Demoine courier., 1854-11-02
most chnerful looking little woman il had

II! NO, madam, you are iaboTlng un-
der a mistake
"Ah! | beg pardon" said the little wo.
man. 81 found OH my slate the name of
Mr.. Hubbs, No. fourteen, Mrs. Grey's
boarding house, with q request that
would call and see him"
"Your slnte, madam" | exclaimed,
my asIonishmeh, increasing every mo
ment; "you, surely, are not a..
''Phy ysician! yes, sir" she Interrupted,
quickly; "l'm ply s:cian, DR.. Todd"
"Ex, extraordinarily was all could
say. for though had heard a, distance
of the existence OF such beings; this
was my first in;roductlon TO a pracsision.
er Of the Esculapian art. /, was rather
awkward, bul since she had come, | de-
termined TO make the best of il, and &C
quaint the lady doctor with my case
She fel. my pulse, aud asked numerous
questions as 10 my symptoms, and then
in her quick krbr'gh, way, exclaimed
NERVOUS! nefvousl that's all, depend
upon il. Excuse me, sir. bu, by the air
OF your room suppose you are much
given to smoking.
| plead gu,,y. c E H
..And how many cigars 90 you Usual
iy smoke in d4.2 - aaa s-a.f q.
| could mol, leil; | Hcylr counlea as
soon as | threw away nne, !! nuk ano,heI
usually. esas.a s~ r.ra..s sssssi
Hun. a cigar 10 yaur noYlh pretty
much all the time, ell! Chew, ton!'
Aga.n reluctant conf ssion was wrung
from NE. a..t...s. .. .tr. ....r. .-..s g
Il presume YOU 81, up late, smoking
all the tine! l.. .gas, a..g ..r...-.
"Yes, ma'am, smoking aud reading
. That's il. NurdI ease OF Ih1 hears
al all, sit; nothing bu, Iobacc.'. 1t will
make you fancy anything: it'il drive you
crazy, if you don, take cate. Nqw,
will you promise lorloi.ow my atslce
c'ossly! II not, will leave immediate
ly." snassf set a...a aa
i promised, submissive as Lamb.
SIN the Grst place, heu, tErnw away
all our cigars ansi lubacco, and promise
TO buy no more. s.. .#t ra..gr
With sigh given 10 M sole consola.
lions, said | would do as sho dlrected.
Many more direciions She gave me Us
10 diet. exercise, carly hours, etc. Per.
hsps she saw too, liza, cheerful compan.
ionship was something | needed. so she
remained a while, talking with great glee
and spirit abou, matters and things in
general, and, promising TO call and zee
lpe The next morning, she left.
had not selt so well III great while;
indeed, had net given my heart one
thought since The lille woman entered
the room. at 5a. q! @.
The mex. nornng | found myself
watching impstiently for the arrival OF
my little doctor. She came, bright and
cheerful as the day before. What a
perfect iiule sunbeam she was! could
not help growing better under her care
and The influence of her cheering pres.
ence, and YET managed to con,rive some
ache or pain every day, as an excuse for
the continuance of her visits. 4'a
Atleng,h found ,ha, my heart. which
had long been quiet, and apparently Tree
from disease, began to tiu,,er and palpi,
tote again; bui observed il was only
when heard the liltle woman's tap al
my door, or fe, her sufs fingers ON my
wrist. In short, as she had driven the
disease out Of my heart iha, lillle wo.
man herself had walked into it. could
no longer blind myself 10 he fact; and
when she one day told me that was of
lhe sick list. and out of her hands. ! de.
,ermined that she should not so easilr
get out of mine. aq )
So told her that as she had now Civ.
en- ease to my heart in one respect, she
must no, leave me ,il che had done SO in
another. or should be wo.se of than
was before. The little woman looked
perplexed.
Then stated my case, and explained
my symptoms second lime, showing
her the distressed state Of my heart, aud
shs alone could cure il. The former dis.
ease she had removed by an occasional
visit; the latter could only be cured by
her promising 10 come and take up be.
abode witt lne as rss,dent physician. -
She understood me now, aud, by the
way she pressed her hand on her own
Iiule fu.iering heart, one would suppose
the disease was contagious; and | verify
lhink il was. Son now We are de,ermin-
ed to cure each other, and next We are
both to apply to a clergyman, who is 10
form between US life partnership, as
lawyer and physician.
But one thing troubles me, OF which |
had no thought ill now; that i. is neces.
sary to have our cards engraved. Mar
ried people are usually MIR. and Mrs.
SO and so.' or '.Mr. such one and la.
'jy;" but will any one please to tell me
how me how me and my little wife are
TO be designated. Will il oe ..Mr. and
DR.. Hubbs," Of "Mr. and Mrs. Hubbs,
NJ. d.. or. as the ladies are going ahead
so fast in these days Of Woman's rights,
will ] sink into lesser insghificance, and
shall we be, "Dr. Todd and gentleman" !"
or must drop the name Of Hubbs alto
gether, and become 'rodd too? Some.
body please tell me how 10 have those
cards engraved. s,.a aza
uA sailor once had dispute with
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