Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-08-23


amid which huge grotesque silhouettes
seemed to hover. We do not know what
turks at the bottom Of these fathomless
craters. Perhaps they are the souls OF the
under world, which turn TO vapor In rising.
The doctor and the old woman followed
the curves of the little bays on the shore.
The sea was white with livid pallor--the
| whiteness Of mourning-glittering with
phosphorescent light along the line OF surf,
which broke in shining waves upon the
strand.
Both climbed to the bend in the road, be
tween the downs, where the broom and
furze met like thicket of bayonets.
The dog had come close to his master and
seemed to say:
"Hal A hundred and twenty fretzers for
the stronghold That's the way to get richl
More land for the vineyardl Another dish
on the supper tablet Another bone Tor
faithful Hurzofi Let us nurse the sick
rich people and bleed-their pockets"
At this point the old woman stopped, and
with trembling finger pointed to a ruddy
| light shining through the gloom. 1t came
from Wort Kartif's house
""There?" asked the doctor.
eyes" replied the old woman.
The dog howled plaintively.
| suddenly Uu6 NOiCduO WlOh q AOot
seemed to shake 1t to its foundations sent
forth sheaf of flames which appeared to
touch the clouds DIR. Trifulgas was thrown
/ down by the shock
| Swearing like a trooper, he, rose and
| looked around him.
The old woman was no longer there. Had
she disappeared in some chasm In the earth.
| or was she concealed by the heavy mistf
The dog was standing erect on his hind
legs, with his mouth wide open and the
| lantern out.
"Let us go onP' murmured Dr. Triful-
gas.
The worthy man had pocketed his mon
ey. He must earn it.
There was only one glimmer of light
perhaps half a mile away. 1t came from
! the room of the dying or dead man. That
was the house. The old woman had point
ed to it. No mistake was possible.
Amid the roaring of the wind, the rush
of the rain, the whole fury of the tempest,
DR.. Trifulgas walked swiftly on As he
advanced, the house, standing alone In the
fields, became more and more oleerly Wis
ible.
1t was strange how closely 1t resembled
the doctors residence, Six-Quatre at LUX
trop; the same arrangement OF the win
dows in front, the same little yaulted door
DIR. Trifulgss hurried on as fast as the
hurricane would permit. The door was
aiar. He pushed it open, and the gale
banged it after him rudely. The dog left
outside, howled, pausing at Intervals like
! the singers between the verses Of psalm.
Strangel One would think that DR.. Tri
fulgas had returned to his own home. Ye
J he had not grown bewildered and made
circuit. He was really at Val Karinon, no
at Luktrop. Yet there was the same low
yaulted corridor; the same winding woodeI
staircase, with its wide railing worn by tn
friction of many hands.
He went to the landing. A faint liRh
. filtered under the door as at Six-t1uatre
: Was it a delusionl In the dusk he recog
nized his own room, the bed with its vel
. low canopy; on the rignt the old pearwoo'
{ chest, at the left strongbox where b.
meant to deposit his 100 fretzers Then
stood his leakher cushioned armchair, hi
table with it's twisted legs and on 1t nea
the dying lamp hts 0odex, opened at pag
lo7.
''What ails me9" he muttered.
7 What was itt A chill of fear crept through
his veins. His pupils dilated. His bod,
seemed to shrink A cold perspiratiol
came through the pores OF his skin.
He must hasten. The lamp was goini
out for lack of oil. He must look at tn
dying man.
Yes. there was the bed--his bed with pill
2 lars and canopy, closed by POWERED cuT
I tains. Was It possible that that was a poo
mans wretched pallete
I With a trembling hand he grasped tn
curtains, parted them and glanced within.
The dying man, with his face is ful
view, lay motionless, as II about to draw
his last breath. The doctor bent over him
Oh, what cry escaped his lips-answere'
by the mournful baying Of the dog outside
The dying man was not Wort Kartif, bu
, DIR. Trifulgas IL was he whom the con
z 0estion had attacked. A cerebral apoplexy
with a sudden accumulation OF water Il
= the cavities OF the brain. with paralysis Q
d | the side OF the body opposite to the seat
y the injury.
Yes. IL was he for whom physician ha'
a been summoned; he, who in the hardnes
of his heart had refused TO go TO the poo
! | man; he who WAS dying.
DR. TrifulRas was like a mailman. II
II felt that the case was hopeless. The Rrsv
e ty of the symptoms increased every mac
/. ment. The action Of the heart and respirs
e ton were about TO cease. Yet he had nc
n wholly lost the consciousness OF existence.
n What should he dor Lessen the quantit
Of blood by means Of bleedingi Dr. Trifu
gas was dead man II he delayed.
Bleeding was still practiced at that time
and, as at the present day, the doctors care
!. Of apoplexy all who were not destined :
die OF IL.
DIR. Trifulgas seized his case Of inatru
ments. took out a lancet and cut thvArI
,e OF bis double The blood did not now. n
" mbbed the chest violently, the action Q
q his own heart was falling. He put hc
N bricks 10 the feet-his own weregs0win
y cold.
. Then his double started up In bed strut
Is Rled violently for breath and drew ION
se sIeh. And DR.. Trifulgas, spite Of All ina
:, lis knowledge could suggest died nnas
nj his hands
4 The next morning only corpse va
found In six-Quatre-ths body Of Dr' IT
fuIeas. 10 was inferred with great pom
IA the cemetery Of Lnktrop after numerou
. Others which be had sent there--Aeco'iii'
/ ......rted foruula