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Frictional Electricity, by Max Adeler
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Title: Frictional Electricity From "The Saturday Evening Post."
Author: Max Adeler
Release Date: October 24, 2007 [EBook #23179]
Language: English
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FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY
By Max Adeler
Reprinted by permission of the author, Charles Heber Clark, from "The Saturday Evening Post."
I happened to visit the accident ward of St. Paracelsus' Hospital because a friend of mine who is interested in the Flower Mission asked me to stop there during my afternoon walk and give a few flowers to the sufferers.
When I had arranged the last half-dozen of the roses in a vase upon the little stand by the bedside of one bruised and battered patient, he looked at me gratefully, and said:
"Oh, thank you, sir! And would you mind, sir, stopping for a bit of talk? I'm so lonely and miserable."
I sat upon the chair by the bed and with my hand smoothed the counterpane, while the patient asked me:
"Do I really look like a burglar, sir, do you think?"
I hesitated to reply as I examined his face. It was really covered with bandages, but his nose seemed swollen and there were bruises about both eyes.
"I don't wonder you don't like to speak y