The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-26
ENTOMOLOGY EXTRAORDINARY.

have taken Langford Villa sent for you this afternoon" exclaimed my wife, in breathless excitement, as she opened the door for ne.
 Just like my luck, to be out of the way when such chance came,"I growlsd.
 But it's all right, dear" replied K tty cheerfully. "l told MT. Rangel I ex- pected you back every minute, and he left word that you were to go to them as soon as possible"
 Did he say what it was?"
 "l believe he did, but did not pay much attention to it. It is no matter what it is so long as you are called in."
 It may be surmised from the above conversation that leases" were not of daily occurrence to me. had only been six months at kreleigh, and so far the appeals to my skill from paying patients had been few and far between. It is true that had every opportunity of improv- ing myself by practicing on the poorer members of the community, who flee d |" me with blessings on my skill or curses on my ignorance, as the spirit or spirits moved them. But, although experience IS valuable to a medical man, something more is required to keep himself, his wife, and three months old baby. And we were beginning to think we had made a mistake in settling at Kreleigh, and hand ing over most of our available capital to the canny Scotch doctor, who showed such satisfactory books, but quite omitted to mention that when his practice was so flourishing. he had been in partnership with popular Dr. Sale, who had since frnr hs a1l. most all the patients with him. Under these circumstances, it was not surpris. ing that my wife was in the greatest state of excitement when the new arrivals sent for me, or that groaned in spirit when thought had missed my luck, and that my hopes bounded up to the zenith of joyful expectancy when learned that it was still to be my privilege to prescribe for the interesting patient or patients. A thousand dreams of future greatness rose before my minds eye as hurried along. l had already succeeded in imagination Sir William Jenner as queens physician, and quite eclipsed Sir William Gull, when l reached the corner of the road leading to Langford Villa. The house was a red- brick, semi detached residence, of which one sees thousand counterparts in the various suburbs of London. There was a bay-window to the drawing-room, with a gay fower-box around it there was little strip of fancy garden in front, and the same amount of grass or gravel at the back. Laugford Villa was the property of Mrs. Brockma l, from whose health had been led to expect great things, but who was ordered abroad by a'selfish Lon- don physician, and thus took her ailments and her guineas to the medicos of other lands. The lady had let her house fur nished to MT. Rangel, who was partner in most respectable firm of solicitors.
 MT. Rangel hastened out to the hall to meet me, and told me that he had been anxiously expecting me for some time. observed, carelessly, that it had been a busy day with me, but that now had half an hour at his disposal. He then explained that it was for Mrs. Rangel he wished my advice. She had been im- prudent in exposing herself to the night air, and now complained of sore throat. and was so feverish that her husband be- came alarmed and sent for me.
 The lady was certainly suffering from . severe cold, and found her throat much ulcerated. Even under these dis figuring circumstances, her rare beauty and sweet, innocent expression attracted my admiration and attention, and did not wonder at the husbands affection for such a wife or at his dread of losing her.
 "No danger, hope? Nothing of typhoid or that sort of thing" he said anxiously as we went down stairs.
 assured him that. in my opinion, there was no cause for alarm at present, and that if my directions were strictly fol-