The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-12
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MS say seven o'clock. You will then take
three drops of the medicine in wine
glass of water--the glass must be full
to the brim. Then go out of doors and
walk slowly for Is minutes in the sun
niest spot available, not for exercise,
Of course, but in order to have the cir
culation at it's best to promote the &C.
ton of the delicately powerful combi
nation of drugs. / will arrange with
Mrs. Clark for your breakfast diet.
After breakfast you will sit in the open
air for an hour. at the end of which
time you will take n walk or ride. Don't
scturn from il 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.
a third dose should be taken at sup
per-time, and n fourth before retiring.
/ rely upon you TO carry out these di-
rections to the letter"
'Iudeed 1 WILL" she promised, and
lcn her face fell, and she leaned toward
me as she asked: Doctor, have l
.uberculous diathesis? There was n
Frenchman, such a delightful man /
thought at first, who talked SO beau
tifully about that. Tell me, truly, do
you think i have one?"
MRS. Loring,' j declared, earnestly,
take my word for it, you have nothing
to fear on that score"
but there was that London DOCTOR"
she persisted, "he said that i was
pnaemic; and he looked SO wise, with
his great white beard like an ancient
sage. Ii it had not been for the snuff,
perhaps-but, doctor, do please tell me
II he was mistaken; l had to give him
up; really, doctor, 1 had to; the snuff
was too much"
Another instance of groundless
fears" said |.
"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 gout in the
family, and he would have it so, though
] knew, doctor, knew he must be mis-
taken, for / never remembered-never
doctor, never-my father suffered in
his feet but once, and then, doctor, [
knew it was chilblains; I'm sure IT.
was, doctor"
Really, Mrs. Loring," I urged, 'yol
have no cause of complaint against
your ancestors, except, possibly in that
you inherit from them susceptibilities
of unusual keenncss. 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 smile
of delight. You put it so feelingly,
doctor-so feelingly. You can't realize
how rejoccd l am to know that am
under your treatment. / shall expect
you to accomplish wonders, doctor,
really wonders"
I'VE shall do our best, you and /.
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-
Will YOU Sllc Sdlu. L utul-
ly love TO see them, although of course
i can't read them. They're like the
hieroglyphics in the museum, so in
teresting and Instructive; don't yo,l
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: /:
tincture 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. 1t would
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 it's warnings to the
senses.
$50 reassuring, isn't it, doctor, 70
have things in black and white?" said
she. "One sees them SO much more
vividly, 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 il there were some.
thing melancholy in the reflection.
81 shall drive to BASKERVILLE this
afternoon to have the eprescription'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
and voice, l paused to wipe my fore
head, as a man will after finishing a
long and trying task, no matter wheth-
er he be philosopher or navy. had
very kindly feeling for Mrs. Loring,
end it was as much part of my bust
ness TO listen TO her plants as it was to
cndeavor to remove their cause, but
no amount of reiteraton of the fact
sufficed TO reconcile Ine to the infiic-
ton. She spoke so rapidly, and with SO
many ordinations, that her talk
Jared on ones nerves us quickly as n
brisk but irregular hammering. The
.ot of her niece as her constant COM