The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-13

Coauauea From Preceding PAGE.
md may kick ana may scream and ma
Be11ks out. but his blow. are met by iro
han and the thick. oaken walls OF his Gel
a5S A. A-'Transfer from S to 1s." An
sthsF order and one with a peculiar sig
ninnanoA
Il msets One more dead"
a pa0ent in ward No. s has passed ava,
md tho body n to be carried to the dead
h0upo. which 10 known at the hospital a
ward No. N. Charles Bubner. "a years old
q No - L0ughborough avenue is he VIII
has ponoed to his last accounting. H
readhsd The City Hospital unconscious a
uoS ohc1ock. only two hours and a hal
before hio death.
Hs REMAINS are wrapped in q sheet.
eAfd astached 10 the sheet to prevent con
euaon q bodies. n he Il carried down.
The 0eodhouse Il a dank crypt, Will
shelves ffffng tine walls. The stiff eorpse
In its White death clothing. is rested upor
a Of he shelves.
The tWo men who carried 1t down haster
away from the unwholesotae place.
10 A. M.-There Is a stir IN ward No. Is
A .lelif1ous patient has slipped a bandase
Mtss 4cCorby. night nurse of the division
discover his act. and sends for the phy.
stcian Of the ward. The patient Is taken IN.
to b dressing-room. and the bandage is ,e.
placed.
rs MA thln-faced. pale young man,
wno states that his name is Walter VIII.
Jams and that he is homeless and sick,
Cores TO the front gate of the hospital, and
seshs q Gateman Biewend admittance as a
paESent.
Ifis an fron-clad rule that. except in ur.
gent emergency cases. all persons seek nd.
mfttance to the hospital through the City
DSpensary. Williams is directed thither.
he limped slowly away. heading east along
Chestnut street.
He does not come back to the hospital
IRON The dispensary, If he went thither.
he must have found some other shelter.
A MORPHINE CASE.
80 A. Man ambulance rattles into the
yaid. 1t has hardly stopped before a police
man thrusts open the door, from the in
sioe. and steps out. Following him comes a
an garb a thin wrapper and a
gay shawl OF light stun. She shivers in the
ni0ht air. and draws the shawl more closely
about her.
morphine. 1 Think says the policeman,
aSfattendants come forward. Got her on a
stretcher."
From within the ambulance comes a
thick growing oun that is half d snore
half a groan. The woman with the
shawl shivers again.
"Do-do yoh diink she wiii-diey' she
aeks faltefineiy. q In Attendant.
stfstcher h lifted cut.
The recepti0n-foofa iieht SHOVE the pa
tent 70 b, young. BLACK hair faiis loosely
oSee GhApeiy Shoulders, nom which kaae 4
pink WTaDfefGUben Ct the threat, where II
hAs bssh tom ~ her frightened friends.
Tbs facs 4 ttans. though II wears marks
,teotof FSfdsr looks closely 1t the worn-
.swhas % you khoW about herr h. asks
of The 0ehef woman.
ss1sotninf." she answers. she was jolly
enough al evenin'. Then she seemed to
O~oeter-ooftef get gloomy, Then / didn't see
hsf no mofe ttntfl-until I heard her sroaf-
fhts7an. she wouldn't wake up. an 1 called
q cop"
doctor.
'How Mne ago yas thisf's IN. doctor ssxs.
ABOUT d han hotf."
Doctor f0fdef chances II the label ana
scents the few dfops Of brown liquid re-
manning m the bottle.
Morphine. all right. 1 guess" he says.
Everything reAdyr'
me woman u lifted from the etfefchef. and
with two iiei holding her. Is led Into the
bathroom.
knddotes are poured Into her stomach
through d long rubber tube, while every
e6ort ID made 10 afodse her.
-Don'ti pon'tt' she ihutiiufs after 4
while. 'Issfitne go to .ieepg'
A<k~~ A.. k.ntr.tr- A..-.- A.. .sruz,sA-a
she 70 carried upstairs. where nurses ana
w6men attendants take her IN hand. They
dap her body Until the skin grows red;
they work the arms backward and forward
with q NOW. regular motion.
Finally The is partially aroused. And then
begins ne dreaiiest part Of II all. Attend
ants lift her TO her feet ana begin q tfafip
of hours through the corridors. Che win bes
for rest. but It will be refused her. ehe viii
sob n gruw hystericai. and try to sink
to the Aoor-Anythin6 70 be able to 10
tossieep." But the attendants viii hold hef
on her feet-tfamping. ~tfAiApins. through
OUT the tsst Of the nlkht. uftll the last Of
of. Then ~ VIII be Allowed 10 fest.
MeantkAe. down II Ne fecep1on-foorn.
Clerk Hcsaeldt has eeen Questioning the
shivering woman and the pollcsmah.
WHATS her hafney' h asked.
rCausa herself Mama" answers The
woman.
-sBout. = 1 e1essAt ieasA that's what
'Hov toae - shs been hesef.
'Bhe 80 ~ been hefs / yeaf. 1 don't
know. rVo tnoWA kef aboat : <eHk."
"WhGaO - - come ffuMfs
~soms ~ tsNA o6t n the StatA.
what - a. 6he take the tAU4ohlhsf'
:Aboet = nesr AZ. I suesa I don't