The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-24

behind the sufferers bed, prepared couches
there for the mother and for herself, and made
every arrangement which her experience and
prudence could suggest to render more sup
portable to the forlorn stranger the coming
watches of the night. She told Aglais that
the military doctor would pay his visit pres
emily, and that she felt sure the sufferer would
recover; she babe the mother control her
emotions, because the youthful tribune would
become sensible in q moment, and it would
| ipjure him if he saw her in grief.
Aglais occupied in tanning the wasted
| and sunken face of Paulus occasionally moist
| enning his lips and temples, from which the
light brown locks fell away tangled and dank
| upon the pillow, when Thellus entering, an
| nounced the doctor. This functonary found
| the patient still in delirious condition, was
informed that there had been no intermission
for hours in his rawlings and declared that,
| although he dreaded the result because Pauus
| was perceptiby losing strength, he would
| bleed him, the last chance of saving his
life. Everything was ready for this operation,
when the sound of wheels and the furious
| tramp of horses were heard. The surgeon, re-
Numbering that it was the dead of night, and
feeling surprised at q noise for which he could
not account, Turned round in suspense, grasp
| ing the fatal lancet. Thellus was holding an
earthen ever in one hand and with the other
was gently supporting Paulus's wrist. On the
one hand stood the doctor, and, on the further,
the nurse, raising taper so to shed it's
| light over the bare arm of the young tribune.
Aglais was leaning over her sons face the
opposite side of the couch, too anxious and too
frightened to weep, and, almost as one who is
| IL Of . la IF 1,.ha a
the tramp of hoofs. Presently there was the
sound of persons springing to the ground a
low murmur of voices was heard outside, and
then the door of the apartment was pushed
open, and Charicles, followed by an Asiatic
servant, carrying box, entered.
A few whispered words were sufficient to
4 in form the local doctor that the most eminent
member of his profession then living stood
before him and Charicles at once added that
being long since an intimate friend of the
sufferer and of his whole family, it wa.
= natural and right that they should desire, aut
he give, attendance and help in the presen
case. The manner of the celebrated physician
was at once noble, simple, and natural, with
out any atfectaton of patron izing his lowl,
, colleague.
Having persuaded the Lady Aglas to leav
, the room, and having examined Paulus'
, wounds, which be declared to have been mos
, admirably treated, he said his colleague ha,
OWNED the proper method of cure in startin
from the principal that Paulus had already los
= far too much blood.
! "That is quite evident" said the loca
a doctor conceaing his lancet.
J. Charicles unlocked his box, produced n
ointment of some kind, and caused til
d patients spine from the nape of the neck t
o the small of the back to be vigorously rubbe
Il by Thellus for about twenty minutes. II
j. then applied to each temple piece of line
d saturated with n liquid, the acrid odor @
a which failed to inform the professional perso
!, present of its nature; and, in order to kee
# the narcotizing appliances in their places, h
bound them gently and rather loosely roun
r. the head. He with his own hands cut off til
u beautiful brown locks of the youth, and d,
10 sired Thellus to continue from time to tim
! till Paulus should sleep, to touch the top
/ the patients head with sponge STEPPED in
IA lotion which he placed upon table near.
II In small tray of pottery he then laid son
l. Witty brown leaves resembling coarse pape
II which he set on fire, aud which burnt with
IT Kissing sputter. and emitted much smoke.
Ii
was changed those standing round the cou'
I'd drew nvoluntarily n long inhalation al
n Paulus, who in the midst of his rawlings h,
had been respring irregularly and with pal
of full difficulty, heaved q free and even brea
e, which it was @ relief to hear. At the sat
ee time, the faintest conceivable under-tiut
N. color came, in that srtifcialy produced C
,ft mate and chymical atmosphere, timidly a
ed hutteringly into his cheeks. The physici
set large phial on the table, saying that t
ill patient would soon sleep, and that the n
,er ment he awoke he must be made to tax q
he portion of its contents, which he specific
ar Finally, he went for Lady Aglais brought l
tx back into the room, told them that Pau
lid would, beyond all doubt, recover; that
in would in the morning feel ravenous appeti
y; that he must not be allowed to eat to the
it tent he would wish that the best decocti
BILE of meat Gin modern phrase, good, light, p
ian soup) ought during the night to DO M;
tus ready for his breakfast, after which it woI