Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-10

Then II was lmposslble 10 ftay longer.
because Imperative dulles awaited me
elsewhere. went reluctantly, and ali
nlght long was worried by the fear that
he might revive for the last time when
nobody Was at hand TO learn mis- name.
ana that some woman waiting az home
loved one.
Next morning they told me that 10.
ward midnight he opened his eyes
ana almot shouted, Where IL shes
where - ahef Tell her 20 write TO my
father" And then the poor soul was
on again. into the Hhldowy land. II
IN needless 10 say that since then I
have spent good deal OF time by the
tail cavalryman's cot And YET we
have learned nothing. A dozen times
he has looked at me with full intelli-
Ecncc IN his eyes and several times has
called me 'kosa'-doubticss the name
ot somebody he loves. lie knows when
l am with him. takes his bcaf tea or
spoonful OF brandy 0bodlensly, Snug.
Elra up a. closely a. possible and goes
contcntedly 10 sleep, hut all efforts
to Eet his home address have % far
failed. lie only smiles happily and
says, "NcH. Rosa. write; please write"
II IL barely possible that some one who
reads this may have an idea who he IL.
l Judge that he II not city-bred man.
but from the rural districts OF the mid
die West.
Tie II apparently about 10 years old:
eyes pale blue, black hair. slightly
aprlnkled with gray heavy beard and
tawny mountachc This Ia his sixth
day u ml-eonHclouaneHs now, and
there Il no change except that his body
II growing weaker and his lucid inter-
walls more frequent. The Doctor says
there IA some hope Of his llfc-and that
II he does recover u IL miracle,
wrought by woman'a care Pardon this
TOO long story OF an individual case, I
give II 20 you as an example OF hos.
pltal experience.
To-day 1 talked with a yellow-fever
c0nvaleacent, fresh from Slb0nOy. lie
said that 81 the 100 patients in that
hofpltal. unl. about 900 have yellow
fever. and the proportion OF deaths
among them Is % per cent lie told
OF q man who was sent from Washing
ton TO Santiago as postal clerk. whose
name he could not remember. Two
days ago he was brought TO the slboney
hospital and died the same evening. II
IN estimated that a daily average Of
twenty-ycllow fever cases are scattered
about Santiago, exclusive u the army.
In this part of cuba the dread disease
u at It's worst between the middle OF
August and the last u September. Yes
terdny a man was brought into Mlan
Whealer's hospital. shaking like a leaf
with the deadly chill who sank Into
insenslbllity before they could get him
Into bed, Hair an hour later the doc
tor came, pronounced . case OF yel-
low fever and ordered the victim 10 be
instantly removed-for the sake OF the
hundred others. The poor fellow was
laid on atretchcr put aboard a boat
and rowed 10 Sihoney, aud was dead
when ne reached there, This morning
two young fellows were brought 10 the
hospital door with nu order from the
palace for their admission Each was
assisted by two comrades, who held him
up under the arm-pils. and sank Into
a pltlful heap ON the floor whom the
holplng hands wur, Withdrawn. Just
then the steward came along Ia
Gods name" said DE-, what are these
yellow foyer men DOING he1sf Out with
them, quick as you can Pity them
as We ala. there was no help fgr u.
Some OF tho Immune nurses hurried the
falnung fellows back over the Ions
pier to the suspect" building, another
and smaller boat house, a Few roads
from our hospital. Thpre the poor fell
lows waited. more dead than alive,
until the boat came; then with two
suspects" and a yellow rover corpse
dashed GA q board. they We're taken 20
Slboney, 10 miles distant, A sadder
sight | hope never - see than that
boat-load OF the quick ana lhs dead