The news & observer., 1897-12-25

SluH 10 DTlug On thdt ldUty, anu Lllsit
fancy cures me. it's all the same! I've
got about 81 worth of that fancy, or
that ginger, and I'm going to stick to |
it. You hear meH' And he carefully
put it back in his pocket s3t /
Al which criticisms and gibes broke
forth. If he ICY Parker), white man,
was going to ''demean himself" by con
suting a Chinese quack, he'd better buy
mp Il lot o idols and stand 'em up
around his cabinl If he had that sort O.
confidence with See Yup, he ought to
go to work with him on his cheap tail
ingS and be fumigated all at the same
fine. If he'd been smoking an opium
pipe, instead of smelling punk. he ought
to he man enough to confess it! Yet II
was noticeable tnat they were all very
anxious to examine the packet again
but Cy Parker WAS alike Indifferent to
demand or entreaty.
4 a few days Inter | saw Abe WvHf1rI
one Of the party, couing ont OF SIZE
Nup's washhouSe. lie mmttercd sonic
tlt.u& in Passing 03jdht he mFamoils
delay i'm sending hadti@ his washing bu
did MOI lpRer long in foaYersa' 'pu,l The
next day l met 9Uotaor mau rtat,the
4 AVA FeqHSn. Hut }A9 l}pHF "a $50 1pHg pt
some tritiing details ti9t GnaHy lsh
Linn ibe5f #lQne vain Wee MN Whfa
/. | called upParkqr lack Of Shasta. theke
was a singular spQil of INCENSE IN ltie
cabin, which Le atfchuted 10 the very
rcsiuqus az. i'X Of tbe GrIlogs he whs
burning, | Gid not attempt to probe
these myatefies hy any direct appQal to
Sec Nm himself la r,sppHcf ha ~
J cpuce, JUDGED, ii bad mot was gete
satisfied tlat bo would lmve lied y ae,
Enough that his wash bQusa WAC VI, @ll
4 mtronfcd, and he WAS decidedly 'gdt
4 ting ON
7 4t mi@bt have hGan mgHtA artereer1
that DIR. DuchcSpe WAS setting brqht0
bone in the settlement, and after the
1 operation was over, had slro,lad into
the Palmetto saloon. lie was an old
army surgeon, much respected and
loved in the district, although perhaps
a little feared for the honest roughncss
and military precision Of his speech.
4 After he bad exchanged salutat,onS
with the miners in his usual hearty
fgs iote apl 0eceutld tier imitation
tp drink, CIV Parker, with certain
affected carelessneSs which did not,
however, conceal singular hesitation
in his speech, began
I've h en- waat.p' to ask We n Gucs-
tion. noc.--a sort o darned fool uics
4 ton, We know nothing in the way Of
.consultation. don you see, tho its
4 kinder in the way o. your purfeshun.
Sabe|
"Go on. Cy," said the doctor good
/ bumQreyly, this is my dispensary
! hourn
4 20, it amt anything about symptoms.
Doc, and there amt anything the mat
ter, with NE. It's only just to ask ye If
yel harpened to know anything about
The medical practice Of these yer China
mem S
II don't know" said the doctor blunt.
u, and / don't konw anybody who
: does"
mere was q sudden silence ~ the bar,
ahd tfe doctor putting down ms glass,
t.aRlRVed VAIN slgAt professional pre-
e.sl9h. -.
GU SPe' ~" Clil'4eae knew Ro'a5h&
Qi'a.4.pF fo9l personal epSeFFat.oA.
= atqlSies ana dlsseGt! are ag1-nst
lieir Sulefstltol'Sf Whlch declare the hlI-'
4s'flh ho"N .ae lel' ana ATE consequent y
h'kef lfaetifeq.
i%re Was.a Sl'gAt mGVenont OF IN
g4tii liF Fseffst among me party ana y
A{Eer' after q meaning g3nee'af lne
otaGfs Went on ha'1 aggFessireiy' hnlt
aie.oget eal'y:
z course t4eX am snEgeons ike
you i'oc' but that don keep them
IRON hayEHs tnHeWnastt'e med .cines,
7nst as Aq@F eaf grass Won know. NOW,
! want to put i to you, MS fair-minded
man yoW ias;'n iar say that jes H-
cause these OH women who carve pai.
lfr. @ ana spriAg mediclnes IN fami leS
don know anything OF anatomy, that
tatI t9 eye Us their mplg aud
maj raj nellclnesE
bllt the CalqeSe mediclpes are not
Simple nor natural replied the, doc.
tor. c0oliy.
Not slmple% ffaoed the party, closing
round him.
! don't mean to say" continued the
doctor. 2iapcing around at thelr easer,
excited faces with an appearance Of
wonder, that they are positively ,noX-
ious, unless taken in large quantities.
Ior lhey are h9t drugs ~ ~. but | GER
tdlhtS Shouia hot cali thehl simple 40
you Know what they prlnclpally are:
Wen. no. sad Parker cautiously,
iglllaLs "raai iiGt 'it,ie eN4etis ,e I'm .ai ;,
Ne ~. prIan. Lot5 '1iu ~ = 1eii pu
, -. - 's' ~ IS.
w "Si.t oF9i tne 'oullSi' ~. -"
cnesne Wtefed rev words IN II tone
l,tl,i 1ii"u,'Ioie 10 me rest OF the company,
az /" pIoio'.l9 slltlce' pfoheh al