The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-27
A FLIGHT ACROSS THE
CONTINENT
Beautiful Woman's Life !!
THE MAGIC TOUCH I'm The
DEATH ROOM.
70 SAW \


Wit Chew WA, n queer old miner. known
throughout the Rockies from the caves ol
Snokann 10 the caves of Mexico For 30Ncar,
| Nm following minng) he had gone 70 bed
Moor. cxpecting 10 la rich urNt DAY. Bul nj
| iurn came simultaneously IN three OF ~,
mines he struck heavy bolt, II @oii ana sli-
ycr. From the sale OF hi mines ~ >cseh
wre,, llc received. i i sihl'
SEVEN MILLION poLLAEN
He now had money 10 burn, and no'Wlih-
standing he was OH the shady side OF sfNtF'
with hi, hair aud beard long and unkelnpi' ne
was considered great catch by the mothers
of marriagcabc daughters.
IN the a! Of Il barber. few turkish baths
and n tailor, Wit Chew was changed from
the rough, evil-looking man OF the caves to Il
very respectable Gne-lookiDg elderly gentle-
man.
his old home in the east where 80 years before
he had left a sweetheart, TO whom he had
vowed he would soon return and make herhis
wife. This beautiful girl wished eight years
for Wit Chew TO return. During the last
three wears She had not received word from
her neglcctfu lover
Giving him up tor dead. she married pros
uerou. merchant. Her husband died during
The wnr. She died in 1861 leaving an only
child, a beautiful daughter. On the old min
er's return he found the mother dead, but IN
her stead shi- beautiful daughter cher exact
image.D
Hi- love for the child knew 10 bounds. He
could scarcely realize that she was not Ms old
sweetheart Of 80 year, ago.
BY his devotion and attention possibly add
ed by his Gold. he soon distanced all rivals,
and Imogenc Middleton became imosene
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, he refused /
to believe il and added to her happiness by
having in her hap the wealth Of millions.
She grew fearially and rapidly worse. |
Many of the leading physicianf OF thi, coan-
try and Europe were consulted. No TWO
agreed rs 10 her trouble. "A heart difficulty"
said one with grave look. "a complication
of difficulties, involving the heart and Spleen
sasd second, while a third diagnosed the case |
as "a complicated' and peculiar condition of |
lung trouble.
In September of 1883, Wit Chew and his |
dying wife visited Boston TO consult. rs last /
resort, noted specialist OF the Hub. The |
physician was absent for three weeks. and
the disappointed couple returned to their /
Denver home. The middle of the following !
month new symptoms developed. and after a
consultation Of physicians, Wit Chew was adj
rised that III,
PRETTY WIFE
wa, diving. ">hc may live u day OF two"
said the elder physician. "hut she cannot last
long"
Then it was that Wit Chew sent 10 DR.. l..
e. Flower. Of Boston. who was then At the
Palmer House. Chicago, on a professional
visit. the following telegram;
Ny riff is dHiag. UoctDfs hacc gtrea
YER up. Came qutck ,c0,ac g"tct' Far
foFs sake, Sdre fer2 IA sGre herr Spare
~ eIpcnse,. AaSrer qnickf' u
Ibr. Flower answered. CA
II come. Your wife viii not die till ar
i've" In thirts minutes he was ia kis pFi-
ate ear, drawn by special engine, track
feared, and living 1T the rate Of forty miles
n hour.
II was
RACE Tor Ina.
The doctor refused 10 talk to any one on !
be way. and apparently WAS keeping his
lind on the dying woman.
He reached Denver at II :05. noon. Was {
let at the depot by Wit Chew. who, between l
obs, said. Il am glad TO sec you, but you are {
% late; lmogene j. dying. She is nncon- c
,ious.'
"Let ut hasten 10 the house, said the doe 4
n. He found his patient propped up in bed z
asping for breath, two nurses fannin. her, :
DID up to her knees, and in half uncon-
'ious state.
In less than minute DR.. Flower said,
- ulsCoftI Il gIfat irCUmulatl0n OF matter.
pus, which is drowning out the lung and
IL heart
He realized that the woman was nearly
)ne. In less time than it takes 10 write il. b
i instruments were brought into play. He S
sdo deep incision; the heavy pus matter IL
CURED forth until nearly two pints had dis il
larged. In twenty minutes the patient was 4,
conscious and free from labored a
-eathlnc. In forty minutes she ate light IL
nch. After inserting drain tube. giving Il
rections 10 the nurses, he pronounced the $
oman out Of danger, bade the family good u
'e, and IN lust one hour and fifty-iiyc min r
es from the time his car stopped in the =,