The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-25
WOMAN DOCTORS STORY.

At meeting of women physicians
in Philadelphia not long ago the af-
ter dinner speaking took the form OF
personal experiences. One physician
told of her first and only fright. A
rough looking man had come for her
to visit a patient in one of the worst
quarters of the city. 1t was past
midnight, and the doctor told the
man that he need not wait; she
would go as soon as possible, mean
! ing to call a cab. But when the doc
tor reached her door the man was
waiting for her outside, and insisted
| upon escorting her.
I found it difficult to get rid of
him, she said, and so walked on with
him. I soon decided that it would
be better not to offend my tough
looking escort by taking a cab and
going alone, and I dared not ride
with him, so walked the whole way.
found my patient in a danger
Gus condition, and the squalid room
where she lay was occupied by ten
or more persons. I said they must
go out, and all left save one burly
negro, who declared that he would
not go out in the cold. insisted,
however, and the other dodgers
forced him to leave.
1t was an hour or more before I
was ready to take my departure, and
then I planned to walk up to Eighth
street and take car. My former
escort offered to go with me, but I
declined his offer and set off alone
I had not gone block before I dis
covered that the big, surly negro,
whom 1 had driven from the sick
room, was following me-. I. walked
steadily on, but my heart beat faster
than ever before in my life. hadn't
a doubt that he meant mischief.
I missed the car 1 meant to take,
night it would be long time before
another would come along; so I just
hurried on, hearing those pursuing
footsteps behind me. At every shad-
owy place I expected an attack. In
fancy 1 felt the mans breath on my
face and the grasp of his ugly hand
o. my shoulder. How I longed to
see policeman, but no one was in
sight. So I walked on and on to my
own door, and when I was within its
shelter l was too overcome to stand.
The next morning I went back to
see my patient, and was received
like a princess. 1T then came out
that the negro had followed me to
see that I reached home in safety;
and it further transpired that two
men physicians had refused to go to
the patient the night before because
of the dangerous character of the
neighborhood. A murder had been
committed there the previous week.
IRAN ASHORE-THANK GOD"
The following story has been going
the rounds of the British China
squadron:
A Russian commander and the
crew of torpedo boat were picked
UP recently. The commander was a
Naval Reserve man, and had spent
the last ten years farming in cen-
trail Russia. His nautical experience
had never extended beyond the Black
Sea, and he had never been on the
open ocean in his life before. New
ertheless, he was taken from his lit
tie farm and put in command of a
torpedo boat.
1--WE escaped from Port Arthur"
he said. in binding hurricane.
The waves rose like mountains. Moth
ing could be heard but the bowling
of the wind. Nothing could be seen
but horrible blackness. Our eyes
could not pierce for single metre
ahead of u.s." Although the gallant
captains eyes could not "pierce
yet he was very clearly able
to see the Japanese chasing him
miles behind. They pursued us
with fury" he declared. Their ves-
sells leaped over the waves like de-
mons. They rushed through the
storm. 1t was not human-it was !
devilish. We fell upon our knees. |
We prayed to be delivered from such |
demons. We heaped coal upon the
furnace-and then we ran ashore, |
thank God!"-St. James Gazette.