“‘Why should you desire to bleed him?’
“‘O, exactly. You prefer cupping?’
“‘Why should he be cupped?’
“‘Then shall I apply some leeches?’
“This, too, was declined. In short, it never seemed to have occurred to the physician that neither might be necessary; still less that either might therefore prove mischievous.”
The Misfortunes of a Barber-bleeder.
Three Scenes from a Story by Douglas Jerrold—rewritten.
Scene 1.—Job Pippins, a handsome Barber, is discharged from Sir Scipio Manikin’s, for kissing that gentleman’s young and pretty wife. He meets a Scotch wagoner.
JOB DISCHARGED BY SIR SCIPIO.