The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-07

], MI RescHlii
The. clock llad 5ust str.upek . as d the

/. The clock had Just struck 8 as the
$doorbell rang.T J. 4.
well. exactly TO the minute"
!. Growled the young doctor, who, in bad
2humor. was seated before his writing
desk In his cozy, sitting room. .srhut
( man viii drive me crazy"
XXI This patient, no. ..ungrhclo well
coined, ,was, In the meantime, ushered
!. In by the doctors servant. He was Il
young man, with delicate. sympathetic
= features, which. however, showed dis
tress--anslet,., s. 4 ii (
Good evening. Mr.. Reschif." said the
physician. "How do you feel 10 .day7",
Badly. really very badly. doctor. The
nervousness Is better, thank God! Also
the roaring in the ears and the difficulty
IN breathing, ;but-whpt do YOU think
4 has happened TO me
/, TheNd0ctor Interrupted him: but he
might ~ well have tried to stopu rail-
road train at full speed. tts,
a short time ago." continued Res
chif, II was with my friend, .Ballinger,
whom you know. We were having u
very pleasant time together. when un-
r fortunately. we happened to speak Of
the .Olympian plays and the arena. He
+ challenged me to wrestle with him.
Naturally. thinking he Intended 1t M II
Joke, llailghingly acquiesced. lie seized
\ me, raised Inc, bent me. pushed me and
Z squeezed me os X he We're IL lunatic. 4
resisted az much as possible and shout
ed Stop! Stopt But he paid no attcn-
ti0n and suddenly struck me on the
$ breast. l fell to the ground. stunned,
and lay there several minutes. The
wretch stood by and roared with laugh
!, Ter. F,inaily managed TO get up and
/. walk. slowly to a chair, where / seated
myself until / recovered somewhat
could not speak and i felt !badiy7-very
( badly. / fear. he has injured my heart
4 Oh. my lungs and zhonld like to have
4 you examine them. but, doctor. l am
fearfully disturbed ~ II r. Z rs
swell. my friend, you can still talk
+ md that quite lively. Your. lungs are
i.eyidently all right. will examine your
4 hearth az pa !. u g a S.
He arose from his chair. where he
had listened. Eresigncdly, to this tale OF
& woe, in order 10 find out what, his pa
Il tlent required. He would have TO pre-
+ scribe something. He.knew his patient
4 only too well2H Similar scenes had oc-
v CURED at almost everytsVislt for two
weeks-evertsI since the young publisher
Reschlf. had become acquainted with
II the doctor ut u restaurant table. and.
hating taken d fancy to him. & had
& chosen him for his physician. As us
Guaf. the young man was In splendid
4 physical condition. There was no trace
,fof any Injury. The doctor ,quleted his
ffn en- ,I
= hoping in this wuy%t to rid himself OF
hisstroublesome patient. But what a
mistake. }'si 4. 3 ss 81
Two days later Reschif visited him
again, this time asserting most posi-.
lively that he had q tickling sensation
5in&his throat ind experienced Z: great
$difficultyfi In! swallowing, which, to his
mind, was d sur indication i Of dlph-
Il liberia. Is. y e { II
.f' The; doctor examined him with 9 the
usual result. Reschlf was obstinate.
The tickling In his throat, he said, had
4 become severe: since the morning; be-.
4 sides, he had n fever. and no appetite.
These We're the: symptoms OF dlphtheriu
= set forth In the medical encyclopedias,
which he had consulted. And his
y stomach -, The doctor listened no
fglonger.U When Reschlf continued he snt
and thought. What should he do with
y the fellow? AEhappy: thought! From,
now on he would enter Into the suffer-
2 ings OF the sick man. s. q 3, y !tss ia
az Reschtff had two passions. the doctor
t,well know. He liked good living and
Il had a fondness for women. Y. Z. "a
Please let me examine YOU again, :"
he began. really, there Is a. red spot
Z there. Well, letlus hope 1t won't amount
Z to much. L will prescribe something
I'm TNp WAC Ill
Z what did you eat last night? Lobster
J mayonnalse? You are fond OF high liv
4 Ing? Oh, Lam sorry. First YOU must
\ let that and similar heavy dishes alone,
) my worthy slr.". The. patients face fell
I perceptlbly.Th The dOctor3was happy. t"I
illfprescrlbe something for the * indI-
gestion. 1tywill not taste particularly
d pleasant. but 1t will greatly benefit YOU.
You; really do not look we'll You are
r more seriously illfthan L at first sup
posed II. You are not better tomorrow,
). wewill begin;n regular course OF treat
I mentThe heavy berry you always drink
! must, OF course, BIZ dIscontinued." Re-
3a"Not even one tglass?" gi5lia; 4.
No: that would simply be murder! II
Y you are thirsty you may take a glass OF
lemonade. with Very little sugar. Here
are the two prescriptions! Come again
to-morrowif you dc. not feel better ;, ". X
Reschif appeared punctually. Was 1t
z the unaccustomed slender diet that
made. the poor fellow spend IL restless
! andlwakeful night. or'was 1t the effect
OF the Doctors discouraging words? He
was really pale and worn. Z: & 81.
well. how do You fcel?" questioned
the doctor innocently. -. Better? IA No!
You must have patience. You will soon
improve. outcome nearer to the
1trt,t Ata
the eyes? 1t looks as II you had the
taundice. Do not get frightened. You
haven't 1t yet and II you should get It
1t wouldn't be SO bud. after all. There
are worse diseases than that. But your
illness appears more serious than had
supposed. We must now proceed to
more energetic measures. In the first
:. place. pay strict attention to your diet.
You must also avoid"
And here followed list OF forbidden
dishes and drinks. Strange. They
were the dishes and drinks that poor
( Reschif loved the most. He was not
aware that the cunning doctor had, at
dinner the night before. during his abb
sence, discovered NIL his favorite dishes.
What would he do without er?Wuuld
he have to drink lemonade? His tor
mentor continued: II have seen you
eat couple Of cartridges. You must
J stop eating them, as Ill other birds.''
The doctor could not have ordered a
harder sacrifice for Reschif. There are
few things in the world gourmand
loves better than partridges. He lives
the whole year waiting for the "scnson''
and 1t had Just begun. Besides, the
partridgcs We're exceptionally good this
year.
The doctors seemingly hard heart
was filled with sympathy rs he saw his
pntient 20 broken and crushed. but he
d no firm un ,IigtptccnJ DnIrbtf