| Show MS HIS FIRST PATIENT the canino chalao that mad tho the doctors reputation y y it is thirty years since I 1 put ray my shingle up I 1 had a very little money so eo had matilda we were desperately in love with ewh each other so arch so that we really could not aford afford to wait so matilda and I 1 got lay in wait for patients behind roy my office door like a hungry bunar tiger figuratively speak epe aking cried alcid 1 Ducky ducky darling come and be killed but they did not come the ducks 1 I mean the pati patient mt i merely I 1 quack I 1 figuratively sper speaking king degain and passed me by they ev evidently looked on my shir gle a asa danger signal but I 1 soon got a large practice among the poor and those who could not or would not pay they appointed me their body physician I 1 need hardly add that it was a purely honorary post 41 I tow now there wan waa a rich old maiden lady who lived opposite us she ohe ars an eccentric but charitable old woman and her name was glumpler clarissa glumpler Glum per there was no chance of a woman like that coming to me for advice dr dulle was her medical lt ct Ho Beeme to be medical edical an attendant that was worth attending my blood used to boil within me with indignation whenever I 1 was his mud bespattered carriage and pair tearing about the neighborhood one afternoon I 1 saw dr dulles coachman pull up at miss klumpers Glum pers door and M matilda atilda wa watched him through the blind jack she said excitedly hes only stopped five minutes I 1 timed him and oh jackl jack I 1 when he came out he was as red as a turkey cook cock perhaps hes apoplectic added matilda with a wistful sigh oh jacla cried my mv wife after an interval of a few moments ments Ithe theres ies the footman fogtman going posthaste post haste hasto for the medicine and then I 1 she suddenly clutched my wrist her face grow grew ashy pale and she hissed in a hoarse whisper spee I 1 oh jack I 1 hes coming here quick quick cried ma tilda itada e in an instant she had carefully latch my cravat there wa was a tremendous ring at the door of course as ill III luck would have it mary our servant was out so my heart beating wildly I 1 opened the door myself and tried to look as unconcerned as pos possible youre too to come across to the missus at once 1 said th the pampered menial in a patronizing tone I 1 1 1 1 Is it ii iery very urgent I 1 said looking zt at my watch 4 U its Vs a matter of kufs a and nd death deatha said bald the man with a vulgar grin which I 1 could not understand 1 I will attend to it immediately I 1 said I 1 had boen been smoking 0 go o I 1 took some tincture of cloves matilda sprinkled my hair and whiskers with eau de cologne I 1 thrust my instrument case into one pocket and my emergency case into the other and then I 1 tried to walk across tho the street in a dignified manner and of course failed ailed miserably the footman who arbs awaiting my arrival was still grinning maliciously he ushered rne me at once into the drawing room where by the fire sat an old lady in black sobbing bitterly it was miss dumper the great miss glumpler herself are you yon the young man of the name of pestle 2 she said 1 I am dr pestle madam I 1 replied in my haughtiest haught baught iest manner quite so quite so I 1 am sure I 1 beg your pardon dr pestle said the old lady still sobbing bobbing copiously dr pestle she said very solemnly are you a man of the world A mystery evidently a mystery madam I 1 began 1 I have never divulged a professional secret we are wasting precious time dr pestle said the old lady interrupting me 1 I believe her to be sinking fast ashes all I 1 have in the world doctor you wont mind seeing her willylu will wil lyou you as a favor Madam 01 I 1 began as aa a matter of common humanity she human she said the old lady was in deep grief and she carefully lifted a shawl which covered something that lay upon the sofa a on the cushion was a f fat at pug dog panting convulsively dr pestle cried the old lady only save my darlings life and theres nothing I 1 wont do for youl la there hope she added in a voice of agony while theres life theres hope hom madam I 1 said I 1 whipped out my emergency ca case and I 1 attempted to administer a remedy to my unfortunate patient the beast tried to bite me at once a good sign madam I 1 said a capital sign shell require care great care I 1 added I 1 the greatest possible care but we must do what we can for her if madam awenton I 1 went on 1 I can have her under my own eye I 1 might be able to do a great deal for her well make up a bed for you with pleasure 19 replied miss glumpler Glum per 1 I beg not leave her for a single instant dr pestle expense is no object I 1 need hardly add madam I 1 said in my best professional manner she needs absolute change of scene rests real seclusion and