The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1904, Page 7

THE S. FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL HAT would you do if you sud- @GRS INNIIIONNAIINNNSONND earth. ‘One time It clalms fis victim chanced to discover one near apd dear to the vietlm of gas as- undsual occurrence. In what happens da nd no amount of care and vigilance render proof ‘against it. one could accuse C. S seems tc one prominent business man, t the news of his accident 1ed the length and breadth and his life was almost de- f such an accident, what add that aimlessly about pandemonium ie at such a time ht possibly act effectiv as Egbert Bene- w! father and body about all W open the win. . syst vigorous e that sent gax ree a from dies st as 1d go what to do? veryt as asked him thousand since the a and " has merely pulled a smali s pocket and given them a . g gisnce at a “Quick H in soning Accidents” that he has guarding as the apple of his eye am f those self- have been passed g the past years, but ne f ove mnor N in Benedict was ese boy and told that th the was filled it didn't his fath- w his six feet of n a decided use gas k for th hest - r I co slipping my hand raising the body fell back with § g hen deliberately breath was com- hand re- resh air rushed E= uld be forced to t the rate r twenty time a y, for them to pieces. syetematic me that per out any tucked bottom of the press have ds between literally % t until the s gasps and showed L 3 ad something to work c & a I did, for as much to ttle story and says es g luck and h ew just how this 8 liquid would act iedy always near ncy, but unfortu- ble as the winds ur corners of the By R ita Helley. by Rita Kelley.) SON as putting at the Bt Even though wonders of leaving coliege, even oppressed, ous amount or in- day s Exposition the genuity a auty spread before him. He strolled tow the main ‘en- ance and stopped to admire an ex- tremely pretty girl in cool green linen by one of the pillars of the Arts Bujlding y Jove!” he said as he made a detour behind her and came at the other side. “I kmow Hapg it! What's her name?” walked slowly past her again. he was absorbed in a scrutiny of the umphal Causeway. How refresh- 1y cuol she was in that green dress! hair gleamed gold in the sun. hat was just the trouble—her hair! 1f it were only brown! Boyd ran over the names of all the blondes he had ¥wown. Bertha Serple, Caroline E ELEANOR Ne. 1 vinegar or svhite patient vomit by ¥ and olive or sweet ofl Opium, Morphice, of an egE} Laudanu i and G R GG LSS GO SGBLEEN! I A AR AR A er head, walking, Poison, Mat then give oll Qf tur glve “¢harcoal vomit every hal? hour patient to drachm of Epsom and salts in tum never give fats of any ki No. 4. #trychmine. Bruetne, Izr Give emetic of musard sad water, fon_of oak bark; keep patie T Fis unce owering arma.and by ing and o 5 tea or de reghlar pressure on the chest face; give inhalators of ammania and use rectal tion of strong coffee. Call doctor No. e Vomi{ing—Push the finger down (he tnrcat of the patient; tickle th A feathbr, or give lukewarm water contalning mustard or Decac Quick Helpsin Poisoning or Accidents Carbolic Acid—Give pure al-ohol, or if that is mot at hand give whisky, then follow by tickling the, fatces or putting your finger down his throat; next § lagze guantities of water; make the Then eall doctor. liene, Lacturcarium hukewarm or cold, itteg of tea trising naked Lody with wet towel, coter. draughts of rustard and water; compel loatine on water in doses of hall a . followlng this by cne ounce ever give any ofl other than turpentiné Cannabls Isdica— followed by coplous - Vomica, rotoxin, Coeculus Indicus 1o vomit, then give strorg tea, decoc- m side to side. Call Gnctor ustard, two tablespoanfuls to pint bark; then compel followed by a teaspoonful of of castor oil lungs largest =mou f pure air by rais- throw cold water on Poses by Professor Miehlipg of the Olympic Club, French? pudgy. “If she just had brown hair, now.” he #aid, staring at her unmistakably gold curls. Suddenly he realized that he s standing stock still and the brown eyes of the girl in the green dress had swedt from the Triumphal Causeway and were looking into his with ill-concealed amusement. In- stantly his face cleared.