Zurich Herald, 1930-03-06, Page 6The Wrong Dose
Surely the Doctor I -lad Made
a Mistake --or Was it
Deliberate?
By Virginia James
Anne Careworth emitted ba'isklY
lou the pavement, drawing her fors
a g e bitter
th
as
Closely round her throat .
winter wind came howling keen
air
the
corner of .the street,.
whipped the eider to her cheeks so
that the doctor, overtaking her is his
little two-seater, thought she looked
more attractive than usual.
"Like ,a lift, Miss Carnworth?"
he
-
called out, his eyes resting apprecia-
tively on her glowing face,
"Rather!" she . smiled, and gotth 11
hope! door opened and Mr• Mot
tett came in, e paper in his huitd.
"Another preseviPti0n, 14iiss Cara
wattle I am afraid I shall have to let
You carryven as beat you can to -day, for
nay son has had a bad motorlacuteenc and they have telegraphs
cin
leaving for London immediately."
The oId man's fade looked white nit
strained. Anne rose to her feetall
her tireduees vanishing in a qu
k
rush of sympathy. The stroll will be
"Don't you worry,
all right in my care," she said. "And
1 do bone You will get good news
when YOU reach Landon..' •
I1r, Moffatt put the prescription on
the table and stumbled blindly out of
the room.
Annie picked it up, stifling the pang;
• e
that the sight of John ;tnu u�
st �.'s
firm writing aroused. Pencil hi hailed,
she worked out the. formula, Half -
him. "You are out eat l3 • way through the second rrut
morning." prescription has to be worked,rtone
�V
"hy, yes. I think you and I are three truces foe accuracy ---
the busiest people in Himbledott just,
now. This moment I. have just carne
from visiting James Farrow. IIe has
had 'flu badly and it has affected his
heart."
Ann listened ettentive]Y. She was
the only child. ot a doctor who, being
more kind than wise, had diedprac-
tically penniless. But Anne, having
learned something of medicine from
her father, had.qualified as a dispen-
se
r,
s, installed
theold family t
capacity
at . chemist
of Himbiedon.
At first old Mr. 11offatt. had regard-
ed the innovation at a woman dis-
penser with distrust, but soon he had
every confidence in his capable assist-
ant.
ssistant.
The little town was now in the
throes of a severe influenza epidemic
and Anue was finding her job no sine-
. e. The shop was filled from morn -
paused, pencil in mid-air, while a put
zled expression crept over her pretty
face. She continued her calculations,
did the whole thing a third time, and
thou. stared at the prescription reflec-
tively. It Was a tonic for James Far-
row. But surely --conversant was thoroughly
with the properties of the ingredients
she compounded, and it was with a
real-
izedcuriothesdocto had inking r made a mistake.
His prescription contained what was
normally a fatal Close of arsenic,
But --was it a mistake? James Far-
row Was a rich man without near re-
latives, alid he had taken no pains to
hide his Eking and admiration for
John Armstrong. Had—could John
Armstrong .leave anything to gain by
his will? Was that prescription a
mistake?
There was no one in the shop she
ld Consult, She racked ber brains
hag to night with anxious people de- i con si
ending that their prescriptions ( for
aesotoithe t ephone problem
Mr..5Mof-
office, `'het she came
should be made up instantly.
"Do You think you've got the upper
hand of this 'fin' business yet?" she
asked the doctor.
"I can scarcely say. It's .pretty bad
at the moment. I have not been to
bed for three nights."—:�tln noted that
John Armstrong's face bore signs of
rain• there were little fine-drawn
sL
lines round his eyes and mooch --and „Pettit me down the arsenic, Char
with Smithers crocking up I have his
practice to look atter, too. I can bare- lie," she said.
Andswith
measured it that
Hatch a meal just trembled f the Prescru
ly find time to s and carefully made ul
ip-
now."ball.
"You must take care of yourself," * * s
she returned SYinpathetically. "But John Armstrong sat in his armchair,
here we are. Thank you so much, doeis
tor." IIe stopped the ear and.she
ftgureeCdeonothe ender. Iliearxne whole
e
after alighted. John Armstrong gazed from the dark rings under his eyes
to
her as she disappeared into the shop. of bis broad shoulders.