er the usual remedies I 1 added vaguely bif if apu will wua permit me to remove the little ittle patient to my own residence all that human skill can do shall bo be done for her otherwise I 1 added and I 1 looked unutterable things success is well nigh impossible miss glumpler clasped her hands in agony I 1 its so hard to part with her doctor she said the matter is for your considers i tion madam I 1 remarked but may I 1 come and see her exclaimed C miss glumpler Glum per 4 no madam I 1 said sternly the excitement of such interviews might prove fatal to the patients Vs life oh floral flora cried miss glum per and she dropped upon her knees and kissed the patients fat back would you believe it dr pestle cried the lady excitedly that dr dalle actually declined to prescribe for the little patient ive lost all confidence in dr dulle she said and then thea she rang the bell the footman answered it it adolphus john said his mistress mU tress 4 you will take flora to this gentle mana private privat 6 ire cei you will carry her with the utmost care I 1 will send my man every hour for tidings dr pestle said tho the 04 0 lady 1 I have trusted you doctor she ahe said tragically see aeo that you do your duty and then overcome by her feelings she the room 4 I 1 accompanied flora and adolphus Adol john to my own house As soon as the binau man had let I 1 began to consider Florae case seriously I 1 determined to call la in a consultant at once I 1 knew nothing about dogs dog but I 1 knew a man who alo did after dark a person of vil gainous presented himself at my back door no sooner did lie he see the unfortunate flora than ho he pronounced her case hopeless id have her drown ded at ai once sir if I 1 was you youre quite sure the beast wont get over it I 1 asked ashes as good as dead already said the man ashes got the Iyall ers and her livers pone gone to nothing I 1 had never even treated a case of sl lie ile did not seem in any doubt about his diagnosis 1 I could betye get ye a better nor she for the matter of fifteen bob he added 1 I know of a dawg as is as like her as two peas they might be twins for the matter of that if bring her tonight to night and sho she suits me ill give you a sovereign I 1 sail said I 1 pave gave him half a crown and with a ni ink of thanks he departed in about an hour flora had passed avay I 1 buried her secretly in the jick ack garden I 1 did not breathe a word of what had happened to a living soul about inid midnight night the dog fancier arrived bringing another pug dog in in 1 a bag tho the very image of the deceased but it was not so fat id answers to the name of popsy govnor remarked the man and 1 W be seen with her in camber well if I 1 was you dye tumble I 1 hastened to assure him that I 1 did tumble I 1 agave gave him his hia sovereign and let him out all that night the new dog howled continually we tempted it with the choicest viands but the bruto brute would not eat she must be better to make all that noise remarked matilda there is a marked improvement my dear what we have to dread Is ia a relapse in cases of or er malignant yellona yel lowa solution lution oo of continuity frequently takes place matilda was perfectly satisfied I 1 how dreadful she said my wife and I 1 fed ed that beast pr a whole fortnight although as though we had been chinese and were fattening it for the table each day I 1 visited miss glum per per and reported the patients gradual improvement find her much changed chanced I 1 said uhe the poor things terribly pulled down and the memory almost entirely gone it has been a wonderful case I 1 said a wonderfully successful case and strange to say I 1 added in a pathetic voice ive got to love the little thing as though she were my own miss glumpler took my hand and burst into tears her heart was too full dul tor for words I 1 of course matilda and I 1 always addressed 1 the brute as flora but it was i some time before she would answer to I 1 the name at length I 1 brought home flora to her expectant mistress 1 I have known her cried miss glumpler Glum per as she fondled the brute and fed it with slices of cold chicken oh dr pestle how shall I 1 testify my gratitude to you pray let me know the amount of my indebtedness 11 but I 1 drew the line at taking her money madam I 1 said 1 I sm am only too glad to be of use to you I 1 I 1 I 1 doctor replied the lady im eternally obliged for five and an twenty years miss glum pers account was as good as a hundred a year to me she left lef t me a thousand pounds in her will but she did more than that dr pestle she used to say to everybody saved a life that was very very dear to me under the circumstances it would have been my own fault if I 1 had not in course of time managed to put to ether one of the tiniest tidiest little practices in tho the neighborhood english paper |
