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"I,et il remain on for two hours,


dressing" said DIR. s.. III he
should not recover during the action
of the blister, don feel uneasy. Ben
sibility will be restored soon after.
| did not call again but heard from
DIR. s. the result. co.,
For full two hours the burning plas-
ter parched the tender skin OF Mr.
rs shorn head, and was then re-
moved. 1t had done good service,
Dressings were then applied; but still
the sick man lay in deep stupor.
1T has done no good. Hadn't we
better send for the doctor?" 80.
Just then the eyes, of MIR. Il
opened and he looked with half stupid
surprise from face to face OF the anX-
ious group that surrounded the bed:
"Whstin the mischief's the natter"
he said. At the same time feeling
strange sensation about his head, ne
placed his aand rather heavily thereon.
AHesvens on sarthl What gails my
head?" -,
For mercy's sake keep quiet, SAID
his wife. "You have been very Ill.
There, there now; don't say word,
but lie very STILL" "
"But my headl What's the matter
with my head? 1t feels as if scalded;
Where's my hair? Heavens and
earth. Sarah; L DOM understand
thisl What's my arm tied In tins
way for?"' '."' .I
"Re quiet, my dear husband, and
I'll explain it all. Oh, be very quiet.
Your life depends upon it" aa, T.
Mr.. H sank back upon his pillow.
He put his hand to his head and felt
it tenderly from temple to temple and
from nape to forehead.
sis it blister?" he at length asked
eyes dear. You have been very Ill.
We feared for your ife," said Mrs.
H.. There have been two physicians
in attendance" .-
H closed his eyes again. His
lips moved. Those whispered words
would have sounded very strange IN a
church.
"Threatened with apoplexy, l sup
pose?" he asked interogratively.
eyes, DEAR" replied his wife. 81
found you lying insensible on the
floor on happening to come to'your
room. 1t was most providential that
l discovered you as did, or you
would certainly have died"
H. shut his eyes and muttered.
"Sarah!" he said, "why in heaven S
name did you permit the doctors to
butcher me in this way? [ am laid
up for week or two, and all for
nothing" E,.'..
"It was to save your life, dear
"Save-v
"Hush! There, do for heavens
sake be quiet; everything depends up
on it. " ....
With gesture of Impotence, Mr..
H. turned his face to the wall, NUT
tering in low petulant voice:
"Too bad! too bad! too bad!"
had not erred in my first and last
/ T.. H---'s disease, neither
had Dr.. S..
H had a weakness. He couldn'
taste vine nor strong drink without
being tempted to excess. Both him
self and friends were mortified at this
But to see was to taste; to taste was
to fall. At last his friends urged hin
to shut himself up at home for {
certain time. He got on pretty wei
for few days, particularly SO, as hi
coachman kept well-tilled bottle fol
him in the carriage house; but the too
ardent devotion to this bottle brought
on this supposed apoplexy.
DIR. s. was right in his mode O
treating the disease after all, and die
not err in suppoSing that it would
reach the predisposition. The cur
was effectual. H kept quiet on tn
subject and bore his shaved head OF
his shoulders with as much philosoph.
as he could muster. A wig, after tn
sores made by the blister had disap
peared, concealed the BARRIERS worl
until his own hair grew again. FL
never ventured upon wine or brand.
again, for fear of apople1y.