The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

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But Royce was infiexible, and in the
end Sir Bruce gladly coached his pupil
in the method of attacking a second spe-
| cies of bacteria. 9iss
4 This time it was the cholera naicrobe.
This time too, the odd nnan nearly sue
1 cumbed to the attack efiShe terrible raw
ager taken voluntarily into his system
lie was somewhat weakened by his very
recent attack of typhoid fact which he
had not sufficiently considered. Royce
found him in condition of collopse
from which, however, by applying his
newly learned remedies, he duly brought
/ his patient round.
Sir Bruce expressed gratitude. 1.-THE
raseals developed their attack six hours
before 1 expected it,, he explained. but
Tor your smartness I should have sue
cumbed. The anguish was terrible. / do not
| know when 1 shall summon resolution to
educate another pupil by personal ex-
pertinent"
Take my advice and let me be your
| last, said Royce "You have done
enough for science and you can't want
money!
mo, have sufficient; and I think [
have done well enough for science, but
| it is a mania with me, and / feel that
l shall continue to send out pupils until
i the end"
''The poor old fellow is as mad as a
hare!' was the conclusion at which
| Royce arrived; he had thought this from
! the first, but was not quite sure of it.
month later, before he had started
! for his destination a certain cholera-in-
! fected district in India, Royce was sur
/ prised by a visit from Sir Bruce's valet.
The man came eXcitedly into the room
while Rolyce sat at his breakfast. Royce
knew him well and had had many a talk
with him.
| For Heavens sake SIR come quickly
TO my master he cried; the poor fellow
was half frantic with agitation. I'm
afraid he's dying!'
! Good Lord, man, what's up?p asked
Royce, hurriedly Selling hat and gloves
and preparing to go.
Sir Bruce has never been the same
sir, since having the two attacks one
! after the other while you were there.
He's taken another pupil, now, and if
L was asked shouldasay he wasn't fit
| for experimenting again just yet, but
| this new gent was in hurry to study
his subject and co.
The two men were now i'll a cab to-
| gether hurrying twoards Harley street
HAS he pupil lost his head, then
| or why doesn't he apply the remedies he
has been taught?'
:. 'Eaven only knows, sir; that's what
[ hope you'll find out and save Sir
Bruce's life
Royce found the new student in despair
and at his wits end The young man
accompanied him to Sir Bruce's bedside.
The old scientist lay obviously dying.
He hasn't been conscious since it
took him., said the STUDENT che swal-
lowed the diphtheria microbe, and have
been applying his own patent remedy as
he taught me, but the treatment has
failed. 1t doesn't look like diptheria to
me- What do you think?'
Royce recognized the symptoms at
once. The old man was in the first stage
of Typhoid fever. Without word he
set about applying the remedies which
had succeeded SO well but a little while
since. But he was too late.
The old man regained consciousness,
however, presently, and even rallied for
short while He recognized Royce at
lis bedside ana smiled The student
was out of the room. AS Sir Bruce
seemed to desire to speak, Royce bent
his ear to listen.
Il think you were right, he whispered.
81 have tried too much typhoid, cholera
and diptheria all within six weeks
There is no question Of diptheria,
Sir Bruce said Royce you are suffer-
ing from typhoid
-'What?' exclaimed the old man. act
ually raising his weak body into a sitt-
ing position impossible! It was the
| next phial in the case7 there could be no
mistake
Stop sir-wfat of my two phials.-did
you not put them back in the casket?
If so, it would have been easy to forget
that you had done so, and to use the
| phial which lay at the top.
The old scientist was silent a moment
or two. 1t is time I died. he said pres
ently, if I can no longer distinguish he
tween the contents of two of my own
phials!s'
When the student returned to the room
| Royce spoke to- him somewhat sternIy.
you should have dia gnosed the case
| for yourself he said; amy man can see,
there is no question of diphtheria- here
But one does not expect the ordinary
here. said the youth pertinently. ''I nat
| urally applied the remedies prescribed for
I himself by our friend. I took it for
! granted that he had swallowed the diph-
| liberia bacillus and treated him strictly
| in accordance with the instructions I Lad
| received When I felt doubtful I ,ent
! for you'll don't see what 1 could have
| done more than I have"
| Both Royce and the student did all that
1 was possible to save the old man, but
| their efforts were in vain, and he died
within an hour, victimsto his own mi
| crobes.
As soon as the breath was out of the
/ old mans body Royce appropriated the
casket in which were collected the fateful
| phials.
Il think I'll take these smedicines with
me, and destroy them,5 said Royce. adj
| dressing the faithful valet; you needn't
| say anything about it if inquiries IRE
made; they are dangerous drugs and
should not be left about"
Royce carried the casl2et in fear and
trembling. What if he Should slip and
}, drop it? There were eleven phiaIs, each
/ filed with sufficient deadly organisms to
| infect and DESTROY the entire population
| of LONDON: the thought made his head
! swim, and he stood a moment to pull
! himself together. Then he hailed cab
| on RI y1yha
| he dispatched it. Selecting quiet spot
! far from the frequented paths that led
! acI oss the common, he collected pile
| of dry grass and sticks, sufficient to roast
/ a sheep withal. Over this he emptied
first one phial, then several, and watched
| the flames spit and crackle as they ruth
I lessly DESTROYED the deadly fruits of many
years of patient research and investiga-
ton. He allowed the fire to burn itself
| out then he collected the ashes and mix
| ed them with new supply of dry fuel
and rekindled this; he dug up and burned
! the earth around the fire. and when all
was scorched and charred he kindled
third fire; then he went away.
= fortnight later a tramp passed the
sIct; his pipe would not draw and he
| took a small charred twig to clean it
| out Not long afterwards an inmate of
| the Casual Ward at Brixton was taken
| i'll: ii was found to be a case of rapid
| tuberculosis. The tramp died, but for
tETat ely-so far as can be knoWn-with-
olFt spreading the mischief child
| playing at ride-aEd-seek on Barnes COM
mons with his companions, several
months after this, dropped a sweet as he
ran: it fell upon the remains of Royce's
bonfire. Unwilling to lose the dainty, he
picked it up and popped 1t into his mouth
Within a fortnight the poor lad lay
tossing in riverside fever hospital,
while the vestry authorities in his dis
| tiict were deeply concerned to discover
| the origin of the attack. The milk and
the drinking water of the district were
| suspected and scrutfnized. but they were
| iEEocent and the mystery remained I'M
solved.
As for Rn1,ne he Il ra mildly m 1rir,er LIZ