••Yes. Did you suppose he was going to take
them himself?"

•• Why, of course.''

•• Well, it's a mistake. He never took a dose of
medicine in his life. He can't."

•• Well, upon my word, it's the most extraordi-
nary thing I ever heard of!"

•• Oh," said Aunt Patsy, as pleased as a mother
whose child is being admired and wondered at,
••you'll find that there's more about them that's
wonderful than their just being made in the image
of God like the rest of His creatures, now you can
depend on that, /tell you," and she wagged her
complacent head like one who could reveal marvel*
ous things if she chose.
The boy Joe began :

•• Why, ma, they ain*t made in the im — "

••You shut up, and wait till you're asked, Joe.
I'll let you know when I want help. Are you look-
ing for something, doctor?"

The doctor asked for a few sheets of paper and a

pen, and said he would write a prescription; which

he did. It was one of Galen's; in fact, it was

Galen's favorite, and had been slaying people for

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sixteen thousand years. Galen used it for every-
thing, applied it to everything, said it would remove
everything, from warts all the way through to lungs
— and it generally did. Galen was still the only
medical authority recognized in Missouri ; his prac-
tice was the only practice known to the Missouri
doctors, and his prescriptions were the only ammu-
nition they carried when they went out for game.
