A DOCTOR'S SUBSTITUTE.
He was a young man "with a wild, disordered look. He rushed into the office of a prominent city physician yesterday, placed a small cup on the desk, took oft his coat and bared his right arm and whispered : " Stick me ! "
" Do, you want to be bled ?"; "rl-'do! Open a vein and let me catch the blood.in this cup! " "Too full in the head?"
"Alas! too full in the heart! My affianced will not beliere me when I tell her that Ilore her better than my life. I will write my love ? I will write it in my own blood ! Proceed ! "
"Is that«U you want?' 8 "All? Is not that sufficient? "
14 Young man, you are a dodo ! Put on your coat! I keep a red ink here for the very purpose you desire, and I will sell you a half gill for.^quarter ! " ' And the young mka was not stuck.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4422, 7 March 1883, Page 4
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153A DOCTOR'S SUBSTITUTE. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4422, 7 March 1883, Page 4
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