Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-26

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duced by incubation into a healthy or
infected subject at viii. Up to the
present had found no definite results,
but l believed In the potency of the
cure and was determined to try to In.
oculate Rachel. l went to my rooms,
shut myself In. worked up my subject
carefully and then returned to the Con-
tinental. The manager met me In the
hall.
Il trust this sickness IL not going to
assume the form Of an epidemic. doc
tor, he said anxiously. My guests
are beginning to get frightened. and
several Of them have left. Mr. Adds
Is worse, and Miss Fletcher, one Of the
colonePs party, has already started for
Alexandria. en- route for America"
It was q relief, at all events, to know
that Marian was out Of the way. I
went to Adds door and knocked. A
feeble voice responded and | entered.
The man was lying on his bed, his face
cadaverous; the signs of approaching
death were manifest
II saved him, and surely In such q
case any experiment was justihable,
then Rachel at much earlier stage Of
the complaint could be delivered. I
went straight up to the patient and
bent over him.
Il have something here that win
either kill or cure you" I said. May
try it?"
He nodded vaguely. doubt II he
really understood me. had my syr-
inge ready and inoculated him at once.
then sat down and awaited results.
knew when his fever would begin to
return; the temperature ought to rise
within an hour. l sat and watched the
clock as q man who Is drowning
watches to see whether the saving
rope wiz reach him. When the hour
struck l took Adds temperature. 1t
was normal; there was no rise. took
1t again in half an hour; still no rise.
IAN excellent sign" said. Your
attack Is not coming back"
His eyes were a shade brighter, and
gave him stimulant | sat there
another hour; still no rise Of tempera-
ture, no sign Of the recurrence Of the
terrible fever. Already the man
looked better; he was able to turn in
his bed and watch me. I gave him a
second dose OF the disinfectant and left
him. went straight to Rachers room.
She was In a paroxysm of extreme
misery. The nurse who Denza had
summoned was seated by the bedside.
Rachel was delirious: she did not
know anyone.
1T is a very sharp attack. doctor"
|: said the nurse in French.
1T is" l answered. | took the girls
; white hand. pushed up her sleeve and
introduced the spirleen.
My faith In my discovery was justi-
fed AS though by miracle, Rachel.
Charming. and last, but not least, Frank
Adds, crept back from the gates Of
death. Step by step I watched them
as health and strength returned to
them. They all spoke Of me as their
savior and dare not disillusionize
them. There came a day when Chan
ming and Rachel drove to the church
and were married. ! crept back to
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present at the wedding. was i'll, for
myself had been bitten BY the dead
ly mosquitoes, needing little what they
did to me during those hours when l
fought for Racheps life. Should ad-
minister the spirleen and save my
self? No, it seemed useless. The de-
sire for life had left me. and / vel
coined the penance which | was
doomed to undergo. / resolved to re
turn to New York while l was yet
able to travel, and die at home.
have written the formula for making
the spirleen on separate sheet Of pa
per, enclosed with this manuscript
Test it. Halifax. when I am gone; II
will work wonders In your hands
{ Thus ended Matcham's confession Of
: crime and repentance. Regarding his
t discovery. used the spirleen witt
good effect in several cases, and there
J. is no doubt that however the dead
= man may have erred. he was benefac
|. tor of suffering mankind