"Dreaming, John?" a mocking voice the droop
broke in on his thoughts. A pretty Thank goodness, Sm thers was stoodreturu-
watching him, her rather g to
dutsial ard mouth paintedm
a• scarlet that He brought out his pocketbook and
h
matched the beret pulled over t her
methodical mall yanditewasle his`as a
ha it
black curls. He raised his
chemically. "Driving the little dis- to Bendyhecarne toJamesrarroiv'�
pe "1 " asked Aimee McPhee.
"I was giving Miss Carnworth a toshis feet and held he hc�okeraearer
lift," he replied stiffly. 1 1•°'ht
"Don't be angry, John—I was only Tl ere •
was iso mistake; teasing. Miss Carnworth is a peach,
and jolly clever, too. Mr. Moffatt will
be sorry to lose her when she gets
married•" what
"Married." he cried.' "Why,
do you mean? le Anne—'Mss Carn-
worth engaged?" His eyes betrayed
y,
flet
a
n.
his .
Aimee's Pace remained impassive as
she laughed carelessly, but the reali-
zation that he did really care for Anne
hurt her as much as her news had
hurt him.
"1 ciou't know the man's name. Any-
way, it's no concern et ours. I --I
hope it's someone as charming and --
as rich as she deserves."
' "I hope so;'.too,,, he agreocl Quietly,
and wished her good-bye. • The two-
seater sprang forward.
Aune was puzzled and not a little
hurt. Since the day that John Arm-
strong had given her a lift, he had
altered; he seemed to'be avoiding her,
.and when they did meet face to face
he merely gave her a gruff good -morn-
ing, and hurried on.
Although.it was not yet nine a pile
of prescriptions lay onher
laboratory
desk wait-
-ing to be made up.
was silent'save for the clink ot mea-
sures and glasses, the sound of steady
stiring, and Anne's brief orders to the
gawky lad who acted as her assistant.
For several hours she worked unceas-
ingly until:ethe flow of Prescriptions
stopped. ;hem she sat down to make
entries in the ledger.
• She sighed with sheer weariness,
.and pushed back a lock of wavy brown
hair that had fallen into her eyes.
.:perhaps the rush was over. Vain
—` S'iVIATTER POP But Now He's a Prole
fatt's private the doctor
out her face was white;
was out—had been for some time—
and. was• not expected in.for hours.
Anne Paused, hopelessly irresolute.
Her assistant looked at her curiously.
" 'Mat we better get on with this
one?" he seised.
Then Anne made her decision.
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themselves E as attempt aY to P to Carving a Character:
iheatasElios up or dray niay attonlit to
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MY,
later drsap• • "I do not lcuow what 1
pear into ocialocsacy, ao this .
the forerunner of a new despotism. 1 ed. "they are the destructive,
estru ive,aal-
levo; themselvesemt l dawn. If they (depose Ry HELEN SE'ARLES MARSH
to attempt to level themselves down, t t M witai
•rat will sooner or ' ,; , to 1Q deems
pear m Y
d tl 's is •risva}'s two boys a wealthy �5 al
-
attempt
f the ways s,n etching
The more serious and seductive
o
two powerful attacks which are just. , starring, yes, actually destroying, the
now being made upon the foundations furl stare. a in despair aver their lack
of democracy
•
conviction• + paeseritocl itself in the Westerly world Ilio e, n h rthe
Jordan had an tune
acv finds its strength in
'
t that d•entecraoY as it has i of appreciation ot theh eeatttiful in the
cannot escape oc111oc1'aey, which is Mr,
merely inali wale. sually elegant home. The two boys,
"Democracy's aristocracy is not °one eight and i ten,
had environment,aeen brought
t hadp
air an artistic t
..\
of birth of inherited privilege, or of 1 been sadly restricted with regard. to
wealth but it is freedom. of movement and outdoor an•
tivities, They Were told continually
Under the not to touch, or not to do this or that
b t e orifi. they found indoor life, incluel•
the way to 111E and wanted
I
one of character; of
high intelligence,.at large knowledge,
or zeal for service, recruited from the.
