Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-08-16

AS far as that goes, all those un.
fortunates condemned to death arc
dying" he responded But | admit
that l have been much troubled over
this affair More than a week age
the disease declared itself as enteric
She Is very iii indeed tonight"
in that case a wire to the cover.
nor would surely insure a postpone
ment of the execution"
1T would only be postponement, re.
member" said Hudson las soon as
the unfortunate girl is well enough
she will be taken to the place of exc
cation and the extreme penalty of the
law will take effect
May l see her?" | asked
TT is unusual, but cannot object"
He led the way at once. and in a
few moments | stood at the bedside of
the dying girl. Mrs, Tankerville was
kneeling beside her The face of the
unconscious patient was white, the
cheeks were sunken, the temples hol-
low, but the long lashes, black as jet,
the thick black hair, pushed away from
the delicate forehead, the contour Of
the lips, told me that in her hour of
health her beauty must have been
considerable. | took her hand and
felt her pulse noted the tempera-
ture chart which hung on the wall
above her head. Hudson's eyes fol
lowed the direction of mine
She has been in comatose con-
ditlon for the past two hours" he
whispered.
We were both about to leave the
room when a movement in the bed
caused us to turn back The girl
had opened her eyes. She looked
full at Mrs. Tankerville, and spoke
distinctly:
Mother, remember. At last,
mother, remember That man l
dreamed about, know who he is
now. Look in the album-his photo
graph is there-the man from the
West"
The last words were almost inaudi-
bic. The brief period of unconscious
ness was merged into a deeper leth-
argy. ! took Hudsons arm and led
him from the room.
You must wire at once" l said.
You cannot by any possibility allow
that execution to take place in the
morning. That girl has found men,
DRY which she had lost This may
mean nothing or everything. But de-
lay is of consequence. Her illness has
earned it for her; let her have it,
Il will telegraph the governor at
once through the warden" he an
swered.
He left me for few minutes, and
then returned to say that the message
bad been forwarded to Albany, and
shortly, with the certainty that a
postponement would be granted. He
had scarcely finished speaking when
Mrs. Tankerville, her eyes alight with
excitement, rushed into the room.
Susanna has said those words
again." she exclaimed, land | believe
they mean great deal. | am going
at once to Westminster and visit
Heath Cottage. ! want to confirm my
child's words. She spoke of photo
graph. There is an album in Miss
Stuart's little drawing room The
photograph she refers to must be
there
| nodded encouragingly. You are
right | said. go, and may Heaven
prosper your Grand"
Soon afterward the reply to the
warden's telegram came, and Hudson
read II to me. 1t was as follows:
Execution of Susanna Tankerville
is hereby postponed"
experiment on the victim"
And now" | said, as | handed the
message back to Hudson, I'VE have
something to work for. You know for
a long time that we have hoped to
find antidotes to all those bacilli
which destroy life. For some we
have already found them; but not yet
for the typhoid bacilli. And yet be-
yond doubt such an antidote exists,
mean one that will destroy typhoid
baciili without injuring the life of the
victim. Now, for some time | have
been experimenting with this particu-
lar matter in view, have lately
cultivated a bacillis to which l have
will kill the typhoid poison without
hurting the patient. l brought bot
tie of the prepared serum with me. L
should like, with your permission, to
ed.
Hudson agreed eagerly. | had ap
pealed successfully to the scientific
side of the man. He realized that II
might be the lot of Susanna Tanker
vile, even in dying. to bestow boon
on the entire world. With his aid
introduced the new bacilli into lie
girls system. During the rest of that
night Hudson and | watched by her
bedside. BY almost every known
means and stimulants we kept death
at bay II would be several hours be
fore the injection would take effect
Our object was to keep the patient
In the land of the living during those
hours. The night gave place to dawn,
and dawn to broader daylight. Eight
o'clock doomed from the prison bell
The poor girl was still in a state of
collapse Suddenly the nurse enter
will you go downstairs at once,
DR. Halifax" she whispered. ut is
urgent"
Go. Halifax; | will watch her."
said Hudson.
AS | was turning to leave the room
| saw streak of red on the girls
pale cheek. She opened her eyes and
looked around her