The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-07

she passed on without amther word
an | found out purity soon that them
gals woodn't talk much about wnut
was goin' OIL in thcrt
After while Peggy drapped off to
sleep; pore thing, She was purity nj
petcred out with the trip. Then l
percludel to see an hear all that
could, SO | cracked the door open
an sot my cheer rite up to the side
of it. 1t wern't long till l seen a
orful lookin' site come up on The cle-
vator. There was two dockters an
they was dressed all over in Snow
white, even to caps. am they had a
corpse on Il narrcr cot jest wide
rnuff for it Ii lay on; it was kivcrcd
up with Il snow white sheet, bui |
seen at woncc that il was the remain
ders Of some pore woman they had
been sperimenti1 on. Soon as that
elevator stopped some more men
dartcd out from the wall, seemed like
grabbed up that cot, corpse an all
an totcd it to door rite across The
hall from Pcgyy's room. Then them
two snow white docktcrs picked up
the corpse in their arms, gently an
trndcrly. am tuck am lade it on 4
SHOW white bed that was in the room
am rcddy. They left the door open
am could see all that was goin' on
in there
Won docktcr went out am the 9TH
cr sot down side Of the bed, tuck on
his watch am tuck hold of the dcl
woman's hand. A nus cal dressed in
SHOW white glidad out from some Sc
cret door, pcared like, an sot down
on tothcr side Of the bed, an nary
won didn't speak word. 1 tell you
what, it looked mitey uncanny to me.
all that snow white procecdin,' an if |
it had been mite Std Of broad open
daytime. | wood Il shore sQuclchcl !
rite then am hare.
Soon Il tall handsome man bout
thirty years of age. tip-tocd into tic
room am Sot down at the foot of the
bed. | seen that he had hccn crvin'
an was holdin' in now by mano force
IN | node he was her husband. Well |
after while I seen that corpse sorcr
move. an then | nrarn it "rnna faint
like. an the man at thr foot Of The
bed slid down Oh his knees, claSpcd
his hands am looked up towards hHv-
m an cried ont in joyful burst
IF "rattytudc. "Thank Cod -
Well. that woman actiIly come 20
M of all the groanin%' an moaning
M takin' on that ever I hcarn, she
lone it fur the next our or two. T
arnt afterwards that she wern't a
lurtin' from the opcratin but was
est sick from the stuff they put her
0 sleep with. Now, ;hrrc waS Gv.
" six acts every day, more or less
ike the above. which will give some
dna Of now it was down there.
[ had the pleasure Of talkin' TO
;cvcril Of tEt patients what VAS .
'"nvclrsSin, an if should tell you
what all had been done to rlu. her
lint won persin outten twenty that
wood believe me.
Won yoslng feller about twenty
year ola. | r"ckin'. saw me as | was
pasSin' his lorc am motioncd fur
ne to 90 in. an T did. lie was prop
ped ur in bed an had q little .ablA
close up jest loaded with good books.
AT that time he was reaain' est.
Elmo,' the fascinatinest book T ever
got hold Of. I 10 think. He had some
of f.. p. Roc's books two. an was
Glad to :alk with mo about en-. Tie
told me his name an T told him
mine, am he exclaimed:
care YOU Becky Ann Jones? Well,
7 never expected to have fine pleas
urH of mctin' You. but have long
mircrs. do say. shake hands again.
wont you?'
7 spent a mit1y pleasant haf our
with Ina! yung fellcr. am larnt that
he had been operated on fur floatin
kidncJA He hadn't been able TO
walk fur over Il year. had been there
fur only too weeks an sed he felt
like he could walk n mile. Them
docktcrs had actilly split him open in
the back and tackled them refractory
kidneys Of hisn down.
Tncv woodn't allow me to stay all
mite with Peggy, but T siadr till T
soon 'nm hrinm hnr q simmer Cit fur