The Washington times., 1918-07-21

1ork. The next Gay more cases oe-
veloped and within a short time the
city was on a verge OF panic.
In New York the situation became
fearful The entire city was placed in
Quarantine and children were pro-
hibited from either leaving or enter
ing except on special permission OF
the health officers. But the damage
had already been done. Nearby cities.
towns, and hamlets in Pennsylvania.
New Jersey, and Connecticut were in
the grip OF the plague. Then Phile-
deiphia, Chicago, cities as far west
as Butte. Mont, and as far south as
Galveston reported cases Of the dis
ease. And in New York the cases con-
tinued to increase in number despite
all Efforts OF vastly enlarged sanitary
SQUADS. Ambulances made hourly
rounds in the more congested dis
tricts of the city, picking up scores
OF little sufferers, Hospitals were
taxed to. capacity.
Dixie Mason and Harrison Grant,
satisfied that the disease was being
spread by German spies, spent night
and day. with the members or the
Criminology Club, trying TO uncover
some clue Every known German or
der surveillance, but without result.
Finally Grant Joined one Of the
sanitary squads and Dixie became a
volunteer nurse, hoping that individ-
uaI cases might lead them TO the clue
for which they were searching.
Dixie made the first discovery. In
a crowded tenement she found an iG-
uorant, heart-broken mother doctoring
her stricken child with a medicine
from a bottle on which label stated
the contents were certain cure ior
infantiIe paralysis. Dixie took the
bottle Of medicine and had II analyzed.
but it proved TO. be made up OF appar-
emily harmless ingredients. Yet II was
found that in every Instance Where II
had been used the victim had died
within a few hours. The druggist
readily admitted that he was the
manufacturer. He said he had gotten
the recipe for il from DR.. Ernest
Wolf. who had credentials as learn
ed specialist OF Berlin.
Il didn't know whether II would
cure or not" said the druggist. But
I did know the ingredients were harm
less. and he talked so learnedly OF
the disease that ! decided to give the
public a chance with il anyway.
A published warning against the
modicinN brought forth other drug
gists who had been manufacturing IL:
Each had the same story In regard
to DIR. Wolf. Grant and Dixie started
sin hunt for DR.. Wolf. No
trace of the elusive physician
was found. although a man was
posted in each drug store in the
city which he had not visited IN the
hope that he might appear TO again
attempt TO have the medicine manu-
featured and distributed.
Grant Makes n Discovery.
To Grant fell the honor of making
the second discovery OF moment. He
sank exhausted in the single chair OF
a tenement at the finish OF the fumi-
cation which followed the removal OF
an entire family suffering from the
plague. His tired eyes caught a pc
cuIiar CLINT Of yellow from minute
point on the floor. He stopped to in
vestigate and found that the CLINT had
come from a tiny speck OF paste on
the foot OF the body of a large blue
bottle fly lying on the floor. -Four
other flies. all of the large blue bottle
variety, lay near by and on each, by
| using his pocket microscope, ne iounu
a foreign substance. similar in aP-
pearance to a yellow paste, He gath,
cred up the five flies gingerly and
carried them to an experimenting Ian
ora.ory. In nine days, the period ol
incubation OF poliomyelitis germs, MS
suspicious were verified.
More weary weeks passed, weeks N
which the plague defied all efforts "a
I found
with the paste attached to their rect
| but Dixie and Grant made no progress
| toward the discovery OF the fiend re
| sponsible. Then came the day OF inc
| great discovery.
The notification came late in the
afternoon to Harrison Grant over the
| telephone.
"Can you come at once to Chatham
Square," said the voice of Dixie Ma
son. you will recognize the place pc
cause II has just been burned ano
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