The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-08-03

somewhere ABOUT seventy. said Bir-
icy. Il had thought him olderD
And he was a paralytic when this
event happened H. WAS wanted TO re
| m"mbert'
Yes. said Birlcy; but | believe he
was at that time pretty clear in the
head"
Was he now completely paralyzed:"
answered that during the summer
! ms right limbs seemed inclined to exert
themselves a little: aud told him my
| experience of the night before with
Jaques right hand He seemed some
what struck with it,
We'll, said the physician. your re-
quest is singular; ! do not think /
have ever been presented with a sim
liar one. But you say the evidence
you seek is Of great consequencc?-you
cannot. OF course. expect any speech
from him clear enough to understand
But YOU may get what you want by
writing may you not? | would then
| recommend that you should rub the
right hand and arm with brandy
best brandy-say, three times day;
be careful not TO fatigue him. and
give him according as he will take il,
some brandy i'll milk, say two table
spoonfuls Of brandy TO the tcacupful
of milk. You may have TO do that for
4 week or more, or even longer. before
the man will find his hand obey his
will And even then ! must warn YOU
that You may find his memory is not
Trustworthy. and more than that. if
you succeed in getting what you want,
the treatment and excitement YOU sub
iect him TO may prove too much for
him; he may af,crward lapse back
into complete prostration from which
he may never recover at all.
So we left the physician. Birley in
sisted upon paying the whole Of his
fee himself We were both rather
aghast at the dilemma presented to our
chance-to try to gain our point by
the only method the doctor had sug
ccsted would be TO endanger old
,IaqueS' feeble life: not TO try was 10
leave the LacroiX mystery where it
was We were both silent regarding
it for some time At length Birlcy
vented his disquietude.
Il wish said he. we could leave
HE thing alone. It seems a shabby
business TO set about trying 10 show up
my own sisters husband. ! would LEI
il alone, TOO, although Manuel has be
haved SO i'll To me, il il wasn't that the
man that's lost was my own dear
friend
And then" said |. somewhat alarm
cd remember the danger Miss La
croix is III of being plundered and dis
posed of whether she will or no.
True for YOU lad" said he. Well.
] suppose we must 90 through with il.
and he as careful Of tn old chap as we
can
| undertook to wait upon JagueS the
three times day tSillcc Rirlcy was oc-
cupied with his business until the even
ing. and 10 do my best TO see that hc
was regularly supplied with his stimu-
lative drink. On the evening of the first
day Of our experiment Birley came to
the cottage, while | was engaged in
the operation Of rubbing in the brandy.
I've been thinking" said he. that
III old chap seems to tax more notice
of you than If me: | suppose he can
see you're educated like himself SO
you'd better ask him the questions and
al that, eh?''
! agreed to do so. but thought all
questioning sho,.l1 be postponed for a
day or two.
Just try him with that paper again"
said he
presented to ,facques's sight the
question Of the day before: do you
remember your nephew. PAUL."
! could not tell frGm the look of his
eyes whether they seized it or not. His
gaze. however. dwelt on it for some mo-
ments, then wayercd and turned to me.
Then his eyebrows twitchcd and his
mouth made as if it would form speech,
with the result, as usual, of only some
inarticulate sounds like grunts. From
this effort he desisted and looked. I'M
steadily as a drunkard might look, at
bis right hand working in his lap.
The next night the same kind of
thing was gone through, and the next,
and the next For nearly four days
/ had been constantly with the paral
ytic from morning till night. excepting
ONLY such intervals as / needed for
hurried meals at my lodgings.
ON the afternoon Of the fifth day.
while John was absent carrying his
shell fish round the village. and while
was assiduously rubbing Jaques' hand
and arm with the brandy. a light tap
came to the cottage door, the latch
was Immediately raised. and there en-
tered Of all persons the most uneXpect-
Steinhardt himself! l ought not
to have been surprised at his appear
anceance. for my frequent cominss and
soings to the cottage could not have
passed unobseryed in such a place as
the village and news Of any kind. as
every one knows in small and primitive
communities. seem TO propagate itself
like fever. ] had been throughout the
day observing what | considered prom
ising results Of the stimulative treat
ment of my patient; his glance. |
thought. was more alert and intelligent;
hic faca had moro of the healthy flush