The Washington weekly post., 1899-10-24

she pleaded. I want to be with him II
his dying hour And again dropped in
TO unconeciousness.
Il felt like one awakening from long
deep sleep when I regained conscious.
ress second time. The fever had gene
down. but / was helpless. eneryated IN
the extreme. Ny eyesight was stiil good
l recognized Forcas and even the small.
est articles about the room. Forcaz
leaning over my bed said I'm a goice,
made husky by emotion. Are you feeling
better, carioY
| Up "a then the impotence 10 give ex-
preston to my thoughts had not seriously
troubled me. In fact, had NOT given f.
any thought except at the time when I
was trying TO make use OF my faculties,
or the faculties / once possessed. Now
the awful significance of The situation
burst upon me with double force. BY a
mighty effort I raised myself from the
cushions pressed the Doctors hand. and
with troubled eyes looked all around the
room. It Vas done in four or five Sec
onds. then my hold relaxed. my eyes
closed, and fell back like a sack OF salt
Al the same moment / heard these
words uttered by Forcas-they sounded as
II they came from far distaace--Thank
God, his sufferings are at an end al last
Third Period Of Unconciousmess.
Several hours must have passed be-
tween the tirae wher Forcas pronounced
my death warrant and the moment CT my
reawakenIng.
The first sensation / was conscious of,
was cold. IL iTritated me Why |
said 20 myself. knowing how III / am.
shy have they opened the windowsg
The cold seemed TO increase. Have
they, then, all the windows open? Angry
AS ] was. determined 10 investigate AMI
tried 10 open my eyes Alas! the lids
seemed to be held down by prodigious
weights. Try as l might, il was all in
vain.
Il noticed another thing. This was not
my way OF lying in bed. straight as a
pin, two pillows under my headi Had
Maria so far forgotten Eer wifely duties
as TO allow the servants TO interfere with
my comfort? And my arms they were
stretched out close TO my body and limbs
Ike those OF soldier standing at atten-
tion. What did 1t all mean?
"By the saints this situation was intol-
erable. 1t threatened to give me cramps.
but my most labOrious attempts to remedy
matters failed. Suddenly il occurred TO
me 10 cry for help. Ny wife must be in
the next room, and If not she, the serv-
ants would hear me-
1 wanted TO open my mouth. I tried to
afticulate, but not a word. not q sound
could produce.
The Underraker's Men Appeared.
My hearing was perfect, though. /
observed that the door was opened. and
was kept ajar for minute or two while
q number Of men-their footwear an
nounced them as such-carried In some
heavy. long piece of furniture. This they |
deposited on the carpeted floor with a,
bang. and a rough voice said:
"Thirty-eight years only and hoped /
The twig. | would have taken him for |
Thirty-eight or forty-five. what is the |
TO one Of these? They get more !
enjoyment out of life in thirty-eight years |
than we would in two hundred
Correct. Rafaelo. and they can brow
beat US, but not the gentleman with hour
glass and scythe. He makes even doctors |
and professors like him turn up their toes
AZ moments notice
Was / then dead? Ny family and
friends evidently thought so, hence the
coffin. And funeral preparations all
around. Door bell ringing continuously.
Letters and kilograms of coincidence, no
ioubt. Subdued in one corner of the
house. the clatter Of servants tongues in
inothor- All, they We're taking the chill
iren away. poor hGtle ones they mustn't be
brought into contact with sorrow.
Forcas last words loomed up in my
1raln- He had pronounced me dead-I
low remembered ii distinctly-and For
AS is one of the foremost practitioners
" Turin. But at that moment l disputed
his erudition, his well-earned fame was
rud in my mental eye. All. he was a
lightly, negligent. and altogether untrust-
worthy person to have in sick room. /
'hall denounce him to the faculty as soon