The daily Alaskan., 1913-05-29
A DOCTORS
 STORY

hg J M V |I By EDWIN CONSTABLE Jr
 was one night called from my bed . Co visit a patient of whom had never heard. ] asked the person at tho phone how be came to c8lI upon me- land hc could give no reason. But be said there was a young girl there who . had received an Injury and If he could not get doctor for her soon Inc feared she would ale. He had called up sey, cral doctors and an had refused to come.
 "For heavens sake, doctor" he add ed. don't leave us with dying wo mau on our hands. WeU ply what we c0uw
 ! lived on a street which, though it was emlueuuy respectable, was not . flr distant from a district which was quite the reverse. decided to walk rather than take ont my chauffeur who ! had driven me a good dcul I1te ut might recently and was treI 0uJ ! The man at the phone had given me the street and number. and Us pro- cecdcI saw tnat was u the worst |nart of Che town. The house Itself was neither good nor bad Che worst thing about It being Its surroundings .I hcsItUteI for moment then rang Che hurI. A woman came Go tbe door, and ! noticed that Instead of hurrying me to Che sIcEr0om she looked ont through che open doorway to see whether | had come by conveyance.
 "DId you walk. d0ctorE she asked.
 "Ycs. Why do you wish to know ,hats"
 "Oh. nothing Most doctors go about Iu automobiles nowadays"
 This Interest in how ] had come In, creased my suspicious. especially since Che call had been so urgent AS ! passed through tHo bah lD room In rnc rear l noticed thut there was Utle 1r uo furniture m Che house. Indeed, gt was what we cgI vacant and che people iu tt had come into it for purpose What chat purpose was ] could only conjecture. IC lJ was to rob me ] bad uo arms with which to defend myself
 As soon us | had entered tHe room ! saw chat bad not been called to visit patient The only furniture iu It was a r,ekew chair Two men were there and the woman who had admit. ted mc remained without locking Che door. Tho two men looked noe over without saying anything.
 "Whcrc Is che paticntE' ] asked
 There Is mo patient Horc,' replied one of che men. "WHat we want is money. Write us a check on your bank for 5000. and tomorrow after we have drawn thc amount we win let you go"
 And If ] rcfuscE"
 The spokesman shrugged his shoul- Iers. and che other man felt some thing Inside tne shabby coat he wore which supposed ro bo a knife. l knew that al tuIs was to torr.fy we.
 "I haven't 5000 n hmE" l said My balance Is a Iituc over Sao1. if l remember correctly ! win give youo cheek for 5000"
 The men withdrew to a corner, where they held a consultation iu whispers Presently they came to mo
 and said Jlut f would make iJ sure they could get tHc money ou che check .hcy would accept che amount and | wrote note Co friend Of mine asking u.m Go draw tHe funds and give them to tue bearer ot rhe check This uus0ud them. and there seemed nothing Go d5' but for me to s.t on che -IcEaty chair uIl Che next morning and rs much longer gs was needed for my sant0rs t0 get safely away,
 One of Che men went outs tnc other remained with me- chHucd with him for awhile. apparently making Che best 0r Che situation. Suddenly ] sn.u- ed the uIr suspicious.y
 There's ozone iu tu.s r0om." ] said, affecting to be much frightened If there was anything In tIe air it was not ozone; lr was rather the want of iL
 "Whars tHUtg asked Che man.
 "Uavc you got ozouot" ! asked the man. approaching him and smiling the mir as | did SO. Then putting my nose to his sleeve, added. "You have it Let me get out Of here ] don't want to die with you"
 The man looked ut me, evidently somewhat frightened, and asked "WbGl Is lt G0ctOrf'
 "Do you know what lcprosy isF
 "Yes."
 "WcU. ozone is similar disease, though It works much quicker. In two weeks you win be a dead man."
 He turned pale, but kept enough nerve to look at me with am inQulrins glance chat knew was to determine my sincerity
 "Lct me out" | repeated "Thc dis case ls contagious" kicked furi0usly on the door The other man came in to learn what was Che matter told him his friend had a disease that would carry him or possibly i'm few days. and IC he didn't get away from lt he would come down with it him seIG ] persisted uII ! had got them