CHAPTER XIX.

THE LAST OF THE K.'S.

A Popular Fallacy--Karl Konstant Kain, Esq.--Awaiting Events--An Intricate Subject for the Hospitals and Doctors--Getting Even with the Latter--Yellow Jack on a Raid--K. K. K., Esq. in his Prison Cell--Promoted to the Hospital--An Uncommon Defiance--K. Konstant Kain struggles back to Shore--"Do not Weep"--A Critical Moment--A New Cast and entire Change of Scenery--"Gruel" did it-- Waited upon by a Deputation of Citizens--"Young Man, Go West"-- The New Orleans Pest-House--Konfounded, Krooked Konundrum 180