The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-04-27

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". YsrHs recently y rislng ycune pphysi.
5cian ID the West End 81 London M
summo ned. 20 attend y very, argent cass:
AZ the carriage dreWssup 81 the door, hs
obsaryed that there Waa "a i awning and
q carpet ding from Til II portal to
the clrb, and; on rksching the hall BE
found that the house Wss thronged with
people IA evening dress. The messen-
ger. speaking stoS q. white. haaired. mill.
ttaEy looking gent lehman no rat alone
before the ire-p said al /. sli
Sir Hugh this g DR. Field ding" and
withdrew.
The gentl "a dressed rose from
his chair, and sas he stood In the blazing
light of the sea-coal II FIRE he seemed "a
man ngwhose splendid physical pres.
sence the doctor at once recognized the
person Of q famous naval commander
whose! deeds Of personal proves In the
Pacific and III the China 5Se i had won
for him something more than q national
reputation. 81 .Is5, 81.
Be seated. doctor, 9 he said. pointing
to chair, My daughter was to have
been married to-day. have sent for
you because know your reputation for
the treatment Of nervous diseases is very
s. y pro fessional skill Is at your SER
vice, said the doctor. 81 I. ! !
Your answer lis frank and to the
point, returned the baronet. The
marriage of my; daughter has not taken
place. To-day she passed from Q state Of
vivacity and apparent happiness into
one OF stupor. All our efforts to arouse
her have proved unavailing In order
that you may comprehend the entire
of my own and of my family history.
dies, fmarried her after brief court
ship when Twas a Flag Lieutenant in
the East India squadron. many years
ago. She was daughter ola missionary
who had given over his zealous ambition
to- convert the heather of Burmah and
gone into trade. Ina short time his for
tune had reached an incred-
ible amount. There were vague rumors
that the greater part of 1t had been
gathered by transactions in opium. The
young lady herself was beautiful and tai
ented. and the sole heiress of her faith
er's enormous wealth. Among the
many suitors who came was the sue
cessful one, and our wedding was in
many respects a most remarkable affair.
Our only child was born some years later,
and shortly after was ordered to an ar
duous service in the Coriscan waters. On
its completion returned to England to
find my wife broken in health and the
victim Of the most painful complication
of disorders. It was necessary to allay
her pain and to do this morphia was re-
sorted 10. She fingered on and died.
Before her d,ath she told
me in q lucid moment that she had
learned the use of opium in her child
hood, and that, while she had never be-
come slave to it, she had nevertheless
taken it with regularity, and she had no
doubt that her illness resulted from the
habit. In this view the physician who
attended her concurred. Now, sir, my
child appears to me to have been using
some drug. have no reason to believe
that she is a slave to habit of taking
opium in any of it's horrible forms, but
my heart is ourdened with the gravest
apprehensions. Should you discover
that she is. the wedding ceremony.
which otherwise is only postponed, shall
never take place. The bridegroom is
the son of my dearest friend, and can
never permit that he shall
have the prospect of life
of misery, such as mine has been
the more 60 for the reason that there is
no way to insure a life happiness for
her"
They passed out through the hall, up
who had been hidden to the marriage
feast taking their departure. Some Of
them gave looks of curiosity, but all of
them had word OF sympathy or pres
sure of the hand to bestow upon the
stricken father as he passed by.
On reaching the landing, the Baronet
stopped for a moment to recover his self
possession, and then gently opening a
door, ushered the doctor into the pa
TENTS chamber. The sight that greeted
the doctors eyes embraced as its central
feature the form Of a young lady clad in
dress of white satin and lying on bed.
A bridal veil OF delicate lace trailed it's
luxuriant length over the back off chair,
on which also hung wreath of orange
blossoms.
Ina moment the man of science saw
that the fathers worst fears were justi-
fed. A mere glance at the swollen eye
lids, whose unnatural yellow color was
heightened by the dark blue veins that
traverscd them, showed that the young
lady was not only the victim ola larger
portion than she had been accustomed
to take, but that the custom itself was of
old standing.
''Well, Doctor" asked the baronet,
anxiously, "is it opium?"
"We must first save her life," replied
the doctor evasively.
Proper remedies were administered
so successfully that in few minutes the
victim was aroused from the stete of
coma into which che had fallen, and
brought to her feet. Then began the
heroic treatment. She was beaten with
hands, pricked with sharp points and
subjected to repeated shocks from a
galvanic battery, while her stomach was
attacked with the most powerful elnetits,
and all the while she was kept walking
up and down the room, despite her
close her eyes. It took many hours be-
fore the danger passed away. Then the
doctor sought the Baronet in his library,
daughter, sir, is confirmed opiumeat-
er; not only has she used the drug in
that form, but has taken it sub-cutane-
ously."
This is horrible news" moaned the
father. "Can not this frightful habit be
checked and finally stopped? If you
can stop it, or if you think you can, re-
linquish your career to devote yourself,
to the task, and will give you my
whole fortune; nay, even my life"
Pr. Fielding shook his head gloomily.
INC" he said, Science has not done
that. Even in paradise appetite reigned
and ruined.S \
. That night the doctor pored over his
books and finally, asif possessed ofsome