Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-02
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from the telephone"
He had risen and was handing the
paper to, the scientist when his weakness
overcame him. He fell flat on his face
on the floor and dropped the paper,
splitting the contents.
Godowski, now thoroughly alarmed,
bent over Craig. But the dellriam had
overcome Kennedy. too.
Unable to make any sense out Of
Craig's broken wsnderings. Godowski lost
no time in taking samples Of our blood.
Then he hurried away 70 his laboratory
in his car. As he did 80, however. Long
Sin leaped into a taxicab which was wait
ing and followed.
In Godowskis laboratory, where he was
studying tropical diseases, the bacteria
logist set to work at once to confirm his
own growing suspicious.
From a monkey. which he had there
for experimental purposes, he drew off
some blood samples. Then, with the aid
OF his assistant, he took the blood samples
he had obtained from US. The monkey
blood, under the microscope. seemed full
Of rather eloneated wriggiing germs OF a
peculiar species In and out they made
their way among the blood corpuscles
each like q dart aimed at life itself. .
Then he took the samples of our blood.
In them were the same germs-carried
by that gruesoyne ticki
The spirillumr" he muttcred They
are infected with African recurrent fever.
The only remedy Is atoxyl, administered
intravenously. after the manner of Prof.
EhrlIch's famous sos y
Godowsh had rung the call box hastily
for 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. so1 West -th street:
Please 80 at once to the apartment of
sr raa esas , SIHse%ent avenue
The boy arrived finally ana the doctor
gave him a generous tip to hurry with
the note.
He had not turned the corner, however.
when Long Sin appeared subtIy he
played on the boys cupidity to get him
to deliver a note of his own. even offered
TO deliver the boys note for him. The
flash Of a five-dollsr bill made the rest
easy.
AS tho boy disappeared on a fake err
rand, Long Sin. with the real note hur-
ried downtown. smiling wicked1y.
They have discovered the fever. mas
ter" he reported In the den.
WI WIS beside himself with rage. Be
fore he could speak, however. Long Sin
spread out GodowslSis message. But 1
have this" he added.
II took merely a Sance 70 suggest TO
WI new plaE OF action. He rose and
moved quickly into the back room.
Come" he ordered weepy Mary. you
must dress up as a nurse-immediately. ..
Quickly she dcnned one OF the nuner-
GUS disguises, while WI planned his
campaign
Here" he directed when she was
ready, handing, her a little vial. you
must infect every instrument the doctor
uses on Kennedy and Jameson-see?
She nodded, and a moment Later was
on her way uptown.
Meanwhile Godowski himself had ar.
rived az our apartment, much to the
relief Of our friend johnson. ana was un.
packing his instruments. Quickly he i'm
''oe e"V Opetdllhb IADteBs ana placed
one OF US on each. Then. with his as
sistant he put on his white robe. mask,
gloves and other precautions for osepsis,
setting out the apparatus for the intra-
venous administration OF the drug that
would kill the spirillum.
Godowski was busy with the atoxyi
mixing It in normal salt solution. He
would drop in a few drops of an acid.
then few drops of alkaline solution. 40
as'to keep the mixture neutral. Finally.
he poured the solution into a container,
to the bottom Of which was attached a
lons tube. This contalner he raised high
over our heads. cIamping the tube.
Then he fastened tiny needle to the
emo or the tube, so that II could be In
serted In our arms. catching skilIfuIly a
vein-a very difficult piece OF work In
which he excelled. The liquid would then
Flow by the torco OF gravity from the
container down through the tube. through
the hollow needle and into sthe vein
fever.