58 PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS.

‘*Miadam,”’ he said to the mother of the
child, ‘‘ this is a very complicated affec-
tion. The mucous membrane which
lines the interior of the epiglottis—”’

Just at this point a pinch of snuff was
taken, and the sentence which the doc-
tor had commenced, which I have no
doubt would have been extremely lu-
minous, if it had been completed, was
left awhile quite obscured in a fog-bank ;
for it was the practice of the good doc-
tor to take his time when he went
through the process of snuff-taking.

It was one of the hottest days of sum-
mer. The doors of the house had all
been thrown open, to admit of the freest