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Show Thought She Wan Shot, but She Wasn't., Even the saddest accident is pretty sure to le the moving cause of one or two more or less amusing incidents, and Tuesday night's gasometer explosion was no exception ex-ception to the rule. The story is worth telling as illustrating what imagination can do. A prominent young Rochester physician had a call that night that promised to keep him out late ami his wife sat.upfor him, getting more and more nervous as the slow hours lagged by on leaden feet, after the maimer of ladies so engaged". At midnight there came a step up the walk, up the side stoop, even to the office door. Mrs. Doctor thouifbl she recoguizell it as her husband's, and wit hunt any precau-! precau-! tionary "Who's there?" or "Is that your" threw the door wide open. There was a man there and he was not her hu.sband. He was a big burly fellow; his face bore what seemed to her a murderous mur-derous expressiou, his right hand was raised and pointed towurd her Id what seemed to her a threaten ing attituda "Murderer," "revolver," "shoot," were the words that best represent tlie impression produced on her. She drew back to close the door, and that very Instant came the sharp sudden explosion a mile away. That was enough. Tlie chain of suggestion was completed. Her Imagination, directed by having heard ixunahot wounds professionally profession-ally discu.SM'd, cati.-it-d her to feel a sharp burning pain pierce her shoulder, and with a scream, "I'm chnM I'm shot!" she staggered stag-gered into the hall. The man, naturally, ran for dear life. Mrs. Doctor diopped into a chair and screamed for help Her brother ran to her assistance. With a Int effort she raised herself from tiie chair, reeled toward him, and fell fainting iu hui arms, gasping out just before she lost consciousness: "Joe, he's killed me. Break it gently to Tom." It came near being a matter more serious than funny, forwhen the fainting spell was over it was no easy matter to convince the lady that she was unhurt and quiet her, nerves. And now In one physician's family the principal topic for wonderment is whet her Mrs. Doctor's nervousness thwarted thwart-ed a genuine hnrulannus attempt, or whether some lnniceiil visitor, socking in-stnut in-stnut relief for some snlTcring member of the family, is wondering why Dr. doesn't exercise proer supervision over women he is treating for acute mania if he kwiU- keep them in his owu dwelling. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, |