Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-17

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 "Good God !" cried Oscdrd.
 ing down his nauseating horror. His teeth were clinched; his face, through the sunburn, liyid: the blue of his eyes seemed to have faded into an ashen gray. The sight he was looking on would have sent three men out of five into gibberiIg idiocy.
 Then at last he moved forward. With averted eyes he took Durnovo by the arm. ...-.-.
 Come" he said, "lie down upon my bed. I will try to help you. Can you take some food?"
 Durnovo threw himself down heavily on the bed. There was a punishment sufficient to expiate all his sins in the effort he saw that Guy Oscard had had to make before he touched him. He turned his face away.
 T haven't eaten anything for twenty four hours." he said, with whistling intonation.
 Joseph" said Oscard. returning to the door of the inner room-his voice sounded different; there was a metallic ring in it--"get something for Mir. Dur novo; some soup or something"
 Joseph obeyed, shaking as If ague was in his bones.
 Oscard administered the soup. He tended Durnovo with all the gentle ness of a woman and fortitude that was above the fortitude of men. De- spite himself his hands trembled, big and strong as they were. His whole being was contracted with horror and pain. Whatever Victor Durnovo had been, he was now an object of such pity that before it all possible human sins faded into spotlessness. There was no crime in all that human nature has found to commit for which such cruelty as this would be justly meted out in punishment.
 Durnovo spoke from time to time, but he could see the effect that his hissing speech had upon his companion and In time he gave it up. He told of the horrors of the simia- cine plateau: of the last grim tragedy acted there: how at last. blinded with his blood, maimed. stupefed by agony, be had been bounded down the slope by a yelling, laughing horde of tor turers.
 There was not much to be done. and presently Guy Oscard moved away to his camp chair. where he sat staring into the night. Sleep was impossible. Strong. hardened, weather beaten man that he was. his nerves were all a-tin- gle, his flesh creeping and jumping with horror. Gradually he collected his faculties enough to begin to think about the future. What was he to do with this man? He could not take him To Loango. He could not risk that Jocelyn or even Maurice Gordon should look upon this horror.
 Joseph had crept back into the in her room, where he had no light. and could be heard breathing hard, wide awake .a his hammock.
 Suddenly the silence was broken by ! loud cry:
 "Uscard. Oscardr'
 In a moment Joseph and Oscard were It the bedside.
 Durnovo was sitting up. and he grabbed at OscarL's arms.
 For Gods saker' he cried. For Gods sake. man. don't let me go to sIeep-
 What do YOU mean:" asked oscari. They both thought that he had gone zed. See? had nothing more to do with Dr-poyo's cyes-pro;ruding. star ing, terrible to look at.
 Don't let me 20 to sleep he re Icated. Don't. Don't-'
 All right" said Oscard soOthlngly- all right. We'll look after you.''
 He fell hack on the bed. In tic flick .ring light his eyeballs gleamed.
 Then. quite suddenly. he rose to a .itting position again with a wild ef- ors.
 I've got it. I've got it.' he cried.
 ''Got whatg''
 ''The sleeping sickness
 The two listeners knew of this tranze disease. Oscari had seen a whole village devastated by it. the Iabitan;s lying about their own doors. tricken down by deadly l-ep from vhich they never avoke. Rss known n the west coast of AfriA. and the ure for it Is unknown
 Hold 1e-' cried Durnovo "Doa't et me sIeep.-
 His head feiI forward even as he poke. and the staring. wide open eyes hat could not sleep made a horror of i'm.
 oscari took him by the arms and ed him in a sitting position Dsr- IOvO-s fingers were eiutchias at his leere.
 Shake ne. Godi Shake ne- Then Oscard took him ia his strong rms and sci him on his feet He shook i'm gently at first but as the dread e-eFs. o7 he shook hzrsi--. IsrII the nutIIatsi fnh1nza head OlIed uJoa lis sl.ouLders.
 its 6 sin to let tIat man Evs-- e1- lained JOse7a- turing svay h hor- or.