- He swept oft his hat with a charming bow and went toward her smiling. “Miss Haskell?” he sgid, holding out his hand. “Miss Eleanor Has- kell 2 She looked at him amazed, but at sound of the name she smiled, too— questioningly. p 1 fear vou havesthe better of me, Bah! they had been fat and though,” she said, as he ook her hand, “you are—" - “Boyd Thompson, yes, of North- western,” he finished for her. “‘Oh, I don’t remember.” She passed one slim hand over her brow and looked embarrassed. “But I've sure enough been to Northwestern, said, flashing a triumphantly, “yeg, I remember your face.” "'One’s_ memory for-names is often fickla. Why, do you know, I had the deuce of a time recalling yours just now, and I was afraid every minute you'd take a notion to go before I could get it by the tail feathers, so to speak. But I did, you see, and 1 al- ways remember faces.” He leaned over and smiled down at her. you enjoying the show?” he sweetly. ““Yes, but it's too overwhelming to enjoy alone, and my friends are not due for a week or ten days, so I've decided to go home. I was just taking a farewell look as you came along.” “Come, now, that's jolly. I'm in the same fix. What do you say to doing the fair.in partnership? And so it was finally arranged. Later in the evening as he left her at the Hotel Napoleon Bonaparte he said, coming a step nearer: “You'll forgive me for staring at you so hard? T just couldn’t remember your name on the instant.” “‘Yes, of coyrse!” she laughed. “Be- cause, do you know, I haven't been able really to place you yet, though I remember your name and your face perfectly.” or uge large amounts 3§ é e e e A A NS A O] in a few short hours and again it per- mits them to linger on a week or more, and in the strange case of Elida Wil- bur, almost two years. Cf all poisonings that resulted fatally this was perhzaps the most mysterious and certainly the most bafling. Miss Wilbur was a fashionable bride-to-be and as such figured very prominently in the smart set. One morning her non-appearance at the breakfast table resulted in an investigation and she was found lying comfortably on her side with a book just stipped from her fingers. The room was filled with gas, (Ot ) ‘Well, we're even,” he called back, and, thrusting his hands in his pockets, he sauntered toward the lobby. Strange he should have thought she had ordinary brown hair, he said to himself, when this particular shade of gold was the prettiest thing for hair he had ever seen. Blondine? He threw away his cigarette. She wasn't that kind. 3 They were sitting at the end of the Grand Basin some nights later, a lit- tle back from the balustrade overlook- ing the water. Boyd was speaking as he slowly rolled. a cigarette. “Do you know. I am amagzed to think o e O] how mistaken I was about you.” ¥ sorrv to have disappointed you, “But you didn't, That's just the point.”” He leaned over suddenly and his face took on a new seriousness. “And to think I missed all that good time because I was fool enough to be afraid of you!” “What good Quickly. “Why, knowing you better before, don’t you see? You're' the jolllest girl I've seen for a long time. If you had thrown me over that day at the Lib- eral Arts building I never should have really known you, probably. I'm glaa you didn’t. And the reason I couldn’t think of your name was because I thought you should have brown hair instead of ‘from all sure gold, " ‘he laughed. ’ She sat up straight with a start. “On" time?” she askea “Why, what is it?" he asked, soli- citously. *What's the trouble?’ “Nothing! My feet just hurt from walking so muych. I have blistérs on both my heels.” Boyd looked gricved at this an- nouncement. ‘“Why didn’t you say so? I wouldn't have kept you going so much. If you'll forgive me I'll promise to do better.” “Thank you, I can manage very well. My cousin, for one, i quite capable of taking care of herself. She has been to ;bai Northwestern and—she has brown air.” “Eleanor Haskell? mean?" “Yes, that's her name, too. I might have known we looked alike, but no- bedy ever said so before. Peovle are always falling in love ‘with her and coming to me to be pitied. I hate her; 1 hate everybody, and I'm not going to have you hanging around like all the rest, worshiping her and pouring your troubles into my ear. Heavens! There she is now! Go to her; I can get a car by myself!” g:;dwwd and unstrung. i ,and saw the original Eleanor Haskell—the one he had met before—standing not ten paces away. She stood apart from her party of friends, looking over. the balustrade at the gondoliers wielding thin, flash- ing poles. He ghrank farther back into the shadow ot the shrubbery. She was tall, stately and dark as of old, and the peculiar. feeling of mingled admiration and fear came back to him. Neither What do you "AND ANOTHER which evidently had blown out while she dreamed, and to all outward ap- pearances she was sleeping-too sound- ly to be roused For almost two years she lay in that peculiar unconscious condition, while the medical world pondered and sug- gested every remedy that was half way justifiable. Her case was discussed In scientific journals and on all peossible occasions, but the deadly poisom had permeated her being too thoreughly and too com to respond to any treat- f two long years ipped mereifully unk ment, and at the end this sleeping Gal away into the grea ince that time all sorts and condi- L nown. tions of restoratives have been used for the relief of gas