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Show I WAS BOUND TO PAY PHYSICIAN. ' Fee Was Small But Carried with It Child's Gratitude. I Carrying n pot spnnlel In his arms, I l-yonr-oid Alexander Wilson walked nto tho Occident room of tho Samnr-tan Samnr-tan hospital nnd said appcnllngly to )r. Itnlman, says tho 1'hiladolphia nqulrcr: "Won't you mend my dog's leg? t lie was run over by a big wngon cn tho street." I Dr. llalman tried to tell tho child ( that tho institution was not a veteri nary hospital, but tho child pleaded io hard that tho physician consented o operate on tho Injured nnlmnl. Ho round that "Jossle," so tho hoy called ( bis pet, ha'd sustained a fracturo ot tho left hind leg. Tho Injured limb was soon sot and dono up In splints. When tho operation was ovor, Alexander began to search his pock-cts pock-cts and Anally produced a flvo-cent piece, nil his nvallablo earthly wealth. Ho gravely presented It to Dr. Ilnl-man. Ilnl-man. Tho physician told him to put It back In his pocket. Tho boy Insisted, In-sisted, but dually obeyed tho doctor. As soon as tho accident room door closed behind him Aloxnhdcr took tho nickel Trom his pocket, rolled It through tho crack under tho door Into tho room and ran nwny. Tho physlclnp Is thinking or having a watch chnrm made of tno nickel piece, so that In after yenis ho can exhibit it when he tells tho story ot his first fco. |