The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-09-07

would strike the lever under hi
foot, thus ringing the large gon!
bell which gave such clamorout
notice of our right of way.
AT forty-Seventh street we turn
ed down, in obedience to the di
rections Frank had received from
the door-keeper, and saw at once
why we had been summoned. A
man was lying on the sidewalk
surrounded by the usual crowd
that so quickly gathers under such
circumstances, his whole appear.
ance showing at once that he was
unconscious. A burly police officer
was standing by the man keeping
the crowd in a degree of order, but
evidently much annoyed by the
questions asked him, and making
no effort to satisfy the curious or
to quiet the pitiabIe distress of a
small child who clung to the body
of The PROSTATE man in an agony
of grief and terror, calling on him
to 'get up and take Name" in a
way that excited my sympathy
greatly.
A few words with the officer, a
signal TO Frank, and an appeal TO
stout Germon bystander for help
in lifting the man, was all that was
needed. In less time than it takes
TO tell ii the unconscious form was
lifted from the sidewalk and gently
placed on the stretcher In the am
bulanee. A rapid, although nee
essarly somewhat superficial ex-
animation satisfied me that it was
not case on which TO practice
"frSt aid to the injured" b"t that
the best thing was 10 get the sick
man to the hospital as soon as we
could. But what was to be done
with the child 4? She had allowed
us to lift the man up from the
stones, but as she saw us placing
him in the ambulance she sprang
into the vehicle with an agility
and quickness that quite prevent
ed our stopping her, and she was
now clinging TO the man and utter
ing the same cry as before. Turn
ed TO the policeman and said, "Can
you take her 2" "I suppose | can"
he answered, "but she'll make a
great fuss if | try to take her off,
and he used an expression which |
indicated that he thought it would |
be great fuss, indeed. | tried,
gently, to see if | could get the lit
tie one away, but finding that /
was only wasting time that might
be valuable to the sick man, gave
it up Turning 10 the officer, said,
II will take her TO our matron If
you will report it at the station, that
if her friends inquire about her
they will know where she is" He
nodded. l said to Frank, "Drive
on," and we soon left the curious
,rowd far behind US as we hastened
On our way back TO the hospital.
The child now cease her Outcries,
although she still clung closely to
he unresponsive form on the bed.
She was a little thing, perhaps &
bout three years old; and al l
hough she had a startled look on /
ar face and appeared to take but C
title notice of what was going on, b
ct she seemed TO be an intelligent q
nd even a nice looking child. o
Ter dress, as we'll as that of the "
ick man, indicated that she was "
ot the child of a laborer, but l b
'as unable to decide exactly to k
hat station In life she belonged. 81
efore we reached the hospital she ia
'st enough OF her shyness to be Il
illing to talk to me, but all her CT
lsweTs to my questions as to her b.
anne, her fathers name or ad- II
-ess, were answered in so child ST
ke a way that | could learn moth OF
G from her. The sick man was II
Oadda," her name was "Mame," bI
sr house was "wheIe Jenny liv- te
l." or where there was a black III
lssy-all true enough, | did not tn
,ubt, but of course quite useless m
r my purpose. hi
On our arrival at the hospital | be
mt for the matron, and while the br
derlies were carefully carrying
e man to a bed in the ward | had
ne to. ask. her TO look after the FC
tie one until the Superintendent in
d decided what to do with her. tlC
was pleasant TO see how quickly OF
e matrOn made friends with the IN
lid, and, satisfied that she would an
WE'LL FASTENED after my unex- In
cted patient. A close and care Iol
! examination satisfied me that lo'
was going TO be much easier to en-
y what was not the matter, than c''
rat the trouble really was. 1
uld exclude intoxication, as well
any obvious organic disease, and 10
,ould not find any signs of injury 10
out the head. l saw slight indi- Il
tions of q congested condition Iu
the brain, and making that my or
,rnng theory began such treat WI
INT as seemed proper. In about 1.
hour and a halt he began TO Oh
eaihe quite naturally, and soon m
er he opened his eyes. The mo-
mt he did so, l found knew .
N, recognizing him as Thomas al
L., with whom bad often play as
as boy, but with whom had ne
dom met since. The last heard I'M
him was thas he had secured Sh
lat was considered 10 be a first ma
e place with a large wholesale op
N, and was doing well. He kept
king about in a dazed manner,