News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05

vanlc battery, while her stomach was at
tackled with the most powerful emetics
and all the while she was kept walking
up and down the room, despite hel
pleadmgs to be allowed to lie down anC
close her eyes.
1t took many hours before the i'm.
mediate danger passed away. Then the
! Doctor sought the BarOnet in his library,
and said without preface:
''YOur daughter, sir, is a confirmed
opium-eater; not only has she used the
drug in that form, but she has taken it
simultaneously"
This is horrible news, " moaned the
! father. 'Cannot this frightful habit be
| checked and finally stopped? If You
can stop it, or if you think you can, re
| lirquish your career to devote yourself
to the task, and I will give you my
whole fortune; nay, even my life"
DR. Fielding shook his head sloomily
" No" he said, science has not done
that. Even III Paradise appetite reigned
and ruined"
That night the Doctor pored over his
books, and finally, as if possessed of
some new impulse, he fastened to his
laboratory, and selecting from its shelves
bottle, carefully measured out a portion
of morphia. He was about to conduct
an experiment Of which he himself was
to be the subject.
1t does not require many months for
opium to assert its sway. Within year
the subject had become the ruler, and
the student was enthralled probably
beyond the power of escape Meanwhile
he devoted himself to the case of the
Baronet's daughter. He sacrificed his
own career, Stunned his old associates,
gave up all practice, and either passed
his time by her side, or in the retire
ment of his own rooms, dreaming in
blissful, fateful sleep.
Into the morbid brain of the Doctor
came visions of lands in whose glorious
confines Il goddess dwelt and ruled. Into
his heart there came n new sensation of
pleasure and pain. And besotted by
the drug, OF wrapped in the slumbers of
its creation, one thought alone pulsated
in his brain. He was in love with his
patient. And for a time his efforts were
crowned with encouraging results.
DevOtiDg all his attention to her case, he
at last checked her craving for the drug,
and lOOsened the fetters of habit, though,
unfortunately, without being able to
break them. The father, noticing the
first results, was transported with Joy,
but seeing that the improvement was not
permanent, became the prey Of a renewed
anxiety. He questioned the Doctor
closely. The answers gave him no salts
faction. Sad experience had given him
Il keen insight One day the thought
flashed upon him that the Doctor himself
betrayed symptoms of being an opium
slave. He bluntly put the question.
Do you take opium?"
The Doctors paIlid face, his trembling
nerves, his lustreless eyes, gave one an
swer but the honor of the man made
him pause before he opened his lips
aud lied. He had been devOtIng sOmuch
labor and time to the study of this case,
he said, that his health had felt some i'll !
effects; but he had now become even |
more hopeful than ever, and he felt that |
the future was bright with almost as
sred hope He said it was clear that
the father himself had become the prey |
of his unfortunately morbid surround |
ings, and that he sOrely needed change !
Of air ''In short, you should go on a
sea voyage, hope for the best for your
laughter. and when yOU return you viii
receive good news. I assure yOu that
you Will
Reass1wed by this confident tone and
the BarOnet acted upon DR. !
Fielding's suggestion. He was away for !;
a considerable time, and being continu-
ally advised of the rapidly progressing
recovery of his child, returned at last, |
i'll health and full of joyous
His arrival was quite I'M
expected The butleradmitted him, but
he pushed rapidly by and entered the
room where it was indicated he would |
find his child. There he encountered |
the Doctor, who was just arousing him
self from an opium sleep. His daughter,
half awake, was reposing in an arm chair,
her eyes half closed, the lines of her face
and changing as her mind
,wayed in the elysiIlm of the Opiate.
the father dashed to-
ward the Doctor, with a look upon his
lace that told of murder. But, at that
moment natures hand stayed him, his
leart ceased to beat, his eyes closed, his
'Orm tottered and he fell to the floor.
ApOplexy, brought on in the moment
IF wild excitement, had claimed a victim.
The Doctor made feeble effort to restore
lim, but his vacillating mind could not
grasp the necessary treatment. When
he servants came in, they found him by
he body. oil, bering idiotically. They
,arried him away, leaving for the time,
he beautiful victim of an incurable
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