But so troubled and uncertain did he become as the necessity for fixing an early day for the removal of this tumor became more and more apparent that he at last referred the whole matter to Mr.Carlton, and proposed that Doctor Kline, whose high reputation for surgical skill he knew, should be entrusted with the operation.

To this he received an emphatic "No!" "All the profession award him the highest skill in our city, if not the whole country," said Doctor Hillhouse.
"I have no doubt of his skill," replied Mr.Carlton.

"But--" "What ?" asked the doctor, as Mr.Carlton hesitated.

"Are you not aware that he uses wine too freely ?" Doctor Hillhouse was taken by surprise at this intimation.
"No, I am not aware of anything of the kind," he replied, almost indignantly.

"He is not a teetotaller, of course, any more than you or I.Socially and at dinner he takes his glass of wine, as we do.