. Wisconsin medical recorder . c experiences andpose as the lion of the hour. Walter Carlyle was a man of fifty,tall, smooth face, gray eyes, with a pleas-ant smile. Although he had been in theplace but a few weeks, and held the po-sition of prescription clerk in thedrug store, he experienced no difficultyin forming the acquaintance of themost respectable people. He attendedchurch and Sunday school regularly,took an active part in the latter, and wasa kind and obliging man. He had ob- the drug clerk and sneer at him, whichCarlyle passed by in silence. When Carlyle heard of the rumorthat Eulali
. Wisconsin medical recorder . c experiences andpose as the lion of the hour. Walter Carlyle was a man of fifty,tall, smooth face, gray eyes, with a pleas-ant smile. Although he had been in theplace but a few weeks, and held the po-sition of prescription clerk in thedrug store, he experienced no difficultyin forming the acquaintance of themost respectable people. He attendedchurch and Sunday school regularly,took an active part in the latter, and wasa kind and obliging man. He had ob- the drug clerk and sneer at him, whichCarlyle passed by in silence. When Carlyle heard of the rumorthat Eulalia Rockford had disappearedand that she might have been murdered,he turned pale, and could scarcelystand; he was too over-powered withgrief to talk, and when he recovered hiscomposure, he endeavored to dissuadeDr. Rockfords friends from making astir about the matter, thinking it wasbest to wait awhile, say a few days, aweek, and see if something would notturn up; if Miss Rockford would not re-turn. Perhaps she went away in this. The Doctors den tained his position through an agencyand as he filled the position with greatefficiency and was respectable and hon-est, nothing more was required. Hewas a good dancer. He smoked withmoderation and seldom indulged in asocial glass. He was acquainted with Miss Rock-ford, and had met her over the counter,and danced with her at a ball givenshortly after his arrival. In some way over a trivial affair inthe store, he incurred the displeasureof the artist, and he took every oppor-tunity to say disagreeable things about mysterious manner on some personalbusiness, and making such an excite-ment would cause detrimental remarksto be made, and reflect upon her char-acter. She might be with friends in thecity or gone East to see her fiance, andso by half a dozen excuses he attemptedto temporize or procrastinate the this point, the group of men beforethe saloon was joined by Dr. had reached the milestone in the sev-enties, and wa
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