Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-22

day was done. and he t1rned - Leave
tbs osIice aae sea his boarding house
thsrs Was 10 temptation . go else
where l. those dark days 30 HAYES
took OF bis sgron and was soon hurry
ing along the silent streets. which
e-hl.sd loudly 70 his quick footsteps.
Presently DC slaskened his pace. Il
an walking too fast. he thought; my
heart beats strongly and my limbs ache
al over. I believe | will stop at that
drug shop and ask for something 70
qglet IL
A trembling seized him; the fever lay
masked In his veins. tie staggered on.
pushed IN at the half open door, and
leaned heavily against the counter.
Can yca give me anything" he
saii. haskiiy. Il believe | ara taking
the fever"
The clerk mixed something ia a glass
and handed IL - the boy. ''Drink this"
be said, and get home and 10 bed as
quickly IA possible. "
Il have no home here" murInured
the lad, unsteaduy.
Then you must go 10 hospital l
Will call an ambulance. Give me your
name. please?"
''Hawes-no. Henry Mcclure" said
the young printer, slowly. whilst a
deadly sickness came over him
lie was shutting himself out from
home and friends; he was going down
into darkness, perhaps death, and he
knew it But the thought of his resolu-
ton not half an hour back sustained
him, and with a quick breathed prayer
10 God for help. he was carried ont and
placed In an ambu lance. He could hear
the clerk saying; Tell the chief his
name Is McGuire-iIenry McGuire. :"
Then a rigor seized him, and the pro-
test which stirred az his heart died
away on his flushed lips. Mother.
Minna," be moaned Please God they
must not know"
He was carried into a large, Gro wded
ward and laid on a narrow cot. and
doctor was Informed OF this fresh ar
rival Ills face was suffused, and the
fever gaining rapidly. The usual rem
edies were tried, bat all night he tossed
In ever burning anguish, and by morn
ing aeliriun had set in. \ fearful doubt
had assailed him, what IL he should die,
and no one knew his real name Would
IL not be terrible 10 drop out of life so
suddenly, TO be thrust into q strange
grave-unknowr, with an alias carved
upon his headstone, IL IL were ever
marked AZ slll He had left the Office
well; he had never reached his land
lady; he no longer had namel
Halves Mcleod was as good rs dead
and buried already, and he could feel
the clods falling upon his painting chest.
He was lost, but his mother and Minna
would be savedl
And now double name in fantastic
German text mingled with blood-red
colors seemed to dance before his heavy
eyes. He tried TO make out the letters.
but they eiuded him, and the effort only
wearied his heated brain. Gigantic let
tiers with SPIDERS legs ran across him,
or stool still and Knocked at him.
Henry McGuire," they seemed TO say,
you are an imposterl Hawes Mcleod
Is dead and buried. Hal ha"'
Consciousness left him as tine fever
gained sway. His temperature rose to
40 degrees, an alarming symptom
never tell 1t might have been day, a
week. an eternity.
As the fever left him collapse was
feared. ''He must be watched closely"
said the doctor to the nurse in charge;
1.-The crisis is at hand. A little beef tea
would be well, or crushed ice il he
shows symptoms of vomiting"
The patient was very weak. His
eyes were closed, his heart fluttered
feebly. his skin had that dull lemon
yellow tint peculiar to the disease.
When stimulants were given, he opened
his eyes Am I Gying?" he said
family. "Will you tell them my name
is not Henry McGuirc-if die?'
1.-THE fever has crazed him." thought
The nurse. as she passed on
A minister paused at his bedside.
"Are you prepared 20 die, my young
frieud?'
IF God wills 1t, yes. Do you think I
am going 70 die. sir? I have a reason
for wishing To get we'll"
II cannot say. l hope you may live. I"
"fou see they do not know me here.
They-think-I am-anothcr boy"
Poor child, is IL so bad as that? He
does not know his own name. Have
you no friends. my son? They should
be with YOU"
"At'Palatka--mother lives there, and
Minna-they do not know am sick"
He was getting faint The doctor
stopped on his rounds
Must die?" the boy whispered
Courage. McGuire," said the doctor.
feeling his pulse; you arc going to pull
through all right, my man"
They 90 not know me at this place.
gave them the wrong name. ! was
afraid mother would sec il and take
the fever. for knew she would come !"
In their cottage house at Palatka tho
two women sat still and waited for It'd
ings from The absent one.
II wonder why Halves doesn't write7'
said the mother. nervously. "IIe Is al
ways SO prompt. and he has written
regularly ever since the yellow fever
set in: an afraid he Is sick. He prom
iSed % write every day. and Il is three
days now since we have heard
Gle never failed us; I am afraid he
has the fever. mother. But then he
would let rs know"
HE has the plague; know feel
IT,
I'VE must 20 TO him AZ once"
my hears cries out for him"
''Do you think they will let rs IMP"
Refuse a mother IN search Of her
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