Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1892 — He Knew Too Much. [ARTICLE]

He Knew Too Much.

In an isolated hospital ward were two patients, one a very nerveous and timid fellow, the other a very sick man. The very sick man died, and the timid fellow lay, trembling with fear, in a bed near by him. To relieve the timid patient of his unattractive companion, a hospital orderly was told to remove the corpse i to the dead-house. The orderly proceeded to obey with alacrity, and, on entering the room, found the two men, one (the corpse) lying on his side, knees drawn up, apparently asleep; the other (the timid chap) stretched out stiffly, with the sheet pulled up over his face. Naturally supposing the one with the sheet spread over him to be the corpsei he proceeded to remove him. The patient, quaking all over with fear, groaned: “Oh, don’t take—don’t take me; I’m not dead.” Whereupon, jthe orderly, in disgust, blurted .out: “What in h—l’s the matter with you? Do you think that you know more than the doctors do?”