The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-10

The Americans fOunu the situatioh
about MS IL had been described. Both
men were on their last legs" When
the PARTY drove up to the Ogilsby resi-
dence il was evident that commotion
had been caused In the Baxter house
opposite by the heads that appeared mt
the windows. The heir in case Bax-
ter survived Ogilsby was Colonel
Drummond Of the British army, an old
man. who would soon turn the proper
Nv inherited over to host OF grand
nephews and nieces. who had descend
ed upon the house like yultures ON
dying horse.
No sooner had Mr.. ogilsby's case
passed into the hands of the girl who
would inherit In case OF his survival
beyond his rival for the property than
every movement in and about the
house was eagerly watched from
across the street. DIR. Searle wrote TO
the physician in charge of Mr.. Baxter
suggesting that a person representing
the Baxter interest be admitted to tho
Ogilsby residence, and vice versa.
These persons were to be called In to
certify TO the death and the hour, min
ute and second OF the death OF the men
on whose lives depended an immense
fortune. This the English doctor
agreed 10, and the representatives
were appointed and admitted.
Miss Hinchelwood continued to be
Informed of the fact that the heirs on
the opposite side Of the street were
hatching all kinds of devices to conceal
the exact time of Mr.. Bakers death
and that living person would be plac-
ed in his bed If necessary to represent
him. Upon this DIR. Searlc stipulated
with the physician in charge OF the
Baxter interests that the representa-
tives should not only see the patient.
but hear him speak.
The case had resolved itself to one
between rascality and science. DIR.
Searle felt that If he could cause his
patient TO remain alive a little longer
than Mr.. Baxter he would be fully
justified in meeting fraud by this
means.
AS soon as DIR. Searle took charge OF
his patient he made a careful examina-
ton of the different parts of his body
TO determine their condition. He found
the kidneys diseased to an alarming
extent. Acting on his experience in the
- institute, he substituted new kid
neys.
The patient having suddenly be-
come afflicted with bronchitis, the doc
In, fIhnSa
improvements made marked change
in the patients condition, though 1t
was feared for a time after each OPP
Grafton that the patient would sue
cumb. In order to give him strength
| to bear up under the effects OF the
second operation Miss Hinchelwood
( gave him a pint of her blood, which
was transfused from her to him by DR..
/ Searle.
A fortnight after these operations
! those watching the patient opposite
were alarmed TO see Mr.. Ogilsby drive
out under the care of his nurse and
Mrs Hinchelwood. Miss Hinchel-
wood had not yet regained the blood
| she had lost.
! Ii must be confessed that this patch
ing up an old man with new kidneys
and new windpipe did not make a
new one OF him. Besides, the opera
lions could not have been performed
successfully without the administer
| ing of stimulants. DR.. Searle did not
expect TO prolong Mr.. Ogilsby's life
for any great length of time. He SIM
ply expected to tide him along until
J after his rival in the race for life had
died. He was therefore not surprised
one morning when his patient collapsed
and life could not be expected TO re-
main in his patched and stimulated
body for more than half day at
most.
However, it was evident from mani
festations opposite that Mr.. Baxter
was in the same condition. Oxygen
tanks were seen being carried into the
sign for the life OF the patient. Final
! ly matters quieted down, and DIR.
| Searle, believing that Baxter was dead,
started one OF the servants out into
the street with report that Mr.. Ogils-
by had died early In the morning. The
announcement was Immediately made
that Mr. Baxter had just breathed his
last. ard the Ogilsby representative
was admitted to the room where he
lay, finding him stiff and stark.
AS soon as DIR. Searle knew that
Baxter had passed away he summoned
the representative in the Baxter inter
ests into the room where Ogilsby lay.
Now, the deaths of the two men,
though DIR. Searle did not know It..
occurred within half an hour Of each
other. But there was no reliable evil
dence which had died first. When tho
Baxter representative was called into
the sick chamber, or, rather, the death
chamber, Mr. Ogilsby had expired for
ty minutes before. Just before lie en-
tered the room DR.. Searle made an in
cision over the dead mans heart. In
serted his hand and clasped the organ.
Then he began to squeeze it gently at
intervals, representing the heartbeatE,
at first some twenty, then thirty, then
sixty to the minute. Presently color
began TO come in the cheeks, and tho