The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21

see the most remarkable, almost mi
croscopic creature, all legs and feel
ers, most vicious object.
Weak though he was, he could not
help an exclamation of exultation at
his discovery, just as Godowski had
finished with me.
Look" he cried, calling the doctor.
81 know what the trouble is, Godow-
ski"
He had started to tell, but the ex-
horses neck. Elaine and Mary refined
up their horses.
why, Craig" cried Elaine, startled.
whats the matter?"
The sound of her voice seemed to
arouse him. He braced up. ooh, moth
ing, I guess" he said with a forced
smile. I'm all right"
1t was no use, however They had
to cut short the ride, and Kennedy re-
turned to the house glad to drop down
IN an easy chair on the porch, while
elaine lowered about him solicitously.
They summoned the country doctor
but it took him some time to get out
to the house. Suddenly messenger
boy rode up ON his bicycle and mount
ed the porch steps. Telegram for
Mr.. Kennedy" he announced, looking
about and picking out Craig naturally
as the person he wanted.
Kennedy nodded and took the yell
low envelope while Elaine signed for
it. Listlessly he tore it open. It
read:
Craig Kennedy,
Care Wellington Brown,
RockIedge, N. Y.
Jameson very III. Wants you. Better
come. johnson.
The message seemed to rouse Ken
nedy in spite of his fever. His face
showed keen alarm, which he endeav
orded to conceal from Elaine. But her
quick eye had caught the look.
Il must see Walter" he exclaimed,
rising rather weakly and going into
the house.
How he ever did it is still, think, a
mystery to him, but he managed to
pack up and, in spite of the alternating
fever and chills, make the journey
back to the city.
When at last Craig arrived at our
apartment, it must have seemed to
him that he found me almost at
deaths door.
Ill himself, Kennedy threw himself
down for moment, exhausted. when
did this thing come on, Walter?" he
asked of Johnson.
Yesterday, think, as nearly as 1
can find out" replied our friend.
Craig was decidedly worried
There's only one person in New York
to call on he murmured, pulling him
self out of bed and getting into the
living room as best he could.
rs that you, Godowski?' he asked
over the telephone. "Well, doctor,
this is Kennedy. Come over to nay
apartment, quick. I've a case-two
cases, for you"
Godowski was a world-famous scien-
fist in his line and had specialized in
bacteriology, mainly in tropical dis
eases.
AS Kennedy hung up the receiver
he made his way back again to the
bedroom, scratching his ear. He no.
ticed that 1 was doing the same in
my delirium.
Has Walter been scratching his
ear?" he asked of Johnson.
JOHHeSOn nOuueu nat strange,
considered Craig. thoughtfully. I've
been doing the same"
He turned back into the living room
and for a moment looked about. FL
nally his eye happened to fall on the
telephone and an idea seemed to &C.
cur to him.
He went over to the instrument and
unscrewed the receiver. Carefully he
element of the Journey and the exer-
ton were so great that he could hard
ly humble.
''Here-look-on this paper" he
cried. From the telephone"
He had risen and was handing the
paper to the scientist when his weak
ness overcame him. He fell fiat on his
face on the floor and dropped the pa
per. spilling the contents.
Godowski, now thoroughly alarmed,
bent over Craig. But the delirium
had overcome Kennedy, too.
Unable to make any sense out of
Craig's broken wanderings, Godowski
lost no time in taking samples of our
Dleod
Then he hurried away to his labora-
tory in his car. AS he did so, however,
Long Sin leaped into a taxicab which
was waiting, and followed
In Godowskis laboratory, where he
was studying tropical diseases, the
bacteriologist set to work at once to
confirm his own growing suspicious.
From a monkey which he had there
for experimental purposes, he drew on
some blood samples. Then, with the
aid of his assistant. he took the blood
samples he had obtained from
US. The monkeys blood. under the
microscope, seeE1ed full of rather
elongated. wriggling germs. of a Pc
culiar species. In and out they made
their way among the blood corpuscles,
each like a dart aimed at life itself.
Then he took the samples of our
blood. In them we're the same germs
carried by that gruesome tick!
"The spirilluml" he muttered. They
are infected with African recurrent
fever. The only remedy is atoxyl, ad-
ministered intravenously, after the
manner of Professor Ehrlich's famous
$685."
GodowsH had rung the call box has
thy for a messenger, when Long Sin,
who had managed stealthily TO creep
up to the doctors laboratory window.
scowled through at the action-then
moved away
While his assistant gathered the ap-
paratus, the doctor wrote:
Miss Anne Septix,
301 w. 18Th ST.: