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Show o AS HE ORDERED. London Tit-iBts tells a story of an anxious mother who brought her daughter to see a famous London physician. phy-sician. The girl was suffering from what some people call "general low-ness." low-ness." There was nothing much the mater with her, but she was pale and listless, and did not care about doing anything, even eating. The doctor, after due consultation, prescribed for her a glass of claret three times a day with her meals. The mother was somewhat deaf, but apparently ap-parently heard all he said, and bore off her daughter, determined to carry out the prescription to the letter. In two weeks she was back with the girl, rosy-cheeked, smiling and the picture of health. , The doctor naturally congratulated himself on his skill, and said, cordially: cordial-ly: "I am glad to see your daughter is so much better." "Thanks to you, doctor!" exclaimed the grateful mother. "She has' had just what you ordered. She has eaten carrots three times a day, and sometimes some-times oftener and once or twice she had them uncooked; and now look at her!" . Another instance of the truth of the ) old saying, "God heals and the doctor takes the fees." |