bosons of democracy itself,
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it,
ENJOYING .THE SPORT NOW SO POPULAR IN CANADA
• ... •f 1a Cllr, Italy, where i b le former Princess .I
operation of the law of 11 erty, t't?
lug games, books and study, irksome.
lenboys
a
•ib
onormal
t
democracy � ?•They Fere y
alt itsdiug of an aristocracy that is real work incl Play heard the nova
all its owls a well as its'chiefest or-
�, A noted Wood-carver vet
na The Plaints of the parents, and was irk.
coin -
"There a .' suchatparson as the to•ested at once in the so -celled un
average man, That phrase is a figure ruly, michievous and destinct:ive boys.
of speech which deludes both him who „They are rather too old to begin
uses it and him to whom it is address to form good habits ootid he said..
ed. It refledts that statistical method „ flotvever, send them to rate, e tsaid.
ink
which informs without enlightening, ) ltauriv' just what these youngsters
beeauge it Puts in the lianlcgr'ourtd' need in the way of discipline.
Fre took them to his workshop;
those extremes, particularly ,in human
relationships, concerning which it is
most. important of all to have know-
ledge and to take account. Every
real man is some particular man. like
"To say that there are many
hien. Ought to excite not aduliration
hut suspicion. Those ingenious and
untiring persons who play upon popu-
lar ignotauce and popular passion in
order' to gain ter themselves popular
favor are not in the least removed wooed
from ,that sovereign people
Juvenal sale pray- „ r but two 1 It tt as no n
t C"rcenses So lone 1to feel
amusement is ample and cheap, es
need matter the things of the mind,
the delights of scholarship, and the
equalled pleasure of moving in the -
upper -ether of the spil•itual eeporieaice said bis father one clay, gar,
of the race? It is little wonder that i d tour pfath r nday, with new
'Fascism finds earnest and highly inter- ` eW
ligent expounders when the antics of, eyes, and a week or so later,
must leave taken ea long timeto plow
false democracy are til be seen on al- 1 this library table of mahoo y
tr
most every hand.
uild
wonderfully it is carved!„
"The cure for false democracy is
Just how diel you do It?" the de -
"You
despotism
isp not, and cannot lighted father asked the artist the
is honeymooning with 11 s briee, be, the return to dospotisni under any nett time they met.
— ----- form, However attractive that may ap h put the mischievous but ing;e-
--"-_-----•" -"� f -� pear to be. Privileged individuals 'and the artist ex.
"1'att are angry before' start," rho ,. Nicholas Butler classes sooner or later be- njous hands to work,taught to
privilegscl
said, "but I must tell you,'' These vas come preying individual. and preying plauiefl• t fo o work,"
tools,artaud. to
reward silence while classes. 4 the d and create hermltier'rbly must sae op { t 11 glow box
„I„ — she oesita.ed— — Olaillne H1S to and the .
ton book -rack for your s ]•
ere ho
Crown Prince Humbert of Italy on skis at Cou, Merie Jose of Belgium.
studio. They were given tools an
were taught to sharpen and care fol'
them. •'HE shoved them what .could
lie dote with these instruments in
creating something worth while and
artistic from a piece of oak or mahog-
any. the
Slowly, patiently . and happily
boys worked with this artist, who
-was • teaching them lessous iu char-
acter -building as 'i ell as in wood carv-
ing.
t cane before both'boys
Paned e ibeganrespect for • the efforts
things, .
in craftsmanship, represented in - the
as the •stontaclt is Provided for and :
]land -carved furniture and beautiful
woodwork in their home:
"Flow much hard work and skill it,
Hurst have taken to make
e older just 015
design on this chair, 9ne •rt
<, a be responsible
to awkward h•le John stared On.Democracy In 'rue democracy the lea t simple, useful
at eu from the bottom to design for thou mother.
