Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-10-22

/ up for his special amusement.
Then the doctor he took you inio
his room, and you had some bran
water hot. | smelt it. And then he
come and got down one O the bottles,
and misked you up dollop O physic;
and heared you both a-buzzing away,
and talking about wheer you'd been.
! The doctor KEEP coaxing of you, like,
to go to sleep, ana somehow that sent
me off
WHAT. in that box with those"
"Oh, yes, | don't mind them.
often nips in there when any ones
coming.
Did you hear anything else, Bob? ?"
said Rich exctedly, as she held tho
boys hand&
/ Not till some one else come, and
knocked Two or three times; and
was going TO answer the door, when
the doctor came and turned down the
gas, and then | lay still, and heard
him putting the physic bottles away
afore ned let EN- in; didn't you, sir?'
! The doctor smiled, and shook his
head
"Wny, | heared you" said the boy
/ rcrroachfully; "and then you turns up
the gas again, ana | lifts the lid bit,
and sees it was Two men and an ac-
cident."
AN accident!"
yes, MISS, chap as they said had
been run over; and they brings him
tn, 4 10, ,t,1I 1
says as 1t was good chance to hear
operation, If / couldn't see one"
I GO on, boy; go on"
"All right sir. Well, as | liaten@--
oh, it was good. The chap groans
and holers about his chest and thea
no makes no end of fuss, and the
doctor says he'll soon be all right;
and then-whoosh, -croosh hears
as ii some one had been hit, AMI a
! big fall-quelch, Then | lay very
still, for | was scared. | heard some
one get off the box, and lot o.
whispering, and dursn't move, for
fear they should know | was there.
But when | did peep, and lifted the
! lid softly, there was the doctor lying
close to the box, on his face, and |
thought he was dead
That give me a turn Miss" con
tinued tho boy, after moistening his
! lips, for his voice had become husky.
and | don't think I knowed what
, happened TIL heerd a skeary kind
o noise, and a loud sort O whop in
tho 'sufttng -room; and then the door
was opened, and ! see the light shin
! ing on you a-lylng on the sofa-yOu,
sir-sleep or shamming, and man in
there too, a-lying down, and-and-l-
| can't help 1t, Miss amt had much
to eat lately, and II"
Poor Bob let himself sink in a heap
upon the floor covered his face with
his hands, and burst into fit of
sobbing,
There was another fit of sobbing
heard, for grimy-laced Elizabeth
rushed forward, pumped down beside
tho boy ana took his head to her
breast, to rock him to and fro.
Poor boy" said Rich softly, and
she took his hanG
NV lhuN II NuD llht Ild6lC, IUI IUD
lifted up his dirty fearful face, all
smiles.
IT'S all right, Miss; I'm on'y bit
upset, Only lot mo get into the
surgery again, ana knows what to
take to put me right"
Can you tell us any more, MY
lad?" said Mark kindly.
Course can, sir; not much,
though, Tor | dunno what come over
me, | see them two a-lying about,
and as something horrid was. the
matter. and | come over all wet aud
sick; and then | don't remember any
more till | seemed to wake up with a
headache, and couldn't make out what
1t all meant; and when could
lifted up the boX.lid, and pat out my
hand, and felt To Try ii 1t was fancy.
But there was the doctor lying Oh
his face; and though all was very
quiet, ! knowed the other dead nm
must be IN the sulting.room, and |
lay there traid to move, and all of
Opruspiration."
Did you hear anything elsc?" said
Rich eagerly
| Yes. Miss; heared the window
broke, and YOU come, and the perice.
man. and I heared all you said; but
| durant move for fear the perlice-
man should think | did 1.-THE pernce
is such WINNERS, you know: ana last
OF all, hears the perliceman begin
hunting about and | got scared again.
and tried to hide; and jus as | picks
up that there white skull. and was
trying whether | couldn't get lower,
he opens the lid, and bangs it down. +"
SHOULD you know the men again?"
asked Mark eagerly,
Dunno, sir You see it was all
toggy like. and they was wropped up;
but | should knew en- II | heerd EN-
speak"
Mark uttered an ejaculation full Of
disappointment, and signed to the
hoy to 40 on.
Well, sir, that's all, only | waited
till no one was there, and then
lifted the lid and Crep out of the box;