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| With his patients he was exactl.
the reverse o. the reigniug sovereign
He was gruff TO the great. Kindly t.
the poor, to children gentle US VIC
man. Rules of practice he set entire
ly at defiance, and was said BY hi
enemies 70 toss up for each cas-
whether he should kill or cure. Cure
however, he did many cases appa
rcntIy hopeless. and by devot'ns
much care 10 soothing the suffering
The could not cure: and making the ap
Fproaches Of death less agonizing, ht
earned the grtitade of surviving rela
tives. Such were the rivals. for whom
the card-lables. of Bath wageo
| war. ...
The rivals themselves were sworn
brothers. DR.. Heatheote At first was
isseornfal, and then was testy; but nc
eeuld not resist the spell which DR.
Eenor seemed to WELD; and although
at consultation aud on professional
Visits he wore has digni6ed sneer with
due psdpsiety, many a hand ut piquet
tdId be boM with his brother Physi.
Ecian, and when none was BY to sec or
hear, would make. bis old consulting.
room ring with laughter at the cx,,be:
rant humor OF his companion.
| Lenoir, on the other hand, boz ed in
public, with the modesty of young
man, to the more mature practitioner,
and assaned5his place with so much
kind-hearted Difference that the other
was entirely dsarmed. But a kind
hef-unde6ned pomp followed bis: foot
steps. :. In.the. Pump-roon and OF the
balls he had q chosen plaee aEbiEh DO
one ever usurped and, ha.aRept by
The name of doctor Magni6cas, "
which, contracted by the unlearned
into The Magnificent, was his ordinary
title.
DR.. sLepoir had been about three
years at :BatAy ywhen the events hap
pened Of which I am about TO speak.
Little more was known Of him thop
thaa when he first arrived. It. was
known he was unmarried; but he was
plainly net a marrying man., He
air,ed in Els gosd humored way with
all the pretty girls, hatjt was evident
ly filtration of society, not Of the
heart. 1t was also certain, w his
style of living, that he was IN easy
circumstances, and >that he had re-
sources other than his profession.
The only instance in which lie ever
AMBIENT from bis snperb demeanor, was
when in company with Mrs. DeGrey,
an exceedingly beautiful aud attrac-
tive woman, who, with her husband
and two young children, had lived for
more than a year at Bath. DR..
Lenoir plainly admired her much.
Col DeGrey was a goodiookiHg
man, with q military air. and man
ners which bespoke knowledge Of the
the world. He was not mvorite,, for
his demeanor was reserved TO The
crowd, although when at hisease he
could converse with animation, and
was well read and we'll tfayslsG Eat
his wife was Ill that was charming.
Lively. spirited, kindly, and.eholoagh-
ly true, without dash of saf:eoneeit,
ora thought Of evil; ready in repar.
tee, sparkling in small talk, but, with
an ever open heart and hand for real
sorrow, she vas the joy Of all who
knew her; and very honestly; distress
ed were the Pump-room gossips when
they heard that Mrs. DcGrcy was Sc.
riously i'll. =. Jaaz. r.. r.
; Col. DeGrey affected Lenoir's socie-
ty mach for his powers of CONVERSE
ton were remarkable, and they had
many tastes in common. But whcu
his wife was raken i'll, he scntvfor DR.
Heathcote, to the amusement Of the
Bath scandal-mopgers, who set it
down to q slight infusion Of jealousy
Now and then, as Lenoir stood lean.
iag like a. Hercules against his aecus-
toned pillar, some wag, who thought
himself privileged, launched shaft at
him with this barb to it: but Lenoir,
without the slightest discomposure or
even alluding to the gibe, shot back
some sarcastic remark on his assail-
ant, which made him tingle to the
tips Of bis 6agers- But he inquired
with real soititude of Dr. Healhcote
as to his patients health.
"To tell you the truth, my dear fel-
low" said .Heathcote one day, Z
wish they would call you in. Oh
course you know I cannot ask for .
consultation with q junior; but wish
they would pay mo off, and take you
I am fairly puzzled and all the medi-
cines ] have given her seem to make
her worse" :: -, :,
"Ne wonder" said .Lenoir; "but,
doctor, it would be pity that harm
should como to that poor creature be-
cause We make up our pills differently.
If you make an excuse to let me at
tend for a day or two, 1 will tell you,
to, the best OF my Judgment, what l
think of the case" -. - 90. =,
So Dr.. Heatheate made bis excuse,
and Dr.. Lenoir was called. And the
Pnmp-room scandal-mongers talked
more than ever.
Col. DeGaey lived in q handsome