asphyxiation, but with verying success, as all seems to depend upan the ividual cases. The very day of the Benedict catastrophe a sailor on the water front was hurried off the Emergency Hospital and a new t that a French surgeon has been advocating was put into prac- tice in this city for the firgt time. Hy- drogen peroxide was injected into the stomach with a tube and as soon as to ry the remedy was absorbed by the stomach "and the oxygen began to circulate freely through the blood he sat up and denied in a most stren- uous fashion that he had ever tried to kill himself or that he had ever enter- tained such a thought for a single mo- ment. His recovery was very comp arnd almost instantanecus, so much so, in fact, that those who witnessed the miracle drew & long breath of relief and felt that fhe.perplexing gas prob- had been ved at last. Yet when Mr. and Mrs. Benedict were lying at death’s door this antidote was len S0 not resorted to, mor yet was oxygen used t stood by the bed ready to be tapped at a moment’s notice Medicines were not salvation nor do they owe th to artificial means. Plain gymnastic move: were up until the breath lite returned to them and thiey were In a fair way to recover. Of from such any depressing | their energies g from minor h as bruises and black and d by their emergetic from the after effects ine: troubles son, rather tha of powerful No one, the seclusion of ever feel abso- rom this deadly demon out his greedy arms and h and poor altke. Nor one’s own home, car can one tell n its messenger will slink through ks and crannies and leave death in its wake. A years back it was content with merely g its victims and gen- erally stealing in on them in the mid- dle of the ht, but now it is no strange thing to hear of explosions, and such mighty ones that brick and mor- tar cannot withstand its foree. The F. W. Bra incident was a r example of that. The odor was not strong ugh to prevent him from walking down his front stalrs with a lighted cigar in his hand, but the gas was powerfu! enough and had collected to such an extent that he was blown across the street and picked up nearly dead.. While it was not a direct case of asphyxiation, the man was. ia an unconscious condition for hours and the gas that he had inhaled info his Iungs had much to do with his precarfous cendition. If one knew just when or ywhere it would strike, or just what remedies would prove to be the most beneficial, there would ot be such _ universal need of care or precaution, but it pever fails to come like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. And especially so since a small quantity is quite as pungent and as penetrating enough to fill a good sized room. .So the only thing to do and the only way to feel safe is to fortify one's seif against the evil hour. It may be ail very well enough and good to bleed pa- tients and supply the loss of blood by a saline solution, and it may act like a charm to use peroxide, but while the household is running hither and her after a doctor, valuable time is being lost and it is no uncommen oc- currence for the patient to die before the professional man arrives. And even if he does come in the nick of time the medicine may not counteract the gas as it should, and the victim is indeed a victim, not through negligence of any kind, but through ignorance and a sort of a general misunderstanding all the way round. Even, if one did know what to do and had the strength to do it promptly and well, the medicine chest may be dis- tressingly empty, and nine times out of ten it is in the case of an emergency. but the knowledge that one carries in one’s head or in one’s vest pocket is always ready and always avallable, and if it Is as effective as it was with the Benedicts it will certainly prove to be a veritable godsend to more than one household. At any rate, it is such e trifling thing to carry about that it cannot possibly be a nuisance and it may be well worth while. © he nor the girl beside him. stirred. He felt sure she was watching him. and he waited. The party called to the dark girl and she finally turned away. They heard her say calmly, unemotion- ally: “Yes, it is rather good. I'm glad we got the night view first.. Do you suppose there is any chance of our finding Eleanor?” “I have much to thank your cousin for,” he sald slowly, “for without her I should not have known you" He stopped and picked up a bit of gravel from: the path. “And witheut her ad- vent here to-night I should not have dared to tell you for ‘some time that I love you. The girl beside him moved away just a trifle. “You will think me an unutterable cad for saying this, but it seems neces- sary to speak or lose you, and I don't want to do that. If you don't care for me, please believe that I am sincere.” After a pause: “Do you?” What 2" “Believe I mean it?" “Yes.” “Er—er—care for me?" “aybe!”