Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-07

Ten O'CLOCK IN Tie forenoon Wuen lie
entered the house. He was immedistly
placed in private room, carefully un-
dressed and critically examined, had
not then any knowledge of his previous
condition or what were his habits. There
was no smell of liquor upon his person
or breath. There was no delirium OF
| tremor. His skin wss pallid, with slight
nausea at the stomach and a strong dis.
position to sleep. His condition was
more of a stupJr. He was spu0ged with
! lukewerm water, sinapisms applied to
| the feet, thighs and abdomen,
and cold applied t. the head.
| / had the loom darkened, and he was
| otherwise made as comfortable as he
could have been III his own room at
home. l placed an experienced nurse
at the threshold Of his room door, with
orders to watch him closely and prevent
| the sligbtess noise from without, and
give me notice Of any sign OF wakeful-
ness or consciousness. In half an hour
after left him he threw the cover from
his breast, opened his eyes and said
"Where am 1?'
The nurse gave me the signal and l
was Immediately at his side. ] drew a
chair close to the bed, took HE hand In
my own, and with the other smOOthed
his forehead, pushing back the dark
raven cuTl5 that covered it, and asked
him how he felt?
He said, miserable"
do you suffer any pain?n
"NO.n
do you feel sick at tbs stomach?"
"Yes."
care you thirsty?"
"No."
"Does your head suffer-have you pain
there?" putting my hand on his head.
Yes
docs it feel heavy or dull ?"
"Heavy; mind cloudy" he said.
"How, long have you been siek?"
"CAn't say"
"Where have you been stoppingT"
"In q hotel on Pratt street, opposite
the depot"
"Have you trunk or valise,or any
thing there which you would like to
have with yOu?"
eyes, trunk with my papers and
manuscripts"
"If you order it Will send for it.n
He thanked me and said, "Do so at
once" remsrking "Yeu are very kind
where am 1, doctOr?"
"YOu are in the care of your ffiends;"
to which he replied. my best friend
would be the man who would blow my
brains out with pistol"
"l'ry and be quiet. M. Poe; We will
do ali we can to make you comfortable
and relieve your distress
sob, wretch that l ami Sir, when /
behold my degradation and ruin, what
have suffered and lost, and the sorrow
and misery / have brought upon others,
I feel that 1 could sink through this bed
into the lOWermC S! abyss below, foraker
by God and man, an Outcast from socie-
ty. Oh, God, the terrible strait L am
in! Is there EOransOm for the deathlesS
spirit?p -.s..-
"Mr. Poe, do Try and compose your
self, aud take this draught; it will soothe
and revive your
He reached out his hand to take the
glass, the nurse raising his head, while
1 administered the cordial. He drank
it and was laid down, closing
his eyes AS though going to sleep.
remained by his side, watching
closely every breath, manner of breath
ing and trying to make out his case and
my diagnosis. l had been impressed
that he was suffering from the too free
use OF alcoholic drink only from what [
could gather from those who saw him
on the wharf and did not know how long
he had been in this state, but he did not
manifest symptoms to justify their sus-
picions. He had no tIemOr, was not
fidgetty with his hands Or impatient, but
answered all my questions calmly and
raUiOnslly. There was great pallor Of
face, no injection OF the ceats OF the
eye, aud pulse sharp anu quick. l
noticed some tWitehing OF the eyelids
while closed, also Of the muscles of the
face, and slight jerking Of the limbs
He remained in this state about
one bOur, when he again walked
up, suddenly opening his eyes. l
said to him, both to be Of service
and to ascertain whether he would be
inclined to take liquor, for with in
temperate subjects who have deliriuni
tremeus Iittle OF the hair OF the deg
that bites them often produces a cure:
"Wil you take little tOddy?
He opened vide his large eyes aud
fixed them so steadily upon me, aud
with such anguish in them that looked
from him to the wall beyond the bed.
He said:
''Sir, il its potency would transport
me to the Elysian bowers of the undis-
covered spirit world could not taste it.
/ would not taste it. OF its horrors who
can tellP'
II must administer an opiate to give
you sleep and rest" -
Then he TejOined-
"Twin devil and spectre Of crszed and
doomed mOrtals of e9rth and perditionn ~
"Mr. Poe, tits very necessary that you
should be quiet and free from ex-
element; you aTein a critical condition,
and excitement will hasten your death"
Doctor, am III. Is there no hOpe?"
"The chances are against you"
"How long, oh, how long, before I see
my dear Virginia? My dear Len0re! l
would like TO see my love, my dear
Lowell
81 Will send for any one you wish to
see."
Ik1ew nothing Of his family, ard 1
asked: "Have you family"
'No, my vile is dead, my dear
Vir sinis; my mOther-in-law lives. On,
how my heart bleeds for her! Deaths
dark angel has done bis work. am so
rudeIg dashed upon the storm without
compss3 or helm. Language cannot
tell the gushing wave that swells, sways
and sweeps, tempest-hke, over me,
the 'laIum of death. Doctor,
write to my mother, Maria GLENN.
Tell her her Eddie is here. No, too late!
l mus. lift the pail Snd open to you
the secret that sears the heart, and, dag
ger-ike, pierces the soul. was to have
been married In ten days." Here he
stopped to weep
''Shsn send for the lsdy?u lacked,
she lived ia the city.
Too Iste! too lstem
! said, "Oh no; will send my car
riage Immediately"
mo, write; write to both. Inform
them Of my illness and death both at the
same time.n
"Give me their address,"
"Mrs. Shelton, Norfolk, Virgins, and
Maria GLENN, Lowell, Massachusetts,.
Noticing the color rising to his face
and the blood vessels filling up on bis
temples, and the eyes becoming con-
gestiye and inclined upward, asked
no more questions, but ordered ice to his
head and heat to his eXtIemitles, repeat
ing the cordial with an anodyne, and
waited with the nurse outside The door
for fifteen minutes. No further change,
except that his pulse had increased in
frequency, and was feeble and flying.
[ kept nurse in his room, and another
outside to prevent his being disturbed
and to notify me Of any change that |
might take place. 1 had sent !
'or his cousin, Nelson Poe, having
earned he was his relative, and |
4 family named Reynolds, who lived in |
he neighborhood ofthe hospital. These |
we're the only persons whose names l |
had heard him mention living in the |
,ity. Mr.. w. n. Poe came, and the
iemale members of MI. ReyDolds's |
amily. He continued in an Unconscious |
state for more than an hour. On again |
his pulse found it very fee
Die, sharp and irregulsr-One hundred |
and twenty to the minute. proceeded |
% give him a febrifuge mixture and q
.timulant. He partially aroused while
getting the dIaught and seemed to stare,
he pupils of his eyes dilating and con.
.Tactlng alternately. sat down by his
bedside, took bis hand and placed my
fingers upon his wrist, and felt assured,
rom all the symptoms, that nature was
had beef tea administered
With ammonia. My particular friend,
Prof. John G. 8. Monkur-who gave
much OF his time 10 the inmates Of the !