Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-09

signed by you in which potassi arsenica
was ordered in three dram doses"
Good Godi' cried tho physician.
sis It possible7"
There can be no doubt Of 4" re-
piled the assistant. "as tho prescription
was refused by another chemist"
The doctor walked hurriedly up and
down the room.
"Can it have been altered2'' he NUT
tered.
II looked carefully for THAT, but there
was not the slightest sign o. an erasure.
No, sir, " continued tho assistant ~
am afraid it is n little mistake on your
part. l only fear that it may be made
up and administered, and therefore
went at ono TO your house. and, learn
ing where you were, came ON here.
Quite right, quite right, =" said the
doctor. Have you a cab waiting2
That well. I'll go with you at once +
the patient"
il took but a few minutes for the doc
tor to make his excuses and return ready
for departure, and the cab, once moro
in motion, turned toward the neigh
borhood Of Elton square. The house at
which it now pulled up bctokened far
greater wealth than either of the other
two at which it had stopped since char
tered in Bond street. but an air Of
quietude peculiar to residences in which
lie invalids in a very critical condition
pervaded the plnco. Tho street door was
opened noiselessly by a footman before
the occupants of the cab were fairly ON
the doorstep, and the doctor was shown
into "a room OF the ground floor which
answered the purposes of a library as
much as such rooms usually do IN Lon
don houses.
"Sond me Nurse Moore, " said the
doctor.
Nurse Moore is out for exercise, "
replied the footman. Nurse Norris is
on duty, l happen to know, for she took
the new medicine which l carried up
not five minutes ago.
DIR. Blank was "a little man, and little
men are usually quick in their motions
But never did man, little or big, fly up
the stairs at the same rate as he did be-
fore the last words were out of the foot
mans mouth. The assistant followed,
but had only reached the first floor when
the doctor entered the bedroom on the
second. Nurse Norris was standing by
the bed measuring q dose of medicine
from a bottle. She was n tall, dark
young woman of 20, very pleasant look
ing and apparently pursuing her voca-
ton with care, as she did not even look
up when the doctor entered.
None of that, nursel" exclaimed the
doctor.
Il beg pardon, STRIP said the nurse,
now aroused to tho sense of some in
congruity in the physicians manner,
which became intensified when q
strange young man, very much out of
breath, almost fell into the room from
the passage.
Il should say, How is the patient? A
very warm night, and likely t. render
him uncomfortable, " continued the doc
tor with his soul in his eyes and his
eyes on the bottle.
II think l am a little better, doctor, -
said a weak voice from tho bed, on
which lay a man Of about 80 with the
peculiarly emaciated and drawn look
which invariably follows q prolonged OF
very severe illness; "a little easier.
That's right" said the doctor, feel
ing the invalid's pulse, that's right.
Yes, n marked improvement" Then,
having completed a rather lengthy ex.
animation, he turned to the nurse. "a
decided improvement, nurse. For to.
night we will discontinue all drugs.
Give nothing except his usual nourish
ment until l come again. DIR. W
will return tomorrow, and when We
have a local practitioner onco more in
attendance you will take your instruc.
tions from him. In the meantime give
no medicine. Indeed, will take it with
me. And without noticing the hurt
and resentful look of the nurse the doc
tor pounced on the bottle and trans.
ferred it to his coat pocket.
On that particular June evening the
assistant at Mcssrs. - had been
gravely cogitating whether he would be
justified in wedding the girl of his
choice, who was too delicate to be able
to add to the common purse, ON a salary
Of e100 IA year and had decided i'll the
negative, Six months after Il quiet but
'NAJ A"PpJ NSNuAhE paiAJ iSAuiHcu u
a very hourishing chemists shop in the
neighborhood Of C~avendish square which
bore the name of the assistant over the
front as its proprietor. And if you have
ever occasion to consult the great ply.
stefan, you may be sure that, whatso.
ever his opinion of your case may be, he
will add, As he hands you your prescrip,
ton: BE sure you have it made up al
a good chemists. MI. - is an ex
tremely careful dispenser, and in addi,
ton personally analyses every drug
which goes into his place. Thank you.
Good morningl'-Chambers Journal.
Measuring Medicine.