The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-30

dollars on his bin. "of course It can
be done. It may take a little longer.
though"
How long?"
"Forty-ive Minutes
And now about the anesthetic.
How long will it take me to come out
from under its influence?"
well. usually a patient who is not
heavily anesthetized begins to recover
consciousness as soon as the mask Is
removed, that is to say, as soon as he
Is on the table. But of course, a GER
tain amount Of stupor exists for-well,
perhaps for several hours"
But a patient could be aroused
from it,"
20. undoubtedly. He would feel
very sick. but he would be conscious,
l might say, within a few minutes
after the operation is ended-always
provided that the anesthetization was
not unduly heavy. Our practice nova
days is to keep the patient Just suf-
f1ciently anesthetized to destroy the
sense of pain; the administration Of
the ether is suspended during the
operation until he begins to show
signs of consciousness; then 4 few
more drops are poured ver the mask,
and so on. In this way the mortality
has been reduced lowell, practically
eliminated"
Il understand" said Haynes. Then
on Monday at eight-thirty we shall be
at your door in the automobile"
But, my dear sir" said Theobald,
surprised, you will have to be wait
ing for me in bed. There are certain
preparations necessary"
my nurse can attend to that. VIII
l not be as safe after an automobile
ride as before?"
Theobald began to think his patient
crazy, Mentally he added fifty dollars
more; If he were insane he should at
least pay for his whims.
Well" he said, laughing, "of course
we should have to sterilize your back
all over again. But still, SO long as
you don't eat any breakfast, l don't
e how a ride could hurt you"
John Haynes ros up. He had
learned all that he needed to know,
AT eight-thirty, them" he answered
"Good-by, DR.. Theobald. 1 hope that
our enterprise On Monday morning
will be highly successful"
Theobald watched him leave the
room with a bewildered look. Now
where have l seen that man before?'
| hn rnntforad IN hfnooaIf SET 1pnuy his
face" But he had known many faces,
and by the time the door Of the house
had closed behind the E%nglishman
Theobald had ceased to search in the
amber-room of his brain. There were
so many things that he did not care
to investigate.
On Monday morning the automobile
was waiting outside Theobald's house
promptly at the time appointed. In
side were the patient and a trim-look
ing nurse. The doctor gazed at hel
in some wonder. She seemed toe
young to be a trained nurse. But hel
get-up was irreproachable, and he was
entirely Indifferent to her abilities
Had she not been certificated ht
would not have cared. Since Satur
day he had altered his prospective fee
from three hundred to seven hundred
and fifty; he could always cut it dowr
afterward If his patient objected; but
he would not be likely to object, since
he had never preached the subject Of
fees, Theobald hoped into the ma
chine with his instrument case ant
patted his companion on the bacl
cheerily.
There's no danger, Mr.. Thompson
he said heartily. Don't be afraid"
"Tm not afraid" retorted Haynes
grimly. Il hope you will not be-"
The other laughed. I'm not likely
to be-" he said. by the way, whar
make of machine is this? 1 never saw
anything like it. She must be OF
springs, but she runs so smoothly
why, I could almost perform an opera
ton here"
I'll give you a chance-perhaps,'
said Thompson, smiling, and turneC
abruptly toward the poorer region o
the town, beside the freight station
edging the wilderness. Theobald wa
now convinced that his patient wa
mad, He looked at the nurse inquiI
ilgly, but she sat silently in the ton
neau and ignored his professions
Signals" He felt a momentary pan
Of u~neasiness, too, at the course tn
machine was taking-for he feare,
that he might have overestimated hi
patients wealth. Certainly this quar-
ter Of the town was not inhabited b,
the weather. citizens of Nokomis.
However. he breathed more freel,
when the machine swung out from
the town and along the roadwa,
which bordered the railroad tracks
Soon they were in the midst of tn,
prairie. Undoubtedly, then, MI
Thompson possessed a house on tn
outskirts-one of those new resider
tial mansions, doubtless, which wer
springing up everywhere in the v
cinity. OF course-and that was VIII,
he had thoughtfully brought his auto
mobile for him. He smiled at hi
thoughts and brought up his bill to it
original figure again.
Then, when Nokomis was out c
sight behind a hummock of sand, tn
machine ran down the railroad en-
bankment in a surprising fashion
travelling as though on level groun(
Theobald saw his companion turn an
fdget with a spring. He looked down
two wheels lay on the ground! H
grasped the seat in terror.
"Mr. Thompson-Mr. Thompson
gasped, you've lost two wheels!"
-Four" answered John Hayne