CHAPTER X.

Mrs. Longbow taken sick.--General Interest.--Dr. Teazle.--His Visit.--"The Rattles."--Scientific Diagnosis.--A Prescription.--Short and Dr. Dobbs.--"Pantod of the Heart."--Dismissal of Teazle.--Installation of Dobbs.--"Scyller and Chara_bi_des."--Ike's Views.--The Colonel's.--Bates's.--Mrs. Longbow dies.--Who killed her: conflicting Opinions.--Her Funeral.--Bigelow Van Slyck's Sermon.--Interment. 148