The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-22

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few others, and / must stay with him.
Gordon drove furiously. Heads ap-
peared at windows; people on the
street turned faces of wonder and alarm
after him. 1t was soon noised about
Alton that there had been a terrible
accident, that somebody was at the
point Of death, but Of that Gordon and
James knew nothing. sZ,< gEc,ssss
When they arrived at the hotel. Cor
don, after he had tied his horse, took
his medicine ease, and, followed by
James, entered and went directly up
stairs. to large room at the back of
the hotel. This room was somewhat
isolated in position. having corridor
on one side and linen closets on an
other, it being a corner apartment with
two outer walls. Gordon opened the
door softly and entered with James
behind him. The bed stood between
the two west windows. It was north
west room. The afternoon sun had not
yet reached it. 1t was furnished after
the usual fashion of country hotel bed
rooms. It was clean and sparse, and
the furniture had the air of having a
past, of having witnessed almost every
seemed battered and stained, tho not
with wear, but with humanity. The
old fashioned black walnut bedstead in
which the sick man lay seemed to have
"a thousand voices of experiences. A
great piece was broken off one corner
of the -feotbeard. The wound in the
wood looked sinister. Directly oppo-
site the bed stood the black walnut
bureau, with its swung glass. The
Elected the bed: and its occupant with
an air of experience. Gordon went d.,
rcctly to his patient. Beside him sat
George K. He looked at the two doe
tors and shook his head grayely. His
great blond face was nnshavcn and
,paled with watching; Nobody spoke a
the bed, who lay either asleep, or
feigning sleep, OF in a .stnpor. Gordon
felt for his pulse softly, with keen
eyes upon his face. This face was I'm
.speakably. CHASTITY, The throat was
swathed in bandagcs. There was one
Tiny spot of red on the white of the
linen. The man s eyes were rolled up.
ward. Around an abrasion on the
unguent which had been applied to it,
was circle Of painful red clearly de-
fined from the pallor Of the rest Of the
cheek. 81; r. ~,-. 49, . -: -
II Gordon spoke. elbow do you feel?''
%, he asked of the man, who evidently
heard and understood, but did not re-
ply. He simply made little motion of
1aC11i muscles, OE shoulders, OIL his
whole body under, the bedclothes, which
indicated rage and impatience. = - 80
: "Does that place on your cheek
burnt asked Gordon. s. - = s.zzges::
Again there was no answer, this time
not even any motion. go.
"Haye you any pain9' asked Cor.
don. The man lay motionless. tfIs
there any one in the parlor2'' Gordon
asked abruptly Of Georgia X.
emo: doc. You can go right in
there @.s.
: Gordon beckoned to James, and the
two went downstairs and entered the
room of the wax flowers and the stuffed
canary. .... E -,~
cit looks like erysipelas, Gordon
said with no preface. = -.'(.
James nodded. ~-~.., -... Is. 9... 81.
Gan that: have done SO far. in the
absence of any positive proof OF the
truth of that diagnosis, is to apply
what you will think an old woman
remedy, but ! have ave. known it it to g i?s
not like to resort to the more strenu-
GUS methods until was sure of my
ground, for fear of complications. I
applied little mutton tallow, and
that was all, but the Inflammation has
increased since l saw him. 1t now
looks to me. like clearly defined case
Of erysipelas.' .s ,. %- -s.
-. 1T does to me, >" said James. .,~.
$50 far-the-wound in the throat
seems to be doing well" said Gordon
gloomily. Then he looked at the
younger physician with an odd. help
less expression. ellis life must be
saved. said he. (Which do you pre-
fer Of the two methods of treating the
disease-that is, of. the two primary
ones9 OF course, there are methods In
Vulnerable. / may have grown rusty
in my country practice. Do you prefer
the teaches, the nitrate Of silver. the
low diet. or the reversed"
ct think I prefer the reverse. -
Well, you may be right, said Cor
don, and yet you have to consider that
this is man in. full vigor," he added.
"that presumably he has considerable
reserve strength upon which to draw.
Still, If you prefer the other treat.
ment---',
tst1I have seen very good results from
it, said James. He was becoming
more and more astonished at the older
mans helpless, almost appealing. man