The Washington times., 1910-06-20

I had counted on finishing SHINE work
tonight, a monograph on osteopathy-"
1T must be tonight. or not at all"
on understand my termsZ That
set ms own hgureT'
Perfectly. The car is waiting"
One moment the two men eyed each
out another word took down his over
coat from the rack. put on his hat
seized the handle Of his instrument case
and mOuored the stranger TO precede
him.
Together they went down the stone
steps. The chauffeur stood on the side
walk, hOldinE the car door open for
them. Two m nutes later they were in
The linn. USE, and the powerful ma
chine. W. Durrlng Of cogs, an easy
tightening of clutches. had slid away
from the s-rh. made graceful curve,
and was gathering speed down Fifty
second street toward Broadway.
For q while. neither spoke. The mo-
tor swung into its stride, guided b. the
adept on tbs forward seat HargIeave
noted with surprise that the windows
Cf the car were ground glass. through
which nothing could be seen A qUeS-
tCn rose 10 mis- hes, but he suppressed
IT, Ee had. iu his long experience with
fOibles of uilliCnaires. seen many
greater Oddity than this. He sank back
/ into the luxury Of the great leather
cushions. and with that singular power
Of concentration whereof he was mas
Ter. dismissed the present and plunged
into the further construction Of his
monograph. ONLY when. from the
sounds outside. il appeared that the
auto had rc4cned a ferry and was run
ming onto a boat. did Lawlor break his
silence
surgery said ne tentatively. has
reached aolnt where nothing IS inn
You say?'' Hargreave answered.
coming back abruptly into the here and
now His companion S question reused
I MS interest. impossible? That's hard
hoJhlus. stewart, uD 10 June of this
7 year, mas recorded al cases of opera
ions gn wounds Of the heart itself.
/ SlNty-foUr Of these have recovered I
myself have operated on eight such
/ caSes-seiZ the living heart. actively
! pulSating, with a jet az blood from the
wound at every pulsatiOn Obscuring the
neld Of work. and stitched the wound.
I only two cases failed 20 recover
can II pet LaWlOr exclaimed, with
natJerlTE attention and surprise.
IL can, and Is. one case had, last
year, where the heart STOPPED. The
patient woman. was dead Dead.
lell you stone dead massalEed the
/ heart, compressed and released Il rhyth-
nlirdliy Wlta my hand. The heart re-
sp0nded- II began beating again
Ano tie woman"
lis alive yet. alive and well II was
Nothing, after all Others have ex-
enlied me huiabk0. for example. You
Know ms work. Hargreave wondered
| ar Dis own eXpausiveuess.
10 Tel me- answered Lawlcr,
( Hargreave paused moment before
[ replying. Outside. the surge Of waters.
/ tae whistles OF tugs and steamers told
nun lhey were crossing the North river
/ A momentary Uneasiness entered his
mind, but he dismissed IT, Many
SITUATION IN which he had found himself
curing MS past ten years OF practice
hd1 ben stranger than this
k nn
MS work, lies the truly Miraculous Six
years ago, experimenting with animals.
ne showed that even after the heart
had been cut out and kept on Ice forf.--
eight hours. he could nm II u-ffb rarfsiv,
saline solutions and start IN beating
again Rabbits gave the best results
I WIN tne hearts OF some that had died
a natural death ne succeeded. even
atter four days. I'm setting up pulsa-
uon which lasted for several hours
ana the human heart2 Did he work
on matt querled LaWi0r. a slight vibra-
ton Of anxiety in his voice.
hearts, You understand. As long 5i-e. 'e aI
thirty hours after having been aScise5
the hearts beat again I'm the saline So
luton. Hargreave warmed 10 his sub
. But dead man-has a dead man ever
] really been brought back 20 life?''
yes. indeed! The solution has done
/ thaL; done a. often Ricketts, has col
/ WhlcA twelve have recovered with such
} northumberland OF the fluid into the
1 arterlal system yoU know"
4 HarEreave found himself unconscious
3 ~ becoming stimulated by the stranger S
/ questions, at the same time he wonder
cd why they should be asked. Not often
did he md a rich man thus eager 10
learn
II my SELF he continued. with in
. creasing interest. have brought dead
mdn-Qcad for fifteen LOurs-1aCk 10 life
8 with salt solution and aGreuaIin. Just
Jhar and artificial respiration. The man
today is doing business at II Pearl
street very much alive. Amazing legal
. complications. though. There was a will
. you see. for more than 100000. and
. since the man had once been dead
. quite so-' exclaimed LawlOr. hast
lily changing the subject But no mat
ter about was speaking merely In
terms of science. you understand. We
seem to be across the river. don't we ?
il won't be long, now, tiil were in
E Monmouth. Two hours run. BY the
way, doctor, have a cigar? We've a
bit Of trip ahead of us
Thank you, yes Hargreave &C
. CepIe1- i rarely smoke, but tonight,
] somehow, I feel as though a mild mar
/ cote like nicotin might prove accept
able"
BY the vague light which filtered
/ through the windows of the racing
/ car-tor such it was in lines and
cigar. He noted his clients gold cigar
I case, and with the first Whit recog-
nized the aroma Of NUelta AbajO.
Nv ealth." thought he, taking light
from the match wherewith Lawlor
ignited his own cigar Evident
wealth, and a culture decidedly above
the average This may prove inter
. esting. l sincerely hope so. Most
/ cases bore me horribly,'t
The pickering flame threw uncertain
reflections on the stern, strong, enig-
matte face of LawlOr A sudden curl
OSlty grew IN the surgeons mind, as
he drew the first ambrosial puhs of
ner Of case might be awaiting him
whether or no some problem Of life,
OF Geath, stranger far than he had
ever met, and involving greater is
sues, light lie ahead.
He glanced at Lawlor. a question
mounting to his lips; but a strong
feeling possessed him that the strang-
er would not Tor the present divulge
anything, and Hargreave was no man
10 put query where he felt there
might be any chance Of losing his
breath in vain solicitation. So he let
the question die
No matter. III know soon enough. %
rejected ne. There's no particular
advantage in crossing bridges till
they're reached Once I see the pa
tient, that viii be time enough"
The ferry-boat on which the car was
slackened speed. and with a swish and
thump Of reversed paddles nosed into
her slip. I2rgreave heard hoarse cries,