Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-07-09

have TO ask you TO submit implicitly I ,
my guidance. l shall give you a pre-
seription of great efficacy. but ona
which must be used with rigid care
You viii arise at a regular hour-letus
say seven o'clock. You Will then take
three drops of the medicine in a vine
glass of water-the glass must be full
/ to the brins. Then go out OF doors and
/ walk slowly for Is minutes IN the sp7.-
! niest spot available. not fer exercise,
of course, but in order to have the cir
culation at its best TO promote the ae-
ton of the delicately powerful combi-
nation OF drugs. | will arrange with
Mrs. Clark for your breakfast dief.
After breakfast you win sit in the open
air for an hour, at the end of which
time you will take walk or ride. Don't
return from it until the dinner hour.
when you may take a second dose. Rest
for an hour after dinner, and then pass
your time as you please out of doors.
y third dose should be taken at sup
per-time, and a fourth before retiring
! rely upon you to carry out these di-
rections to the letter.
Indeed l will" she promised. and
then her face fell. and she leaned toward
me as she asked: Doctor, have / q
tuberculous diathesis? There was
Frenchman, such delightful man
thought at first, who talked so beau
tifully about that. Tell me, truly, do
you think have one?"
Mrs. Loring," l declaIed, earnestly,
take my word for it, youhave nothing
to fear on that score
"But there was that London DOCTOR"
she psGsisted, she said that / was
anaemic; and he looked so wise, with
his great white beard like an ancient
sage. If it had not been for the snuff,
perhaps-but, doctor, do please tell me
it he was mistaken; had to give him
up; really, doctor, l had to; the snuff
was too much"
Another instance of grouhdless
fears" said I.
and hereditary tendencies? So
many advisers have spoken of them,
doctor, but always so indefinitely; that
is, all but one was indefinite, and he
would you believe it, doctor?-he in
sisted that there must be govt in the
family, and he would have it so, though
| knew, doctor, / knew he must be mis-
taken, for | never remembered-neve
doctor, never-my father suffered in
his feet but once, and then, doctor, I
knew it was chilblains; I'm sure IL
was, DOCTOR"
Really, Mrs. Loring,' / urged, 'you
have no cause of complaint against
your ancestors, except, possibly in that
you inherit from them susceptibilities
of unusual keenness. There can hardly
be an escape from some of the penalties
nature eXacts from the possessor of an
artistic temperament. The finest por-
celain demands the gentlest handling.
think you catch my meaning"
Just as | have thought so many.
many times" she declared, with a smile
of delight You put it so feelingly,
doctor-so feelingly. You can't realize
how rejoiced l am to know that am
under your treatment. / shall expect
you to accomplish wonders, doctor,
really wonders
'We shall do our best, you and l.
and much can be counted on from
the medicine you are to take. But re-
member, please, that the directions for
its use are to be followed exactly"
Her face frightened.
"You won't mind showing me the pre-
scription, will you?" she said II dear
ly love TO see them, although of course
| can't read them. They're like the
hieroglyphics in the museum, so in
onA ipcf r,,o+sya. x.o,.
think SO, doctor?"
why certainly you can see it" said
|, scribbling away on sheet of my note
book. Here it is
She took the paper, and surveyed it
with something approaching awe, in
spite of her long acquaintance with
such documents.
Probably it was well for both of us
that she could make nothing of it.
There was quassia, to give an impress
sively vigorous flavor to the compound:
tineture of asafoedita, for the sake of
its bouquet; burnt sugar, to supply the
proper color effect; and aqua pura
to the amount of eight ounces. Itwould
be an evil-tasting, evil-smelling, evil
looking mixture, quite capable of sat
isfying the patients craving for grue-
some potions, but harmless enough.
Notwithstanding its warnings to the
senses.
$50 reassuring, isn't it, doctor, 70
have things in black and white?" said
she. "0ne sees them so much more
wildly. don't you know"
Proof of the value of the eyes, Mrs.
Loring."
Indeed it is. That thought has oc-
Cured to me often. yes, so often" She
sighed gently, as if there were some
thing melancholy in The reflection.
Il shall drive to BASKERVILLE this
afternoon TO have the prescription made
up" ! told her as bade her good-morn-
ing; and her thanks pursued me as
Fastened down the stairs and out of the
house. Once out of range of her sight
I r