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<p>He worked away for nearly three hours, repeatedly examining through the powerful microscope samples of the bayou water from the bucket.</p>
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<p>At last he slapped his hand on his knee in triumph.</p>
<p>“Dumble’s wrong!” he exclaimed. “He says it’s the <i epub:type="z3998:taxonomy">hybadid cystallis</i>, and I’m certain he’s mistaken. The inhabitants of this water are schizomycetic bacteria, but they are neither macrocci of roseopersicina, nor have they iso-diametric cells.</p>
<p>“Dumble’s wrong!” he exclaimed. “He says it’s the <i epub:type="z3998:taxonomy">Hybadid cystallis</i>, and I’m certain he’s mistaken. The inhabitants of this water are schizomycetic bacteria, but they are neither macrocci of roseopersicina, nor have they iso-diametric cells.</p>
<p>“Can it be that I have discovered a new germ? Is scientific fame within my grasp?”</p>
<p>He seized his pen and began to write. In a little while his family came home and his wife came up to the laboratory. He generally refused to let her in, but on that occasion he opened the door and welcomed her enthusiastically.</p>
<p>“Ellen,” he cried, “since you have been gone I have won fame and perhaps fortune. I have discovered a new bacterium in the bayou water. Science describes nothing like it. I shall call it after you and your name will pass into eternal fame. Just take a look through the microscope.”</p>