The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-22
SELECTED.
A VISIT WITH THE DOCTOR.
BY I. :. ARTHUR.

"llo~ are you to-day Mrs. CarlctonY
asked DR.. Farcigh, as he sat down bl his
patient, who Iecllncd languidly in large
cushioned chair.
miserable, was the family spoken re.
ply. Aud the word was repeated
Miserable"
The doctor took one of the lady'S small
white hands, ON which the network of
veins, most deicately traced, spread its
blue lines everywhere beneath the trans
parent skin.
1t was beautiful band-a study for a
painter or sculptor. 1t was a soft, tleXi-
Bile haud-soft flexible and vclVety to the
touch, as the hand of Il baby, for ii was
aS much IA stranger to useful work. The
Il, ctor laid his fingers on the wrist. Tn
der the pressure he felt the pulse beat
slowly and evenly He took out his
watch and counted the beats-seventy in
a minute. There is no fever or any I'M
usual disturbance of the system. Calmly
the heart was doing its appointed work.
''iiow is your head Mrs. Carleton?'
The lady moved her head from side to
side two or three times.
Anything out of the way there
MY head is well enough, but feel SO
llllStIdllIt-SO Nthh- maven All'
strength of a child. The least eXertion
cXhaustS me.
And the lady shut her eyes, looking the
picture Of feeblcness.
"iave you taken the tonic for which |
left prescription Yesterday"
YES. but I'm no stronger
"Ilow is you appctiteE'
"Bad.n
"IIave you taken the morning walk in
The garden that Suggested?
80 dear, no! Walk out in the garden :
I'm faint by the time | get to the break
fast room! Ican't live at this rate, doctor
w hat am to do: Can't you build me up
in some way? I'm "A burden to myself
and everyone else"
And Mrs Carleton really looked dis
,ressed
You ride out every day
81 did Until the carriage was broken.
and that was nearly week ago, 1t has
been at the carriage-maker's ever since
you must have the fresh air, Mrs
'arleton.n said the doctor, cmphatically.
Fresh air, change of scene, and eXer-
,iSr are indispensable To your case You
" i'll die if You remain shut up after this
fashion Come, take a ride with me-
doctor how ABSURD - exclaimed Mrs.
Carleton, almost shocked by the sugges-
a,,,lo tlinI, y,
a., f,r roonle,s tbonobts9 Get
..,.,'..i.,-,.i o,,1 Int ond totna dri,.n
, ~, Whit VIA, do Won, caro for N. dllc.
W , ,,,', ,,,5,,1.'' ,lonaLts Come -
IN M p'ot,, ,.,',- ~. na.iont
ne w. ~, ""v ,,t In i, aarnast suroI, -
ir,,,.n '"S -" hoIf a,nn.n5 tYirkIr in the
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,o,. n nationt ius, onf If The city. and the
see phl,ell ",' W., ~ ',,o Vnthing
LIN a. " hat,ar nun tn bavc yonr
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Thnrn ,.os v.ir Of bumor. and a spirit
i'ple Nas " ' t NJ, ~, @arlefnn whirh
u '.'h .alT ~ y" i.,,,.,'n,,,,r, md nj
.'"'' "a, t : ,',',, Par fashinn.Llr as
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' ,' IN ra.bi,n md conyeutionaiity.
'.,..,5,.,. ',..,.., i,.in, tb.ir influence
n"e, az faat,,,I nnarh ken, her feet from
,,.'.,.1,,, ,,a, ,,iac.s. md thr dnctor's
nc Wor'u EaN p'"' r.n,, ',' i,.r .rninicn,ly
~ ii" ,,., il, i, ,l.a.in, NOV
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my Hi.. LIE mind +, g, g" .b, said
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I'm 'at oai3 a,d Dr Far
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III NJ ,"'' '.i''' VI Ga,i,1nn md
va, Iaij bar h..ad hack unon the cushion
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It .'Trns ,'1 ma, Tor that rrnIird the doctor.
mr. lust l'' aW' ';,,''' '''''' WV
nv .,,,''a, .ha,,l and mn, honnrt Al.
~ ,'.- w ri'i,. a,,t yitb The doc
We S - - ',,',,,ijl, ,,as thr sentence
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'P"HH'.n- .,..,;, d,o,,r Il will me foo mucb
III al ,''"' ,i,,,,, b,,,. yo,t am.
Ior '.ie , ~" w." - Incb nm rnnrt ex-
= u, " ~
,,Not a tbouuht Of the effort" replied
- ~. Tariainh an ISM that
.,yvhat +. ~"
q. ,honobt Of annnarence--of what
,oo,'lo m,iiI ,a,,
=, Too, dantor, Won don't think me SO
,,ool, IN ,hat direction
"V .. Ins ~ s .,,' wnat was the frce-spoken
,r.,,or ..You fashionable people are all
,rraid Of ooch Other Won haven't a shark
g ;,,l;,.;1naIi,v or trne indenendruce
70 nor snart = Won are quite strong
,,onah To ridn ont in your own elegant