St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-03-27
4 FLIGHT ACROSS The CON.
TINENT
Beautiful Woman's Life!
THE MAGIC TOUCH In THE
DEATH ROOM.
TO SAVE A.

SpOkana TO the caves OF mexico, FOR ~
years Gin following minng) he had gone
to bed poor, expecting to be rich the next
day. But his turn came. simultaneously
in three of his mines he struck heavy
bodies of gold and silver. From the sale
of his mines in seven weeks he received, it
is said,
SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
He now had money TO burn, and not
withstanding he was on the shady side
of sixty, with his hair and beard long
and unkempt, he was considered great
catch by the mothers of manageable
daughters.
By the aid of barber, few Turkish
baths and tailor, Wit Chew was changed
from the rough, evillooking man of the
caves to very respectable, fine-looking
elderly gentleman.
In this improved condition he returned
to his old home in the east where thirty
years before he had left sweetheart, TO
whom he had vowed he would soon re-
turn and make her his wife. The beauti-
full girl waited eight years for Wit Chew
to return. During the last three years
she had not received word from her
neglectlul lover.
Giving him up for dead, she married
prosperous merchant. Her husband die I'd
during the war. She died in 1867, leaving
an only child. beautiful daughter. On
the old miner sreturn he found he mother
dead, but in her stead this beautiful
daughter (her exact image).
His love for the child knew no bounds.
He could scarcely realize that she was
not his old sweetheart of 80 years ago.
By his devotion and attention POSSIBLY
aided by his gold), he soon dstanced all
rivals, and Imogene Middleton became
Imogene Chew.
Never was man happier than the old
miner with his girl bride. Though he
was warned by his physician that she
was going into "a decline" and could not
live long, herefused to believeit and added
to her happiness by laying in her lap the
wealth OF millions.
She grew feariully and rapidly worse.
Many of the leading physicians OF this
country and Europe were consulted. No
two agreed as to her trouble. "A heart
difficulty" said one with grave look.
"a complication of difficulties, involving
the heart and spleen" said second,
while a third diagnosed the case as "a
complicated and peculiar condition of
lung trouble"
In September of 1888 Wit Chew and
his dying wife visited Boston to consult,
as a last resort, noted specialist OF the
Hub. The physician was absent Tor three
weeks, and the disappointed couple re-
turned to their Denver home. The middle
of the following month new symptoms
developed, and after a consultation OF
physicians, Wit Chew was advised that
his
PRETTY WIFE
was dying. "She may live day or two"
said the elder physician. "but she cannot
last long"
Then it was that Wit Chew sent to DR..
R. c. Flower, OF Boston, who was then
at the Palmer House. Chicago, ON pro-
fessional visit, the following telegram:
My wife is dying. Doctors have given
her up. Come quick, come quick For
Gods sake, save her! Do save her! Spare
no expense. Answer quick"
DIR. Flower answered:
II come. Your wife will not die till |
arrive" In thirty minutes he was in his
private car, drawn by special engine,
track cleared and flying at the rate of
forty miles an hour.
1t was
RACE FOR LIFE
The doctor refused to talk to any one
on the way, and apparently was keeping
his mind on the dying woman.
He reached Denver at 1905, noon. Was
met at the depot by Wit Chew, who, be
tween sobs, said, II am glad to see you,
but you are too late; lmogene is dying.
She is unconscious"
LET us hasten to the house, said the
doctor. He found his patient propped
up in bed, gasping for breath, two nurses
tanning her, cold up to her knees and IN
half unconscious state.
In less than a minute DR.. Flower said,
II discover a great accumulation OF
matter, of pus, which is drowning out
the lung and the heart
He realized that the woman was nearly
gone. In less time than it takes to write
it. his instruments were brought into
play. He made a deep incisIon; the
heavy pus matter poured forth until
nearly two pints had discharged. In
twenty minutes the patient was comfort
able, conscious and free from labored
breathing. In forty minutes she ate
light lunch After inserting drain tube,
giving directions to the nurses. he pro-
nounced the woman out of danger, bade
the family goodbye, and in Just one hour
and fifty-ive minutes from the time MS
car stopped in the depot, he pulled out
for Chicago over the Burlington road.
Mrs. Chew improved rapidly, and in a
few months, under DR.. Flowers care
through correspondence, was entirely
cured, and is to this day wonderful IL
lustration Of the phenomenal skill OF the
most remarkable physician OF this age.
Had Dr. Flower arrived an hour later,
Mrs. Chew would have been dead. Had
he not by his seeming supernatural
power Diet, cted accurately her exact con-
dition, his coming would have been OF no
avail. state nothing new when | say
DR.. r. c. Flower, of Boston, can describe
to any man, woman or child the nature
of their disease better than they can tell
him, without asking question or being
told word. No wonder he cures his
patients when all Others TAIL, being able
to clearly detect the exact condition Of
any one, he is not likely to doctor them
for the wrong disease. voice the senti
ment OF the liberal medical world, OF tens
of thousands of men and women cured
by this master mind, that in the treat
ment and cure of cancer, consumption