Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-18

ana copped out. something easy. the 81 900
reward which the Jewellers Protective As
socia5tDn hsd been offeftnE for tonple
OF years for the wSman's apprehension
The woman had the nerve to set up the
long vail about my kidnapping her, as she
called II, out OF the state OF Iowa, but she
got and had TO do her ltitie five-spacer all
the same.
can of which isn't saying that haven't.
alcug with the rest OF en- done bone
Eeaded things In fetching IA prisonErs.
About the sappiest thing that 1 ever did In
that line when i let a prisoner treat
me for neuralgia. He was young New
York dentist who had allowed drugs Of diff
fersnt kinds to get the bulge on him. and
who. when he found himself losing out on
account of his habits. had scratched a lot of
phony paper. and then ducled. ! got him in
Jaeksonviiie. Florida. and he consented to
come along without the governors papers.
he was a slender chap. and weak as a kit
Ten from monkeytng with the dope. and SO
aldn non him any In starting out he
WASH IN shape to run half block even
II ne got loose. and 1 knew that all | had
10 DO was TO keep half awake.
Ana there wasn't any trouble about that
part OF Tiny keeping awake IT was
mean, damp December weather. and sailing
through south Carolina l picked up a thun-
dering vicious attack of neuralgia of the
lace The train wasn't properly heated.
ana was almost bug from the pain OF
the thing. My dope -eatiDg dent st prisoner
noticed the shape | IN. and he asked
me IL j wanted him to Ak me up
I've got everything going In the medl-
cine chest in my bag he told me. and I
can stop those jumps for you all right
don't doubt that. pal | told him.
with crouch. both hands cIapped to my
face, and 1 guess you could come pretty
nigh stopping me altogether with what
you've got In that same medicine chest.
That nd be nice. too. What's your treat
ment for neuralgia normal solution OF
ground glass and prussic acd%
oh, well. II you take il that way. all
right he said. looking a hun lot hurt and
that ended the subject for time.
In the Grip of Neuralgia.
When the train was about half an hour
from Charleston. South Carolina the face
ache had me clomping up and down the
aisle of the car Ike a d. I. patient Ia a
bug. ward The pain was SO fierce that IL
must have warped my Judgment. and L
couldn't see anything else in life but some
chance to get rid of it.
- Get out your kit. and dope me along.
said to my prisoner. The way l feel
about II right now, I'd as lief take a chance
Oh losing you IL / could lose this Internal
misery at the same time.
He got cut his dope cabinet, unshIpped a
Vial that contained some water-looking
stuff, and gave me dose of IL in the glass
of water / got from the cooler. Then /
sat down alongside him, and about quar-
ter OF an hour later, few minutes before
the train was due 10 haul into Charleston,
my eyes began to droop. 1t came on all
or n sudden ana lett me poWcrfeSS. although
l was perfectly conscious. | felt as If
hadn't see bunk for a year. and with that
was a pleasant numbed sensation that
caused me TO reflect idly that it didn't make
q particle of difference to me whether my
prisoner slipped rec or not. But L fought
that and struggled to my props and began
to grope up and down the aisle in the
effort to keep awake
at was a good thing for me that the train
was just slowing up at the Charleston sta
ton. | got a feeble clutch on the prisoner
who had put the job up on me He tried
to break away, but WAS just able. in my
drowsy condition, TO hang on TO him. and
/ pulled him out on to the platform and
down the steps of the car. | was right on
the verge of going under with the uncon-
trollable desire to sleep when saw the sta
ton detective. man / had met before hik-
ing toward me. ] could see that his first
thought was that l was drunk. but al he
swung alongside of me he got that notion
cut of his head.
- Take this dope, chum, ! said to him.
handing the prisoner over to the station de-
tective, and keep the hatch over him for me
a bit. l fell for bOlus that he rugged up
for me for the neuralgia
81 was just able to unrecl that much and
1 was all In. The station detective liked
my prisoner over TO CEarleston's headquar-
ters, to be kept there over night, first hay-
ing me lugged to the station masters Office
and telephoning for a doctor. The doctor.
II seems--I didn't know anything about #
at the time-got couple of switchmen to
dance me up and down the room for a
couple of hours, and when | finally swung
around he told me that must have gUIped
enough choral to have sent battalion of
Hassan Ben Ais TO the happy hasheesh
grounds,