CURING A TENOR.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 17 September 1891, Page 4

CURING A TENOR.

j The company was in Havana, and at a .•.ritical juncture in the manager's affairs Brignoli took it into his head that it would be the swell thing to Jail sick. The Marquis ie Aquas Cearas, president of the Ayuni lamiento, sent a doctor to visit the dis- | iinguished tenor, and to report the result of i His investigations. Unable to discover any j alarmingsymptomsexcept aninsatiableappeite for macaroni and a sentimental longing r or a dole c far vieiite, the gentlemanly young factor ordered Brignoli to take a substantial iinner and in the evening a drive to the jpera, and to sing his part in the usual iianner, and predicted to him a full restora:ion of health by following his advice. The silver-voiced tenor shared the doctor's opinion as to the prescription of a good linner, but demurred from the order of ringing in the evening. A magistrate whom 'he president had consulted, upon hearing the doctor's report, sent a gentle warning to J Brignoli, who, however, answered that the I doctor who had visited him seemed, like i Crispino, to be more a cobbler than a J doctor, and did not understand his illness, j whereupon the magistrate despatched I another doctor from the military hospital, with two attendants. ! After having felt Brignoli's pulse, looked fnto his throat, and examined his eyes, the new doctor solemnly declared, with a shake of his head — j " Really, some precursory symptoms of ' yellow fever," but added that by employing 200 leeches immediately on the shoulders of Ihe patient, the great evil might be averted. "Mama mia!" screamed Brignoli, with his clear, beautiful tenor voice, reaching with ease on that occasion the high B, " two hundred leeches ! You are an idiot, but not a doctor ! lam perfectly well!" ' "No," replied the doctor, "you are ill, and cannot sing to-night," giving at the same time instructions to his attendants for the operation. ! " Clear out," vociferated Brignoli, " I will show you whether and how I can sing this evening. And he did sing, better than ever.