The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-07
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\ Bionituk Luc young uOctUr, VINO, In had
3humor, was seated before his writing
desk In his cozyJ sitting room. .rhat
IMAM VIII drive me: crazy..'
wv Thls, patient, $50 tungrnciously5 VEL
comed,iiwas. in the meantime, usherpd
Il In by the doctors servant. lie WAS d
4 young man. with delicate. sympathetic.
h features, which. however, showed dis
tress:-ansiety. .s H : ) X, (.
Z Good evening, Mr.. Resclif.3tsaid the
Z, physician. How do you feel to-duy?"
Badly. really very badly. doctor The
Y nervo usnessS 10 better, thank Godl Also
i the roaring In the ears and the difficulty
Z IN breathing, SBut--what do YOU think
q has happened to me?"
The doc tor interrupted him: but he
4 might us well have tried TO stop Il rail-
x road traln-ut full speed. g. 4 II
IA short time 0gO." continued Res
2 chlf, II was with my friend, 4Ballinger,
whom you know. We were having q
= very pleasant time together. when un-
g fortunately. we happened TO speak Of
the tOlymplan plays and the arena. He
challenged me to wrestle with . him.
2 Naturally thinking he Intended 1t as n
: Joke, l laughingly acquiesced. He seized
y me, raised me. bent me, pushed me and
4 squeezed me as " he We're n lunatic. /
r resisted as much us possible and Shout
Z ed Stop! Stop!.l But he paid no ltten-
tion and suddenly struck me on the
Z brenst fell to the ground, stunned,
p and lay there several minutes. The
wretch stood by and rOared with Laughs
o Ger. FINALLY i managed 10 get up and
walk slowly 10 Il chair, where seated
myself until 1 recovered somewhat. I
could not speak md /! felt badly--very
badly. 1 fear-he has injured my heart
sor5my lungs and I should like to hnve
you examine them. but, doctor. l am
fearfully disturbed"
well, my friend. you can still talk
and that quite lively. Your lungs are
evidently all right. Twill examine your
heart" q rs55
He arose from his chair where he
had listened. res!gnedly. to this tale OF
woe. in order TO find out What, his pa
tlent required. He would have 10 pre-
scribe something. He knew his patient
T only too we'll Similar scenes Ind Oc-
! Cured ut almost every visit for two
weeks-cver since the young publisher.
Reschif, had become acquainted with
the doctor ut IL restaurant table. and.
having taken Il fancy to him. had
chosen him for his physician. As US
sual. the young nun was In splendid
physical condition. There was no trace
of any injury. The doctor quleted his
fears and even spoke sharply to him.
hoping In this waySto rid himself OF
his troublesome patient. But what u
mistake. 5,i7- &
Il Two days later Reschif visited him
j again, this time asserting most posi-
lively that he had tickling sensation
in his throat, and experienced great
difficulty In swallowing, which. to his
mind. was u sur indication of dlph-
r iberia. ~ ts5.f5 : ~ ,isi
usual result. Reschif was obstinate.
The tickling III his throat, he said, had
become severe since the morning; be-.
sides. he had Il fever, and no appetite.
These were the symptoms OF diphtheria
set forth In the medical encyclopedia,
(which he had consulted. And his
stomach -. The doctor listened no
longer! When Reschlf continued he sat
and thought. What should he do with
the fellow? a happy thought! From
s now on he would enter into the suffer-
inGs OF the sick man.
Ga Reschif had Two passions. the doctor
well know. He liked good living and
had a fondness for women. 5.st u.
please let me examine You again."
he began. really, there Is II red spot
there. Well, let us hope 1t won't amount
to much. l. will prescribe something
for that. In regard TO your digestion.
what did you cat last night? Lobster
mayonnnise? You ure fond OF high llv-
Ing? oh. L am sorry. First, You must
let that and similar heavy dishes alone.
my worthy sir" The patients face fell
perceptibly The doctor was happy. '"I
will prescribe something for the indl-
Sestion. 1t Will not taste particularly
pleasant, but II will greatly benefit you.
You really do not look well. You are
more seriously III than I at first sup
posed. If you are not better Tomorrow
we will beginu regular course OF treat
H,ent The heavy beer you always drink
must, of course. be discontinued"
Not even one glass;"
No; that would simply be murder. II
you are, thirsty You may take 4 glass OF
lemonade. with very little sugar. Here
are the two prescriptions! Come again
tomorrow II you do not feel better"
Reschif appeared punctually. Was II
the unaccustomed slender diet that
made the poor fellow spend II restless
and'wakeful night, or was 1t the effect
OF the doctors discournglng words? He
was really pale and worn.
well. how do you fcel?" questioned
the doctor innocently. Better? No!
You must hive patience. You will soon
improve. But-come nearer TO the
light! Are you always so yellow around
the eyes? 1t looks as II you had the
: 5aundice. Do not get frightened. You
haven't 1t yet and II you should get II
II wouldn't be so bud. after ull. There
are worse diseases than that. But your
illness appears more serious than had
supposed. We must now proceed 10
more energetic measures. In the first
place. pay strict attention TO your diet.
You must also avoid" $40 : .
And here followed list of forbidden
dishes and drinks. Strange. They
were the dishes and drinks that poor
Reschif loved the most. lie was not
aware that the cunning doctor had. at
dinner the night before. during his alb
sence, discovered all his favorltc dishes.
What would he do without beer? Would
he have TO drink lemonade? His tor
eat couple Of cartridges. You must
stop eating them. as all other BIRDS
The doctor could not have ordered
harder sacrifice FOR Eeschif. There are
few things In the world II gnurmand
loves better than cartridges. He lives
the whole year waiting FOR the "SenSOn'.
and 1t had Just begun. BESIDES. the
cartridges We're exceptionally good this
year.
The Doctors seemingly hard heart
was filled with sympathy az he saw his
patient 20 broken and crushed. but lie
must be firm. lie dismissed ReschIr
With few more words OF good advice.
Rcsch!f came the next day, palcr still,
and this continued for some time, but
the expected result did not appear.
He Clmn. II upgSlhlp marc frDpi,nD IL.