The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29

TOO He had % horror Of infectious and contagion.
an antiseptc life. Maybe | am foolish bat it Eeeps
Sfsng W.b go e!G'eG lGo and closer 70 sndwc
~ - fest and assure me that nothing Is wrong that
II win help you. Miss Bisbec. Tomorrow nigbt
r; Mant mt 20 & late trip Quietly to Bisbee Hall You
l"ttcrs so can inNestig gate thoroughlv?'
shaI! never forget the mute and eoquen, thank,
WIN wh'ch she SAID good night after kennedy /.
Kennedy sat with his eyes shaded under MS hand
denly jumped Gp waiter lite 9 he o said 9gI % he m sud
over to Dr. Bells. l know the head nurse there Ne
may possibly learn something ~
As we sat in the waiting room with its thick
Zen rro5'a rngs and handsome mahogany furniture,
early evening By JOyc Konnedy YOU were right Ey t
! exclaimed ''If there is anything in this germ.
plot idea Of hers it is indeed the height of tho dra
ever be capable Of it.
just thon the head came IN a large women
breathing of germessness and checrfulness in her
spotess uniform There was, in fact. nothing 20 con
ceal The visit set rest my last suspicion that
Ierhaps Jim Bisbec had been poisoned by drug.
The charts Of his temperature and the sincerity Of
tne nurse were absolutely convincing II had really
been typhoid and there nothing be gained BY
pursuing that inquiry further
suitcase with the few things he would need Tor a
}}ogrne}E }o } AVN m goi9g opi to Bisbce Hall
venient 10 come along ] should like to have your
''To tell Won the truth. Craig am afraid to 90,
said:
oo "6ou Gssd1ni 2eedni be & going down the
against IT typhoid Then am going to wait few
place in the city where can be noculaed against
IT, so far as know. While three noculatons
really best. ] understand that is sufficient for
if any
you're sure of it'"
Almost positive
Very we'll, Craig. II 90.
Down at the army post the next morning had
difficulty in being inocuatcd against the dis.
n. - :;,;.- -. - ,----,--.- a.,
asked Craig of Major Carroll the surgeon in charge.
g. Not many, for very few have heard of it, he
~ suppose you keep record o., them"
Only oy their names-Te cant follow them 1 up ont
we are perfectly wiling to vnCcinats them. .
And would you let me see the lst''
kennedy glanced ufHred through IN the Sors list
Sanded the list 1on n '0
Bisbee Hall was splendid place set in the heart
miles rather than by acres But Craig did not pro
pose to stay there, for he arranged for accommoda
meals also. 1t was late when arrived, and
spent restless night for ,dS the incubation f a.
and in the morning we were both all right again,
fts the passing si sne Of e Ra nush essa sas1 the negative
The town was very much excited over the epidemic
A; the hall, and if | had been wondering why Craig
wanted along my wonder soon set at rest,
He had me securing the town and country looking
r made the local weekly paper my headquarters , and
The editor was very obging He let me read all
every eve crossroads and soon had list DaI' Of all the
cases in that part of the country II was not long
ont following Kennedy'8 instructions, they showed
nothing except that they unrelated TO the cpl
Meanwhile Kennedy was very busy there. He had
microscope. and slides and test tubes and chem
for there not time to initiate me into all the
mysteries. He tested the water from the varous
from the COWS; he tried TO find out what food had
come in from the outside, though there. was .Prnc
was no stone left unturncd.
When ] TejGined him that night he was clearly
perplexity, either.
Ss is Hy goSer aSF fSg ons a far S
said after we had gone over our activities for the
own wells, He always drank bottled water shipped
down from camp Of his in New York state, where
number Of the full bottles at the hall but they We're
perfectly pure There WASH trace Of tho bacillus
that after ALL that not the thing to do l should
tost the empty ones But the there weren' any empty
to to the the camp hope they haven't gone YET Let's
The freight master was Just leaving, but when
he learned we were from the hall he consented to
wooden cases. which protected them perfectly By the
light pf the b aaa he on s ae of pocket
satisfied himself that after being replaced in the
wooden the bottles themselves had not been
''Will you let me borrow some Of these bottles to-
u;obt9'' he asked the agent. 81 II give you nv
word that they will be returned safely tomorrow. II
necessary, iii get an order toII, them;
The station agent reluctantly Yielded especially
as small green bank note figured in the transaction.
craig and teuderly lifted the big bottles in their
cases into our trap and drove back TO rooms in
the hotel II quite excited the hangers.on 10
drive up with lot Of empty fivegallon bottles and
carry them upstairs, but ] had long ago given up
having any fear OF public opinion in carrying out
on IN ohr room we worked far into the night Craig
carefully swabbed out the bottom and sides of each
bottle by inserting little piece of cotton the
end Of n long wire Then ho squeezed the water
of the cotton swab small glass sides coated with
gsrm cultures multiply rapidly He put the slides
sswav in a little oven with alcohol lamp which he
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