134 A SPECIFIC. 



My mother was not so disinclined, but 

 listened with avidity to the many instances 

 of successful trials our new acquaintance 

 cited, and upon which he founded his con- 

 viction that, were I to take his friend's 

 specific, I should at no very distant date be 

 restored to health. In the morning he 

 called to ask after me, and again took an 

 opportunity of imploring my parents to try 

 the remedy he had named, or, at least, to 

 allow him to write to the person to ask his 

 opinion of my case. He then appealed to 

 me, who had long despaired of any remedy, 

 and I avowed that I should do exactly as 

 my parents wished, but gave him to under- 

 stand I should have no faith whatever in 

 any medicine his friend or any one else 

 might prescribe at the same time kindly 

 thanking him for the interest he had evinced 

 for me. 



At length, after frequent importunities, 

 he prevailed and obtained both my father's 

 and mother's permission to write the par- 



