The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-25
Doctor
Barlow
The Result OF an Adventure
of a Medical Student
Bv EDWIN e. THOR NTON
By EDWIN c. THORNTON

dents Of the Gordon medical college. in
the matter of obtaining subjects foi
dissection. They had been used to 81
curing corpSeS in the old fashioned
way, commonly called body SnalrhinG
which meant robbing new graves. Rn,
when a party was caught red handed
in one of these dissertations 50 great
of the place that they threatened to
hang without legal process any student
thereafter caught robbing IL grave.
One evening just before dusk Dick
Barlow. medical student. looking on;
of the back window of his room. saw
through an opposite window of Il build
ing backing up against his boarding
house the body of man lying stiff
and stark on a board, the ends Of which
rested on barrels. Considering the
fact that Barlow was about to he pre-
vented from following his n.:,pmicai
not remarka BILE that he was confronted
by a great temptation.
The roof of an addition to the house
he was in afforded an easy descent to
the back yard, and the room in when
the corpse lay was on the ground floor.
The removal would be easy. but if the
remover was detected the consequences
would be terrible.
Mr.. Barlow. about 10 O'Clock that
night, with blankets on his arm in
tended for wrapping the subject which
he intended ito purloin and load in an
express wagon he had provided. got
out of his window on to the addition of
this house and thence on to the ground.
His great dread was street lamp that
shone across a vacant lot and lighted
the scene of his intended depreciation.
He had just dropped into the yard
when the light Illuminated something
that made his blood curdle.
Out Of the window he intended en-
tering came man on whom the street
lamp Shone. revealing the corpse Mr..
Barlow was going to steal Man,
ghost or corpse. whatever it was. came
on, making straight for Barlow. who
collapsed. sinking in heap.
Whether his fright came from con
science or a natural dread of the super
natural he didn't know himself, In
deed. be was not conscious long
enough after his first view of the COM
ing dead man to take account of the
matter. though he afterward said that
he had no doubt the thing was coming
to do him injury.
When the student came to himself
the corpse had vanished Barlow got
up, staggered around to the front door.
went up to his room. took pull from
a bottle he had in his closet to steady
him and went to bed But no sleep
came to him. and the morning found
him entirely untitled for his daily
duties
He determined to keep his own coun
sci with regard to his intended theft
and the result. And it was we'll he
did During the day there was great
hubbub in the town and especially in
the college. 1t was stated that the
body of man in the service of an
electric company. who had been killed
by a live wire and had been laid out in
a vacant room awaiting the Offices of
IN undertaken. had disappeared. and it
was supposed that 1t had been stolen
by the students. Barlow heard this
and shuddered He was not charged
with the theft. but he imagined that
every person who looked at him had
suspicion in his eye.
The college authorities ordered
thorough search for the body. but with
out success For a few days it was
feared that the citizens would attack
the buildings. and threats were really
made to tear down the dissecting room.
But after awhile the excitement died
out and the matter was forgotten.
Arrangements were made by which
the students could buy subjects. and
there was no more trouble on this &C
count Barlow was graduated and be
came a verita BILE sawboneS.
He was at once appointed resident
physician to hospital in the place
where he had studied and entered upon
his duties. One young woman who was
StuOS lug w uS IL IOOh0
favor in the doctors sight Miss Myra
Etheridge was an object of interest
from the fact that she was known to
have had grief A shadow of melan-
choly hung over her: she seldom laugh
ed and never Joined the other nurses in
their Socia bleS that were got up for their
amusement and recreation. She was
one of the most efficient nurses in the
hospital. and whenever there was need
for careful attention upon patient
DR., Barlow relied upon her for the
work
Having fallen in love with Miss Eth
eridge. the doctor set himself to win
her. As soon as she discovered his in
tentionS she told him that she had had
lover. who had died. and she could
never love any one else Barlow was
Very much east down at this for
awhile but no lover was ever yet de-
tered from pushing suit against a
dead rival. and the doctor was no ex
ception to the rule He argued that in
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