The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-08-14
As DEATH DREW NEAR
Well. soesor, ,sis The nsu 90 .as ecHes.
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Fpuaiy I've strong reryrs. Dale. .
yen tbes Of old. ! esn bear II. sbsievs
II TO- IL !, the Beyondi
Why. 90. 1nssrsiek. Trust not, ] ,tu.
not. Bat Sir Jan. ssrees With ne Tbs
o1ly 20 operation co The bran can ssv
yonr reason. perhaps your LIE.
Add yon doubi IL u vilI do either
Come. Dale. old fellow, be honest si'i
me. We've knoup eseh other siGoe VI
uete bors, sad you never kpev me q
iunt the risk, ubsieser IL wH,
NJ dear Gilbert. The fact IL ! don'
think there s more than sbont cre rhsne'
10 . thousand that you'll pail through
MscPherson Gays the odds are sres
deal more 10 yonr favor; bu, yoa koov
shat Sir james is. You are a 'csse' 4
hin. snd though ! don't dosbt that b.
honestly thinks be believes what be ssys
Pye stili Isss doubt thai the onportupity
OF performing snch 90 operation gives ~
unconscious biss TO bic judgment.
zee. said Captain iaderwick: bis optim
ism 10 bred OF the opportunity OF demou
srsiins bis skill Well, suppose we Gbsu
don the operation. WIS. thenf
DIR. ID ale uss silent,
Dale. do you want me 10 s.ill farther
impenl my slresdy threatened existence
BY throwing the sofa pillow at your
Gilbert. old cb.p, said Dale, the one
circumstance 10 your case about which
there IL no doubt vhstever Is that II the
,umor is mol removed nothing on earth
can possibly save your reason,
Aud II II is removed | have sbout one
chance in . thousand Of surviving i.'
Yes. may be wrong and Mac may be
right, bot you ssk me for my frank and
honest opinion. and l have given it,
Thspks. old man. That's what want
ed. It's rather hard hnes perhaps, but
and he held out bis hand, which the 9th
er man graped sffectionately, and they
both lspsed into silence.
Hard liues7 Yes. How old was he9
Thirty ee-34P Well, say between the
two.
Iavslided home from tho war before 1t
bad we'll bseun, by reason oil this con
founded lumor or whatever ii was, which
had suddenly manifested itself in his
brain; cheated out Of the glory be might
have won during the campsisn, and cheat
ed, too, perhaps, cut OF the great 10y Of
his life, bis union With Margaret Ofme,
which II all vent we'll was to have taken
place in the early SIMMER. or st sny rate.
as soon IS possible.
And now2 Whist highwsymen these
doctors we're: Your reason or your lifel
And there was one chance 10 . thousand
that be would recover; none Whatever that
he would retain bis sanity uuless be took
that greater risk,
He bad lost hi4 reason once already,
and although the sea voyage had helped
bin back TO mental health sgaiu he knew
utll entush that this respite would mol,
last.
Better be dead than mad -whs.p Mach
better; On uch better. Msrear,t would sor
row over him dead; mad, be would be
haunting nightmare to her, 9 constsnt,
CHASTITY grief.
Better, much better dead. Perhaps, in
the Beyond who could tellf-he might
see her, wsi. for her. Alb, velIl
When can it be done. Dale2 be said sud
denly.
You have decided, then. GIlbert7
Ga. yes, there's nothing else for 1t. Of
courss.
II could be done on Friday, but you
would have to come up to the hospital for
Il.
Well. old chap, arrange It for me. will
youi Ia the mesnlime, III put my sfisirs
In order 10 case that one small cbsnce oi
mine does not come of.