The Red Cloud chief., 1896-02-21
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For IuE GHNEFiT or S,I:aCt
The clocks in the ncighborhood haze
Just struck the hour of midnight, led
oH by the heavy booming Of the one in
the tower of the courthouse. followed
by the tinkling of musical clocks. the
Ginning of metallic clocks, the striking
of all. big and little, in the houses of
all the good people of Yves, Chester.
The sound arouSoS Heart ,iareau
from his r~cycric. lie has beer sitting
before his desk. a number Of medical
works before him. studying. reading
mp all the worlds best authorities on
diseases of the stomach. lie has read
until his mind has driftcd off upon
other topics. aud has remained in pro-
found meditation until the striking of
the clock in III" courthouse tower has
aroused him.
Twelve o'clock" he murmur
midnight. The time has come: | will
scarcely be disturbed now"
He secs to the fastening Of the shut
tcrs, the lock- of the door. all secure:
then he goes Ia lis desk, pulls out one
OF the drawers and takes thcrefrom "a
Hat morocco ease. lie opens it; the
light Of the lamp reflects upon the con-
tcnts-a ease ~ surgical Instruments.
lie examines several of them carefully.
then rccloSiug the ease he takes the
lamp and goes into the adjoining
room
Although the night is warm there is
= blazing lire in IA stove. The air Is
neavy with heat. The doctor sets
Town his ease of instruments and
turns to an object which occupies a
long, narrow In blc in the center OF the
room: an objcc; covered with "a sheet.
lie r~cvcrently icmovc the covering: n
nude corpse lies revealed, the body of
his partner and bcncfactor. Dr.. vii.
bur. lie gaze upon it with u sad,
tender smile playing around his scnSi-
tive, expressive mouth; gaIcS upon ii
with love in his brown eyes, murinurs
- he gazcs.
My last sad duty will soon he over,
dear master. Here IN the silence of
night shall your wishes Ice carried ont.
No careless hand shall touch your
sacred form. No hcarticSs student of
your honorcd profession shall gloat
upon the discovery Gf nurl, will he
made Of your strange malady. |
shall do il alone. Here, unwatchcd,
unseen. save by your eye in Spiri. land
and the ever and all.sceing eye ofGod.
snail ! do rs vou have biddcn me-
Iic prepares his Instruments, ar
range the light and basins which sur
round the table and then takes up a
scalpel. A few dcft, Sk!llful cuts,
showing the hand of the experienced
demonstrates, of the scicncrd surgeon,
and the stomach is laid omen. lie
works rapidly. The contents Of the
,tomach are taken out and placed in u
basin, then the study Of the organ IL
self. A light oycrsprcadN his hand
some face as he studicS-a light of
triumph and satisfaction.
\ few muttcrcd words, then he turns
from the subject and writes hastily in
II small book.
Pie has discovered the cause Of the
Doctors malady.
He then turns to the contents of thc
basin. The rain is pouring down on
the root outside. The storm Is raging,
An awful night, he matters, and
proceeds with his work.
II is nearly completed. lie Is about
to dispose of the ghastly contents Of
he basin when he sees something that
arrests him, hat causes him to set
Town the vessel aud remote something
from 1t.
4 small, almost round object, not
half-digcstcd food, not any portion of
the organ itself, hut II foreign sub
stance, IA strange thing To find in a
mans stomach. a ball of paper!
acknowledgements, he puts it by
the stove to dry TOR it is soft and
PUPPY, from ;hc juices of the stonach)
tLen carcfU.J.y strengthening it out, cX'
ncising extreme care not to tear it, hc
syaminrs IL.
lie falls back in his chair, gasping
fOr breath, bewildered. surprised be-
yond all measure
For, family upon the nearly de-
,troycd paper, almost illegiblc, he sees
the marksof u lead pencil, the familiar
marks of the dead mans handwrit-
ing.
some parts of it canrat 1e traced. lie
lurrics INTO the next room tine Office
and puts the papcr under a powerful
microscope. Al, h can -cnd it