Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-04-04

mon tie, not TO leave me an lnsJanL3 aIR d
doomed wretch but save me, save me from
the fend, as long as it is possible"
ssI now became very much alarmed My
first impulse was to administer an opiate
but the case seemed so critical that deter
mined at once to send for Louis, whose sym
pathy for the students, you know, is uni
vcrsal. l called to young Stabb, who occu-
pied the next room, and he set off immedl-
ately After few minutes, Dervilly dozed
a little; and then he started up, and gazed
around, as if attempting to discern some OBJ
ject"
&C DO you wish for anything ? l said. He
took no notice of my question, but continued
to glance piercingly in every direction"
'''What do you see " asked"
"sLa .NorgueP p he exclaimed, with
shudder, and pointing into the other room
La .Morgue 2"
6 He continued to gaze madly in the same
way, still holding his arm outstretched, while |
his whole frame seemed convulsed with ter
ror but / could gain no clue to the catastro- |
phe which had fallen 90 terribly on the i'll |
fated sufferer.
sIt seemed to me an age-it really was
but an hour-before Stabb returned. He
was accompanied by Louis. 1t was the greet
Louis whose skill as physician, and espe-
cially in the treatment of fevers, is world
renowned. l had followed him during the
whole of your absence had become as a
matter of course, one of his warmest admi-
rers, and was fortunate enough tosecure his
friendship He also knew Dervilly. Hear
ing them enter, stepped into the principal
room to meet him Mon Dieu Monsieur
Partridge, gueI est Ie NAL 2? said Louis,
with great feeling Monsieur Dervilly was
at the hospital in the morning, and met
him as late as six o'clock this afternoon,
passing into the Jordin deS Plants
"sGod only knows Irephed. Something
horrible has suddenly befallen him And
gave an account of what had occurred since
| Dervilly came to his rooms. Louis was ST.
| lent for a moment, and then began to ques-
| tion me very minutely about hirn, while
| Stabb went in to keep watch over the poor
| fellow. Among other things, l mentioned
| his love affair and believing it to be my du-
/ ty to do so, told Louis, briefly, all Dervilly
| had confded to me. He listened with great
| attention, and after l had concluded, we
/ passed into the little chamber where Der
| Willy lay He started up with violence as
| we came in, as if severe paroxysm were
about to follow. He stared wildly on seeing
Louis, and seizing his hand, he exclaimed,
All, mon Pr0fessettr, you are very great
man, and you are very kind to come to me,
but your knowledge avails nothing here,
touching his forehead. Suddenly he ex-
tended his finger, and cried again, La Nor
gue-LG .Morgue.'
"'What say you in La Juorgue !" said
Louis, tenderly.
"'See Her, her ? screamed Dervilly
"'Who, mon enfdnt p said the Professor,
very gently.
'ssWho. but the fend-the fend She has
| nav soul-lost lost for ever
"EYou should not speak so harshly of Ma
demoiselle de Coigny,' continued Louis, in a
soothing tone.
pronounce net that name bait, q
trap, vile of Satan; repeat it, and / will
tear you piecemealp ? cried the maniac
"'But, mon paavre enfant, what does
she at La Morgue"
sssShe the iend-the fend-sits perched
on the top Of the wooden rail all night,
watching g-watching-and when some of the
corpses showed signs Of life, sails down, and
sits upon, and strangles them Keep me
away from there. All, mon ProfeSsuer, dc
, not let me go there, to lie. on the board, and
have her bending over me, eysing me, watch
/ ing me, ready to strangle me. There again
keep those glazed eyes away--keep then
Z away, say
'All this time Louis was making minute
examination of Dervilly's symptoms
' 'fThe latter presently seemed aware O.
} ! what he was doing, for he exclaimed, The
\ | usual symptoms, eh, mon Professor
. strongly marked, NEST &C pas Act prompt
. | ly and decisively, as you say sometimes
4 | Let blood-let blood~GppIiquez des sang
sqses-ha ba ! ha that's what we call bleed
+ ing, both general and local, ha ha ha thel
q come on with your cold applications ice
: ice o mountain of ice piled round about tn
p head follow up with cathartics, refrigcran
I diaphoretics, after depicting blister !-sa,
i you not SO ?-blisters to the nape of tn
l. neck-blisters behind the cars-shave tn
+ scalp i forgot that - shave the scalp
strange l had not thought of it,-and tn
= hair. Mon Professor, l know you vii
think me very foolish, but-save the hair
d | shen't have another growth--save the hair
q Who're was I?--ah, the blisters-that vii
"a pretty nearly do for me-keep everythin
/. quiet, very quiet--after a while, digitali
!. and nitre, mon Prof ofesseuY--have not sal
IS my lesson well j?
