Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-04-27
Too Much Love
By OSCAR cox

While serving with ~ regiment a.
szrgeo7 At Maria ! rsceive.d 4 Settex
frun ny cd frieaz Dick Thurseoa as
BaEzv1A lara. asking Ee Il IL wuusd
be p.nszfbse for NE to enze dawn and
see him He wis Il ard DESPITE tie
fact that he was taxing the best care
az himself he dsdar get azy better.
Co1idnr.I obEzia q sssvs even for q
few days.
s1ecesssei "a eating q lsaFe, and
I found Dick Ta1-s-ea On q cpfee
plantation where Aa had gu1e scEe
months before n the Interest," Of an
American grocery csazcsra He was
living with yara1ess family. consist
ing II q mother. daughter ssle
twenty-five years Cd and several CID
d-s1- The young woz1A1 w4s attend
ing 70 the pa-5e1-'s wants Indeed she
had the whcZs care &C him
Dsck was suffering fruz zaEszlazs
dyseatsry- pu- htu zz6sr trsatuent.
bar got 10 response A eoz2ls Of days
after | began he was - tad - ersr
What pzEsIe-t Gs Vas that his sruahte
was Intermittent IL ocs tire he
would APPEAR 80 wsE that eo1h11'E
hsIizye thsre was anything The latter
with him Then wesa WIS cocg-asz
I2ri1g UgSs1 that - vas goz2g 70
come out ot t. dawn b wozid 81
again As for the drugs gave hiZ-
they appeared 70 hare Id elect what
ever
hadn't tesa attending lin Eo1g BE-
fore / DISCOVERED tha- the Jsvaaess
girl who r1-sesi hin was II hire With
hin This set lie % rhlzk-< ] had
seen so extract suEevAsreI think Il
was II q newsrapw-froa Al old
Dutch report stating that WHEN q
Jzvzlsse ~o@a takes = fancy 70 II
European she VII ether have hin q
poison hin Il SIZE gets tie chance
Might Tot tbs Dc q case IN poiz-s
Wi-hsuc saying anything 70 DsG-k !
resofvesa to watch Ter She WAS yeEy
regular n bringing IN his meals. ard
On sessrai occaSscls when she did 50
/ concealed myself = q closet keep
ing NJ eye 70 12l ho1a But e shs
Was poisoning lis tocd SIC didn't DO L
when she gave Z 70 liz
DICK said 70 Ely patient. -you
nurse loves you"
~You 6oc'r mean IT, he exclaimed
astc1ishst
Hare. you been making love to
herfr
I have never tho1ghr q soch q
thing
Hare yo1 any chiect3on TO doing
SOP
Dick 6e-u-rsd- but IS told hin
had theory Connected with lis IL
Ness be finally eo1Ss7tsi The rsxc
tine she was with hin be called hs-
TO him. took her hand IN bis and told
her that bar Kindness Was winning
his heart She did nos object to =
caress and vent away booking very
happy.
The next day Dick was better.
told hin TO keep Up his loveuak-
ing for few days. and be did 50.
with the resufr thst his Improvement
Was remarkable / didn't care enough
for further experimenting TO ask him
to cease his Devotional atriruGe and
grow worse. 50 resolved 70 est some
OF his fnod myself But 10 get the
food that / was sure Was poisoned
Was Obliged TO have hin do this very
thing He turned away fun hs-. but
did not eat the lsxt meal she brought
him i snuggied in some food for
him. ate & little % that the girl
brought him and made away with tie
rest surregtiziouSly- TIE test fulfilled
the conditions The whole length q
ny alinentary canal became irTitatsd
This was the same symptom as Thurs
tons l didn't care 10 repeat the e1-
pertinent
There was now nothing to DO bui
get the patient from cur the clutches
OF this too much Iovirg nurse. but NJ
curiosity was aroused as 10 what poi
son she was using I thought Of
watching her as she prepared the
food. but 70 do this was inpracttcahla-
/ would hare tested the food ensElfc-
ally. but had no materials for the pur-
pose vas puzzled
l had. among other instruments
had brought with me. pocket micro
scope IL was py 10 means 50 power
full rs the regular Instrument, but ex-
eellent for its grade For the want Of
something better l one day took up
this microscope and brought II TO bean
on some Of the feed had eaten In
media.ely the cause Of the trouble
was revealed to me- The substance
was filed with fine hair+noc animal
u
Ike bayoners-
And these things hsd been passing
through Dicks digestive organs. Nc
wonder that he was i'll A Compare
lively few Of them had made me feel
Is IL 1 had eaten hot lead
took some Of the food TO Java
nese man from whom Dick had been
buying coffee. showed him the hairs
with the microscope and asked him