, 1885-09-15

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At once she leaped out OF her bed. er
head (elt MI confused. she took tbs
last remaining package, and gave lie
whole OF us contents 10 the child nj
once. Then she awoke the nurse. and
sent her ia all haste for DIR. Jary.
what! twenty grains at one dose
Put when he felt the child's pulse. his
face changed and he shook his head.
"lOu did right. be said. 'and We shall
have TO Vi Q him another dose OF
twenty grains in two hours more"
' int ! have no more q%uinine, doc
tor"
The dewitt Neither have | But
there Is p'enty OF uinine at the port,
Nour husband keeps it. doesn't hei
Quick send a man there at once, II
We have qaininc, this will amount to
nothing ron t he afraid; | assure You
II will he all right"
Tut how could she tell him their
child was sick How could she fri shten
him, tired AS he was. and needing all
the strength he had to fulfill his dutyl
~ octor-yon are sure 1t will lie all
right ell me the truth it isn't any
thing really serious. is il
"o hy, no, no.! my dear madame
why, no
She had no con dence in a~nybody's
drugs except her hus and br. Jary
sent his own Goa hman-n trust worthy
man with the message. She gave him
all the spare money she had to purchase
the O. mime with " hat did 1t matter 2
AS soon RS the crisis had passed she
would write her hus' and to bring with
him a Whole ask Of quinine when he
should some on Sunday.
Five hours later the carriage re-
turne J.. The servant brought four doses
Of twenty grains each, done up into lit
tie packages each bearing the drug
store label and the inscription, ''Sul-
phate Of ouinine, 90 grains" She
kissed the little packages; her son wa
saved.
The doctor actually wanted TO weigh
each package. What was the good Of
that-her husband had made them up.
Nevertheless she lot him do it. Of
course the full twenty grains were there;
she knew il rom the first.
Meanwhile the temperature had low
cred considerably; and the doctor, TAX
ing advantage of the remittance gave
another twenty-grain dose.
'With that well throttle the nasty
fever; I'm sure; we've settled it this
timel'
Two hours after the ingestion of this
heroic remedy the child s skin was burn
ing worse than before; there was no
sign Of reaction. The doctor was COM
pletely ba ed, and became quite un.
easy. v ithout saying n word TO the
poor mother, he scrubbed two lines of a
messSge to NJ. ~Chisabarh, and told his
eoachman to drive as fast as possible.
still the fever held its grippe il sci ed
on the head, and the child suffered with
frightful nervous spasms.
At X O'Clock that o, ening Chisabach
arrived. His wife threw herself upon
his neck, sobbing. He kissed her fore
head, kissed her eyes, Gained her
gently, and approached the bed where
the child lay. He put his hand on the
boys forehead.
How is this he said TO DR.. Jary,
Sin spite of the quinine!'
''In spite Of the quinine, yesn' re-
turned the doctor, shaking his head
lie has taken sixty grains in ten hours;
see here for YOURSELF
And he showed him the three little
papers, on which were written, in his
own handwriting, the words: "Sul-
phate o. quinine, twenty grains"
The wretched man felt everything
about him whirling round and round.
ae leaned against the he'd a moment to
Keep himself from falling something
seemed to seize him by the throat. he
could not even shrek. Keeling like a
drunken man, he made his way to the
garden. The rain was falling; he let it
stream down upon his head without
feeling 1t.
The doctor sent out after him; he had
resolved upon the desperate expedient
0 giving ths child one enormous dose
was how too late TO think about
risks.
hisabach came IN. The doctor had
implied into a cup every atom of the
last two packages. Chisabach took tt
enp from the doctors hands. he was
tire bling like a leaf. He went ou'
again into the garden. No n saw
aim. He threw out the contents
OF the cup; then he took n
iitle bottle o I Of his rocket and
poured the white powder into the YES
sci then he placed the cup under tn
the thin stream Of water that w
from tn rain spout, and he re-entereu
he house.
The hid died. Many, many other,
also died
Alas said the poor father TO somt
persons who were weeping in the wild
est distress at having seen one Of their
relatives die in 5 lite of large doses o.
uinine, "alas there is no in allihle
reueuy. There was my own DOR lit
tie GUS 1t certainly vas not for want
OF quinine that he died
He was not ambitious. BY 1872 he
had honestly amassed some s 5000.
There was an inheritance waiting for
hi II at home in France. He sold his
drag store and departed.