+ "I I altered -- r 'absurd notion ria a things—attidY and
a
wonder,
prescription." Columbia Headu be made
tool -
your °," Ire cried, filled with and the same leti 1 of competence, chests for themselves. Their orrgula
„Ion what?" be aband clsity and shill in5 craft -work hawant-
weated. incredulity, pr and relief: and
,"I altered; the prescription," you'd b rho re- i f 11y winch it rs. teased ,but the lesson I really
"Oh. 1 lyes you'd it angry, ht d Malor,ty ed themto
learning oget and r its they
t-
Prated• Her eyes filled with tears Privileges twin Y mean self-ithey t u
butdecoration. i '
ea -
and . her face flushed. She was re- the events of the1 "Sall another ballot They aro learning it because they are
tory w rel the• moment in the rebore decoration.
the Habit of ait."
ppreciation
tory when she one betted him—hatl lrl a ande so see the need for se
doubting .Jahn, „it tv Di Butler, { matters of principle —'•ed
e.
ing herself for c U Y
she loved and knew better even than t said too fivanclers, behaves determined. This xs utter non The Wheat Situation
she knew herself. lou 2 slues should gree m i mrajorrty has any rights ",,inert*. You blessed angel—you
i account of their actavr Th lxdivrdual has rights a Toronto Telegram (Ind. Cons.): The
aspirations, and for ty has prtvaleges. condition may be only temporary, It
wonderful girl! if you knew the
ray I've been through singe 1 dis his statemrn of de ei may be caused either ba prejudice r of
o s
world markets or by a
the part of the British consumer who
has been aho d to theer cenditiothe
n 1fl
tiro of a bold tip. eat itself
right itself. Europe Hary
111 -
to a different state ofMind.
The ea Bri-
ing
tish consumer may getthedofPal g
inferior bread. Anyway,willopus-..
of-
ficials are still confident theybe
may r
r
whatever e
And
♦vl
through.
thought of the advisability ot starting
the fight everybody interested in buss
Hess in Canada will he pulling for the
Pool to win.
men ca alike and all pn
one e
authority, possession,
owed as the hopeless o
Indio-idital Rights an
- es
One or year in ;nation of false
•ilerina is the annual. report, of D. denxocracy is that a majority has
Nicholas I3titler, President of Collins -e rights and that by the voice of a ma-
ria niversi • : yori are finally
sense.
ma -
statesmen etmen ore utter
whatever.
that the nivel No and a ma -
ties. an prosaic , some e r It has the pri a-
yesand aspic t has been Torr
years now lege t 'mining Who spall be
eagerly anticipated. This year he chosen to serve it iu holic place, and,
gives his Views of democracy with the at has the privilege of determining
prior word, as to the treatment of what policy or course of conduct shall
next be entered upon, but it has and
intellectual. Dr, Butler says:
immemorial it has been absolutely nothing to do 'With
a general bel to o0
--- tri •• , •and must.self-sacritic-
my dear." ing`sert acts of the public whose:wants
"S'i'hy. whht do you n mean?" was
were so few and so meagre that they
Hue's turn to be nt, of
might well be supplied by the most
A •y g The brae-
,e • sou
s,
course." at
or
f cne
alto• auu
"Yourtoe
ell1
•a of
engagement, she • erHned, modest'
"My ee you I was tical men who were once his lily and
as
"�"Mto]d you 1 was engaged'?" truthfuly clescrib,ed by
"Miss 'McPhee." those who 'continue' to practise the
"Not.it's not true." mistakes of their predecessors,'. have
"1\ot true? Oh, Ante darling. as looked upon the economic rewards of
life, as well as' life's comforts and
luxuries, as belonging exclusively to
theiaaselves. • . '
""The scholar has conveutieuallY
been' commended, .often respected,
more often. eeltied, but rarely paid. If
write
a scholar, ie fortunate enough to War
a 'book wbicli the unlettered classes
will widely read, he receives a sub-
stantial incame for a timefroman froyal-
ties
Q ac
ties on its sale. If the
comes upan'a new fact Qr a new prin-
ojple which can be applied in gain -
making fashion, he, too, may receive a
more or less inadequate 'reward for
the •results of his research.
'May Level Themselves Up
"Tlie fact of the matter is, that dee-
mocracy, for -its fullest flower,
• quires distinction of manner, • of,
speech and of dress more thin toes
any other form of society.
t
popular form of impossibility -which
is described as the levelling process,
there is an alternative mode of pro -
View on "Dernocracys .
