The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-04-24
AFTER
OF BLOOD
By DONALD CHAMBERLAIN

low until he tell iii with ilnporerish-
ment OF the blood. He was y fine
skater. boxer. !encer, a
champion in tennis and one OF he
best ball twirlers in the country. But
when sickness overcame him he lost
his strength and even his life was in
danger.
Drs. Hammersly and l'hipps. his
physicians, Consulted on his case and
came to the conclusion that they had
better resort to TRANSMISSION Of blood.
1t was not easy to find who was
willing TO give up sufficient blood to
I'll Jack Kunlet's veins. for they were
Of no ordinary capacity. but several
persons volunteered to give each a por-
ton, and In this way the whole was
obtained. Kunlet was a favOrtte
among women. and two OF his sweet
hearts responded TO the call. though
neither knew OF the offer Of the other,
Two men. Jacks most intimate friends.
offered to give their quantum of blood.
and after the four transfusions were
effected the patient had in him the
blood Ira n from two women and two
men.
Maud Scarborough and Della ThOrne
were the women and Ned Summerfeh
and George Smith the men. The Op-
orators would have preferred that the
blood should be transfused In u mixed
state. This was because they expect
ed the patient would be affected by the
peculiarities OF the persons from whom
1t came, and It would be better that
these traits should in q measure new
tralize one another. But the operations
must he performed separately.
Runlet became well again. thanks to
these devoted friends. but not himself,
There was very little Of his W blood
left in him-indeed. he was four other
persons In turn When the blood OF
one Of the women was sent out ron
his heart he was much like that NO
man. and since only han Of him was
man he was maDly but half Of thu
time.
When he regained his health And
strength the baseball season was open
ing. and he resumed his position ~
pitcher, but he was found to be uaro-
liable. At times he had his usuai
strength, while at others he seemed tO
have lost 1t. both Of will aud muscle.
he concealed his weakness az we'll -
he could, but it was unfortunate that
he did 10. 1t would have been better
for him to retire. When q match game
Of great importance wal being played
u frightened mouse ran across the Ola
nond. Doubtless the blood OF one q
the women with which his arteries
were oiled vas at the moment beiog
sent through his system. for be became
paraIyzed with fear. Running to tAe
grand stand. he stood upon one of TIE
plank seats and could not be induced
to come down.
But few Of those present knew The
cause Of Runlet's cowardice. though
none could understand why a ma
should be afraid Of q mouse. At aay
rate. the game was broken up, for Rua-
let, covered by shame. left the 0eI6.
The next day he went to bis doctors b
learn what was the matter with bin
They looked ut each other knowingly.
but thought 1t best that he should Dst
he enlightened. So to get rid of MIN
they told him he needed rest.
The next time a game Of importance
came of RunIet took his place amSng
the spectators instead Of In the box.
He had doubtless been under the info
ence Of the blood he had received from
one Of his women contributors. for he
had nearly all that day been acting e.
feminately. He had been very partc-
ular about his clothes, putting on .
particolored scarf with a diamond
stickpin in 1t. and had p%urlOined all his
sisters rings. which he put on his a.
gers. He went to the baseball match
with a lady's fan in his hand and while
waiting for the game to begin alter
nately famed himself and shifted ut q
bunch NJ violets pinned to his shirt
BOSOM
Not y man Of his old chums would
speak to him. They remembered hiS
deserti0n Of his post at a former game.
and now TO see him sitting bedizenod
with jewelry, swinging a fan and
snufi1ng at flowers excited their fua
contempt AS for the women specta
tors. they were very much amused at
his actions.
Runlet's club had not found a pitcher
to take his place. 1t lost STEADILY.
and by the end Of the 6fth inning Oh
hope Of winning the game left them.
1t is a disputed point what caused q
sudden throwing OF Of Runiet's e.
feminacy The doctors who transf0-
ed the blood into him contend that q
quantum Of woman's blood. which had
been thrown through the heart. Sod
denly gave place to that Of a nan
Be this as it may. Jack Runiet, be-
dizened as he a vaulted the rala
that separated him from the AsjA.
jumped down into the diamond and
demanded the ball. A shout ros
with cries of TRY him again." Give
It to him. and the Nike. Some one
tossed the ball to him. and by q soc
csssion Of remarkable urves be put