Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-15
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Il There were, four Of, ns, medical STU,
dents ro PIP 4g o.! on the same floor and
all given Is story ;e !t telling. SMMa}tera6use
kxcelled in fabuld6B Adventure and al
ways maintained that it really hap
pened. The most remarkable Of his
stories was thts9G2aJJI;2 II IHJMTnoq1
\ nigh; ~ he2 said, +t that happ1}fed to me
several weeks ase.-I've- had it on my
mip@d since ths3 bHta certain biP, feeling Of
af!1eaey: has Prsyeptedl ny saYYfing any
thing about 9 IT., sQne night, Or rather
morni44ga ] was Walkttn 9gg; II tbs, upper
part OF the city, in street where the
houses stand back some distance from
tie a}dsY y4d the frQntA s FpsP fheing
et,} up e sgaEaf&RsA ~ Ihe Sz$Fest w
souFpdsA mp{prys7ll99Yslyi }to'Vud: had fist
passed f}puEdh 1My hich} III stH9d 81 the BE-.
Opposite side of the street When Sudden;
rly .the slP2felhl struck }Eted. a.
though seme ,9pe bad, lit me;,sds ppst
h aye x s s8R tthMroYgb :s9@e ,SihgHtaF pfyS;
aeal Rg9fesS foF when } R YAl9]ea {|d mys Ell
together At 3 ths irqR gatfMyaX 5PPfl9sing
one OF tdheu ga Ed Jin fE0nt 4 IF WHICH,
4 had 2i stopped, 9 girl stood leaning for,
ward and beff f9nag a. 81 me 8eaou b.ssns
= '*'oh, Sir she said, come Mith IT, E.,
There are men in, the house; who are
trying forget RaE auntvto 80 awiths them
n n IyYyoo fj4
1 assure you she is not
/ Isle -dpeHd qthe, gate as she spoke
and followed her up stone walk
to the 'front.' door, which stood ajarr
into dimly lighted hall and upstairs.I
Throwing open a bedroom door, there
sat aAlady in a wrapper trimmed WITH
laceEE while before her stood a man
whorsas| = went in, finished.a sentence
he was speaking with these words: Il
shall have to use force. and that don't
want ;t0sdo.' The moment 1 entered he
and the lady both, looked .sat' me, the
man surprised, the woman appealingly
The young lady stood beside me tremt.
bling. ~: s :, sS$.S: 4 ~
f''Have you: any authority, sir, /
said, for being In this house at*xhis
hourH & ! :.1.: +5 y; { -
!" :.WshhethertI have or not he replied,
I am not accounta BILE stoi you and de-
cline toproduce it, s9 ;735ssss Il 3
." Very we'll, sir, Since you refuse to
show warrant for the removal Of this
lady will trouble you to take your de-
parture.'
1.-THE man looked irritated at being
interfered with in carrying out pur1
pose that might or might not be legiti-
mate. If had any doubt that it was
illegitimate the pleading look of, both
the women, and especially that of the
younger, removed it at once. .......
"'Come, SIR said. L am waiting.
Leave this ROOM = go =. y, ,.,.>
t",'I will see you in the hail. he re-
Piled: t,- - - j,..h -. Il, .,3...., ..y !,
"1xc'ca1ne TOW ara me-! stepped back
into the hall. The girl went 1uto the
room, and closed the door. d.. ....
The lady Is an insane patient he
said, and 1 am trying to get her away
without attracting the attention Of her
neighbors.' 49,. -. ....s.,
az happen to be medical man. 1
replied, and know that in such cases
the order Of a court or board de lu-
natico inquirendo is needed. Produce
It, and L will not interfere with YOU
J. HE looked puzzled as to what course
to. follow, then, quick as a fash, drew
a revolver and leveIed it at me: I was
unarmed and at a great disadvantage,
but knew the man dreaded to attract
attention, and relying on this I sprang
for: him. knocking. UP bis revolver as
l did 50, and, selling it, twisted It out
of his hand and threw it downstairs
Singularly enough, 1t didn't explode
Then, taking him by the, collar, ,hus-
tied him after his revolver, put him
out at the front door and closed it
with a bang. Then called to the
young lady, who came down, followed
BY her aunt, and both gave vent to ex-
pressions of gratitude" .'>&'' ~ =;
The speaker stopped as though his
story was finished. ':,.,- ~ -
"Waterhouse," + remarked, where
do you get the starters for these
yarns?'' ''.' 60.
"You don't believe me?" "'@>,i'"'>'
IT believe you are ro5ifnlancing." 7"fd
He stepped 70 lis study table, opened
a drawer and took out a revolver,
which he handed me, telling me to look
at a silver plate on the butt, on which,
was Inscribed, John 'Bdrnes, st; e.
Asylum For the Insane" f'> = - i'a "
looked up'at Waterhouse' thunder
struck. ''The pistol you threw down
stairs r. ! ''":: 81, n't!cr ~ r,H h,,sjr
= ''Yes.'' -. 1>' ?i,"vf .~n.cct, :, :: ...'} "a
Z t;"Rot!" said one Of, the party. - Water
house, came Ninto possession of the re-
yolver' in ,sonle ordinary way and made
up his, yarn about it."G1 o. no;f1uai,s1
a'*No,''o said 1another.7I j::tfWheni the
clock in the gchureh: tower struck the
hour the shock; acting on, his heart,
produced 81 suspension Of its ACTION for
40 fractions of a second 4 During this
time theFdreamed' 1t )all,''sil ho7i,sr off
-n''Hownco,ld hetdream2 a. reVolYer2", !
suggested tfdt d?roG2tA eih7 ri h2nist
-4Waterho made no; effort to- con;
.vfncf1y us tlf tEhe, ti+utl, of1 his ,Sforv5 hut