into the. newspapers and made sensa-
ton There was no dor bt that it would
! injure the reputation If the hospital
! The board of directors debated over the
affair at special meeting, and all the
| 700 students debated over it on all occa-
sions
ut was a nurse all possible peo-
ple-who gave us the first hint of a
way to put stop to the persecution Of
poor Copley She was chatting with
him. myself and senior stud mt. all Of
us on night duty in her ward.
" The thing is quite plain to re,
che said. In fact. believe l could lat
my hand on the guilty party tomorrow
morning if | wanted to- But tAe scan
dial has nearly blown over now and the
young man has been badly frightened
So we might as well let well enough
alone.
And how about me?' says Corley
We'll, then. she said, Mr.. Copley
has a double-yes, double. Mr.. Cop
ley's double is a young limb Of satan in
his first year. have noticed the like
ness over and over again, but as you
gentlemen never see anything Of the
first year students
"Of course. now that she had men
toned it, we all saw just how it was
The nurse did not tell us the name of
this young man, but we three quietly
kept on the lookout for Copley's double
among the first year men, and in less
than "a hours we found the double of
Copley in a youth by the name of
Vixen. We all three pitched upon the
same man. There was no room for the
last doubt. The only difference be-
yeen Copley and Vixen was that
Vixen was always serious and even
grave in his demeanor, and Copley had
a gay devil may come way in spite Of
his troubles. Any one would have taken
Vixen for a sober earnest, ambitious
student, which is just what he was
Lct, and Copley was.
"Copley was so exasperated that he
attacked Vixen on the sidewalk, just
outside the principal gate of the hospi-
tai, and gave him a terrible black eye
Copley was arrested by passing police
man, but Vixen was too cunning to
appear in court. He knew that people
were still talking about the dissecting
room scandal.
We'll. anyhow, said Copleys
friends to- him, that black eye will help
the dean to distinguish between you
and Vixen for some time to come.
''But for several weeks Vixen did
nothing that could get Copley into
trouble. The dean looked at Copley very
hard from time to time, and Copley
bravely returned the stare.
"Then came Copley's eyeglasses.
"You see, we all, including the
friendly nurse, agreed that Copley could
not go ON blackening Wixems eyes
periodically to keep from being mistak-
en- for that young miscreant. So the
nurse suggested that Copley would look
very well and immensely professional
in gold trimmed eyeglasses. And after
that there was no possibility of mis-
take. ="
"And so. one of the three asked,
''your friend Copley stuck to the iden-
tifying glasses for life p
eyes; but wait one minute. The fun
ny thing was that the first day Copley
appeared in hospital with his new
glasses-I was with him at the time
he also wore a dark frock coat and
high hat, and it happened that he had
never before appeared there in such
sober get up. Just as we entered the in
ner courtyard, which happened to be
deserted. Mr.. Vixen, looking very
solemn, which meant that he had been
up to some devilish pranks, met us as
he was coming from the museum wing.
Copley glared at him, as if he would
like to black his eye just once more.
"Wixem stopped short and said,
why, sir, had no idea you were in
town.
"'Hadn't you. sir?' says Copley
Then, sir, let me recommend you to
bear in mind that am in town.
"Wixem only stared for a moment,
said oh in manner that indicated
both astonishment and relief, and pass
ed on.
"Copley. | said. that young man
took you for his father.
"'I'll father him if he doesn't mind
what he's about. says Copley
1.-The general effect of the eyeglasses
was wonderfully effective for good in
Copley career In the first place, the
dean discovered that he had made a
good man a victim of his own mistakes
He wanted to reopen the inquiry about
the dissecting room, only the board
wouldn't let him. But he became fast
friend to Copley. and that fact helped
him on considerably long after he had
begun practice.
"No; it isn't merely as souvenir
that Copley continues to wear his glass
es The fact is that friendly nurse |
wouldn't hear of bis taking them off
She is Mrs Copley now - Exchange
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