Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-27

neaQ IelL oil confused. one TOOK the
last remaining package, and gave the
whole of its contents to the child at
once. Then she awoke the nurse, and
sent her in all haste for DR.. Jary.
WHAT twenty grains at one dosei"
But when he felt the child's pulse, his
face changed, and he shook his head.
'You did right" he said; land we shall
have to give him another dose of
twenty grains in two hours more"
"But / have no more quinine, doc
tor"
Tho deyilr Neither have l. But
there is plenty of ouinine at the port.
J our husband keeps it, doesn't he'
Quick send man there at once! If
we have quinine, this will amount to
nothing. Don't be afraid; assure you
it will be all right"
But how could she tell him their
child was sick' How could she frighten
him, tired as he was, and needing all
the strength he had to fulfill his duty2
'Doctor-you are sure it will DO all
right Tell me the truth it isn't any
thing really serious, is iti'
"Why, no, no! my dear madame
Why. no"
She had no conf dence in anybody's
drugs except her husbands Dr. Jary
sent his own coachman-a trustworthy
man with the message. She gave him
all the spare money she had to purchase
the quinine with. What did it matter
AS soon as the crisis had passed she
would write her husband to bring with
him a whole flask of quinine when he
should come on Sunday.
Five hours later the carriage re
turned. The servant brought four dosei
of twenty grains each, done up into lit
tie packagcs-ea each bearing the drug
store label and the inscription, 'Sul-
phate of quinine, 90 grains" She
kissed the little packages; her son was
saved.
The doctor actually wanted to weigh
each package What was the good oi
that-her husband had made them up
Nevertheless she let him do it. 81
course the full twenty grains were there
she knew it from 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 we'll throttle the nasty
fever; I'm sure; we've settled it this
time!"
Two hours after the ingestion of Chs
heroic remedy the child skin was burn
ing worse than before; there was NJ
sign of reaction. The doctor was com
pletely bafed, and became quite un
easy. Without saying word to thu
poor mother, he scrubbed two lines of 6
message to NJ. Chisabach, and told hi
coachman to drive as fast as possible.
Still the fever held its grippe it sei2eC
on the head, and the child suffered witt
frightful nervous spasms.
At O'Clock that evening Chisabacl
arrived. His wife threw herself upol
his neck, sobbing He kissed her fore
head, kissed her eyes, Gained he
gently and approached the bed wher
the child lay He put his hand on tn
boys forehead.
''How is this" he said to DR.. Jary
'in spite of the quinine"
I'm spite of the quinine, yes"' re
turned the doctor, shaking his head
He has taken sixty grains in ten hours
see here for yourself!'
And he showed him the three littl
papers, on which werc written, in hi
own handwriting, the words: "Sul
| plate OF quinine, twenty grains"
The wretched man felt everything
about him whirling round and round
lie leaned against the red moment t
keep himself from falling; somethin,
seemed to seize him by the throat; b
could not even shrek. Keeling like
drunken man, he made his way to tn
| garden. The rain was failing; he let
stream down upon his head withou
feeling it.
The doctor sent out after him ne hai
resolved upon the desperate exp,dlen
II giving the child one enormous dose
t was now too late to think abou
| risks.
lLisabach came IN. The doctor ha
emptied into a cup every atom of tn
last two packages. Chisabach took til
cup from the doctors hands; he wa
tren bling like leaf. He went on
again into the garden. No one SAL
him. He threw out the content
of the cup; then he took
little bottle ont of his rocket an
poured the white powder into the We;
sci; then he placed the cup under tn
the thin stream of water that towe
from the rain-spout, and he re-entere
the house.
The child died. Many, many other
also died
Alas " said the poor father to som
persons who were weeping in the wilc
est distress at having seen one of thei
relatives die in spite of large doses {
uinine, alas" there is no infallib
remedy. There was my own poor Ii
| tie LOFTS; it certainly was not for wal
of outline that he died."
| He was not ambitious. By 1872 !
had honestly amassed some $l5, 90,
Thert was an inheritance waiting #
him at home in France. He sold h
drag store and departed.
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