Part I.
Reading edition
Part I.
UNCLE ETHAN'S SPECULATION IN PATENT MEDICINES.
![[Illustration: Leaf leading verse in chapter introduction]](/illustrations/a9a59e872c263a69.png)
A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
![[Illustration: Leaf following verse in chapter introduction]](/illustrations/b892af7eeecf031e.png)
Reading edition
UNCLE ETHAN'S SPECULATION IN PATENT MEDICINES.
A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.