The Princeton union., 1896-03-12

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place, quietly withdrew; and deyoteh
himself to his profession, But Ibbet-
sen, a well known .pathologist and. a
rising man. did not yield so readily to,
mere English gentleman. I'd to this
tlme no actual proposal had been; made.
Dut every one knew that Morrison had
only TO ask and he: would !be accepted.
george MORRISON was in the first batch
OF cholera victims. He was skillfully
ana chlValrously attended,. to the last
by Muller. Ibbetsen had shut himself
up IN the house and saw no one. His
conduct was considered strange and
coWardly. Miss Brentwich knew of
this, and, although in great grief. ac-
cepted Muller out of gratitude. AS to-.
marriage, Muller had no time to. think
OF that. His hands were full.
The behavior of Ibbetsen struck me.
rs very strange. A man like him was;
DauLF wanted IN the hospitals and in
the huts. He had been Il fearless prac-
tltloner and had never, counted his.
own life when science or humanity de-
manded his services. And, the strane-
est part was that the change in. Ibbet-
sen $ Whole nature was enactly con-
temporaneous with the outbreak of the
cnolera. On that [ formed a Theory,
ana acted on it! [ determined to, inter
view the man, and, after mulch Gitfi-
Guilty, did So.y Ibbetsen's.:a
was startling. had heanasof him MS a
man OF iron nerve and abstemioyls hab-
its. found him not only o horesless
drunkard( but a drugged drt1nkard. It
is bad enough to be i'll the colnpany
man who, is merely drunk. It is
much worse to be in the. COMPANY of a
man who is, in deliriunr for want of
stlmulants. after prolonged drinking.
But lDbetsen was practically in deliri-
um !tremens and deadly drunk as well.
Inc combination is an ugly one
got him to bed, and finally aSleen.
ands considering his condition. I felt
rather proud Of my prescriptions I
tnen sent a message to my hotel to
say that would not return that night.
Inls* dispatched, rang for Ibbetsen's
servant and directed him to sit in his
masters bedroom and call me if any
change took place. On that Law down
on q couch and fell asleep. I was
awakened soon by touch on the shoul-
der: 1t was Ibbetsen, himself. who
called me, wide-awake and partly ra-
honal He talked incessantly. NV
business, Of course, was to get him to
sleep again, but when the powerful
medicine gave him failed so soon T
WAS puzzled how to act Trying to oc
cespy his mind and draw it away from
exciting fancies,. I said, soothingly:
Sit down, aaad let me tell Won tbe
news - ~ - NAiG
news:' - :, : b, : = - y
NO, no, il isn't news. It is only
about an appointment have with DR..
Muller at the cholera hospital 1 don't
know how came to say that. It was
bad time to say it if I wanted to
prove my theory
Cholefa" he yelled Cholera!
with a bound he was on me. His
nervous system was in a bad state, but
his splendid physique had not had time
to suffer permanently, and 1 was
obliged to use great violence, for there
was no help near. I was fighting for
my life. I got through with it at last,
and 1bbetsen lay back on the couch ex-
hausted and crying childishly.
Cholera! Cholerar he sobbed.
All dead, all dead! The Englisher
Morrison, was a fine man. But he was
the first to go. Then with burst of
!, fury, he shouted:
| Where is the damned spy?'
Il slipped behind screen
-Hoch! Hochv he maundered on.
That was fine dinner party. Gott in