The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-30

New York pathOlOg1St, declares lt ID possible 10
transplant and successfully graft the vital
organs OF lower animals His announcement has
startled the semitic world. What will surgery do
next? Mr. Jepson here tells the story OF man
and a monkey who exchange hearts by means of
surgical operation with highly amusing corse-
quences.
HE operation over. and it had been
successful BeJlamy CRISIS heart
was beating steadily 1 went to the win
dow called down to the reporters Sue
cess" and watched them dash into the temporary
telegraph Office on the other side of the road, to
the glad tidntss to the anxious waiting cities
of the country that new lease Of life had been
granted to Americas noblest son, and the golden
stream of his poetry would still flow. Then breath
ed long and deeply and came back to the operating
tables My work was done; Glasher and Tobin
putting tho final touches to it. and had leisure to
look from the massive face of Bellamy Grist. pill
lowed in its leonine of snow-white hair to
the black, chiness browess face of Moko the big
chimpanzee whose heart now beat in the poets
body.
AS 1 looked, to my surprise the chmpanzee's
switched He should have been dead hour. In
heart which was to be embalmed and deposited in
the Pantheon where should rest the relics of Amer
ica's great dead. The very movement to build the
Pantheon had been set on foot by Bellamy CRISIS
admirers, who could not endure that his splendid
heart should lack prorer resting place; and
idiot ODriscol with his senseess love of prac-
ticaI Joking had replaced Moko's heart with it.
What fool had been, brilliant surgeon he was,
to let him take part in the operation! He had.
with Bekker's help taken out Mokos heart for me.
and while was absorbed fixing it BeIlamy
Grist. had put the poets heart in its place
"o'Drscoll, where's Bellamy CRISIS hearth"
said sharply.
He turned from the window from which he
watching with Becker the struggle of the reporters,
and said, Sure, it's in Moko. Exchange is rob-
berry, Hickman, boy. And I'm thinking too,
that it's enjoying the rich blood that pump
ing"
"But, confound you, what about the Pantheon?"
I cried.
'It can go there later when the monkey dies, If
It's built SO soon. Science needed the of
the operation" he said seriously enough "A
That was true; and to the interests of science
everything must give way: VERY WE'LL 1 said
firmly "In that case you will take charge of Moko
yourself"
.In do that." ne said.
Glasher came across the room and shook my
hand, saying. Hickman R. shafer congratulate
you; in the of American surgery I congratu-
late you. 1t was magnificent"
Congratulate Chicago, rather I said. my
masters. Guthrie Carroll invented the opera
ton. Trr only their pupil"
"You did 1t twenty minutes quicker than either
Guthrie or Carroll. I've them" said o'Dris-
COLL
"That's So" said Tobin; and he anu Becker also
shook hands with me and congratulated me.
I made another examination of Bellamy Grist;
and moved him into his bedroom Then went
down stairs my wife. Bellamy CRISIS daughter.
Her face lighted up at the sight of me, and she
stepped hastily forward. kissed ne on the brow,
and said in choked voice, ooh, Hickman, my glo-
rious Hickman, you have given NE back a father!
But racre-oh, far more-you have given back to
the greatest of the nations its noblest son!"
That's little girl. If all goes WE'LL" said
'It will! feel it WILL And oh, how doubly
blessed am to be the daughter of genius and the
wife of genius! You will be world-tarnous."
Eyes, Editha: guess American surgery will go
up one" said
She blinked; and thought that. often, 1t was
1t the idoratc phrase: but then she sighed and
said IF only 1t had not been a monkeys heart in
my splendid father"
have always recognized that she is the high
-souied, ethereal daughter OF poet and I said
soothingly, well. 1t choice of evils. And
after all hear. is only MUSCLE It's not like q
brain; It can't do him any harm"
mo. no: OF course rot. still can't help feel
ing it. If only 1t could have been the heart o.
some brave, simple young Westeraer!" she said
clasping her hands.