The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1896-01-04

eXCcCu Cnc CtOSc PISSSElOCos /
IT didn't know whether it was your
medicine or tho Elycerin that was
doing nc so much good" remarked Mr..
Cutter, abstractedly. AZ If speaking to
himself.
'Glycerin ?" queried the doctor,whosc
quick car had caught the word. what
glyccrin?"
"Ivc becp taking some along with the
medicine" Mr.. Cutter explained, IN con.
fusion, knowing how medical men dis
like any departure FROM the treatment
they order. @
Thctc was a monlentary twinkle in
the doctors eye. 1t might have passed
for amusement, but there was every APP
pearance of CONSERVATION in his 1nan-
ner as he jumped to his feet and exc
claimed,
"Whatr Giycerin and nitric acid!
Great heavens, iaai, do you know what
YOU HAVE done? Thank God. cannot
be held responsible for the conse-
quences. no matter what may happen!"
"Nhy," cried his patient, in alarmed
surprise. whats the mattcr?''
Matter? Why, man, you have sat
uratcd your system with nitroglycerin.
That's what's the matter. Don't jump
1ils.. TINT! The least shock may make
Nu,t ~, t II in twinkling. You must
avoid Jar as you would poison.
Couldn't you see that the acid and the
glyccrin would chemically unite and
make you explosive? How mucn
glyserin have you tnkenT
.Abcnt two ounces, think" was the
tlis1naycd answer.
.Is it possible? You are positively
dunrc.cus to be at large. You must
practice the utmost caution. Don't
ride Oh the cars; the leost conclusion
might loe, fatal. You must get rubber
soles put on your shoes Immediately. lSe
careful not to Jump. even Off doorstep.
OF course, you must not shoot, or e~.
pose Yourself in any way to shocks or
explosions of any kind. Even the snap
ping of u cap might make you vanish
| in a second, and there would be moth
| ing but loud report to tell the tale or
your disappearance"
"Eut, DOCTOR" inplored the tre1n-
bling patient, 'can your science do moth"
| ing for me? Cannot you get this dread
| full explosive out of my SYSTEM"
| ''Iossibly 1 might render it less dam
gerous, ut least responded the doctor,
thoushtfully. Its a case without
precedent. but I'll do what 1 can for
! YOU. The first step will be to change
the nitroglycerin into dynamite. That.
you know. is far less apt to explode by
concussion. In fact. it is nothing more
thnn uitroglycerin held in solid form
by all absorbent substance. shall
prcscriu. for you little infusorin!
cnrlh. to DO taken three times II day.
That " i'll gradually draw out the nitro
civ Germ from your circulation, change
it int, dynaf,,ite, and in the course OF u
few weeks you may be SAFE
This assurance alleviated the fears OF
Mr. Cutter to some extent, but he re-
pai:ed to the Red Dog druggist i'll an
anxious frame of mind. The rumblins
of a passing drny filled him with apprc-
henson, and he made a long detour to
ayiod passing new building where
the carpenters were still busy with their
hammers. His alarm was excited when
the druggist began to pound up some
thing in u mortar, and SO his critical
condition was explained to the pharna-
cist, Mr. Cutter went home by devious
| route in order that he might not be eN-
| Doscd to any jar from the anvils OF =
blacksmith shop which he was accus-
toned to pass every day.
On the evening of the same day DIR.
Slick attended a meeting of the Red Dog
Medical society. 1t was private gath
erin.- as usual, and sounds of unwonteo
hil;.rity were heard before the assenl'
blegc dispersed.
No one knew how the strange cond1-
ton of Mr.. Cutter became known, but
the next day it was the talk OF Red Dog
He noticed that everybody avoided MN
: MS though he were q pestilence, and
even the clerks in his Office shuddered
| llcnGtcT Aeo O>SeASAoAA w ~
him. He cautioned them against sud
den closing of the doors of the huge safe
\ that contained the public moneys, an'
S with his own hands he pinned upon the
I outer door of the Office Placard read
ing: DO not SIAM.
As the days went by Mr.. Cutter be
came more and more Respondent. II
| was evident, DR.. Slick assured him, thai
L the nitroglycerin was as yet imperfect
ly converted into dynamite. He be
gan taking long and solitary walks
& over the hills near the town OF Red Dog
r partly to distract his mind and partl.
to escape the dangers incident to hui
~ man conpanionship to man who wa
1T loaded with nitroglycerin.
II One afternoon he was walking owe
- the hill in which the Ground Hog Quart
81 Mining company was boring tunne
1. ! There can be no doubt about the FAC
~ that Mr.. Cutter was seen walking owe
e the brow of the hill just before bias
- was fired in the depths below. 1t wa
} only a "shot," and did nothing to dis
> turb the surface of the hill, although
:" of course, much rock was loosened II
% the tunnel. But the sound of the bias
in the tunnel was followed by a peculia
he muft1cd detonation from the hill. l
"a was noticed particularly at the time
II because the miners feared that some O
=. the blast had been "slow in going Off.
At But the next day it was found tina