Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-23

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very or-looking" grip he took 9
pulse glass. a glass tube three eighths
OF an inch in diameter, with bull
one inch in diameter at either end, al
right angles 10 the axis of the tube
and filled one third full of ether that
the heat of the hand will cause to boil
Now" he said. we will test fn,
vitality, madam. The more violent
the ebullution the more reserve force
the patient has" He made notes OF
the action" and often muttered:
Favorable. favorable" He tested
'circulation." and. while neither the
subject nor his wife understood. they
were pleased to hear him note: Val
vular action of the heart normal, nc
trace of 'regurgitation.
| Every test he made was equally
favorable. but when they were all
made he sank into a chair with such
"a look of despair on every feature
that the good wife threw her apron
over her head and fairly screamed:
Tell US the worst, doctor Their
amt no hope
Pc calm. madam replied the doc
tor. there is abundant hope with
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this: He must leave here and go to a
different climate il he wants to live.
Arizona or New Mexico. the latter
by all means, You see. madam, the
germs OF life are in constant warfare
In New Mexico the germs of life have
la majority over the germs of death
with which he is seized. Drugs are
but artificial remedies as soon as pos
siblo. | do not know of any one who
has land for sale there. but you can
doubtless find some one. ] must bid
you good day
Two days later every family in the
neighb"rhood but the afflicted one
received Il modest circular OF land for
sale in New Mexico The circular
was indefinite in all but two points;
it did not tell prices nor definite laca-
tions. but it did say that buyers must
deal direct with the owner, William
Sales who would call and show
photos nf tho choicest tracts on re-
quest. and that mo agent need ap-
| ply"
The wife Of the afflicted man hnr-
r0wed a circular from an obliging
lneighbor, committed it To memory be-
fore midnight and two days later Mr..
William Sales received a fervcnt. If
| miSspelled letter, asking him to call
as they wanted to 20 to New Mexico.
As DIR. X had not notified Bill of a
| sucker" hooked he feared that his
pal might be working in the lead" of
a vigorous and enthusiastic body
guard" and deferred his visit to the
victim till ne got the O X sign. fouI
days later
! When he did appear he was bland
plausible. in haste and strictly bust
S. Yes, he had land. thousands OF
acres. To sell cheap for cash. part al
an old grant To his great great
grandfather. that had come down te
him with title unsullied. He wffAted
| to close out the vast estate and go Il
| Europe; here We're panorama photos
Of the choicest farms and here was
the original parchment grant con-
| firmed by the United States. He gave
warranty deeds for everything.
| No, he had never heard of con-
sumption, did not know what the
disease was; his ancestors had died
OF extreme old age. No. he could not
| trade for farm. but from what he
! mad seen of ii he thought the farm
would mortgage for enough to buy
! one of the best. the one shown in
Photo No :. His time was valuable !:
wha he did must be done in three
days.
Far into the dead waste and mid
die of the night" the old couple can
vassed ''Wars and means to meet the
situation till they finally reached a
l Ia sis,iC IL
standing offer to them of $4,000 for the
farm. They would tell him in the
morning. save s45oo for the New
| Mexico farm and have $3.50 left for
| the journey
The trade was duly made. the
Squire pronouncing the parchment
| grant good, for the reason that he
| could in that way best conceal his
ignorance. and the hopeful pair set
out for the promised land.
| AS they neared the point where they
| We're to leave the railroad the dis
| cfepancy between the actual appear
| ahce oil the country and its appear
| ance IN the photos caused the invalid
immigrants to exchange glances OF
| apprehension. Was it possible that
| thelr new home would fall in some
such dreary spot as those they were
passing? The fear of n great swim
die was upon them so intensely that
for once they did not each turn com
forter to each," but with sullen forti-
tude waited for what fate might send
| them out of the flying landscape.
| When they had finally landed at an
obscure station their Impotence was
such that they lost no time in hiring
a native blackboard" conveyance to
the new home. To their anxious in
duiries about the ranch to which they
held deeds the driver replied that the
\ ranch did not look much like any O,
the pictures. and that Silas Racor
| owned the one having the strongest
resemblance to number seven"
| When Silas Bacon returned to his
ranch four days later he was sur
nrised and angered when he saw
from distance that it was occupied
and. not knowing the strength of the
opposition. he cautiously investigated
by a process that he called "takine
gapens."
| When he had assured himself that
the occupants We're only a feeble old