ishing!" mused the doctor. "I shall not fail to try it."

"I have another remedy which is equally efficient in small-pox,
Doctor, that I got from the same gentleman. You might find it useful
at some time, and I assure you I have never known it to fail even in
the worst cases.

"Thank you, I will accept it with pleasure."

Miss Arnold repeated the following, and the doctor took it carefully
down in his note book:

"As soon as the headache comes, and the chill down the back, and the
stomach becomes sick, and the limbs begin to ache, clear the stomach
with a strong emetic, put the feet in hot mustard water several times
during the next twelve hours. Talk very often and encouragingly to the
patient as the insanity begins to show itself. As soon as the thirst
sets in, give frequently alternate small drinks of cold Indian meal
gruel--no butter in the gruel--and moderately large drinks of the best
plain black tea, _hot_, without milk or sugar. Occasionally the gruel
may be changed and made of oatmeal, and the tea have a bit of toasted
bread in it. As the disorder goes through its course, and a craving
sets in, humor this at once with moderate supplies of what is
craved. Air the room twice or three times each day, taking great care
to cover up the patient completely, head and all, while the doors and
windows are open. Keep the room dark, and at an even temperature. Pat
the face, arms, &c., with warm barley water, and then with a feather
oil the whole surface with sweet oil. This prevents all itching and
pitting, or marks."

[Illustration: Poor, noble Anges was so wearied out, that she got
asleep while she walked with the baby, and stepping too near the
stairway, she fell all the way down.]

"Truly a plain and simple remedy," remarked the doctor, as he put away
his book, "I shall not fail to try it also, if I should ever come
across any cases of variola."

"And you may depend on it, Doctor," said Agnes, "that it will never
fail when properly and intelligently carried out."

As he turned to leave, the physician said:

"Miss Arnold, please stay here until I send you a note or a messenger,
which I will do within an hour or an hour and a half."

A STRANGE INCIDENT.

In less than the specified time a man came back from the doctor to
inform Miss Arnold that her services were needed in a house about two
squares away from there, and that he would show her the place. Her
little trunk was already packed, her shawl an