The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-08


DIR. Rowell, though showing no sign OF
jealousy. could not conceal look OF in
credulity and also of pain that Entrefort
should offer any hope to the sufferer.
with your permission" said Entire
tort, addressing Arnold, Il will do what
l can TO save your life"
you may" said the poor boy.
but shall have to hurt you
"Well."
"WeIl.''
"And even if succeed tine chance is
one in thousand) you will never be a
sound man, and a constant and terrible
danger will always be present"
"Wel"
Entrefort wrote note and sent it away
/ in haste by bell-boy
Meanwhile" he resumed, ''your life is
in imminent danger from shock, and the
end may come in a few minutes or hours
| from that cause. Attend without delay
/ to whatever matters may require settling,
| and DR.. Rowell," glancing at that gentle
man, will give you something to brace
| you up. | speak frankly. For | see that
| you are man of extraordinary nerve.
! Am | right ?"
''Be perfectly candid" said Arnold.
Dr. Rowell, evidently bewildered by
his cyclOnic young associate, wrote pre-
| scription which | sent bv boy to be
| filled. With unwise zeal l asked Entire
| fort:
us there not danger of lockjaw?"
NO." he replied, there is not suf-
ficiently extensive injury to perpheral
nerves to induce traumatic tetanus"
| subsidized The mans GOODNESS and
| prOmptness were amazing.
DR.. Rowell's medicine came and / adj
ministered adose. The physician and the
surgeon then retired. The Door sufferer
Strengthened up his business. When it
was done, he asked me:
what is that crazy Frenchman going
to do with me p
Il have no idea; be patient.
In less than an hour they returned,
bringing with them a keen-eyed, tall
young man, who had a number OF tools
wrapped in an apron. Evidently he was
unused to such scenes, for he became
deathly pale upon the CHASTITY spectacle
on my bed. With staring eyes and open
mouth he begin to retreat toward the
door, stammering:
Il can't do it"
Nonsense, Hippolyte Don't be a
baby. Why, man, 1t is case OF life and
death -
Outlook at his ewes he is DYING
though, he gasped.
Il beg your pardon, " said Hippolyte.
DIR. Entrefort gave the nervous man a
drink OF brandy. and then said:
NO more nonsense, my boy; it must be
done. Gentlemen. allow me to introduce
Mr.. Hippoiyte, one of the most original,
ingenious and skillful machinists in the
country"
Hippolyte, being modest, blushed as he
bowed. In order TO conceal MS confusion
he unrolled his apron on the table with
considerable noise OF rafting tools.
IL have 10 make some preparations be-
fore you may begin, Hippolyte, and want
you to observe me. that YOU may become
used, not only to the smell of fresh blood
but also, what is more trying the odOr
of t."
Hippolyte shivered. Entrefort opened
a case of surgical instruments.
Now, doctor, the chloroform," he said
to DR.. Rowell.
~ will not take it, promptly inter
posed the sufferer; Il want to know when
die"
Every we'll, said Entrefort; "but you
have little nerve to spare. We will try
it without chloroform, however. 1t will
be better II you can 10 without. Try
your best to lie still while | cut"
What are you going to do?" asked Ar
mold.
save your life, if possible"
How? Tell me all about it,"
Must you know
Eyes"
very well, then. The point of the
stletto has passed entirely through the
aorta, which is the great vessel rising out
of the heart and carrying the aerated
blood to the arteries. If l should with
draw the weapon the blood would rush
from the two holes in the aorta, and you
would soon be dead. If the weapon had
been knife the parted tissue would
have yielded and the blood would have
been forced out on either side of the blade.
and would have caused death AS it is,
not a a drop of blood has ped from the
aorta into the thoracic cavi Y. All that is
left for Us TO do, then, is to allow the still
etto TO remain permanently in the aOrta.
Many difficulties at once present them
selves, ami | do not wonder at DR.. Row.
ellis look OF surprise and incredulity."
That gentleman smiled and shook his
head.
at is a desperate chance" continued
EntrefOrt, "and is a novel case in surgery.
but it is the only chance. The fact that
the weapon is a stiletto is the important
point-a stupid weapon, but blessing to
us now. 1t the assassin had known more
she would have used"
Upon his employment OF the noun "as-
sassin" and the feminine pronoun "she,"
both Arnold and l started violently, and
cried out to the man to stop.
LET him proceed" said Arnold, who
by remarkable effort had Gained him
self.
Not if the subject is painful" Entire
fort said
1T Is not, protested Arnold; "why do
you think the blow was struck by
woman"
Because, first, no man capable OF being
an assassin would carry so gaudy and
valuable weapon second. no man would
be stupid enough TO carry SO antiquated
and inadequate a thing as a stietto. when
that most murderOus and satisfactory OF
all penetrating and cutting weapons, the
bowie-knife, is happily available. She was
a strong woman. too, for it requires good
hand TO drive a stiletto to the guard, even
though it miss the sternum by hairs
breadth and slip between the ribs. for the
muscles here are hard and the intercostal
spaces narrow. She was not only a strong
woman, but a desperate one also"
'That will do, said Arnold. He beck