The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-19

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lively the bacilli were moving. now
you will see, when / add this drop
of blood from the typhoid patient
how the bacilli will cluster n clump
and lose their motion"
DR.. Young deity adjusted the slide
and with delicate manipulation com
pleted the test. The reaction was
typical.
How interesting!" said the charm
ing girl who was being initiated INTO
some of the more striking phenomena
of the laboratory. If indeed she was
not sincere in her profession OF inter
est for these somewhat unaesthetlc
technicalities, she certainly did not
fail to find attraction in the handsome
young physician who was demonstrate
ing them. Her eyes followed him in
every movement and beamed with adj
miration and sympathy.
"And are these real live germs, the
kind that cause all the mischief?
she inquired.
There are enough bacilli in that
tube of bouillon to give typhoid to an
entire city"
She gave a playful little scream and
stepped back. ooh, how dreadful!
And how dangerous you are who work
with those things every day! l believe
l shall have to be CAREFUL how close
/ let you come"
."You needn't fear. See, now they are
safely slowed away in the incubator,
and here go my hands in the anti
septics. l shall be perfectly safe
again."
From the by-play that followed it
Vas evident that she took his word
Tor it.
after tomorrow you will hear the
scientists talking of the Young test
just as they now do of the Vidal test.
It's a reaction l have discovered to
establish the identity of the cholera
germ, and there is a test-tube culture
of cholera in that incubator that may
make my name famous. I've grown
them under certain new conditions.
At the medical meeting tomorrow
night they will be the illustration of
my maiden paper. l can't explain to
you just what manipulations l shall
make to cause the reaction that will
show that it is cholera and nothing
else, for you wouldn't understand it,
But, pshaw! this isn't interesting to
you. I'm a bore when l get on my
hobby. You'll excuse me-"
why, Jack, you know I'm terribly
interested in science, and especially
in what you accomplish. oh, l know
we're all going to be proud of you"
They walked out of the laboratory
together-perhaps closer than the
necessities of the space demanded
But a hospital laboratory is an un
canny place, and one would naturally
lean toward the confident guide who
possessed such a mastery over its
sinister elements.
There were two other occupants Of
the laboratory. The doctor and hi:
fair visitor had not been unconscious
of their presence-merely oblivious t.
it. Perhaps they might have been less
self-sufficiently comfortable had they
observed the attention with which
their dialogue had been noted.
Penton, a junior house physician
was the first to speak. Connected
fool, that nan Young. It's more lucl
than sense that has given him his
advancement. He never did anythin,
wonderful at college when l was il
his class. Humph! l had to Civ,
way to him then. But he had thu
cash and could go right on and l haC
{ to drop out a year and work. Now
, I'm taking orders from him! Maxim,
discoveries! Just his luck to fall int
something new. They'll all pat hin
on the back whether it amounts t.
anything or not. Then there'l be n,
living with him."
Penton looked bitterly envious, bu
Heller, the pharmacist, evidently har
bored a deeper feeling. His face Dor,
the picture of jealousy and hatred
Yet, he spoke lightly.
She's a mighty pretty girl, tina
Miss Alden. He seems to stand yer,
well with her. But there's many
slip-ha!" His chuckle sounded harsI
and unnatural.
well, l must be going" said Pen
ton. He glanced back furtively at tn,
incubator as he left the laboratory.
Heller paced n~ervously up and dowl
} the room. Ten years ago Youn,
! whipped me for something l said t,
that same little Alden girl" he NUT
tered. He has crossed me a dozel
times since that. She and l got alon,
well enough as school-mates until h,
became acquainted with her; the,
he made a good deal of her business
| his own. The last few years she ha,
not even bowed to me. | can Sc,
whose influence that is. And tina
other deal. He had to discover II
regularity in my method of buyin,
drugs! Claims he'll report me as sool
as he has completed his investigation
Pretty sort he is! No other bors,
physician ever made it his business.
to find out where l bought the drugs
or what / paid for them, or whethe
got anything out of it. Humnh
: l suppose my job is
What a lot of deadly rubbish