The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

friend OF mine. Just wait mere rev
moments, you fellows" and Layton
grabbed his hat and was gone.
Cheney and DR.. Stuyvesant occu-
pied themselves for about ten minutes
when Layton burst through the door
like cyclone. He was an impetuous
man. Here 1t is," he exclaimed, lay
ling the prescription on the table.
This is what DR.. Stuyvesant and Che
ney read:
For Laura Haviland
p Tr. Opii Camph.. .............3 Nv.
Tr Kino.. II.
Syr. Zangiberis. is...............3 !.
Syr. Simplicis qs. ad........3 iii.
m ct sig l. every 3 hours.
FURNISS.
44s7ss
4-10-82
well, doctor" finally said Cheney,
what about it?"
There's nothing to it. The prescrip-
tion is regular and professionally cor
rect. It's In Furniss' handwriting;
Id know it any place. The young man
Simpson evidently forgot himself and
put in tincture of opium instead of the
camphorated. It's an awful blunder to
make. I'm sorry for him because he
appeared honest to. me-"
1T does look bad. Cheney" said
Layton, "but we'll do what we can for
the boy. A light sentence may be
secured"
Sentence be damned!" burst out
Cheney. 'I'm not convinced yet. /
want time to think 1t over. I'll phone
you gentlemen later"
After they had gone the colonel
paced up and down the room denying
himself to all. He went carefully over
the whole case. Mrs. Simpsons posi-
tion appealed to him, as did the boys
honesty; but there was that damnable
telltale prescription, there was the
chemists analysis; the chain appeared
complete.
A gentle breeze from the window
came into the room; it caught up the
original prescription and blew it on
the floor at Cheney's feet. He stopped,
picked it up, and was about to deposit
it on the table when something caught
his eye. He stopped. looked at the
paper in his hand for moment. Three
steps took him to the window, up went
the curtain, and from his pocket Col.
Cheney took out powerful magnify
ing glass. In the glaring sunlight he
studied every phase, every word and
characteristic of the written prescrip-
ton. His breath almost stopped.
"Wcll, by the eternal!" he muttered.
'He is clever but he's overstepped
himself this time" Back to his desk
he went and 'phoned Layton and
Stuyvesant to come to his Office at four
o'clock-there was going to be "some
thing doing" in the Simpson case-No,
he wouldn't tell now, but they could
come prepared for a good time; that
was all.
Guthrie was routed out; Cheney
wouldn't trust any other of his force
to do what he wanted done that day.
go out and find out all you can
about the movements of DR.. Furniss
on the -th of this month (naming the
date of Laura Havilands death); get
it quick as you can. Pick up Lonergan
and tell him l want Furniss here at
four this afternoon"
The sleep was gone from Guthries
eyes and he did as he was told.
At three he reported. Cheney
listened to what he had to say and
muttered, thought So"
At four o'clock Layton and Dr.
Stuyvesant came in wondering what
was up. Cheney never said word
about what was ON his mind. A little
while later DR.. Furniss came in
dressed like fashion plate: long coat
gray trousers and gloves, red scarf
silk hat, walking stick and patent
leather shoes. He looked the part of
fashionable doctor" Cheney had
met him once and said:
Good afternoon, doctor. OF course
you know DR.. Stuyvesant and Mr.. Lay.
TONI"
DR.. Furniss bowed slightly and said:
Good evening, gentlemen and then
W OOl. OucuSy 1Ou WlOdCu W SCC
me about something, I believe-pro-
fessionally?"
well, no and yes. I'm not person.
ally ILL.," replied the colonel, smiling
81 have been interested in the Simp-
son case. You remember it doubt
less?"
''The young man who compounded
the prescription for Laura Haviland
and by mistake put in yirulent
poison? Oh. yes. remember it."
"Mr. Layton is Simpsons lawyer
and DR.. Stuyvesant has been called as
a medical expert for the defense"
"It certainly is in competent hands
them said Furniss, bowling to
Stuyvesant. Thank you" quietly re-
piled Stuyvesant, and Cheney contin-
ued:
"You attended Laura Haviland, I
believer"
YES"
'And wrote this prescription which
was sent to Rhodus' drug store to be
filled?" DIR. Furniss looked at the
paper in Cheney's hand, and said:
Eyes, that's the prescription"
"Two doses, l believe, were given
the child, one at six and the other at
nine o'clock. Coma set in and at IL
o'clock that night the child died."
"You seem to be pretty well In.
formed" said the doctor, smiling.
"What you say is correct"
THANK you. You are sure this pre-
scription here is exactly as 1t was