Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-04-17

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time. and It seems to le human nature
TO sympathize most deeply With those
who are thus situated. She had heard
of DIR. Minter's skill in the case thus
cited, and therefore sent for lim. He
had also heard Of her, and had made mp
his mind that a diseased imagination was
the sole cause of her illness.
Al drive Of a few miles brought DIR.
Minter to the residence of his new pa
tient. After he had carefully feltof her
pulse, examined her tongue, and made
a few inquiries, she languidly opened
her eyes, and asked in q suppressed
whisper, as though she were almost
afraid Of disturbing her W departing
spirit:
do You think there is any hope for
me, doctor?"
Hope for you? Yes to be sure | do.
will have You out in two or three
weeks, II you will only follow my direc-
tions faithfully. / saw several such
cases in the hospitals. All that is re-
CURED is apractitioner who understands
your disease, and ON your part, perfect
obedience to his orders"
A faint smile fitted across the
tenence of the invalid, and she found
the strength to shake her head slightly.
ooh, no, doctor, you do not know
how Ill / am if yor have me ont in two
years you will go beyond my sanguine
expectations.
Every well, ma'am,p said her visitor,
rising,
"Why doctor" she asked in alarm,
"are you not going to do anything for
me?D
mo; there is nousein attempting the
case unless / can have strict obedience,
and | see that you are not disposed to
give it,
II will promise to do what ever you
say. Pray do not leave me, for / was
really IL hope you might afford me some
| relief"
MY relief viii be q perfect cure; but
in or9er to effect this you must not vary
one iota from my Instructions
Faithful aquiescence in all his orders
was solemnly promised. And the
patient, thoroughly aroused and excited
by so much earnestness and certainty
on the part of her companion. watched
his movements with the utmost interest.
Taking from his package of medicines
a bundle of puiserized carbonate of
magnesia, colqred with t~incture of
cochineal, which he had prepared ex-
pressly for this occasion before leav-
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 Dickfords eyes dilated as she
watched him, and she forgot to talk in a
whisper.
What a beautiful ~color!" she ex-
claimed. II never saw any medicine
like that before"
Know, of course you never did: itsis
something entirely new, and probably
has never been heard OF BY the doctors
of Your neighborhood. You know +
have just come from hospitals-there
are constant improvements going on in
our profession
And holding his knife blade, which
contained some of the powder, critically
before his eyes, hecarefully 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 n q brown study, from which he
finally emerged with the remark. II
don't know whether it viii be quite safe
to leave these with you"
"Why?'
Because they will have a very pow
erful effect, and it IS absolutely neces-
sarJs. that my instructions be followed to
the letter.
but 1 will promise faithfully to fol-
low them; | will not vary one iota,
said the excited woman.
The doctor laid down the pow,lers
saying, Let mo see your watch The
watch was handed to him, and he COM
pared it with his own.
Yes, 1T is right; you may time your-
self by this, Take q powder now. and
IN Just three hours and half (three and
q quarter will not answer Won NAV
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, fit is only q minute after.
you must moi touch them until six o'clock
IN q morning-then begin a0ain on
the very minute, and continue them
through The day as before. The effect
OF these powders will be quick and won
derful, II the rules are strictly adhered
70; but Il they are not, 1 will not be
responsible for their effects. gy
tomorrow you viii fesi inclined to sit
up, but there again / must caution Won
u you exert your newly acquired
Strength too soon You will lose it. Lie
sthl until the day after tomorrow her
you may allcw yourself to be propped
up with pilloYa and eif 81 hadAAia