n s'Louis stood perfectly still, regarding tb
poor fellow with q mournful interest a
Dervilly paused, ne took off his spectacles
J. and wiped his eyes, All, Monsieur Louis
m you talk very eloquently about medical sci
Nj ence, bat battle you; am sure of it, Ca
d the class together - -dh, W'otre D0nle
" Pitie-call the class together; 0oS2a la elm
iqtte. Thus being thus it must necessaril
ri be thus. That's wise saying, mon Profe'
10 scar. Call the class together; propoun
m why of necessity you can dc nothing bt
re cause Of a necessity nothing can be don'
Call the cless together; be active-vigol
IA ously anti-philogistic time is precious-th
patient in danger. Purgatives-I doubt
to purgatives. What think you ? An
la | Dervilly paused, and cast on Louis q look
naturally inquiring, that the latter reptile,
IN as it were, involuntarily, Moi 0ussi
"a doute' And it was SO with ell his genia
es all his knowledge, all his experience. and a
i'm his skill, the great practitioner stood, viii
ut minute after minute was lost, apparent
d hesitating what to 90, At last he called q
ed into the other room 6 Is it not possible
a. find Mademoiselle de Coigny,' he inquired.
10. seI have no means of knowing where
no seek her. l replied. At the same time
q remembered she was in the habit of vsitil
]v the house in which Dervilly first met he
os and fortunately knew the street and numbe
cv s'' Let her be sent for instantly sa
ite Louis DO not go yourself; you may be
M service here" Accordingly gave Stabb t
nis direction, and instructed him to procu
m. Mademoiselle de COigny's address, il pos
NO ble but if he were unsuccessful in this,
lse9 communicate tho fact of Dervilly's alarmil
Tin illness, and beg that Mademoiselle might
to Immediately summoned,
We returned to the sick room, and Lou
llv seating himself in chair, remained lost
Of thought for nearly quarter of an hor
ct, while did what could to pacify the suff;
,eo er l could not help wondering that q ms
sS9 on5 SO prompt and SO efficient, should lose n
ment when the least delay was to be avoid
,or and as | was rejecting on this, Louis rose
L. cro J., hat o4o all
lie There is but one course, and the poor
to has very accurately defined it, Leth be
me ,s be shaved, and pillowed in ice bleed him
a,,, once--if he faints, all the better mo d;
5gss ger of that, shoutedsDervilly. mo syncC
civ with me but the last syncope-no syncop'
ia ha, ha, ha double the ounces-you are tir
no syncope, l say He continued
p4or whole time raving, much in the manne
oU have described The room was kept qu
p 'vs. dark, aud no one was permitted to come
irSt Louis did not leave the bedside the ent
aar night. Dervilly never slept for an insts
rre On one occasion he threw himself close
oTr one side, and screamed, Take her ava
fter take her away p
ras- s'S What is it ! asked.
ont "sDo you not see her " he shrisked, 6
nth ting on the bed, looking into my eyes; t
'oon her away, take her away
h0W UScu ucbdAA W JOh, OOhbhuSu l.
: hv fridge, &c the whole of these fearful scel
nv Late in the evening Stabb returned; he
nse found the house and although he could
NV obtain Mademoiselle de Coigny's address
The was promised that his message should
inst communicated early in the morning
nth &c 1t will be too late,' said Louis, mot
nan an fully
the "'What long night it was The mor1
win dawned at last, but it brought no chang
the poor Dervilly. had sent for his nea
The relative, who lived over on the Bouley
b;nr Polsoniere, and was awaiting his arr
If 8 with considerable anxiety. It was not /
anV than nine Stabb, the good fellow, had
and lived me from my watch, and was in
4 to sitting-room, in my large armchair,
Itch. anxious and fearful, when there came 81
as1 . tap at the door; it opened-snd Emili
nmoJ Coigpv stood before me. All, how beau
tarv she was, yet how terrified 1t was not te
bnt of excitement-mere surface passion
The from the depths of her soul She was sti
roi, bv intense emotion Tell me-, she
NV coming earnestly up TO me, tell me W
Nv he is, and what has happened to him
, - mi NV finger on my lips to prevent her