Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-10

her, and she vas at q loss. What: to
say, but finally managed to ask: You
got my. Letter, did you not9' s .
Your letter. What letter? 8 he
asked, trying to. recall if; he had Hvef
met hi4 visitor before. :
!1T4y, HE Etserd wrote you Som
JefkrsdnSs, sh e&repliEd. s.
Jefferson? o, yes, I recall it 4Sw.
/ It came a fey d6ysaago.i I've gGt it
right here, and 5tdfAing ito his dgsk
igeSpieliedJnp fhesGiSSive.
why didn't you answer it?' t5hs
S. . eeTiTvslg you 'sksA fact is youE-er!
= foEgof$teS sign your full name,ss::he
answered. =
q. "'She must be insane; the doctor
/ thought to himself, 'and I'll humor
her. while Miss Fiske concluded :he
was under the influence of some pow
erful opiates that destroyed his mem
DRY temporarily, and. sol she said:
why, yes. How stupid of me to send
it that3way! s.
= Thi4king to recall his mind to JEFF
ferson, she extended her arm and
tsaidf sly wrist does not bother me
jail now, and don't believe it ever
WIN, DO you3' =
rs Your wristl Wasn't i your head
you had trouble with?'. he said,
dopbtingly..j =:
b::i;: /" My hhead?' 5:
F. - O-Ii!erI--L mean your hand. Why,
looks as if it never was Injured Z
---s::.SsEhatss-beeaase-='of--7yo your fIful
treatment she said. with as'sEite.:::
-. "The fnterview was beco1sihg EN-
sbarsassipg to both, so MisssFiske cut
it short and departed. ::
- Well, Of al the crazy women LYe
ever met She's takes the *pfemiuiii, >
said. the doetor,- after-shes-4efftt. IFS; t
she writes me s.: letteEa;t visits me
and tries to convince me ! know her.
Some Other friends had better look
after herr: -: {. = =: = :: - . s; go Il
Miss Fiske meanwhile. was deeply
thinking of the banefu1 influence Of
drugs. why, if some one told me Of
such thing never would believe it.
she said to herself =
That evening", after. dinner, she
startled for .eh{irtA,s ani.just as she
vas Jheari9g, llHeA sdife& sha heard: "a
familiar Voice-say:, Why, Miss Fiske,
lis = really 5Y6d9L Turning around,
she beheld her friend, the doctor I
'',''' You might have-1et me know You
iwefet coming to town. !he.said. ]!
- I;did let yea know: she answered,
rather stiffy. .:;.a::;"'1 =. = :
! ::::tWhen2'. hei asked. .:.i:;;!
i. .. The other day when answered
your letter. she replied.
= 81 Letter! Why, I got no letter..
said Fred,
"'How can xeu.say that when this
very afternoon you; showed, me the
letter." she ;reforted, rather -angrily.
"'Fhis AFTERNOON? i I was out Of
town this aftGrnoon..;i4 went up to
Jefferson to see YOU only to End you
gomez i;,U =@}s.@.! .i.If - E;,a!lG
=. 'sReallyl' she said,isomewhat SAP
castically,. and then, suddenly, remem5
bering about the drug, thought to,
herself the remarkable similitude Of
this case to that, of Dr.. Iekyyn, and Mr..
Hyde. '+;a'e- ''''''''''
: ;t9They had7reached the door of the
church, and as services had begun, fur,
cher conversation just then was i'm
possible. Nevertheless, they did q
great deal of fhinkfngi; :: 5::,'!l - -t:'.s.
Erred became very angry-at Miss
Fiske's apparent attempt to deceive
him, and when. they, left the church
he made no attempt to converse. She
thought it was another of his strange
moods and when THE door,of her res+
idence was reached, she quietly said.
Goodnight which he answered
somewhat grufay! = :,.t.+,;;ift - -
y "I could never be happy withasutH'
p fellow she. said to herself, while
he wondered how he ever grew to like
her. When he got home he was in a
snrly, mopd,eand. his. brother Inquired
what the ;, trouble VAS; Nothing
much'. Fred replied. H., f,..,!.s.
!: "'Tll bet woman is in some way
responsible for your present. frame
OF emind,' said the, dort orIey'Cheer up,
my boy; it's good you are not mar
lried. to some woman, especially :; to-
;ohe similar to a caller, ]. had to-day.
She had an insane notion that: I had
treated her wrist for 'sprain not long
ago.
g What's. that -: :--,' ;,':
"'She tried 90 convince me that /
knew her, and she wrote me this let.
ter he went on, tossing the missive.
he had reeeixef -fronfssNf iss; FTfske to-
HIS bsotIer. Aften ogze gtAneg8at it,
a Hght,ahwned on Pred, AID h9burst;
cut intsaa heAFtKt 81 laaghtaH {
- ' WHAT'S the matter now; are you:
going insane also?' asked the doc:
tor. y
Insane! No. This letter was in<;'
tended for me. Why didn't yofS give
it to me when it arrived?'
"'How long since you became an:
IF ii. DPS: {
g Let ME see; it's just tw9 weeks
ag6 since I received my degfseS;' asaid
Fred, laug hingly, and that young;
woman. who called on you to-day was-
my first patient, Then FEED ?tsla all53
abou8fth he Ia fla fr3 at 1efsarS as -
cit appears to me we both owe
her an apology remarked the docs
tor. - / 4
IA :Undodbtedly,' said Fred. sI&t us1
write one now. explaining the cases.
and we. will both sign it, 5
''The following day.. wien I Miss
Eislzk received the letfsEAana 1ater,5
when the two brothers appeared att
her home in person, she realized the1