El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

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Don't you want to hire a private sec
retary?"
You may open the mail for me
while l read it if you like"
Jack did as he was told and when
all was opened he found one that seem
ed to be an invitation, he asked, May
1 look at this?''
Look at any thing you want" re-
piled Doc. but don't talk while | am
reading"
Jack opened the envelope and read
the following, half to himself and half
aloud:
Geo. D. Mayo takes the pleasure to
announce the marriage of his daughter
Katheyn to DR.. Rodney T. Thrasher.
September LIST, 1s9-. At home after
October 18th, 5349 Lave avenue, Hyde
Park. Chicago"
When Jack read Hyde Park, Chica-
go" Doc. looked up with start and
said, Whats that
What did you say that Chicago
girls name was?" answered Jack very
unconcerned.
Fanny Mayo, what about herr" said
Doc. as quick as a flash.
20, nothing, her sister got married
the other day" Then he handled the
announcement over to Doc who read
it in a hurry and heaved a sigh of relief.
Hello, here's a letter from Ted
Melville. The fellow whom you met on
the train" and gathering up the re-
naming letters said come on up to the
house.
They walked brisllIy and were soon
in the smoking room of their apart
ments.
Say. he was a jolly good fellow"
remarked Jack taking off his coat and
lying down on the couch.
He can always write good inter
esting letter, shall read this one out
to you?"
go on" said Jack, Il am listening"
So Doc. leaned back in his easy rock
er and read as follows:
Hyde Park Pharmacy.
Corner Lake Ave. and 50th st.
Chicago, Ills.
DIR. j. J. Jenkinson. Denver, Colo.
TENDER 4th, 1879
Friend Jenkinson-You will doubt
less be surprised to hear from me and
to know that I have at last settled
down. I bought this place month ago
and am getting on o. X.
But let me tell you of little eX-
perience 1 had the other night that
luckily turned out happily as it was in
tended, but had it gone otherwise there
would be lot of weeping and wailing
and gnashing of teeth in this locality.
ION Tuesday night. the first, / came
back to the desk to work on my books
and left a kid who works for me Up in
front to wait on what customers he
could and to call me for the others. 1t
was my clerks night off. There were
very few people on the street and about
$50 a dead swell young lady came in
I heard her skirts rafting as she came
nd he OF
front of the store, after cigar. She
came up to me with as sweet smile
as was ever placed on the face of wo-
man and said, Doctor l have tooth
hat is just killing me and l want some
for it
Il was crazy to ask her to let me
see the tooth for say, she was stun
ner and that smile. Well / didn't be-
Iieve it was her tooth but her Ieart
and felt like telling her that 1 could
cure heart aches better than tooth
ache. But l said if your tooth is so
painful you should go to the dentist
right around the corner, he rooms in
his Office.
Mo- she said stamping her little
foot, Il want morphine, know how to
use that
So 1 went and got the morphine bot
tie and asked her how much she want
ed and she said, Lots SO l said about
% grains. and she said yes and began
to walk around.
81 went behind the prescription case
with a little box for the morphine
when 1 noticed a bottle OF powdered
pecac and something told me to give
her that instead of the morphine. 1
did so and marked it 25 grains and put
A morphine label on it. i gave it to her
and she paid me and gave me another
smile and went out, while / went back
10 the desk and went to work. / let the |
boy off at nine o'clock and was just |
getting ready to lock up at 10 O'Clock |
when / heard some one running up the !
street and in another instant bare
headed man of about 60 years came |
-unning in the store and says (He
was all out of breath from running |
hree blocks).
"Oh, Doctor. q knew what was COM
ng), my daughter has taken % grains 1
If morphine and is dying, won't You
.ome and try to save her"
| swelled up and told him I would
zee what 1 could do. l went back and !
rot a small bottle of aromatic spirits
# amonia and locking the store started
Iown the street with the old gentle
nan who told me that his daughter
vas to have been married that night.
tut that early in the evening she and
Ter lover had had quarrel and he had
eft in a passion and that she had tried
o kill herself.
We arrived at the house just tnen
nd found the family crying and in a
retty blue bed room I found the
Dung lady moaning in pain from the
) grains of ipecac which / had SO
risely q am patting my back, given
Ter.
The first thing that / did was to dis
Mss the father and mother and one