Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-18
A LITTLE MISTAKE.

newspapers d. Carpenter who may
BE- said 20 have introduced tho scientific
study q human physiology into Eng.
land, burned himself to death while nt.
tempting to take Turkish bath In his
own room by cnvoloping himself In a
blanket and sitting over spirit lamp,
However, when man poisons himself
Il ia his own peculiar business which is
involved. but when BE- takes to poison.
ing others, not with any malicious In.
ttnt, but simply In crrur, natural OPP
prchcnsion mas well poryado the public
mind. Protection ia the matter Is ox-
trcmely simple, as the following uarTa.
tive will show
About o'clock on June evening a
viotorin drawn by pair Of high step.
ping hay horses drove up to a colobrat-
I'd chemists shop IN Bond street, aud
mn elegantly dressed lady Of about 20
years Of age descended from the carriage
She walked huITicdly through the shop
into the dispensing department, and,
throwing a piece Of paplr On the coun.
ter. said;
please make mp this prescription
aud send IL Ut once. would wait and
take IL myself but nm just going out
TO dinner II Is very important"
Tho assistant bowed took up tho pro.
scription and thou sccmod 20 hesitate
"woll. said tho lady. who seemed
OF a highly nervous irritable disposi.
ton. "wcli. what IL the mattori"
II am afraid, inadam, returned tho
assistant. that | cannot dispense this
prescription.
"Oh. nonWnsor replied the lady.
"That is what they said NJ - In
Mayfair, 10 brought Il on here. sup
posi- Dr. Blank knows what ho pre-.
scrihes.
"Duubilcss, madam but. although
DIR. Blank ~ ono Of the most eminent Of
his profession dare not make up This
prescription, IA the strength at which
the drug IL hero ordered h not allowed
By the British pharmarupTia 4"
"oh, nonsonsci'' repeated tho lady,
commencing 10 pattor ON the floor with
her small foot. "This is monstrous.
Here is my husband waiting for mcdi.
cine IL the utmost Importance TO lis
condition, and two chemists assistants
think they know better what ia good for
him than onc Of tho leading men ~ tho
College Of Physicians. Give me tho pre-.
scrip,ion, and I win got q prepared
elsewhere The assistant was loath TO
part with the paper
"If you will allow mo, madam" no
said, III will take a cab 20 DR.. Blanks
and II ho confirms the prescription
will then pruparo It,"
"No, | will not, returned tho lady,
who was now In state Of extreme iri-
tation. 81 will not. Ny husband is n a
serious condition. aud shall BE- late for
dinner. l have alrndy lost half an
hour. and oanno, have further delay. -
With that she snaicicd up the prcscrip.
tion and hurried out
The assistant was seriously porturbcd
Tho mistake IN the prescription was a
grave one--so grave indeed that the nd.
ministation Of single dose would
probably prove fatal within two hours
II was possible that some young or in
experienced assistant az some small
chomists oyorawod by tho grcAt name
Of tho physician and by tho lady. im.
pcrious manner and elegant attire and
oquipagc, would bo found TO disponso
It, Then trouble would onsuc. which
might 10 stopped now. Thinking thus,
the assistant told his fellow worker in
tho disponsary that he would go 20 Dr.
BLANKS, and, huIrying into Bond street,
jumped into the fiut passing hanson.
nnd In five minutes was ringing the bill
Of the doctors house in Harley street
The fooiInan who opened tho door said
Dr.. Blank was out
'Whorc was hcf"
Really tho fooiman did not know.
VERY important. was ity'
All! We'll, then. hc ttho footmnnl
must inquire This no lcisurely proceed.
ed TO do. And the chemists assistant.
whowgs u an imaginative turn. amused
himself by picturing meanwhile tho
death Of tho patient; the professional
ruin OF himself. tho Mayfair chemist
aud tho great physician. tho grief and
self rproach Of tho lady, who. despite
her wayward, irritable and careless tlo.
m,anor was evidently foud OF her hus.
band And he had already arrived at tho
corunors juy'svUrdict of inunslaughter
when tho footman returned with tho in.
tclligcnco that his master w.s dining In
Mazda Vale The cab soon whirlcd the
Grant knight OF the pcstlc aud mortar
into the Edgcwar road aud drew up At
one Of the large houses which lio ON the
right hand side Of Mnidn Vale immedi.
aicly after passing the canal. Dinner
was evidently Ia full progress, and the
fooiman showed the assistant into an
antoroom with no very good grace. Hero
another wait oocurrcd, which proved un
the already lrriHtod nerves II our
friend even more than the previous ono
Mt Harley street. At last tho door opened,
and the doctor entered. lIo was dap.
per little man, about o feet o In height,
with npalc, thin faco and hair nnd mus.
tache the color N tow. His clear steel
blue gray eyes saved his appearance from
being insignificant. He looked iuquir.
ingly at the assistant, who, bowling said
am dispenser, sir, at Mcssrs -.
A. about o'clock this evening a lady,
Mrs. -, presented prescription
signed by you m which potash arsen,oi
was ordered IN three dram doses.
Good God" cried tho physician
els it possiblci'
There can be no doubt Of II" 70
Piled the assistant, "ns the prescription
D 81 ID. a.