The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-17

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 I was doing the same in
my delirium
''Has Walter been scratching his
carp" he asked Of Johnson.
Johnson nodded. That's strange"
considered Craig, thoughtfully. i've
been doing the same"
He turned back into the living room
and for moment looked about FL
nally his eye happened to fall on the
/ cur to him.
He went over to the instrument and
unscrewed the receiver Carefully he
looked inside. Then he looked closer.
There was something peculiar about 1t
and he picked up blank sheet of
white paper busting off the diphragm
I on it. There, on the paper, we're in
! Vulnerable little black specks.
4 Just then, outside, Doctor Godow-
skis car drew up and he jumped out,
swinging his black bag. Not being ac-
/ quainted with what we were going
through, Godowski did not notice the
Acknowledged Chinaman who was
watching down the street.
j How do you do, doctor?" greeted
Craig family, at the door.
What seems to be the difficulty?p
inquired the doctor eagerly.
Il don't know" returned Craig.
but have my suspicious. I'm too Ill
to verify them myself, so I've called
on you Look at Jameson first" he
added.
While Godowski was examining me,
Craig managed to get out his micro
scope and was looking through it at
the strange black specks on the pa
per. There, under the lens, he could
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-
Iookl" he cried. calling the doctor.
Il know what the trouble is, Godow-
ski"
He had started to tell. but the ex-
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.
4 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
blood
| Then he hurried away to his labora
tory in his car. AS he did so, however
Long Sin leaped into taxicab which
was waiting, and followed.
In Godowski's laboratory, where he
was studying tropical diseases, the
bacteriologist set to work at once te
confirm his own growing suspicious
From monkey which he had there
for experimental purposes, he drew of
\ some blood samples. Then. with the
aid of his assistant. he took the blood
samples he had obtained from
u.s. The monkeys blood. under the
microscope, seemed full of rather
elongated, wriggling germs, of pc
culiar species. In and out they made
their way among the blood corpuscles
each like dart aimed at life itself
Then he took the samples of ouI
blood. In them we're the same germs
carried by that gruesome tickl
"The spirillum!" 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