- Aristocracy"
"NO AVERAGE MAN"
t to r 1 11e lire. writ-
eI iso
There covered. it:' lie seized. her hands, 1)0.
ten 2.00 grains arsenic, sufficient to i You '51 11 you have probably saved
I arrow's 'life• and veY career? Anne,
eel.his patient. With a grain 11. rush kissyou a thousand times,
ed blindly eternity the fore aur, It wean- I want to , o
Ined all ur before a reply se. But I forgot"—the elation faded out
In anxious tones he asked the house -of his fare and he dropped her hands,,
keeper: 'tl t privilege is another's. Still, I
"How's the patient?" congratulate you,
'Sleeping like a child, doctor. He can It
seerns ever so much better s
"How many doses of the tonic has
he bac.?"
•
"From time a can have
look upon scholars the determluatrou of true or false
rise tt orth3 right or wrong, moral or immoral,
beautiful or ugly.
"Care of one's person and dress.,
care of one's speech and bearing, care
of hue's deference and respect to age
or to real distinction, and that concern
for the preferences, the comfort, and
the satisfactions of other people which
Lord Chatham described as benevole
once in trifles—these are the impoet-
ant things. i nowlesige is power, to
be sine, but how right was Lord Ches-
terfield when he said that '.manners
must adorn knowledge and smooth its
way through the world.' Moreover,
good manners breed good taste.
"Intolerance Quickly expresses itself
in persecution; and persecution beget
fanaticism of the most dangerous type.
He vim cannot hear his beliefs and
convictions assailed has not come tin-
der the influence of the university
spirit and is in no Odense a truly edu-
cated man: . Liberty of necessity in-
volves tolerance •and should beget it.
Thi spirit of inquiry itself will keep
alive and awake all those whom it ani. -
mates, and will from time to, time re-
sult iu very considerable additions to
roan's knowledge of Himself and af_the
wo1d in which he lives".
A scientist declares that many ani-
mals laugh. They could hardly help
it it they observed people closely.
"Three."
"Well, don't give him any more till
I come in the morning. You are sure
that he is all right?" a
"He has not been so
cheerful for
there a chance for ane: then? x 1�
lo• ng time."
- a poor'. sort of fellow, not half
"Glad to bear it. But if lie( shows I'M�
any symptoms of sickness, send
me at once."
He hung up the receiver, his heart
Pounding with relief and perplexity.
1hadvine
had
the
medicine itthat
Iiovwas
no ill effects?
"There's aeyoi1ng lady in the wait-
ing -room, sir," announced his house-
keeper.
He hurried into the surgery and
found himself bolting into the troub-
led grey eyes of Anne Carnworth.
,"Anne—Pout'' he breathed, I have a
"Yes," she said quietly.
confession to Tarte.'
Ilis face Hardened.
"I suppose that means you are wait-
ing for mine, Well, I admit every-
thing. That prescription was criminal
carelessness. „What are you going to
do?„
She dropped into a chair,atwlstg
her gloves nervously
fin-
gers,
good enough for You;'but I Wave 'loved'
you for ages, little Ante. . Choles Yo,
possibly et1`i'e for a fellow who presses
i0 nb
' lith
up has Pre.spi 1 � .
Anne's face gred radiant. ,
"Why, J'olin, that'l'vas ti ni15iake, Yoli
old 'silly, . and everyone is liable ,to
make mistakes at times." Her Hers eyes
were shining like stars. "Besides -1
love you, too!" she whispered. ' lie
caught her in His arms and kissecl•her•
triumphantly. --Answers,
February: The Thrush
"Ere yet the buds their leaves nrifold
On tree and hare brown bush,
Ont bursts 'a semester heave and bold;
The May Missel Thrush. •
"Clinging' to topmost twig he sways,.
Defying—storms and snows,
His song' a monk of wintry days;
With promise ot the Rose."
—Helen flees.
"Here is a doctor who says that
those are plenty of people walking the
streets who ought to be in the easy'
tuna"
"01 course, another veiled attack on
Parliament."
Naval Conference fan disarm
11 the Nav
suspicion the rest will be easy.
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