Thesymptomsweresuchasamedicalmanwouldpronounce’choleraic。’
IsayWOULDhavepronounced；for，onexamination，thesurgeonwasalsofoundtobe——er——inpain，and，Iregrettosay，expressinghimselfinlanguageunbecomingtheoccasion。Hisimpressionwas，thatsomepowerfuldrughadbeenadministered。OnreferringthequestiontoMr。Hawkins，herememberedthatthebottleofwhiskeypartakenbythemcontainedamedicinewhichhehadbeeninthehabitoftaking，butwhich，havingfailedtoactuponhim，hehadconcludedtobegenerallyineffective，andhadforgotten。Hisperfectwillingnesstoholdhimselfpersonallyresponsibletoeachoftheparties，hisgenuineconcernatthedisastrouseffectofthemistake，mingledwithhisownalarmatthestateofhissystem，which——er——failedto——er——respondtothepeculiarqualitiesofthemedicine，wasmostbecomingtohimasamanofhonorandagentleman。Afteranhour’sdelay，bothprincipalsbeingcompletelyexhausted，andabandonedbythesurgeon，whowasunreasonablyalarmedathisowncondition，Mr。HawkinsandIagreedtoremoveourmentoMarkleville。There，afterafurtherconsultationwithMr。
Hawkins，anamicableadjustmentofalldifficulties，honorabletobothparties，andgovernedbyprofoundsecrecy，wasarranged。I
believe，\"addedthecolonel，lookingaround，andsettingdownhisglass，\"nogentlemanhasyetexpressedhimselfotherthansatisfiedwiththeresult。\"
Perhapsitwasthecolonel’smanner；but，whateverwastheopinionofFiveForksregardingtheintellectualdisplayofMr。Hawkinsinthisaffair，therewasverylittleoutspokencriticismatthemoment。Inafewweeksthewholethingwasforgotten，exceptaspartofthenecessaryrecordofHawkins’sblunders，whichwasalreadyaprettyfullone。Again，somelaterfolliesconspiredtoobliteratethepast，until，ayearlater，avaluableleadwasdiscoveredinthe\"BlazingStar\"tunnel，inthehillwherehelived；andalargesumwasofferedhimforaportionofhislandonthehilltop。AccustomedasFiveForkshadbecometotheexhibitionofhisfolly，itwaswithastonishmentthattheylearnedthatheresolutelyanddecidedlyrefusedtheoffer。Thereasonthathegavewasstillmoreastounding，——hewasabouttobuild。