The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-21
THE GOLD OF THE GODS
BY ARTHUR B. REEVE sy Fsss.s + sa s 6 B y

i've isolated it in his blood. extract
ed It, stsrilised II, and rye tried It on
myself"
In breathless amusement with eyes
riveted on him We listened. "Then
that was what was the matter?" !
blurted out. "You had been trying the
poison on yourself?"
He nodded unconcernedly. ALTO
gether," he explained, a. Leslie and
] listened, speechless,. Il was able to
recover from both bl5od samples six
centigrams Of the poison. 1t is almost
unknown. could only be sure Of what
! discovered by testing the physiolog'
zeal effects. was very careful. What
else was there to do? couldn't ask
you fellows to try It, i'll was afraid"
Good heavens!" gasped Leslie. land
alone, too"
"You wouldn't have let me do II, II I
hadn't got rid Of you,- he smiled quiet
ly.
Leslie shook lis head. '~rried It on
the dog and made himself the dog!"
exclaimed Leslie. VI need the credit
Of . successful case-but III not take
this one
Kennedy laughed
Starting with two cenugrams Of the
stuff % . moderate dose" he pursued,
while listened, stunned at his daring.
II injected It into my right arm sub
cutaneously.. Then ] slowly worked
my way up to three and then four
centigrams. You SEQ what I had re.
covered was far from the real thing.
They did not seem at first to produce
any very appreciable results other
than to cause some dizziness, slight
vertigo, considerable degree Of lassi-
tude. and an extremely painful head
ache Of rather unusual duration"
Good night" ! exclaimed. Didn't
that satisfy your"
Five centigrams considerably i'm
proved on It," he continued, paying no
attention to me. 1T caused degree
of laSsitude and vertigo that was most
distressing, and six centigrams, the
whole amount which / had recovered
from the samples of blood, gave me the
fright of my life right here in this
laboratory few minutes before you
came in"
Leslie and l looked at each other
and shook our heads. M
Perhaps l was not wise In giving
myself so large an injection on q day
when ! was overheated and below par
otherwise, because OF the strain have
been under in handling this case. as
well as other work. However that
may be, the added centigram produced
90 much more on top Of the five cent?
grams ! had previously taken that for
q time had reason to fear that that
additional centigram was just the
amount needed to bring my expert
ments to a permanent close.
within three minutes of the time Of
injection the dizziness and vertigo had
become so great as to make walking
seem impossible. In another minute
the lassitude rapidly crept over me,
and the serious disturbance OF my
breathing made it apparent to me that
walking, waving my arms, anything
was imperative. My lungs felt glued
up, and the muscles Of my chest re-
fused to work. Everything swan be-
fore my eyes, and was soon reduced
to walking up and down the laboratory
floor with hating steps, only prevent
ing falling on the floor by holding fast
to the edge of the table.
81 thought OF the tank Of oxygen,
and managed to crawl over and turn 1t
on. I-gulped at 1t. 1t seemed to me
that l spent hours gasping for breath.
1t reminded me OF what once exper.
fenced in the Cave OF the Winds Of
Niagara, where water Is more abund.
ant In the atmosphere than air. Yet
my watch afterward indicated only
about twenty minutes of extreme dis
tress. But that twenty minutes is one
period l shall never forget. ! advise
you. Leslie, II you are ever so foolish
as to try the experiment, to remain
below the five-centigram limit"
Believe me, I'd rather lose my lob"
returned Leslie.
"How much Of the stuff was admin
istered to Mendoza" went on Kennedy,