Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-09-12
THE DOCTORS JOKE.
ny ARMAND sILVEsTRE.

ihS hii1g uilh htul liltil a OOlllliOhl ldNtt
modern house; "A great name which poverty
was booming to oblivion. The ancestors of
NJ. Vent des Roussins had made a noise in
the world; he lived in it quietly, d~evoting
to speculative research the leisure of his
middle age.
He criticised the work of astronomers,
chemists and physicians, always hoping to
surpass it. To that end he had built an OBJ
servatory, and in the dungeons where mar
tyrs to feudalism had formerly persisted he
established a laboratory.
Pasteur's experiments had greatly inter-
ested NJ. Vent des Roussins, who, however,
considered them incomplete and desired
himself to continue the work begun. SO
when he heard that a mad dog had been
killed, wishing to obtain a fragment of its
brain to serve as the starting point for a
series of NEGOTIATIONS, he lost no time in
driving to the apothecary's shop, where DR..
Landrimol was to perform an autopsy.
After some hesitation NJ. Boultesene con-
scented to oblige him and gave NJ. Vent des
Roussins a sealed bottle containing a lump
of soft pinkish matter intersected by bloody
threads.
The scientists next move was to visit a
neighborlng hutch, where he bought a pref
ty white rabbit; then, by a happy chance,
meeting an organ grinder, he emptied his
slender purse and got in exchange a little
monkey with long, skinny arms.
Once in his laboratory, NJ. Vent DIES Rous-
sins locked the doors as if preparing to COM
NIT a crime and put the monkey into a cage.
As to the rabbit, he first carefully with a
lancet introduced under the skin of its head
a tiny bit OF the dogs brain, then confined it
in a somewhat dilapidated box, on the lid of
which he laid a stone.
a fortnight later some guests were WIS.,
ting at the chateau-M. and Nine. DIES En-
grumelles, a newly married couple, and NJ.
Bandrille, a young lawyer.
The dinner was very gay. NJ. Vent DIES
Rousslns displayed unusual animation. He
was, in fact, in the best of spirits, for that
morning had brought a charming surprise
his rabbit had shown what he considered
sure signs of madness. The little creatures
cup of water was left untouched, and it had
tried to escape from its box.
NJ. Vent des Roussins planned next day
to pass on to the monkey a small portion
of the rabbits brain, and thought that soon
there would be no more mysteries for him in
anti-rabbic vaccine.
Take a little more of this rabbit stew,
II. Bandrille,' said the hostess. 'Do not be
ceremonious."
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in my life have | eaten one 50 delicious
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rather confused NV 50 muob -entbusiaSm
Gust imagine this wonderful animal which
you all think so good did not come from our
own kitchen. 1t is probably a wild rabbit,
tbsr two bonrs ago SLn Lannanod tn 500 II
rnaniog and ;nm7ino in tbdi rasS rear tbe
oId dnn,eon."
NJ. Vent DIES Roussins looked uneasy.
"Near fine d~ungeonsy" he asked.
.Yes. close to one Of tbe air holes openinp
into vour laboratortn
NJ Vent dos Rou.sins male as death arose
w;rbont savinq a word rushed ont Of the
dinirrroom lis worst fe,rs vere reaIived
TJa ,oLbit had o.caned withont douht
S,Idan1r a. f ,nnyed hv snr;nc he ae1
nm tbo narrov. stairs
A tho instant he reen4ered tbe dininq
room NJ. des Engrnmelles was about nlay
fuIlv TO imprint a kiss upon the rosk creek
az his bride
.Renulse him, Repulse him," shouted
NJ Vent des Ronssins
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