Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-08

confusion. Servants wandered In ev-
cry direction without order Doctor an
er doctor passed In and out. and the
siekening odor OF medicines filled the
air. 4 group Of newspaper repUters
stood at the foot of the grand stairway.
Nan stood shivering at the head Of
the stairs. pale. disheveled. her dark
eyes wide and staring with q new ex-
preston Of terror In their depths.
"How Is he. Ean?' .,..-. 3 -.
Worse" she stammered through
chattering teeth. The doctors say he
can't possibly live. He has been cali
Ing for me for the last hour. I-can't
-gor' ST.
"whyF"
I'm afraId!"
He took her hand. II was cold and
he felt tremor run through her body
at his touch. ....e.. !. Z. Il Z
"Come. come, Nan, you're not q silly
child, I'm ashamed Of you. II Cal Is
calling. go to him at once. You must
see him." s--+...
Shiyering In silence she led Stuart
to the door Of Bivens' room and fed
| to her own. ~ .ss
On a magnificent bed of cleaning
ebony lnlaId with rows Of opais. thou
sands Of opals, Stuart found the little
shriyeled form. The swarthy face was
white and drawn. the hard thin lips
fallen back from two. rows Of smooth
teeth In pltiful. fevered weakness. The
shifting eyes caught sight or Stuart.
ITS awfully good Of you to come
up here 50 soon." he began feebly.
'.ltte some plans ! want you 10 carry
ont for me right away. You see 1
never thought before OF the world rs
q place where there were so many
! men and women sick and suffering
| thousands and tens and hundreds OF
| thousands. These doctors say that
every night In New York alone there
are half a million people sick or bend
ING over the beds OF loved ones who
ARE suffering. and two hundred die
every day" \.
He paused for breath. and the black
| eyes stared at his friend
.Jims I can't die! I haven't lived!
I've got to get mp from here and do
some things I've meant to do-ali those
sick people-Pve got to do something
| for them. I'm going to build palaces
for the lame, the halt, the sick. the
blind. I'm going to gather the great
men OF science from the ends Of the
earth and set them to work to lift
this shadow from the world"
4 sudden pain seized and convulsed
his fraIt body and Stuart called the
doctors from the next room.
They stood by in Ssiess sympathy.
9acan't you stop thls painT' the D.
naneier gasped In. anger. ,rWhat arr
yoi here for? Am | not able to buy
enough morphine to stop this hellish
| agcnyg' -
His family doctor bent md said:
.Your heart acfion h too low just
now, Mr.. Bfvens. you can't stand II"
"WeIl. Liant stand thIsl Give II 70
me, Iitell yon!" I, y.
The doctor took q hypodermic
syringe. oiled II with water and In.
| tected II into his arm.
While stuart watched the pItiful
trick, hi eyeSwandared over the mag
indecent trappings Of the room. 81
sYha' irony % fateys he exclaimed.
under siis breath. s.at
ly'he sufferer stared and beckoned 10
| Stuart. "
Handing him q key which he drew
from beneath his pillow h. cried:
Unlock the right hand top drawer
Of that safe, Jim-the do6r Is open.
Hand me those bundles Of stocks and
bonds and call those doctors"
stuart compiled with lis request and
Biyens spread the brilliantly coiored
papers on the white covering Of his
bed, while the doctors drew near.
'Iisten now, gentiemea." be began,
still gasplng with pain. You're eur
greatest living doctors, I'm told. Well,
Tn not willing to die. won't die-dO
you hearf I'm only forty-nine years
old. You see here. thirty millions In
gilt edged stocks and bonds. Well.
there are three Of you. I'll giTe you
ten millions each to take this stone
Oh Of my breast that's smotherlng me
and give me eve years more OF life."
The three men Of science stood with
folded, helpless arms and made no eff
fort to keep back the tears. They had
seen many men die. II was nothing
pew-and yet the pity and patbos OF
this strange appeal found their way to
the soul Of each. They never envied
O millionaire again.
They retired for another eonsulta-
ton. Stuart replaced the papers and
gave the key to Blvens. -
ask Nan to come here q minute"
be said feebly.
Stuart walked to the door and whis-
peeed to a servant When he return
cd to the bedside the dying man look.
cd MP into his face gratefully.
You don't know how Il helps me
% have you near. jim. old boy. I'm
lonely. Nan I guess Ii III and broken
down. I've lavished millions ON her.
I,va aIvar, hap aIf \ Foaaoaa I'm INV will