The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-27
At Arms With
Morpheus

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n NEVER could quite understand
- how Tom Hopkins came to make
Mat hlunder. for he had been thru
! whole tesan at medical collegn-~-
before he inherited hits aunts for,
i tane~-and had been considered
strong in Therapeutics
We had been making call to
eofhcr that evening. and afterward
Tom ran up TO my rooms for pipe
ana chat before going ON to his
Uwn luxurious apartments. i had
stepped into tho other room for
nnument when heard Tom sing out
soh Billy. I'm going to take about
four grains OF uuinine. IL Sou don't
mtnd--i'm feeling all blne and
shiyery. Guess I'm taking cold
-An right" called back. The
bottIe il on the second shelf. Take
Il IL q spoonful OF that elixir Of
oucalyptuxs II knocks the bitter out
After / came hack we. sat by the
1lrs and got our briars going. In
about eight minutes Tom sank back
into ! gentle collapse.
went ssrsight to tho medicine
cabinet and booked
You unmitigated haysecd-
erowiet. see what money will do
tor mans brainsr"
There stood the morphine bottle
with the stopple out. just an Tom
had left IL.
i routed out another young ~. ID.
Who roomed on the floor above. and
oent him for old Doctor Gales. two
!. ouuarex away. Tom Hopkins has
ySoo much mopey 20 be attended BY
rising young practitioners alone
when Gales came we put Tom
thru as expensive a course OF treat
snent as the resources Of the rrofes
of0n permit. After the more drastic
romedies we gave him citrate OF cs,f.
feline In frequent doses and strong
coffee. and walked him up and down
the floor between two Of us. Old
Gales pinched him and slapped his
face and worked hard for the big
check he could see In the distance.
The young NJ. ID. from the next floor
enve Tom a most hearty. rousing
Kick. and then apologized to me.
~Couldnt help it," he said II
never kicked a millionaire before In
my life. I may never have another
opportunity"
'sNow." said Doctor Gales. afsr a
couple OF hours, he'll do. But keep
him awake for another hour. You
can do that BY talking TO him and
shaking him =, occasionally. When
his pulse and Respiration are normal
then let him sleep. III leave him
with you now"
was left alone with Tom. whom
~ had laid on couch. He lay very
stilj. and his eyes were half closed.
I began my work OF keeping him
awake.
.weIl, old man.. said, you've
had a narrow squeak, but we've
pulled you thru. when you were
attending lectures. Tom. didn't any
of the professors ever casually re
mark that m-o-rp-h-i a never spells
suuinia.' especially In four-grain
! do~es7 But I won't pile IL up on you
until you get on your feet. But you
ought to have been a druggist. Ton; ;
you're splendidiy qualified to fiji
prescriptions"
Tom looked at me with faint and
foolish smile.
ply" he murmured. II feel JUS
like a hum'n bird flyin' around a
folly lot of most 'shpensive roses
Don't bozzer me. Coin sleep now"
And he went to sleep in two sec
onds- I shook him by the shoulder.
Now, Tom" I said. severely. this
won't do. The big doctor said you
must stay awake for at least an
hour Open your eyes. You're not
entirely safe yet, you know. Wake
up"
Tom Hopkins weighs one hundred
and ninety-eight He gave me an
other somnolent grin, and fell into
deeper siumber. / would have made
him move about. but | might as well
have tried to make Cleopatras
needle waltz around the room with
me. Toms breathing became ster.
torous and that. In connection with
morphia poisoning, means danger.
Then I began to think. could
not rouse his body; must strive 10
excite his mind. Make him angry. =
was an idea that suggested Itself.
~Coodr' thought; but how7 There
was not joint In Toms arnor.
Dear old fellow He was gold nature
itself, and "A gallant gentleman, fine
and true and clean as sunlight. He
came from somewhere down South,
where they still have ideals and
code. New York had charmed, but
had not spoiled him. He had that
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