Doctor Jones' Picnic

eart of

purpose. A powerful coil steel spring operated the windlass. In each of the other corners of the room were anchors of aluminum, also attached to windlasses and worked by steel springs. There was a dynamo that afforded abundance of light for the ship. This, too, was run by spring power. The rooms of the cabin were brilliantly lighted, and the s

them with great faithfulness and pride. And it was a most invaluable adjunct to the comfor

and settlements, but they realized that they were fast hastening beyond the pale of civilization. The wind had moved during the

plendidly, yet I am anxious to reach the Pole as soon as possible. After that we will start on a general sightseeing tour. But unt

f about two thousand feet. All were delighted with the behavior of the ship. Her cap

timber was rapidly growing smaller. Clearings and settlements became more and more rare, and as the da

me quarter. On the following morning the beautiful ship was enveloped in

dred feet and see if we can get

gh above the clouds, and it was with new and strange sensations that our aerial navigators looked down upon the dense cloud that obscured the f

"I am for some exercise. Who will

eathless from the unwonted exercise of the long climb. This was Mattie's first visit to the obser

ishap would do. We should go flying down through those clouds, and be dashed to pieces in tho

d so much of interest and importance, and was attended by so little of the element of danger. You were never safer in your life than you are at this moment. Think of it! Here we are above the clouds, the world with all its care and heartaches shut out, bas

ok above t

louds, abov

the sto

worlds o

his great sonorous voice that rang o

me get into a real good fright," cried Mat

only fear I have now is that we may k

hem; and as they looked below into the inky depths of the thunder clouds, pierced and riven by jagged lightnings, followed by deafening bellowings and crashings

ce of Labrador was plainly visible. The ship had settled to an altitude of fiftee

ment I see ahead a f

ort or trading post. The ship, meantime, was lowering qui

" said Dr. Jones. "Some fresh meat, especially game and f

ire was expre

ree hundred feet of the earth. As they neared the spot, two of the anchors were dropped, and soon caught in the birch tree tops. The s

!" shouted

plied a ho

fort i

fort, but Con

for the North Pole, and we w

est we can for you. But I think you have sc

woolens and furs. The two voyagers introduced themselves, explained their business, and they were received very cordially by this man, John Barton, the proprietor and owner of Constance House. He invited the whole company to desc

such other goods as are required by hunters and trappers. These Mr. Barton exchanged for furs with said hunters and trappers. Hunting, trapping, and fishing constituted the sole busines

iness of her skin, the whiteness of her even teeth, or the graceful shapeliness of her form. Mrs. Jones and Mattie were immediately drawn to her. She met their advances freely and frankly, though her manners showed at once t

dmiration of Barton and the inhabitants of Constance House for the globe was unbounded. The wind had lulled away to a very gentle breeze, and the superlatively splendid globe hung above them so majestically, and

h. I have seen many strange sights on land and sea, but this beats them all by so much that I shall never mention them again. And you are going to make the North Pole beyond a peradventure. Nothing could please me so

sked Mrs. Jones, very gently. "Perhaps

were consulted. They could do absolutely nothing for her, and I have brought her home to die. I wanted to stay the

led incurables. It is not that I know more of the nature of disease than the average physician, but I use drugs t

nd they invariably gave what they called an 'unfavorable prognosis.' You would not undert

a liking for the grand old man, and desired, with all his good and kindly heart, to help this noble

iled, ought to entitle my word to some weight with you. Now I am going to say this: I have cured cancers, and believe that a l

urned in a few moments and said: "I have here medicine, Mr. Barton, that is certain to do your wife a great amount of good. And I am quite positive that it will work a perfect cure. Her symptoms point so unmistakably and pronounc

lock they mounted to the ship for the night. At seven o'clock on the following morning they all descended again

Mrs. Barton had rested quite comfortably nearly all night, a thing that she had not done in many months.

, Mr. Barton; just

e of hope that I never expected to know ag

ll a 'high potency.' I cannot stop to explain all this to you, but you can rest assured that it is the only help or hope for your wife. Anxious though I am to be of

was unbounded at this announc

to accompany the Barton boys up the river that

have in this count

ks, etc.," replied Joe, the elder of the boys. Sam was the younger of the brothers, and they were aged twenty-three and twen

always spend in reading, music, and sometimes in such games as chess, backgammon, drafts, etc. Mother is a most splendid mathematician. She is also quite a linguist. But I am afraid that mother's days of

ll you candidly that you may rely implicitly upon his word. He is a physician of remarkable skill, and to my positive knowledge has cured se

has heard our pr

nd the Professor ascended with Mr. Barton to the ship. As he passed through the elegant rooms of the cabin, and saw the wonderful degree of comfort, and even luxury, that our voyagers were

his eye ran up the shining mast, then off over the glistening sides of the globe to the earth, three hundred feet below, then away over the trackless wastes of Labrador, he finally excla

success. All agreed that, so far as human thought and judgment could foresee, failure was hardly possib

Pole!" he exclaimed, all his sailor instincts thoroughly a

say exactly what we may have to do. But I shall consider the trip a partial failure if I do not leave this stately shaft, exactly to th

it was the Union Jack that you were going to leave there; but you deserve all th

down and see further about your wife's case. I

an hour they left the house, walked down to the river bank, and t

ue you, for two reasons, first, because I desire to give you a reason for the hope that is within me, and so make you as happy and comfortable as possible by filling you up

bserve that I have taken Mrs. Barton'

ive state of mind. She cann

old water. Drinks often, and

very sharp, lancin

.M. The pains then are intolerable, and burning like red-hot iron, so that

at rest

or straw-colored,

emaciated

culous and past the comprehension of man. What gives me greater hope and confidence in your wife's case is the fact that she has never been under the surgeon's knife. Operations for cancer not only do no good whatever, but they reduce the patient's chances of cure, so that after the second or thir

said Barton, "Must I not use the d

soap-suds, two or three times daily. The

! And is arsenic the remed

cated by the symptoms. Anything more or less than this is unscientific, and a contrariety to one of God's most beautiful and universal laws-'Similia similibus curanter,'-'Like cures like.' That is to say, arsenic is the remedy for your wife, because, when taken in material doses, it always produces symptoms identical with those manifested in her case. Hence I

you put it. I like the theory, and if it always holds good in prac

s done in the body at the bar of God, that it never failed me once. I have failed many times because I could not read aright the symptoms of the case; or when it was an incurable affa