The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-11-16

He was, however disposed to look favorably on
the Group prescription.
He finally agreed to bring it before the pub
lie, furnishing all the money, which he assured
Miss Gilman would imply 'tree-men- jous"
outlay in the way of advertising; and allowing
his partner one-third of the receipts. The rem
edy was to be launched as
DIR. BLADES INFANT PREsERvER.
The bottles, moreover, were to be embellished
with the picture of Demon labeled Group"
clutching a child from it's terrified mothers
arms.
"They like it strong" said the man of enter
prise, land that picture will be sure to fetch
EN-"
1t was very funny piece of BUSINESS, and
quite exciting, because of its privacy and the
glittering hopes it held out But Sadie found
that she had great deal more to do in the
matter than she had imagined Her partner
expected her to furnish what he called the
fancy touches: connecting labels, advertise
ments, hand-bills, and posters for which he
frankly acknowledged himself incapacitated
from want of dedication" lie was a shrewd
business men, but no scribe, as the ill-spelled
notes, directed to Mrs. Gladstone according to
agreement), but intended for Miss Gilman,
abundantly testified.
The young lady's brain was in a perfect
whirl with all her varied enployments, as we'll
as with her great expectations; for Mr.. James
assured her that the Infant Preserver" was
selling like hot cakes, and the only difficulty
was that before long there wouldn't be any more
Group left to cure.
Some weeks after Miss Ollman's visit to
Doctor Gordon, the latter was spending an
evening on the fiat, and spoke of case of Group
to which he was called barely in time to save
the child's life.
The idiot of a mother" said he. indignant
~, was about to dose the poor little sufferer
with one of those horrible patent medicines
with which the country is flooded. But the
father, on my recommendation, pitched it out
of the window, where it probably killed the cats
instead of the child. Why will people be such
fools? The idea of putting any trust in a COM
pound with flaming picture on it and such
label as The Infant Preserver.' The man who
got that up ought to be indicted for child
murder"
And what did you give the baby, Frank?"
asked Sadie, in a curious kind of voice
The very remedy that 1 wrote out for you,
and it acted like charm. BY the way, how
did you succeed with it?"
81 didn't succeed at ALL" was the reply, az
the speaker became quite hysterical with laugh
ing and crying together, to the great amazement
of her relatives. "That wretched James has
run away with all the money, and am left
lamenting. But, oh Frank, to think of your
throwing your own prescription out of the
window"
And now Sadie, unable longer to restrain
herself, giggled uncontrolably.
There was no end of explanations to be made;
and after the first shock of horror at having
had anything to do, however remotely, with an
Infant Preserver," the family verdict pro-
nounced Sadie's enterprise highly commend
able 1t was also decided that-since all the
trouble and disgrace had been incurred-it was
great pity that no money should be forth
coming from it.
Doctor Frank looked funny enough at the
denOuement. But when his glance fell upon Sa-
die, there was something of reproach in it.
However, since he had gotten up patent medi-
cine without knowing it, he did not intend to
sit down tamely and let another appropriate the
profits. So Mr. James was finally discovered
and forced to disgorge some of his ill-gotten
gains, and to give up all interest in the success
full Group remedy. 1t was placed in honest
hands, and although Doctor Gordons connec-
ton with it was kept strictly private he found
it quite source of revenue
There was a Mrs. Gordon, too, as a conse-
quence of all this; and the latter said, one day,
to her husband:
at seems to me, Frank, that took great
deal of trouble just to marry you"
"And very unnecessary trouble, too," was
8 reply, "'for Barkis was wilIin' all along"
-PeterSOl'S Magazine.