The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-22
DOCTORS,
 STORY
By WILLARD BRAKEMAN

me by lawbreakers. for 1t Is the mex perienced doctor who is called upon to aid them. they knowing very we'll that an old bird is not to be caught with Chafr.
 had not been practicing long before l was asked one day to call at a ceT. tain address. I found a stately man. sion standing by itself. was admit ted by an elderly gentleman, whose dress and appearance was in keeping with the premises. He led me into q reception room and said to me:
 Doctor, you have come some dis tance and at the call of one unknown to you. Under the circumstances l do not think 1t fair to you to ask you to treat a patient without handing you your fee in. advance, and that fee should be liberal"
 Stepping to a little mahogany desk, be wrote a check and handed 1t to me It was for $50.
 By this time 1t began to dawn upon me that I had struck one of those cases against which I had been warn. ed. But took the check and put 1t in my pocket. It might get me into trOu- ble. but 1t might be valuable as evil dence. The gentleman led me upstairs to a room where a, man was holding a young woman down on lounge. She was struggling to free herself from him and was hysteriCaL
 As soon as she saw me she became more so than. ever. My conductor took me aside and In a low voice told me that she. was insane and he was in- tending to take hen to a retreat for such patients. She had been so vio lent that he feared she would injure herself and desired that I give her some soothing remedy.
 took a small vial from my medi' cine case, dropped some of It's con tents in a glass of water and, ap' preaching the young lady, told her to drink 1t. She looked up at me with a frightened glance and almost shriek. ed: Don't poison me! I'll do. any thing if you won't poison me!'
 Now. l am believer fin physical in dicatiOns, and consider myself an adept at Interpreting them. If l see two persons together whom l don't know and have never seen before l can tell if they are of the same blood. l can also tell by a persons eye whether he or she is insane. 1 looked Into the young lady's eye and saw no evidence of insanity whatever Another matter influenced me-the handsome fee had received in advance.
 Don't fear me-" said to her In reassurlng voice. "I am physician. and this is a simple soothing draft to quiet your nerves"
 She looked at me seaTchIngly and anxiOusly, evidently having felt cOnfi- dent that I had been brought in to poison her.
 q don't need enything to soOthe me" she said, If they'll only let me go They took me from my home and brought me here in a carriage. They are going to shut me up for a lunatiC." |"
 Drink it." I said. holding the glass to her lips Ut won't hurt you and will do you good"
 told her with my eyes what I had spoken with my voice, and she took the dose. It was really a help to her in restoring her equanimity and lessentng the advantage her enemies If they were such-had over her. Leav. ing her, went to a window and, talk Ing out prescription slip. wrote some thing on it. Then, casting my eyes up at the. ceiling as if in thought I Crum- pied the paper in my fist and taking another slip wrote the prescription for bread pills. which handed to the gentleman who hud me ln charge. and who never took his eyes off me for a moment. Then I went again to the young lady and felt her pulse.
 Good day" I said. taking her hand in mine. Don't fear to take the medi- cine have prescribed for. you"
 In the palm of my hand was the pre- scription slip had crumpled, and I left 1t in her palm, she closing her hand on 1t What I had written was: "I understand the situation. Leave all to me. Do what they compel you to do without struggling"
 From her I turned to my conductor, to whom I said that he need not give her the medicine prescribed unless she became violent and If she became very violent before he could remove her to send for me. He seemed satisfied with this and confident that had either been deceived or the fifty dollar check had stIfied any suspicious l might have.
 I left the house and, going to a store near by. telephoned my chum, Charlie Knowlton. who had gone Into law when went into medicine. to come to me at once. For half an hour l watch ed the house had been in till Charlie came, then told him the story. and in half an hour more he had detectives on the watch. Charlie rushed off to take legal means to free the young lady and