New-York tribune., 1896-09-27

N 10 no use M 'sieu. 1 ADMIT ITO ohe "'
an order-absolutely no one Those are '"e
rules"
And where can an order be had?" said l.
"At the hospital-office of the Direcuoh lor
the Admittance and Discharge of Patients. En-
ter at the side from the Place. and the Once Is
on the right of the long corridor" and the ola
man pulled the heavy swaying gate OF boarding
,ose.her and I could hear him stunning across
tho expanse Of gravel. the miniature desert oe
vond which rises the little church OF ;. Lucieh-
le-Pauvre J..
The building. from the glimpse l had OF IT,
looked interesting. But its interior was tha' luz
which visited 1t. 1t illustrated TO periec'ion "
cer+a,n tyne Of French Gothic architecture ap-
piled TO a church of moderate size. hao peen
at some pains 10 find 1t, and for the present l
had but one more day in Paris. Ihere was ap-
parently. therefore nothing to do but 10 ioio"
the mans suggestion and go to the Hosp"a"
turned back Three minutes walk brought
me 10 the Place. 1t was chilly March uas
the sky an expanse of clear. dazzling white-ano
-. ~ wind swept the dust in little whiris
about the open square, at the southern emu VI
,,,,ob Saint Xavier rose gray, sombre ana domi-
rant Opposite was the pale bleacheo laeaue
of tne hospital-fat bare. with its monotohous
r,xs of windows and With every detail merci-
,e<slv exposed in the garish white hshI ING
,eaness trees before II shivered IN 'her gree"
hoxes solitary facre stood In an ahsie Vi VI.
Place but on the sidewalk Few heures az
vanced from either end of the hospltai' anu va
reaching small door In the centre OF the ouA
ing entered and were lost TO sight crosseu ''ie
roadway and following their example eh'eieu'
too ,.
The short passage in which 1ouhu "' 'e'
terminated in long corridor, running a' iie"'
angles to it. with doors at regular ln'ei>a.' o''
Zach side devoted to the various offices OF the
bonse People were coming and going from
these various rooms priest was talking 10 an
old man with a crutch. and at door some us
80 ., few persons were standing in line.
waiting IN he admitted Now and then TINS door
o-.enej IN let some one in. and Simultaneous! d
figure emerged from the next apartment oe
yond and passing down the length Oh 'he e
dor went out into the street. This was one VI
.hs na,,ents whose consultation was over
nurse approaching rapidly, l stopped her anu
asked for the bureau 10 which had pelore peen
d,rec,ed She pointed to the room from which
at that moment man was departing i"a' 10
a. saia she rather sharply THE door this way
outside of which those people are waiting Is 'iie
anteroom. The directing physician is not usually
-. =. ,b;s hour. hut he is here to-day. You
-, ,ate vour turn with the rest" But when
e~nlained that was not a patient or the friend
~ natient but wished a permit TO see .
Jncisn-le-Pauvre-a church, very old church-
her face changed. 'I shall have message ioI
NJ le Directeur" said she. in half an hour' II
Monsieur will wait in the anteroom, ana mas not
Inv the time return been admitted, VIII speak
NJ his errand and NJ le Drecteur no doubt VIII
admit him at once. since it Is an errand OF out d
moment" And she went TO her sicK-loih.
walked along the clean, shining, waxed corri-
ri..Io l;pao cid door or
,he waiting-room Three persons were ahead or
- man N all appearances sound; boy with
his arm In a sling and middle-aged woman
o~.r,orr ard respectable. We waited. clock,
b;gb on the wall of the corridor. licked loudly
the official tck-tock Of the clock OF an institu-
tion 1t suggested a reverie on the personality Oh
clocks-serous volatile. business-like vulgar
we know them all-the discreet clock OF the
nbvsjcian. the tinkling clock Of the woman OF
fashion
The door next to the one before which stood
opened and a woman came out-the man was
admitted to the anteroom. Another pause, this
time broken by the appearance or TWO nurses
and two men with stretcher on which lay
man-to my eyes-lifeless. 1t was, however
ner-on under the influence Of anaesthetic
who had just met with an accident. The pene'
trat,np fumes of chloroform came to me as he
passed
The door opened-a man had gone out beyond
sns the how was admitted The woman and my
self were left alone. No more persons Joneo US
and II was evident that the doctors hours were
nearly over I was impatient. My few hours ol
daylight In Paris were slipping away. ana
wished that i had not tried to see b Lucleh-ie
psuyre But might as we'll wait. since nae
already wasted much time. minute later
the door opened; a voice said "Entrez. Madame
o+ vons aussi Monsieur'--the woman went In
an, 7 followed her. and we seated ourselves side
by side In the vacant chairs left for U.S.
The little ROOM which held not more than ten OF
twelve persons, was full. and was close and not
The naked whitewashed walls reflected the glare
without Two three plants In pots $1,000 III
the window which was partly screened py coarse
white muslin curtains. On either side Oh the
room was a row Of seats. and these were filled
by patients and convalescents men and women
the usual type Of the Partisan poor-youns
and old. some suffering others excited by the
prospect of discharge from the hospital, pu'
most of them apathetic british I studied these
faces In turn. One woman. at the end OF the
row facing me- was shockingly dsfgured; and
amer had glanced at the persons around me
my eyes returned TO her face Involuntary
studying 1t with a morbid curiosity 1ouhu
myself fascinated by it's purple flush, its dis-
torted features and the dull suffering Of the eye
was looking too intenty. My face betrayed
my feelings. for the sick woman began to un-
wind a poor. torn veil. and arranged 1t to con-
ceal her scars ! turned hastily, to hnd the
woman beside me also looking at her with an eH-
preston of horror-an expression to make one
shudder. A book she had in her hand dropped
on the floor picked 1t up and handed IL 70 her
Thank you." she said in English. "They call IL
lupus" she added. with shudder Ana she
Will die. too. She is not cured; she is very Ill
They can do nothing more for her. and are send
,ng her away" And then she said. very quietly
It,. chail he Ike that ~