The Ely miner., 1915-08-13

Ing IaDleS anu pldCeQ one Oh us on
each. Then, with his assistant, he put
| on his white robe, mask, gloves and
other precautions for asepsis, setting
out the apparatus for the intravenous
administration of the drug that would
kill the spirillum.
They had finished their preparations
and were waiting for Miss Septix
"She ought to be here now," muttered
Godowski impatiently, looking at his
watch.
Just then cab drove up outside.
Perhaps that is she!" he exclaimed.
"It must be-"
A few moments later the door of
the apartment opened. His face showed
his disappointment. 1t was stranger
Miss Septix is ill.," she introduced,
"and sent me to take her place.
The doctor looked about Very
well, then," he said briskly, seeing his
preparations. Are you ready to 60
ahead?"
She nodded and threw off the coat
that covered her immaculate white
uniform.
The specialist plunged whole-heart-
edly into his work Of saving us now.
Hand me that needle, please" he
directed the false nurse.
She moved over to the table near
by and took it up, pausing only long
enough to dip it secretly into a vial
she carried with her.
please hurry" repeated the DOCTOR
She turned from the table and hand
ed it to him. He adjusted it and al
ready held it poised for the thrust
which was not to cure but to poison
us further.
"Weepy Mary" cried a frightened
voice at our door.
Elaine had been deeply alarmed by
the sudden illness of Kennedy and the
message from Jameson. No sooner
had Kennedy gone than it flashed over
her that Wu Fang had predicted some
thing like this.
''The threat" she exclaimed, seek
ing her cousin. Mary, must go to
the city-right away"
On the next train, then, she had
been speeding back to New York.
One glance at the improvised hos
pital was enough to alarm her. But
the sight that had transfixed her was
of q woman whose face she remem-
bered well, though Kennedy and had
never seen her.
please, Miss, began Godowski's
assistant, trying to quiet Elaine, while
Godowski turned in vexation to his
work.
mo. no." repeated Elaine. This
woman is no nurse. She is Grim
inal"
Godowski paused. 1t was true he
did not know the woman. He gazed
from Elaine to Weepy Mary in doubt.
The game was up. Weepy Mary
dropped piece of gauze which she
had soaked in the solution from the
vial which Wu had given her and bolt
ed for the door.
So sudden was her flight that no
one was quick enough to stop her.
The excitement, more than ever,
alarmed Elaine now. Tell me-" She ap-
pealed to Doctor Godowski what is
the matter?"
"In some way he replied quickly
they have become infected with the
bite of an African tick which carries
spirillum fever"
Godowski raised his hands in de-
spair. Il was just about to start" he
cried. Everything is ready. l can't
send for another nurse. Every min
ute counts
Elaine had thrown off her coat and
hat. Her sleeves were up in mo-
ment, and before the doctor knew what
she was about she was scrubbing her
hands in the antiseptic wash.
"Only-show me-what to do she
cried. Il will be the nurse!"
Several days later, when he had re
covered sufficiently from the diaboli-
cal attack that had been made upon
us, Kennedy was again at work in
the laboratory, while | was writing
Our speaking tube sounded, and l
knew that it was Elaine and Aunt Jo-
sephine.
"How do you feel?" inquired Elaine
anxiously, as she almost ran across
the laboratory to Craig.
"Fine!" he exaggerated, brightly.
Really" she repeated anxiously.
'Look!" he said, turning to his mi
croscope
He turned some blood from a test
tube in our electric incubator and
placed drop on slide. 1t was some
of the blood infected by the germs car
ried by the tick.
That is how our blood looked-be-
fore the new nurse arrived" he smiled.
while Elaine looked at it in horror.
Then he pricked his arm and let
drop smear on another slide.
"Now look at that-perfectly nor.
mal," he added.
"Oh, I'm so glad, she exclaimed ra-
diantly.
"Normal-thanks to you. You saved
us. You were just in time," cried Craig,
taking both her hands in his.
He was about to kiss her. when she
broke away. Craig" she whispered
blushing and locking hastily at us.
Aunt Josephine and l could only
smile at the disgusted glance Craig
gave us, as he thrust his hands in
his pockets and wished us thousand
miles away at that moment.
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