St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-16

stantly talking and moaning, COM
planned that he was getting weak in
the legs Soon he could not walk, and
he seated himself in the big armchair
at the entrances to the Sitting room. At
7:3O Bert appeared easier and DR..
Farmer went away. He promised to
SEND UP SOME POWDERS
from the drug store. The doctor was
accompanied down town by the father
and the third son, Davie, aged sixteen,
who had but just come home. At his
Office DR.. Farmer wrote a prescription
and handed it to Mr.. Hull to be filled at
the drug store of King & Co., half a
block away. The doctor advised Mr..
Hull to procure some whisky and have
it ready to give to Bert in case the
| latter seemed to sink under the effects
of the powders. Mr.. Hull took home
both medicines and whisky, but he and
Davie had to wait a the drug store and
they did not get back early. Not until
$40 was the first powder given. The
directions were "One powder every
fifteen minutes until four or five
powders are taksn.''
The fourth powder was thus given
at 9:25, three-quarters of an hour after
the first. Until that moment the suf-
fering boy showed little change of
condition, except that his face seemed,
if possible, more ashen and his eyes
rather duller. Suddenly, three min
uteS after taking the last powder, he
ceased his violent rocking, and said
"Why, mother I'm really going TO
sleep" He contrived to crawl a short
distance to a cot in the parlor. Threw
ing himself back he began to blow
softly upon his tortured hand. The
hand dropped. Bert's eyes closed. He
blew once or twice into the air, and
seemed to cease breathing. The faith
er could see, with difficulty, delicate
movement of his sons bosom. But
soon Bertie's face began to freshen.
The grey cheeks became pinker and at
last even fiorid. Then the brea thing
grew stronger and could be heard
across the room. The young man was
presently snoring" as Mr.. Hull ex-
pressed it. Father and mother sat
near the bedside, while the son en-
joyed this welcome sleep.
After midnight Bert ceased to snore,
and his breathing was quiet, with
longer intervals between each breath.
About AS a. m. Wednesday morning
the mother exclaimed, with a start.
"I can't hear him breathe!' The faith
er had looked at Bert fifteen minutes
before and found the boy sleeping
softly and looking well. But now, as
the old man hurried to the cot, he saw
that the sleeper had again turned
grey-grey and haggard and motion
less. Mr.. Hull forced a teaspoon filled
with whisky between Bert's lips and,
stroking the boys throat, made him
swallow. After two tablespoonfuls of
whisky had been given Bert opened
his eyes and breathed louder, but with
long gasps. He did not speak nor move
a limb.
Davie had again secured DR.. Farm
err who now rushed into the parlor,
looked quickly at his patient. and ex-
claimed, as If vexed:
Why, you have given him too much
directions aloud and insisted that they
had been followed. The doctor did not
contradict her. DR.. Farmer poured
whisky down the throat of the insensi-
BILE boy and rubbed with whisky his
bands and ees xe He snen Gerk
Clark responded and administered
some injections. But BERTHE breathed
then at very long intervals. He was
blue and cold, with every evidence of
collapse.
DR.. Clark ran home for his electric
battery. In short time he was back.
The battery was applied to Bert's bare
chest but the boy did not vince. In
five minutes Dr. Clark placed his ear
on the motionless chest and said a
word 10 Dr. Farmer, and the latter told
the parents that their boy bas dead.
DIR. Clark went away. DR.. Farmer re-
mained, dressed the corpse and ex-
planned to Mr.. and Mrs. Hull that
Bert's case was unusual. His system
was not strong and the remedies had
all acted simultaneously.
William Damp:er, the undertaken, of