Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-14

oit' ana iioWHeu more ueeplS sui.
He advanced to the bed, put his
medicine bag on the bureau, and
glanced about inquiringly. Pretty
far gone, eh?'
| Yes. We've been having the dew
lis own time Trying to break the
habit--going too fast guess. He's
in u collapse, isn't he?"
Bending, the doctor examined
Dams clay-colored. wrinl<led face. A.
moment his deft fingers sought the
sick mans pulse. Then he turned
UP the lid of Dams right eye, and
examined the unnatu~ally dilated pu-
pill.
Collapse? Yes. Serious, too.
Damnahle stuff---infernal Get me "a
glass OF water, at once. No time to
| lose"
Water, Muggs," commanded
Bradford. Presently the doctor was
| shooting IL full sub-cute of morphine
| into the mummylike arm OF the
unconscious doper
There" said he, standing up
straight and setting nervous hands
on his hips, THAT will turn the
|
Think he'll weather it?"
I The doctor nodded. Probably"
he Judged. "odd stuff. the drug is;
| wonderfully potent in such cases.
Damnable yet divine. How ! hate It!
Yet at times It's true life saver.
What I've just administered would
| kill YOU. or me. But it will in all
probability do nothing but revivify
an addict suffering from sudden
withdrawal. like this man. It's posi-
lively the only specific in such a
collapse. Who is this fellow, any
| how p
| II don't know his name." answered
Bradford. You see, I'm rIinning a
kind or non-religious mission. here.
This man came in, last night, and
after some discussion said he wanted
to be cured. II"
! "Psst! Pssst." warned Mugs,
shaking finger of disapproval at
Bradford. Not such great revelations
must be made to strangers.
Il undertook the job. Bradford
continued. unheeding Rafferty,.
Things got beyond me, that's all.
No legal come back, Is there, if--in
case he--?''
shoulders.
That depends. IL there were no
compufsion used on the patient, and
his action were wholly voluntary,
probably not But II YOU forced him
against his will
/ He never!" burst out Mugs.
| Sure it was volnn--voluntary, Til
swear to dat on q Bunker Hill o.
Bibles! Dis guy blows in, an he
says, says he
That's enough, Muggs!" Bradford
suppressed him. when / need your
evidence I'll call for it. So then, DOC
tor. you think he'll get by?"
| That can be told better in an
/ hour or so. when the drug has had
time to react thoroughly
You'll waltz
/ impossible. I'm here under pro-
test, as 1t is. Have an operative
case waiting now for me, at my hos
pital. l must be going, really. I'll
Just leave word in writing. as to
the dosage I've administered, and
you can call some other physician.
Any competent man can handle the
case, and I'm positively too full OF
work TO undertake this, just now
b Very we'll" Bradford assented.
whats your fee 81
1 Five dollars
Bradford looked little blank, but
reached for his lean pocketboolS.
i Mugs, however, with mutered:
Gee. saved clear three fifty by
/ Waitin'!' preferred two and three
ones.
dis here's me f.ien'. OATS SICK
he explained, IAN so I'm comm
across fer1Sde shot. Dat goes, too"
he added warningly to Bradford.
4 Smiling. the doctor pocketed the
ex-champeen's fee. Then, taking
/ from his pocket a pad Of prescription
blanks and a fountain pen, he wrote
a few words thereon. The written
sheet he tore off and held out to
/ Bradford.
"This will be sufficient, I believe y
said he. II don't imagine you'll have
any great difficulty from now on.
Complete rest in bed, little choral.
!
of morphine in case Of any further
collapses, ought to pull him thru.
The absolute withdrawal won't work.
/ with such feeble patient. He'll
probably recover. But" he added
more slowly, don't be too sanguine,
about a permanent cure. rye seen
| too much of this devilish stuff to be-
/ lieve much in cures"
| He snapped his bag shut, reached
for his hat and turned toward the
door.
asked Bradford, anxiously. THAT is,
never break entirely loose from the
| habit?"
| "oh, sometimes, with a strong will
and good constitution. But this man
is wreck, anyhow; an old-time adj
dict. And the deep, organic long
4 ings for the poisonous alkaloid, the
nervous irritations and depressions
arising from it's absence, are pretty
sure to start such cases again, as
/ soon as yo, let them 60"
II don't intend to let this man
co. smiled Bradford, grimly, as he
glanced at the prescription blank
j 'Betcha life he amt gotn'!" rum
bled Mugs '.De boss, here, an me
| will bunch our play on dis guy, an
/ pull him outa it, <see?'
This time Bradford did not inter-
rupt with a command for silence. He
4 had heard nothing of Mugs lucu-
/ brations. All his attention now was
fixed with strange intensity on the
! prescription blank. AS the doctor
/ paused at the door, just before the
I final Good day" Bradford's eyes
were absorbing and his brain grasp
i ing the name Fat the top of the little
!. slim. 0H % TraeSnr NJ u o16A