Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-09-23

ed Z"
Mrs Langley informed him in few words.
As soon as the friends Rad left the room,
Remy had leaped down from her lap then
he had gone under the sofa then he had
come out again had turned round and round,
looked uneasy and restless, gazed up into the
air. and snapped, showing his teeth finally,
he and the wild cat had fought with fury,
and while she was trying to separate them,
the dog had bitten her violently in the arm.
'Is that all 2" said Dr. wolfgang, tranquil
"Then you don't think he is mad ?" ex-
claimed Langley.
"Certainly not"
"Where is he darling ?" he cried
81 don't know he ran out of the room,"
she replied.
Poor fellow he is very sorry, 1 have no
doubt, said DIR. Wolfgang ''It was merely
an accident; but if you wish, l will go for
your maidstone"
ooh, if you only would" cried the young
lady, in terror.
"Let me go !" cried Langley but DIR. Wolf
gang vetoed this. He knew the road to DIR.
FoItescue's, and his friend had better stay
with his wife.
ut is absolutely nothing" he said "but
l would like to relieve your mind. Shall l
do 80 2"
ooh, l wish you would, doctor !" the young
lady cried.
bring me little gunpowder, my friend"
said Wolfgang to Langley. 1t was brought
in n moment and the doctor poured a tea
spoonful from the flask upon the wound.
"Why, my meerschaum has gone out ~ he
said And taking a match he struck it as
though to light his pipe. Instead Of doing
80, however, he turned round quickly and
touched ii to the powder. A puff of smoke
and spirit of flame rose the young lady ut
tered cry of pain.
"Now, even if your dog was mad, there is
no danger but will go for your famous
maidstone, he said. Langley was going to
attend TO his horse.
mo" said DR.. Wolfgangi 81 will attend
to that"
He want out to the stables, and saw the
hostler rubbing down his favorite riding
horse. There was thus no delay, and in five
minutes the horse was saddled.
"Have you seen your mistresss dog, my
friend ?" he said to the hostler.
Eyes, sir-under the corn-house some
thing strange about him"
DIR. Wolfgang took up short heavy stick
from the ground and concealed it behind
him. Then he quietly drew near Remy, who
was lying on the ground looking up intently
into the air. The dog did not stir; he
Wolfgang thereupon lifted his club suddenly
and beat out his brains.
'At least he won't bite any one else !" he
muttered; and taking his horse from the as
tonished servant, he mounted, rode quietly
away, and soon lost sight of the house. No
sooner, however, had he done so than he
pushed his horse TO gallop, and, following
the river road disappeared.
Two hours afterward DIR. Wolfgang re-
turned, his horse going nearly at walk.
This was no doubt 10 allow him to cool off,
as he had been going at full speed. He dis
mounted, and entered the house, where
Langley was seated by his wife, holding her
hand and looking at her with tears in his
eyes.
'weIl, I've brought your famous mad
stone, as you insisted on having it, said the
doctor, smiling. Perhaps, after all, there's
more virtue in it than one thinks"
He drew from his pocket small green
stone about two inches long, with rounded
edges.
Twill you have it applied, madame?"
''Oh, yes, yes" cried the young lady.
The doctor looked at the wound and said,
IAN eschar has formed, 1 see. A moment -
And with quick movement he tore the
shrivelled skin, burned by the powder, from
the wound. Mrs Langley cried out with
pain.
1T is done, madame; and now for the
mad d-stone," said the doctor.
| He placed the stone fiat on the wound, and,
strange to say, it adhered firmly. DIR. Wolf
| gang seemed astonished, and raised the arm
so that the stone, if an ordinary substance,
must have fallen off, 1t still clung to the
wound, and the doctor muttered, THAT is
very strange"
Half an hour passed, and not a word was
uttered.
at is visibly growing greener Can it
| possibly be the poison Z" said the doctor.
Another half-hour passed, almost in COM
plete silence, when the doctor touched the
maidstone with his finger, and it fell of.
every strange indeed! A little milk, if
convenient, my friend"
The milk was brought, the stone plunged
into it, and in five minutes the milk turned
| green.
"Helf HimneI l' cried the doctor; ''Qan
| there be something in this curious maidstone,
after all? Il seems-it must be so. Yes,
this wonder exists-seeing is believing. There
is the very poison sucked out of your wound,
madame. confess / did not believe it was
real case of hydrophobia. 1 was wrong.
| But then you are as good as well, thanks to
this wonderful maidstone"
The doctor examined the arm carefully.
''It is Just as well to adopt every precau-
tion," he said. ''Some of the virus may still
linger in the bottom of the incision, and min.
gle with the tissues. That is always the dan
| ger in cases of rabies. A sac is formed,
which months afterward bursts and dis
charges the venom into the blood"
"What are you going to do, doctor 2" said
Mrs. Langley, nervously.
''Oh, don't be afraid will only touch the
incision with this stick of nitrate of silver"
But DIR. Wolfgang did not touch them on,
ly. He dug down to the very depths with
his stick of lunar caustic, turned it about in
the incsions, persisted In thorough opera
ton, and then said: ''Now, my friend, Offer
madame your arm, and escort her TO hel
chamber. She had better lie down. In tel
minutes will mix an opiate, which it would
be better for her to take"
Langley put his arm around his wife, and
they went out of the room. The doctor fell
into a chair.
''Helf Himme! :" he muttered; is she 60
ing to die? don't know, but have done
my best to save her."
Six months after these scenes, DR.. Wolf.
gang left his friends to return to Europe
The parting was a sad one, for he had great
ly endeared himself to both Mr. and Mrs.
Langley.
II am SO very sorry I" said the beautiful
young woman; ''we shall miss you so much =
''You are sure you will not forget me ?
said DIR. Wolfgang, trying to smile.
''How could II You saved my life by
bringing the maidstone SO promptly"
DR.. Wolfgang did not smile this time; he
chuckled.
81 regret to depart without ever laying my
eyes on that wonderful object" he said.
Langley looked at him with some surprise.
Without laying your eyes upon it, my
dear fellow ?" he said.
81 have never yet seen it.
"Nevsr seen itI"
81 observe you are very much surprised.
II certainly am Assuredly you brought
the stone, and it stuck, and colored the mill
with the green poison-the maidstone"
''Copperas, said the doctor with great en-
joyment "gum- m-arabio and green paint Of
fected the rest"
LANGLEY and his wife looked at the doctor