Page 114 - 1901 Pinakidia

A Bad Case.

S'I'IC\.:\(;E malady did attack "l'r~x1·, 'and questions on this onlt:r were asked: "\\'hat is It
ltke'' " \\'hat is it?" " II ow does it affect him? " " I!ow long has he had it?" " Is it
dangerous? ' " Where did he.: catQh it? '· "Is it contagious?'· "\\'ill he still lw able to hold
his pc.;sition?" "Can he be cured? ·• " b there no one so skilled that may relit:Ye him for just
l·ight months out of each 1·ear >" " \\'ould not a trip to Orlando do him good?" or ·• Is he too
old to e1·cr he relieYed ? '·
1'hese CjUestions were, with forty·three others, asked I>ock twenty-one times a day .-\t kngth, g•>Od·
natured ohl Dock did g-row weary of saying," I don't know,' and said with one resoh·e, " I will diag knows
this case, the cat he, the cure ''
Then it was he did lH'o<·eed to " Prexy for to make examination. l!;n·ing hdd " Prexy's'' hand for
many minutes, he did say," llc.:ar · Prex1, thy pnbc.:, it is No11nal." Then he did run a barometer many degn-es
into" Prexy s · ntouth , and for a great \\ltile did ll'a1e it thne. \\'hen at length he did withdra11· and examine it,
he remarked, "Thy temperatnn:, too, IJeare,t ' Prexy,' it is only :-<OR\1.\I,. From which I do conclude my
"Prexy," thy malad\', it i, also .:\OR:\L\1, tschool 1.

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