A FROG STORY.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 47, 12 February 1873, Page 3

A FROG STORY.

Dr Oabbajitis, who died at .Paris lust year, was one of those jovial physicians 'whose presence is equally sought iu the si-k r om ua in society, and who ollcot more? with .mere hitmour and plea', ir.tr v than by medicine. Being a hrothor-iud nv of Lesaepa, tho celebrated engineer, n;ul ne trly related to u princely family of his native land, bo moved in aristocratic circles, which dccplv felt his loss. Odd cure by which, at tho roiiiuicnccmoiit of his career, bo achieved u great reputation, is characteristic of the man. The Do ..t—* u f |y—oho of tho most aristocratic ladies of the Faubourg bt. Germain, bad got possession of tho idea that she bud , H’.'.'AM/jWFD a FKOa. She felt this p-i I frog --sho declared she did — and its presence robbed her of peace of mind, sleep, and even health. The Pa-Hum physicians }> u; i tho rudeors? fo deny the e.Ju.tmetf of tin's animal ignorant us they were that tho poor lady Buffered martyrdom. A fortunate chance made her acquainted with Dr. Oarharu?, and to him sho told her tale of woe. Ho fell, with a seriousness worthy of Hippocrates himself, the pulse of tho fair patient, inquired after various symol „n«, and when tho charming arist 'oral hud cshaunted all her store of arguments to prove her pet del s.-d >;i the doctor Bold, after a weli-ieigned pause, “ Madtune, the frog is there, but I will remove it.” lie then prescribed A:« INNOCENT K.Wli’i’tC, and went to the nearest (lower shop, where bo bought a small green frog. Armed with this codcdemtc, h« presented himself once more bulijrc the duu’us*, and placed a largo basin of water in readtne-.s. The ometin began to take tdii-ct, t! u- ciuctiCKsV even ill led veil h tears, and our doctor look udvantHgo of tho opportunity to slip the green frog info tho basin. On seeing the fro * a leal was removed from the du Hem's heart, and lor an in danfc all eeoimd wed. The nest oiii.nc it ‘ 1 c tu-m-d pdo, and as Dr. Carbarns supported her toDcring frame, sho cried, in a desrndrimr tone — *• Ob, duel or ! 1 t.-» a ,* yc‘ cured, for tho frog b 3 left li! !b> one" G-hir, i ’ “ rf'oy erhai hr. Onrharn?, without allowing a t race of «rn’Kirassmcnt to be scon in his manner, “ that vc ahull .“con set'.” ixe I ben t brew a ecarolung glance upon tho frog, which lie had by tins imu taken in his hand, and ufierce!, vdvh a r-erl duty that nettled the whole question, thvsc wenh—- ** .Miniau.o, • hat is an impossibility, for the frog is a mule i ’ ■