SCENES XII. AND XIII

An old man was one day returning home, and when he was getting eut of his carriage he fell in a fit of apoplexy. A servant happened to come along at that time, with a sieve in one hand and an earthen dish full of whiting in the other. He did not notice his master lying there, and fell over him in his clumsy way. The whiting was spilt, and some of it went into the old man's eye.

When the servant saw what was the matter with his master, he called the latter's daughter. She came immediately, and at once

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took off her father's overcoat, which she gave to the servant to brush, at the same time telling him to run for the doctor.

The doctor came on his bay mare, carrying his case of instruments and his lance. He found the old gentleman very ill, and he was almost afraid that he was too late in coming ; but he said that he would bleed him freely, provided that no one would accuse him of killing him if he died.

The daughter, although she was much alarmed, told the doctor that he must try to save her father's life at any price. The opération' was performed and proved successful, and although the old man had a great deal of pain, he was quite better in a few days.