Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-05-04

svasated by the remedy wherevith it
Was thought to allay it. whilst the pA-,
tient was constantly cofhplsining OF
fresh pains in parts zpfb>k body not
assailed before.
Old Chin vas a = kifs ends hshaa
never ia his WI - Brefessionsl life met
with case I'd Estimate.
Msanwhile the patient grew rapidly
worse. and at last 10 al appearance hay
| = deaths door.
.aoh Chin gave Il up. His skin ~as.
4 feel i my dpty TO warn ,you,s -.
EsAfd. afldtesllng che sifIklkE pxtseut,
sthat your case Is beyond the reach Of
medical aid. II you have any worldly
matters to attend to there is no time
to he lost
'Is-there-no other-physician in
this placer feebly gaspcd the str'an.
ger.
Old Chin shook his head. .. I
Beg pardon the landlord ven.urcd
to hint-'there's DIR. Whitlow.'
'Ob, didn't think of him. said old
Chin, with n sniff. a a ed
Send for him. said the stranger.
Yes, send for him, said old Chin,
with evident disgust. ....
A messenger was dispatched, and
Bob lost no time in obeying the SUM-
mons.
Old Chin, with supercilious air,
gave Bob brief summary Of the case
and an outline Of the treatment hith-
erto pursued. '.'
Il trust it meets your APPRECIATION
he added, with curl of his lip. ..
Il only wonder the man isn't dead,'
calculated Bob.
What do you mean, Mr.---wt+
less p
'Whitlow,' corrected Bob. ..s p
'Whitlow or Felon 7 beloved old
Chin, in u fury; 4 demand an explana-
tiou Of your insolence.'
Il only mean said, Bob, quietly. that
the remedies you have administered were
enough to have killed horse
Perhaps yom can prescribe better
sneered old Chin.
If l couldn't / wouldn't try replied
Bob.
Suppose You do try retorted old
Chin. eontemptuously.
There's my prescription, answered
Bob having written it of hastily.
'What! = replied the other with deep
surprise. 'stimulants for u man in his
condition 2
4 should think so,' said Bob, after
the prostrating treatment he has gone
through !
I will try the new prescription, whist
pered the sick man With effort.
Bob prepared it. aud the patient swal-
lowed it. The effect was instantaneous.
The stranger declared himself relieved,
and but for being cautioned by Bob
against such rashness would have got
ten up at ouce. Old Chin was astoun-
ded but not convinced.
1t is the temporary effect of the
stimulant; when that passes off there
will be relapse
But there was no relapse, and much
to old Chin's chagrin, the stranger was
up and able to travel the next day.
Bob's reputation was established from
that time on, and old Chin's began to
wane. Indeed, the latter found it cou-
veniens within II year to retire Oh the
fortune he had already made, leaving the
field clear TO Bob.
1t was not till many years afterward
that it leaked out that Bob first patient
was an old college chum, with plenty Of
lime aud money on his hands, W hose iourn
ey through Bob town aud sudden illness
there and wonderful cure, were all parts
of concerted scheme between the two
to give Bob a lift, and that famous pre-
scription, leaving out few unimpor-
tant ingredients, was nothing more than
a stiff brandy cocktail.
1T must have been a severe trial to
your friends DEVOTION, / remarked to
Bob; when he told me the story, TO
swallow old Chin's doses
The worst of them he didn't swal.
low,' said Bob; but only let on to-after
holding them in his mouth awhile hs
would spurt them out, pretending that,
like Mickey Frees emetics, they would
not lie on his stomach