The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-04-25

| pfeSSlY 1Or THIS OCCdSlOn DeIOFe leaN-
ing home, he proceeded to measure it
very carefully on the point of his pen
knife-blade, and made it up in tiny
powders.
Miss Dickford's eyes dilated as she
watched him, and she forgot to talk in a
whisper.
ssWhat a beautiful color" she ex-
claimed. 81 never saw any medicine
like that before"
"Know, of course you did it is
something entirely new, and probably
has never been heard of by the doctors
of your neighborhood. You know 1
have Just come from hospitals-there
are constant improvements going on in
u profession"
And holding his knife blade, which
contained some of the powder, critically
before his eyes, hecasefully removed an
atom or two before doing it up in bits Of
paper.
When he had finished he counted his
powders twice, and then seemed to be
buried in a brown study, from which he
finally emerged with the remark, II
don't know whether it will be quite safe
to leave these with YOU"
"Why?"
Because they will have a very pow
erful effect, and it is absolutely neces-
sary that my instructions be followed to
the letter"
"But l will promise faithfully to fol-
low them; | will not vary one iata,"
said the excited woman.
The doctor laid down the powders,
saying, Let me see your watch" The
watch was handed to him, and he com
pared it with his own.
Eyes, it is right; you may time your
self by this, Take a powder now, and
in just three hours and half (three and
a quarter will not answer,) you may
take another. Continue to take them
at intervals of three hours and a half
through the day, until six in the even
ing after that, lift is only n minute after,
you must not touch them until six o'clock
in the morning-then begin again, on
the very minute, and continue them
through the day as before. The effect
of these powders will be quick and Won
derful, if the rules are strictly adhered
to; but if they are not, L will not be
responsible for their effects. BY
tomorrow you will feel inclined to sit
up, but there again l must caution you.
If you exert your newly acquired
strength too soon you will lose it. Lie
still until the day after tomorrow then
you may allow yourself to be propped
up with pillows, and sit in bed as like;
but you must not leave the bed until
see you again. I will call the day after
tomorrow. l have given you powders
enough to last until then.
But, DOCTOR" said the lady, hesita-
tingly, '.if / do not feel inclined even to
sit up in bed?"
"1ou will feel Inclined" was the re.
ply, in a decided tone. 81 know the
power of my medicine. The trouble
will be to keep you from going farther"
And the doctor went home, having
already effected half of the cure.
In two days he called again. He
found his patient sitting up in bed, her
eyes bent a~ttentively upon her watch,
which she held in her hand, waiting for
a half minute to expire before she could
take her medicine.
"This is just as it should be-" said
the doctor in a cheerful voice. II see
by your improvement that you have
kept your promise
Miss Dickford swallowed her powder
and looked up at her visitor.
Now you feel restless and tired of
the bed, and would like to make another
move," said the doctor in q confident
tone.
"Yes-may r."
"Not to day." was the decided reply.
Il will call again tomorrow, and if YOU
continue to improve so rapidly-which
yon certainly will if you follow my
orders s~trictly-you may occupy an arm
chair"
By the next day Miss Dickford was
ready to get up.
Your medicine is really wonderful,
doctor" said she. 'Just think how
many years / have lain there, unable to
raise my head, and now you are curing
me so quickly"
Il knew there would be no difficulty
If could only have my orders obeyed,"
was the reply.
The next step in her recovery was
walking. This had to be undertaken
very cautiously, for she had been
out of practic so long that she had en-
tirely forgotten how, and the lessons Of
her babyhood had to be taught her
over again. 1t was all accomplished,
however, in good time, and at the end
of three weeks she had thrown aside
clutches and all other assistance, and
was walking with as steady a step as
any one.
Miss Dickford could not say enough
in praise ofthe new doctor. His won
derful cure was looked upon by the whole
community very much in the light of n
miracle. Patients poured in upon him
continually.
The little unpretending house of four
rooms became a formidable opposition
to the imposing mansion on the other
side of the street. DR.. Jaeger contin-
ued to shake hands with the same bland
smile; and he congratulated the Young
man upon his success, while he unwil-
lingly admitted to himself that this very
Clever boy" was a rival to be feared.
Finally, he called upon his young
brother in the profession, and proposed
~apartnership upon equal terms, to which
u friend acceded.
1t was not many years befor the house
of four rooms, which DR.. Minter had in
the meantime purchased, became a wing
to q larger editice which arose beside 1t.
Annie always laughingly declared that
this was built upan a foundation of
cochineal magnesi-Home Circle.
Ability and knowledge.
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