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InotheT merely complain of chronic sore throat, 
Dros -a io^ I lnflamed e y es and excessive nervous 
nature of Jhe 6 lt . m°re rarely occurs that the virulent 
as it did mmsemcal person produces so rapid an effeft 
Dhshed t '? he , case 0f Mr - E - H ' Cm-bould, ‘he accom- 
moned t n nJho ’ , palnter ' ™ S g en ‘leman was sum- 
n“ „ t0 Osborne o execute a particular work for the 
Skated an ,f/ or w ,h |ch f onl y a y ery short space of time was 
an hotel I' « there . fore ob r hged to take up his abode at 
J otel neai the palace. In a couple of days he was a 
he^UdbuL^t t T g fr ° m a Severe cold in the head : this 
he attributed to the damp state of the bed-room, the wall- 
?f a P £ r ct ' (a green on ^, be i n g a good deal discoloured. Her 
he f ai ' ng f ° . hls dlness, with her usual consideration 
at end.nf /° K 0f th ?. Se ab ° Ut her ’ gave instrudtions to an 
atten dant t0 have him removed and lodged in Victoria 
ottsige, close to Osborne, and, furthermore, to see that a 
good fire was lighted in his bed-room early in the evening, 
lhese instructions were carefully carried out, and he found 
a ri- Vai , m a cheerful fire, and every comfort on his 
a livah I he bed was well covered with the best Witney 
blankets, and a couple of spare ones ready to hand. After 
pm takmg of a little hot brandy and water he gladly crept 
into bed : in a few minutes a chill seized him, and he was 
glad to pile on another blanket. He still felt cold, and drew 
the second blanket over his bed; but in vain,— the chilly 
feeling caused his teeth to chatter sleep was out of the 
question. He bethought himself of his well-lined Spanish 
c oav ying on a chair near the bed, and made- an effort to 
leac , !t : t0 his horror he could not move his legs ; he was 
paialysed, and could neither move arms nor legs. He 
made a violent effort to put his legs out of bed : this pro- 
duced a painfu cramp of the bowels, and this was imme- 
diately followed by sickness ; soon after he lost consciousness, 
a ^ ld ri enciphered no more of what occurred. At 8 o’clock 
the following morning he was aroused from his insensible 
condition by a loud knocking at his bed-room door ; he was 
scarcely able to say “ Come in,” or ask for a cup of tea. 
in a few minutes the servant returned with the tea, and 
pulled up the blind : he opened his eyes, and, seeing the 
nlliant gieen of the paper on the bed-room walls, excitedly 
exclaimed “ I am poisoned.” The servant, in great surprise 
declared she had given him “ nothing but the best tea.” 
e explained, as he drank it, that he alluded to the paper 
on the wall. He made an attempt to get out of bed, and. 
