The Yale expositor., 1895-08-02

fear of death"
Don't know about that" answered
Adolf. self protection is the first
law of nature"
But is not care for others the first
law of God?" asked Mrs. Blake.
Adolf shrugged his shoulders, but
made no reply. Then Mrs. Blake
said:
II am no bigot and never deal in
cant, MIR. Molier; but / think, never
theless, that supreme regard for our
personal safety and flight from
friends in peril are rather in the
nature of cowardice. OF course we
despise a coward"
Adolf again shrugged his shoulders.
But he found it necessary to say some
thing in defense.
THAT is very true, madame. But
suppose we can do nothing-absolute
ly nothing-for another, must we
stay and die with him?"
1.-THE two Marys, we are told, were
last at the cross and first at the
tomb" replied Mrs. Blake.
"But they were in no danger of
crucifiXion."
But the Savior defed even cruel
| fixion, and for his enemies. Should
he not be our example? And
as TO the dreaded cholera, fear
appears TO precipitate it, and safety
lies, if anywhere, in that calm, firm
self-control which blanches at no dan
ger and is readysfor any fall, standing
| b, "a bay fal t,,rae 20 tho last -
Mrs. Blake had not finished this
sentence when Molier writhed with
sudden cramps, called for brandy and
rushed into his own apartment with
out the ceremony of complimentary
Good morning"
A physician living in the house was
| Immediately called, and Vivette and
Mrs. Blake being cautioned to keep
the matter quiet, he pronounced the
attack of Molier to be cholera.
DR.. Goforth was a character. lie
was an old school physician of great
experience, thoroughly educated in
medical science and in general litera-
ture, and "high-bred Kentucky gen
| tleman," given to much plainness of
speech. lie feared neither God nor
man, and had little faith in either"
On visiting Molicr he said in mo-
ment: You have cholera, sir; but it
is more than half scare. If you want
TO get well, by gum, sir, you must
shake off your cursed cowardice."
Adolf was not exactly in condition
to take an insult, or TO resent it. So
he only said:
my God, doctor, my stomach is on
fire! Can get well?"
The doctor dispensed his own RENE
dies, and was putting out some pow
ders for his patient, having already
ordered mustard to the entire Gbdo-
men.
Eyes, Think you can get well it, you
will get over your panic; it is coward
ice kills people. Here, take this.
what is it, DOCTOR"
Medicine"
"Calomel?'
81 am the doctor, sir; take it and ask
no questions.
Down went the calomel, camphor
and capsicum without further protest.
Looking round the doctor inquired:
"Who takes charge of the medicine
and sees that it is given as / order it?"
II, if you please, DOCTOR" said calm
womanly voice.
Looking in some surprise at Vivette,
who now came forward to take the di-
rections, the doctor first frowhed, then
smiled with unassumcd admiration,
and said:
"You must have a servant all the
time in the room; it will be embar-
RAISING when"
Then, without completing the SEN
tence, he said:
You, at least, are not panic-stricken,
Miss. i thank you. Let him have a
powder every fifteen minutes until /
return"
And the doctor went out.
Adolf had had not yet reached that
CHASTITY stage known as collapse: and
though he suffered much and cried out
! for water TO cool the fire in the stom-
ach, he did not present that deadly as
pect of which Old Charley Molier'scon-
dition was a type. Vivette was vigil
liant and untiring. She saw that the
Three C's," calomel, camphor and
capiscum, were taken regularly to the
minute, and that DR.. Goforth's instruc-
tions were fully and accurately obeyct
in all things.
IL: the night at ten the doctor was at
his PATIENTS bedside, and found him
still vomiting and calling for water.
Eivette informed him that she was con-
fident Adolf had not retained any Of
the medicine.
Eyes, he has, Miss, Old sledge-by
which he meant calomel-is hard to
dislodge. 1t will bring him through If
he gets over1his cowardice."
ooh, DOCTOR" exclaimed Adolf in
shrill voice; II do not care whether
live or die only stop this terrible fire
in my stomach"