Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-23

He eat up and addressed them, gcsttcu-
ldttng TtolentlU.
did position to which I'd succeeded.
Had known Uncle Silas we'll Heard
my Norfolk shooting was among the
best In England. Was 1t 600 or 650
brace we got when Lowndes was with
me? Naturally took the hint" And
the speaker eiggled reminiscently.
"Wellp' queried Barr breathlessly,
whats that got to do with
"Shut up. Naturally asked him II
he'd look me up in October. Delighted
Booked 18th to 22d then and there.
Then l said how run down you looked
He quite agreed. suggested sea voy.
| age. He thought 1t just the thing.
Should mention 1t to the board. Might
tell my friend. So pleased to have met
me. Au revoir."
Barr leaped to his feet and fairly
yelled. what! Pm to have month
without having to go. Did he promise
Billy, IL it's SO, you're cherub."
'Two months" quoth Billy stolidly
"Told him there was no good in hall
measures. He thought the same. Fane's
to take 1t on"
Barr smote his friend upon the shoul
der and danced to the window and
back to the fireplace IN three skips.
"Billy." he bawled, 'you're the origl-
nal Samaritan reincarnated. In anoth'
er month verify believe should have
fallen by the wayside. And now, now!
The speaker found no words to explain
his rapture.
"Thats all right, old, man, that's all
right" said the stout benefactor.
within couple Of weeks you'll be
deathly sick and cursing me. But it'll
do you power Of good. The sickness
I mean, not the cursing. Now, just
walk me round the old charnel house
| again, for old sake's sake. l should
like to sniff the carbolic once more"
They wandered up the broad stair
way together and into the long wards,
the sights and sounds and smells sink
ing into the soul of Barr's companion
with familiarity that rolled back as a
curtain the last two magnificent years.
He was no longer the county magnate,
the yacht owner, the proprietor of a
string Of Newmarket cracks. He was
just plain Billy Desmond again, and
the white faces that stared from above
the edges Of the blue check coverlets
reused In him professional instinct
and-believe 1t rs you maya profess
sional pity that left no room for other
and more prosperous emotions
He stopped and looked curlously at a
diet card or two and patted a child's
bed cover.
Anything out Of the common, old
chap" he queried.
"N-no," said Barr cautiously. "Rath-
er curious tracheotomy that. Child
here for common fracture of the leg.
She was playing with tin soldier the
mother bought and swallowed it. We
had to pierce the trachea In hurry to
prevent choking That's strange
case over in the corner too. It's beg
gar picked up insensible Mapping way.
When he came to, he could only say
one word. or rather make one sound.
Sir william made it out to be form
of aphasa-splinter pressing on the
brain. He operated. Quite right, splin-
ter was there. He makes any amount
| of sounds now. but the worst of it Is
we can't understand one of EN-"
They were standing opposite n cot in
which white faced, bearded man
thrashed wearily at the blankets and
chartered to himself In a torrent of
hoarse, cultural words. He gazed
eagerly at the pair as they approached,
and the storm of soliloquy rose higher.
He sat up and addressed them, gestlcu-
lating violently.
Suddenly Desmond stald himself and
stopped short at the bed foot.
"Great heavens" he declared. "The
chaps talking Finnish"
"Finnishw quoth Barr with an in
dulgent smile. What on earth d'you
know of Finnish, Billy?"
Not much, old man. But I've been
up the Baltic for three months out of
each year for the last two, so l know
something. AS far as l can make out
| he's jawing Internal nonsense, but
that it's the nonsense of Finland I'm
prepared to bet my hat"
He turned to the bed and said few
hesltating words.
| A light leaped to the hopeless, weary
eyes. and the lips left their aimless
motion, gaping wide in astonishment.
Then yell resounded through the
quiet of the ward. The patient sprang
incontinently from his bed and flung
his arms round Desmond's neck. Be-
fore the latter could repel this out
rageous assault two bearded lips had
pressed passionate salute upon his
forehead. Then with triumphant ges-
ticulatlon the storm of words roared
on. Nt
The ward was morally and physical
iy paralyzed. Doctor, nurses and pa