Middletown transcript., 1896-09-05
VI am a dispenser, sir. at Messrs.

DET lEMDER :
II ann dispenser, sir. at Messrs
At about S.o'clcck this evenin
| lady, Mrs. presented a prescrir
tion signed by you in which potass
| arsenica was ordered in three dram
doses. y
"Good God p cried the hyspician
sIs itspossible?n
i "1here Can be no doubt of IT, re
piled the assistant, "as the prescription
was refused by another chemist. y
The doctor walked hurriedly up ant
down the room.
"Can it have been altered2" be NUT
tered.
81 looked carefully for that. but there
was not the slightest sign of an erasure
No, sir, y continued the assistant. 81
am afraid it is little mistake on youl
part. l only fear that it may be made
up and administered, and 1 therefore
went at once to your house, and, learn
ing where you were, came on here.o
'Quite right, quite right" !" said the
doctor. slave you cab waitingf
That's well. I'll go with you at once
to the patient.
1t took but a few minutes for the
doctor to make his excuses and return
ready for departure, and the cab, once
more in motion, turned toward the
neighborbood of Eton square. The
house at which it now pulled up be-
tokened far greater wealth than either
of the other two at which it had stop
ped since chartered in Bond street, but
an air of quietude peculiar 10 residences
ia which lie invalids in very critical
condition pervaded the place. The
street door was opened noiselessly by
footman before the occupants of the
cab were fairly on the doorstep, and the
doctor was shown into room on the
ground floor which answered the pur-
poses of a library as much as such
rooms usually do in London houses.
"Send me Nurse Moore" said the
doctor.
.Nurse Moore is out for exercise,o
replied the footman "Nurse Norris is
on duty, happen to know, for she took
the new medicine which 1 carried up
not five minutes ago.
DR.. Blank was 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
footman's mouth. The assistant fol-
lowed, but had only reached the first
floor when the doctor entered the bed
room on the second. Nurse Norris was
by the bed measuring dose
Of medicine from bottle. She was a
tall, dark young woman of 25, very
pleasant looking and apparently pursu-
ing her vocation with care, as she did
not even look up when the doctor
''None of that, nursep exclaimed the
loctor.
''I beg pardon, sir?" said the nurse,
1ow aroused to the sense of some in
in the physicians manner,
which became intensified when a |
strange young man, very much out of
,reath, almost fell into the room from
,he passage.
81 should say, How is the patient?
A very warm night, and likely to
,ender him uncomfortable" continued
he doctor with his soul in his eyes and
lis eyes on the bottle.
81 think I am little better, doctor,"
aid a weak voice from the bed, on
which lay man of about 30 with the
peculiarly emaciated and drawn look
which invariably follows prolonged or
'ery severe illness; "a little easier.''
THAT'S right" said the doctor, feel
ng the invalid's pulse, "that's right.
1es, marked Improvement. Then,
laviDg completed rather lengthy ex-
he turned to the nurse. "a
ecided improvement, nurse. For to-
light we will discontinue all drugs.
five nothing except his usual nourish-
nent until come again. DR.. W
will return tomorrow, and when we
ave local practitioner once more in
tendance you will take your instruc-
ions from him. In the meantime give
10 medicine. Indeed, will take it
With me-" And without noticing the
urt and resentful look of the nurse
he doctor pounced on the bottle and
transferred it to his coat pocket.
On that particular June evening the
ssistant at Messrs. had been |
ravely cogitating whether he would be
Justified in wedding the girl of his
hoise, who was too delicate to be able
0 add to the common purse, on salary
e10o year and had decided in the
egative. Six months after quiet but
cry happy wedding party returned to
very fiourishing chemists shop in the
eighborhood of Cavendish square
7hich bore the name of the assistant {
yer the front as its proprietor. And
you have ever occasion to consult the ]
reat physician, you may be sure that,
'hatsoever his opinion of your case
lay be, he will add. as he hands you Il
our prescriptions: Be sure you have 6
made up at good chemists. Mr.. I
lis ar extremely careful dispenser,
nd in addition personally analyzas !
very drug which goes i1to his place. {
bank you. Good morning l''-Cham- e