The Somerset reporter., 1885-09-02

quaintanceS with the countryside neth-
cr hc nor anybody else. came across any
trace Of her.
Dr. TrediCkar. for some reason or 9TH
cr. discarded hi, little dark pills HOW. but
he plunged back into his business with IL
sort of madne,. He tried to forget him
self in killing or curing: he never looked
at woman except from scientific
point of view he never spoke to his
>pin>ter if he could help ii; he >tueicd H.
if his life depended on il; practice he
had been on the point of surrcndidg 10
the new doctor he had retained and lie
rode far into the night to cxacting people
on outlaying farms. and was up in the
daybreak for his laboratory experiments
and books: he forgot to eat. and he VA,
unable to sleep.
OF course, such devotion To work had
its own reward in one way. for DIR. lrr-
dickar was becoming Il comfortably rich
man for Il country practitioner, and WAS
rcaping Il rich harvest of fame. that Wa>
however. as worthless to him A. WAS the
idlc>t breeze
And So one year followed another iii
twenty had Slipped away and the babies
to whom he had given their first holu>
had babies of their OWL; and feNer~. and
con>umptonS. and amputations. autnp>irs
filled up the measure of his day. and
there seemed To DR.. Tredckar nothing
worth living for: and worn with work ;
irregular food. unhealthy hurrieS. sYlnpa-
thieS. disgust, faigucs one morning Dr.
/ Trcdickar discovered that he was with
out appetite, without strength. without
II hope or wish. looking on the world IL Il
mass of disease, and SAW with hardly SUI
prise or regret that there was no health
/ in him.
DR.. Trcdickar had scarcely the energy
i left To set about curing himself; he real
/ " did not care. He took one little dose
and another. and would not have taken
them if his aged spin>tcr had not set
them by his plate. ~ he looked about
his dull and dcSolatc home he thought
that this was the time when man needed
IA wife to cheer him. and cursed himself
/ for not thinking of il twenty years ago.
Dr. Fellows came to see him and told
/ him he must do 50 and so: and he did
and grew more listlc~s and melancholy.
! Then DR.. Harvey came and said he must
do this, and that; and he did. and felt 80
much worse that he went himself to see
| DIR, Field.
And then all three had consultation.
and one said it was the spleen. and one
said it was the Kidneys and he himself
was sure it was the liver And rs they
could do nothing that had not already
been done, they sent him oil to the
Springs to see what the old earth could
do.
But the Virginia Springs did DR.. IRE
dickar no good-hot, or cold. or sulphur
and the Canadian Springs did him no
good, and the Maine Springs did him no
good. and the Vermont and Arkansas
Springs were equally worthless in his F
case; and at last he went on his way to
the Saratoga Springs hopeless. li>tlt>>
wretchrd. failing generally and ailing
particularly, from mere force of habit /
trying to get we'll and yet not caring
whether he did or not. with no object I
and no aim->imply actuatcd, as ii We're
by the instinct of sclf-pre>rrvation
He was within POO miles of Waukc>ha /
when he encountered Allen on the ears
an old claSsmatc whom he had not met for
years-and. of course. they each had a I
world to say, and the first topic was
health.
Going to Wauke>ha:" asked Allen
Yes Was the reply.
We'll" con>olingly. "ltll do YOU no
good. tried it. | tried them all. |
was in precisely your condition. And
look at me to-day->ound a. II drum :
Now, let me tell you-you can't cure
yourself! You've gone through the Fac !
uty. You've nearly gone through the
Springs. There's nothing left but old
womcn'> notions. suppose You try them:
Now, let me tell you irrcdickar there's
person in the next town-a sort of doc
tor-quaCk of cour>c-Shr'> cured Il
good many ople->he->hc-ld just H.
lief tell vou-Shc cured me-
Nonsense, Allen"
No nonsense about it. Bald fact
She cured me- she's cured thousands
made comfortable fortune doing it.
She has some wonderful nO>trum>, and.
for all | know healing gift
Natural bonc-Scttrr. PShaW How can
men be such fools" cried our impatient
doctor
Nov. look here, Trcdickar. Science
can't help you. that you've proved. Why
not give quaCkery Il chance 1t can I
make You any worse than You are.
No it can't make me any worse than |
am. said the doctor. gloomily.
Then you get OH al JarNiston and 20
to Mrs. Taylor'> and see what She can do.
If She can't help you she'll say 50. If
she can. YOU don't care where cure comes
from as long rs it is cure. Rather die the
old faehio ned way Il good allnpathic
death, than live by the aid of an old wo-
mans no>trum, would YOU"
And the end WAS that DIR. Trcdickar
got OF at ,Iaryiston and sought Mrs. 'laN
lor'> presence.
1t was comfortable. natrunly pres
cncc he found but he wasted no second
glance or thought upon it, while he de-
tailed the symptoms. and dWelt on them
lust a. he had 50 often been impatient
with his patients for doing And when
he paused She said in a low voice:
II think | can help YOU, if you will i'm
plcitly obey my instructions for the next
three months. viii not undertake ii
without you promise,
The doctor thought moment and felt
n if he was really willing to- promise
anything. And he did.
In the first place, them said his new
adviser, II want you To make Il particular
point of your nouri>lment. You are not
To "a without eating because you have no
appetite, remember On rising in the
morning drink glass of cool water not
iced. Have n good brcakfa you know
best what di>trcs>c> you least No coffee
no tea, but shells If you like. No >timu-
liant, no quininr, no qua>>ia no iron, no
>tryconia during the day; no choral. no
bromide> during the night Al II O'Clock
in the forenoon wish you to have n raw
egg beaten up with milk on one day, on
the next day alternate il with full cup
of strong beef tea or veal tea: on the
third day with plain milk. At | O'Clock
YOU will dine plainly but satisfactorily.
At O'Clock take another glass of milk or
beef tea or egg, whichever you did not
take in the morning; II plain, but hearty,
supper at 9. and between supper and bed
time another glass of milk. If you wake