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Show In No Hurry for the Doctor. "Almost nlwaj-H when my pntlents send for me," said tho physician, "thoy Instruct tho messenger to tell mo to come nt once. In fact, this custom cus-tom of trying to hurry tho doctor to tho bedside of tho patlont ts general, and nil physicians oxpoct It, and it Is such nn old story to office attendants that they do not as a rule bothor to remember it. But tho other night I had a surprise. "It was about 7 o'clock and a gen-tlemnn gen-tlemnn had called an hour before to request mo to boo his wlfo. What was romarkablo was tho fact that ho had told my office boy to Inform mo not to call until tho noxt morning If I did not find it convenient to visit his wlfo that night before 9 o'clock, which ho said was tho usual hour at which thoy retired. re-tired. "Toll tho doctor,' ho said, 'It Is nothing very Important. My wlfo has only something tho matter v,lth her mouth that prevents her from talking. It will bo all right If ho cannot find time to call beforo tho morning.' " |