The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-25
A FLIGHT ACROSS CONTINENT
TO SAVE 4 UTIFUL WOM1N'S
LIFE!
The Magic Touch in the Death Room,

The Magic Touch in the Death Room.
Wit Chew was queer old MINER known
throughout the Rockies from the caves of
Spokane TO the caves Of Mexico. For thirty
years Gin following mining) 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 uotwith.
standing he was on the shady side of sixty
with his hair and beard long and unkempt
he was considered a great catch by the
mothers 81 manageable daughters.
BY the aid of a barber, few Turkish
baths and a tailor, wit Chew was changed
from the rough, evil-looking man of the
caves to very respectable, fnelooking
elderly gentleman
In this improved condition he returned to
his old home in the east where thirty years
before he had l"f+ swee, neart, to whom he
mo vowed he would soon return aud make
her his wife. This beautiful girl wished
eight years for Wit Chew 70 return. Dur
ing the last three years she pad not received
a word from her neglectful lover.
Giving him up for dead, she married a
prosperous merchant. Her husband died
| during the war. She died in 1867 leaving an
| only child, a beautiful daughter. On the
old miners return he found the mother
dead, but in her stead this beautiful daugh
| ter cher exact image).
| His love for the child knew no bounds,
He could scarcely realize that she was not
his old sweetheart of thirty years ago
BY his devotion and attention (posslbly
aided by his gold), he soon distanced all
| rivals, and Imogene Middleton became
Imogene Chew.
Never was man happier than the old
miner with his girl bride Though h' was
warned by his physician that she was going
into a decline" and could not live long, he
| refused to believe ii and added to her hap
piness by laying in her lap the wealth of
millions.
She grew fearfully and rapidly worse.
Many of the leading physicians OF this
country and Europe We're consulted. No
two agreed as TO her trouble heart
difficulty" said one with grave look. A
complication of difficulties, involving the
heart aud Spleen" said a second, while a
third diagnosed the case IA a complicated
and peculiar condition OF lung trouble"
In September OF 1888, Wit Chew aud his
dying wife visited Boston 10 consult, a. q
last resort, a noted specialist OF the Hub
The physician was absent for three weeks
and the disappointed couple returned e
their Denver home. The middle OF the fol
lowing month new symptoms developed
and after a consultation OF ply sicians, Wi
Chew was advised that his
PRETTY WIFE
was dying. "She may live day or two,
said the elder physician, " but she canuo
last long"
Then il was that Wit Chew sent 10 DIR. r
G. Flower of Boston, who Sas then at rh'
Palmer House, Chicago, on "A professions
visit. the following telegram;
"My ioife is dying. Doctors hare qiren H.
up. Come quick, come quick For Col
sake. sdre her, Do sare her Spare no ~
pense. AnslCer quick
DIR. Flower answered:
" come Your wife will not die Till / Al
, rive" In thirty minutes he WAS Ia his pa
vate car, drawn 10y a special engine, trsc
J cleared, aud flying at the rate Of forty mils
) an no T.
) IL wasa
! RACE FuR Lips
The doctor refused 90 talk 90 any one @
the way. aud appsrently vas keeping n
a | mind on the dying woman.
4 He reached Denver a. g.. O5. noon. W
| met NJ the depot by Wiz Chew, sho, u
/. tween soh-, said. " ATM glad 10 -rs 800
q bur You are too late, imogrne b dyirl
4 She II unconscious"
n let us hasten 10 the house. SAID u
q doctor. lie found his patient prOpprd q
= 10 bed, gasping for breath, $50 nurses "a
= ming her, cold Or % her knees aud ia ha
q unconscious state
n In lrss Than a minute Dr Flower said,
! :" 1 discover q great Accommodation " ma