The Morning herald., 1877-10-19

at present. an insurmountable horror aga1ns,
returning to it. g., ,..,.-...,.....,.' .1-T =
Adam Burford lost no time in forwarding
to Augusta intelligence which she would 50
gladly welcome. " t&i',' va .3t4 ''T'7'
Mistress Camelford's s agent had next to
hunt for q physieian--th is to say, q ply
sician who would answerth the particular pur-
pose .Burford had now in view. w.aIgoFlNGT
He procured a list Of all the medical men
then practising in Florence, and next pro-
ceeded to ascertain in what repute each and
all of them were held. rn9ai Z ~ . l.f.
He addressed mar persons on the SUBJ
ject - he had been ,ent in advance by the
parents Of a young .aay for whom there was
no hope, it had leen said, except in a
change Of clime-t!ye English climate was
destroying her, so the poor young lady was
coming to Italy, and it was Burford' g busi-
ness to provide for her a skillful physician
who would fly to t's roor 7Juug lauy -o& o'
diatoly she arrived IN Fld.ence. ~ ~ ~
One after another, all pronounced to be
most skillfu physicians, were named to
him. " 'Dr0 = ,1yf' III a' - Hh' N.g
every good, but he world try further .
Burford said; and proceeded to read aloud
other names from the list Of which he had
possessed himself d 81" '""'''eg.,' I". La.
He thought that such = one might do
then that he would try another, whose skill
had been extolled to him by the person from
whom he was seeking information-but he
continued to read aloud name after name,
till he had reached, and pronounced that Of
q Dottore Panizzi. .uT ID it.r +" l''.. IL
"Have no thought Of him." cried the man
whose opinion concerning the numerous
physicians Of Florence, Buford was then
soliciting. q "a Iui a . yFi ftNh4 if
Dismiss him'fr your mind, pursued
this man "for' Panizzi is no doctor now,
and l am surprised that his name has not
been, before this, erased from the medical
list" ,2 '''" ~ t"',1JI' .gI. S' 5,.''
Y "Indeed !-how is that y Burford asked.
"He is lost man r. was the reply; "and
tits pity, for he was considered to be very
skillful in his profession; hnt now, an out
cast from all decent society; aid such q
wretch has he become, that if ,hs could get
more by killing a patient than by curing
him, can pretty we'll guess what would be
the sick mans fate" T.i ~ '- ." ..'...,
"Dear me! that is very shocking r Bur-
ford exclaimed. 4.tr naI."1 y,,nlf 8 y. ,I
Then, having said that he must soon fix
his choice upon some one amongst the ply
sicians who had been recommended to him,
Adam Burford took his leave Of the man
with whom he had been conversing, and
limpsd away and forward TIL he found him
self before the miserable dwelling place Of
the now fallen Dottore Paniszi, ~ 'ay ..s ..,.
The squalid woman who answered Bur-
ford's inquiry, perfectly laughed At the idea
Of his expecting to find the docter at home,
and referred him to low drinking den in
the neighborhood, as the place where Pan!
izzi might always be found. .......'
Burford soon arrived at this wine-shop,
entered, and saw that it was crowded with
low-looking men, for the most part sordidly
attired, and with drink -soddened, and not
over clean countenances. 49,. ,. -,,,,g.,o,-
The man whom Burford was. seeking was
there, and was pointed out to him by the
proprietor Of this very far from select hotel
so Mistress Cameford's agent walked for
ward till he had reached table, which
stood in remote angle Of the large, queer
ly-shaped room, at which four men, who
might have been pronounced to have seen
better days, were seated, and playing with
cards which, though very considerably soil
ed, were not whit more foul than were the,
hands into which they now had fallen. ..'. ',..
At one corner of this table was seated
short, round, podgy man, who was wrang-
ling with the three others to whom we have
alluded, concerning some point, in the game
which he and they were playing then. p, 49,
The podgy person was the fallen and de-
based Dottore Panizzi, once a smart, dap
per, well-formed little man, but now with
figure such as we have described it, and
with purple colored face, with, small, in
famed eyes, and with thick sensual lips,
which debauchery had swollen even beyond
their natural heaviness. o.@ ''.S
This medical gentleman was shouting
loudly and angrily, and with the very husky
voice, which was one of the many heavy
penalties he was made to pay for an inor,di.
nate love Of strong drinks, when Rurford,
touching him on the shoulder, said -" You
are Doctor Panizzi"
"You are q fool !" was that gentleman's
husky answer The other three men at the
table laughed coarsely, and Panizzi told
Burford to go elsewhere, that he had some
thing to do just then which he liked much
better than attending patients. .s..,,,., a..
"You must, however, attend to me!' Bur
ford said quietly. ~. 49, luoa - "
"Nonsense |" cried Panizzi. "Cure your
self-or die, if YOU prefer it-7oplyt don't
bother me-" ..,,s9., 1a.. -,
"You win do yourself great wrong if
you refuse yourself a few words with me in
private" ....,' J". !, u'-.,, .s..
This VS. "'u' cred to Panizzi,
and Burf >rI, us he sp.- 'ccred in his Pc
cuhar manner, and poin.o, !y jingled the
coins with which his pockets were well