The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-01-11
THE AnriporE.
BY william TempIeton.


II was while a young physician
now practising in the Bast End--was
resident" at the Allegheny General
hospital that patrol ratified into the
court and a policeman lifted out a
shaking, scared, disheveled man and
hurried, half carrying him, into the
| emergency ward, followed by wo-
man in hysteria who had crept down
| white-faced from the wagon. An or
derly summoned the young physician.
Quick, oh, quick, for Gott's sake,
! toctor!" sobbed the woman rushing
! toward him down the ward, her hands
in convulsive clasp. Mine hus.
bant he haf took two poddles OF
| poison. Ach Gott, ach Gott, he will
die!" and her tongue wandered away
| into incoheTences.
The young physician looked toward
the policeman as rational source OF
| information.
That's right, doc spoke the cop.
Here's th' bottles" He passed over
from his hip pocket two small Walls
which the physician took and turned
| W lH6 W eAdluluCs bOIu DOIt
flaming labels marked in big red let
ters Poison"
White as the sheet he was lying on
the suicide stared with big-eyed fear,
all in tremble and waiting almost
without breathing for the twice deadly
dose to grip and trottle his life.
After hurried moment during
which he shifted the botpes snd
tasted the corks, the young physician
| turned to the woman and asked
rapidly:
Did he swallow what was in both
these bottles?"
| "Yes, toctor, yes. He said"
Did you see him do it?'
"Ach lieber Gott, toctor, before mine
| eyes he did do it. He took up de one
POODLE so, just like dis, und he
| swallow it, und den he"
Were they both full?"
"Oh, toctor, ia, dey vas both full
falling back into hysteria and hand
| wringing.
The young physician stood the bot
| ties on table and as he did SO the
| muscles of his face seemed to be sub
| ject to a nervous, twitching action.
| Sitting down on the edge of the cot
he crossed his legs and asked of the
woman, while his eyes suppressed
| emotion of some sort or other:
What was the matter with Looie
or Jake or whatever his name is?
Why did he want to shuttle off like
this? Had you been scrapping?"
"Oh, toctor, yes. Just like oder
times We had been fighting NIT each
oder und Gottlieb he told me, he says:
I viii kin mineself!' But this time
said: Ven, Wy don't you 40 rt, den,
und not make so much talk about 1t
efery timer Und den Gott sci mir er-
barmherzig! he took in his hand dot
little POODLE init de yellow paper und
trinkt it up right before mine eyes.
Now ] will die" he says, 'und den
maybe you are little sorry dot you
made me do it, he says, und den be.
fore | could schream even, he reached
ofer to my bureau und took up dot
oder poddle vat says poison und
trinkt dot also. Now ] die sure ting
he says. 1t was medicine yot der
toctor gif me for mine eyes und sale
look out it was very poison. Veil,
den ! run down for policeman
und-"
She paused, stared at the young
physician, who was grinning at her,
glanced at the puzzled policeman anu
the amused nurses lowering In the
background, then came quickly back
to the laugh in the physicians eyes.
Suddenly she cried out in a shrill
voice:
But Wy don't you did someting for
mine Gottlieb! Wy don't you save
him! Don't laugh like it was a joke!"
she ragged, shaking her fists under the
young physicians nose. "Du-u, du
dumme esel, my man iss dying! o,
lieber Himmel, lass Tim doch nicht
sterben!" and she fell wailing on her
knees beside the cot, clutching the
coverlets.
MY dear woman, keep COOL" ad-
monished the young physician, strug-
Cling with laughter and gently lifting
her up. Your Gottlieb won't die.
He won't even be sick. 1t was pure
Dutch luck to get hold of the only
efficient antidote to the kind of poison
he took and send 1t chasing after the
poison before it could get busy. I'll
wash out his stomach and Gottlieb
will be himself again, same as ever,
ready for another scrap with you.
The young doctor laughed heartily.
What the -er-what do you know
about that?" murmered the cop.
Something white stirred in the cit.
yep" explained the physician.
"The first bottle contained two ounces
| H.