"Now, my dear boy," cried the doctor, exultantly, as he busied himself
in applying the remedy to the hurts, "do you not think it would have
been better to have done all this last night?"
"Quite probable."
"Yes, Jack, but if you had let me perform the operation of phlebotomy n
when I first saw you, it would have been of infinite service."
"No phlebotomy," said the other, positively.
"It is now too late; but a dose of oil would carry off the humors
famously."
To this the captain made no reply, but grated his teeth, in a way that
showed the fortress of his mouth was not to be assailed without a
resolute resistance; and the experienced physician changed the subject
by saying,--
"It is a pity, John, that you did not catch the rascal, after the danger
and trouble you incurred."
The captain of dragoons made no reply; and, while placing some bandages
on the wounded shoulder, the surgeon continued,--
"If I have any wish at all to destroy human life, it is to have the
pleasure of seeing that traitor hanged."
"I thought your business was to cure, and not to slay," said the
trooper, dryly.
"Aye! but he has caused us such heavy losses by his information, that I
sometimes feel a very unsophistical temper towards that spy."
"You should not encourage such feelings of animosity to any of your
fellow creatures," returned Lawton, in a tone that caused the operator
to drop a pin he was arranging in the bandages from his hand.
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