Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-08
THE BUNDLE OF LETTERS.
FROM THE HUNG ARIAN OF NORTH JoKAI.

eAll has ceased" said the stranger smil.
! Sing. 1.-The pain has completely disappeared,
1 as if it had been carried away with the part
excised The little discomfort which the
I flowing of blood causes me, compared with
! the other pain, is like fresh breeze after a
| blast from the internal regions. 1t does me
| a real good TO see my blood pouring forth;
Islet it flow, it does me extreme good
The stranger watched with an expression
| of delight the blood pouring from the wound,
! and the doctor was obliged to insist on bind
ing up the hand.
During the bandaging the aspect of his
face completely changed. 1t no longer bore
dolorous expression, but look full of
good humor was turned upon the doctor
No more contraction of the features, no
more despair. A taste for life had returned;
the brow was once again calmed; the color
found its way back to the checks The en-
tire man exhibited a complete transforma-
tion.
As soon as his hand was laid in the sling
he warmly wrung the doctors hand with
the one that remained free, and said cor
daily:
"Accept nv sincere thanks. You have
positively cured me. The trifing remunera-
tion L offer you is not at all proportioned
to the service you have rendered me; for the
rest of my life 1 shall search for the means
of repaying my debt to you"
The doctor would not listen to anything
of the kind, and refused to accept the
1000 fiorins placed on the table. On his.
side the stranger refused to take them back,
and, observing that the doctor was losing
his temper, begged him to make present
of the money to some hospital, and took his
departure; s,,,.;,o, for s.ror., d.r. .t hi.
81 iY1h
hand should be cicatrized, which it did
without the least accident. During this
time the doctor was able to satisfy himself
that he had to do with mar of extensive
knowledge, reflective, and having very
positive opinions in regard to the affairs of
life Besides being rich, he occupied an
important official position. Since the tax
ing away of his invisible pain no trace of
moral or physical malady was discoverable
in him.
The cure completed, the man returned
TRANQUILITY to his residence in the country.
About three weeks had passed when, one
morning at an hour as unduly as before, the
servant again announced the strange patient.
The stranger, whom k fastened to re-
ceive, entered the room with his right hand
in a sling, his features convulsed and
hardly recognizable from suffering. With
out waiting to be invited to sit down, he
sank into chair, and being unable to
master the torture he was enduring,
groaned, and without uttering a word held
out his hand to the doctor.
"What has happened2" asked X, STU
pefed.
"We have not cut deep enough" replied
the stranger, sadly, and in a fainting voice.
"It burns me more cruelty than before. L
am worn out by it; my arm is stitfened by
it. did not wish to trouble you second
time and have borne it, hoping that by de-
grees the invisible Inflammation would
either mount to my head or descend to my
heart and put an end to my miserable eN-
istence; but it has not done so. The pain
never goes beyond the spot, but it is inde-
scribable! Look at my face and you will be
able to imagine what it must be!'
The color of the mans skin was that of
wax, and a cold perspirstion beaded his
forehead. The doctor unbound the bandaged
hand. The point operated on was well
healed; new skin had formed, and nothing
extraordinary was to be seen. The sufferers
pulse beat quickly, without feverishness,
while yet he trembled in every limb.
''This really smacks of the marvellous"
exclaimed the doctor, more and more as
tonished. 'I have never before seen such
case"
sit is prodigy, horrible prodigy, doc
tor. Do not try to find cause for it, but
deliver me from this torment. Take your
knife and cut deeper and wider; only that
can relieve me. ="
The doctor was obliged to give in to the
prayers of his patient He performed the
operation once again cutting into the flesh
more deeply, and, once more, he saw in the
sufferers face the expression of astonishing
relief, the curiosity at seeing the blood flow
from the wound, which he had observed on
the first occasion.
When the hand was dressed the deadly
pallor passed from the face, the color re-