Bad Case.

King Country Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 10, 28 December 1906, Page 3

Bad Case.

The doctor looked serious. " You should be very careful for at least a month," he said.

" Is it as bad as all that ? " asked the patient, anxiously.

" If the result is to be as satisfactory as I would like to have it, you cannot follow the rules that I lay down too carefully." " I will do exactly as you say," said the now thoroughly alarmed patient. " A-am I eating too heartily ?" " Much too heartily. You should eat simpler food, and not so much of it. If you follow my advice you'll cut your butcher's and grocer's bill just about in half."

" I'll do it, doctor." " You ought to take more exercise, too," continued the physician. " How do you go to your office now ?" " On the trams."

" Stop it at once. You must walk to and from your office every day, rain or shine. Do you ever go to the theatre ?" " Quite often." " You musn't do it while you're under my care. How about smoking ? " " I smoke, of course ; but only in moderation."

" Don't smoke at all," instructed the physician. "Throw away all your cigars, and don't buy another for thirty days at least, or I'll throw up the case." " I'll do it doctor; but—but " "Do you drink?" " Occasionally, but I " " Stop it entirely." " A little claret on the table now and then, ought not to " " Not a drop at any time." " All right, doctor. What next ?"

" Nothing. Follow these- instructions closely for thirty days, and by that time "

"Yes?" said the patient eagerly. "By that time, what?" " By that time," repeated the doctor, " you ought to have saved enough to pay me the balance due on that little bill you have owed me for a matter of about eighteen months. Good-day."