The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-13

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fingers the superficial vessels of the
temples. the forearms, the wrists, the
Hneas. he counted the pulse; and he
locked long at the old mans Finger
nails. When he paused, the Colonel
said:
"Well?"
Doctor Foerder had retreated from
the bedside and was writing his di-
rections precisely, logically, as an OF
fetal draws up a report, beginning
each paragraph with Roman numer-
al He did not answer the colonel.
Foerder briefly consulted with
Lambert, that is. repeated the direc-
tions he had already written out, and
began TO buckle his big valise.
And as to a nurse?" asked Doctor
Lambert.
III send one of my own said
Foerder, hastily lighting a Russian
cigarette. He could not remain long
in one place He had patients to see
and a lecture to deliver over at Rush
Medical college and his man was
waiting with his high-hooded phaeton
| down in Jackson boulevard.
The nurse, diffusing a faint odor OF
antiseptics, came from Doctor Foer-
der's private hospital, laid aside her
/ bonnet and veil ard pausing an IN
/ slant to give a woman's touch to her
! hair. quietly and deity set the room
/ in order.
All that afternoon the colonel lay
in his darkened bedroom, fighting the
battle of his life. He lay so still the
nurse almost fancied him asleep, so
regular was his breathing. Once he
broke the silence by asking the time.
Twenty minutes after three" the
nurse responded, glancing at her lit
tie watch.
Some of the conventions, then,
the colonel said, ARE over. l won
der why they don't send me word.
The nurse did not notice his speech
and he added:
Pardon me, you doubtless are not
interested in politics..
The talking brought on a spasm oil
dyspnoea, and the colonel struggled
so painfully for his breath that the
nurse had to prop him up with pillows
in a sitting posture, as those who are
afflicted with asthma pass thell
nights, finding it easier thus te
breathe. The colonel begged the
nurses pardon, as if he had commit
, ted some indelicacy.
About this time news was brough
| from the Fifth district convention II
, Arlington hall and from the Sixth il
lungs hall that the Warren men hat
, carried both districts. The colonel
/ hearing the hoarse whispering be
: tween the messengers and Mosely II
: the room outside, demanded informa
2 ton, and Doctor Lambert had to tel
| him. The colonel wished to see Nose
Y ". he had some new plan for tn
!. West Side to offset their loss; and h
s saw Mosely and the plan was put Il
Y execution. Then the colonel SCENE
n once more to sleep. When he opene
his ewes he asked If he could not hav
{ a cigar-"seegar," he pronounced it
d assuring the nurse that he felt niue
better. but she said, as one m!Sn
say to the within of a child to whoI
explanations are not vouchsafed:
Not just now"
And there was silence again, an
the ticking of the nurses little watcl
| By 4 o'clock the colonel becam
restless once more, and asked
| there were any news. When the nurs
said no, he insisted that there mus
be some message, some letter, SON
telegram. He did not know that n
followers, indicating all history, wei
now standing afar off. He worrie
| and grew incoherent. He seemed
/ confuse Carroll with the boy who wa
| sIeeping under the stars far away
/ Arizona.
| Doctor Foerder returned at
| o'clock. He had not been expected b
/ fore evening. but he was intereste
II in the case He had mentioned it
II his lecture that day. He had col
II mented on the wonderful display
Il vitality on the patients part, al
/ spoken of the value in such cas-
/ of moral treatment, of ENCOURAGE
II words and a confident manner. /
II read the nurses chart, counted Il
II co,onel's pulse for fifteen seconds al
II calculated the rate of multiplicatio
, drew down the cd mans eyelids, M
II ing the senile arc that was whitenil
N the periphery of the cornea, and he G
amined the finger-nails: then the p'
cussion and the auscultation. VIII
he raised his black head. the colon
J said:
ANY news?"
You're doing we'll"
d. "Aw," said the colonel impatient
at 81 don't mean that-any news fro
the conventional"
We Foerder hesitated, as If half
luctant to display interest in anythi
10 so human, but said:
H. yes"
10 WHAT" said the colonel eager
iu' his eyes Frightening with a liz
'e' that alarmed the doctor.
IT. They say you've carried some d
'p- tricts on the North Side"
IN which ones?" asked the colonel
'u Don't remember"
eli Anything else?"
We'll. they say Warner has CARR
ID, some North Side districts, too-a
Us some West Side districts
up Warner"
tly We'll, whatever his name is"