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Show l7 J I " A rulMKY jDoaroit BjlHJR illM -,nn ' ir '1 ffi ra from another lu glory. HaHf1 1 1 Hi Ti ' ' -u '""'"Hiv for tbl PjflH (jUI " ' ' "ilt truth Isofnoepeclal H.IB' ' 1 1 H tli " ' I ' o " "'n' I'erhans PJrHPB. a I ft I cv 1 1 n 1.1M1 in perfect IimHIi It l not PA in IH of.uiklii.r Import me, lint to tho ob-H ob-H jiR 1 j I J servant tnln.l It U lulereslttiir to not wE ( B I If 1 thnt Ilia conntry doctor differs greatly PmJPJK J 3 I If j from lib rrofeaelonal brother In the city. PJjPK j I 1 1 ' WIW '""'' ' tbt fact n few iliya n,io PJPJHjL 1 til during n sojourn In tlio kill atxmuy of PBPHfe: I B Connecticut. Wink there I iasse) a PjPUt I I (III day with ludiiiit ihyslcian of the fPPJp Flllii township. Ho leads a queer life. K' Sill V city docttr knows nothing of the K llill dlfncnHles we eneotmtar," remarked ny PPPjY, I a I I I friend m we drove toward the well tilled K. 1 J H fields lying Inyond Iho village. It KM JPPB ill iff cit( morning, and the nlr was as fresh JPPB IS ill asayounginan justoutof college Tin PPlV. '01' utorl.ibeeiiupfortwohoiireplsciu;x. PPPJffi i n Nf t'w affaire of hU oMca en n solid basis, PJHkt i fl L "Vou boc," I14 continued, "It Is not hi jPJpV 1 X ffl ksJ 'n snnnuer, tat whtn tli mow JpPPJf i D 1 U come I lid a tcrrlldo liftn I frveM in PJHHL ! 1 4 8 ! anil cir. lam orprlhrowii by drlfu, piHipL I I J R nt'nlRht I tuffftr from col 1. And At mid PPuK '3 1 diy tho mnllght on tho miowliurU my Pmflu I i 1 II )'' NrllitlM, I am lin;y." PJJCnpR flfti HowlditW nir.erry tm touched liU pBH W lj tnarti with tlio wlilp, nn I In a fuw inln PJ91 g$2 I ill ntc nw UP n a firmliotK, m1io4 HH all! wliita Malli and Krcui blind wcro pilu-pipi pilu-pipi (!) fully liiArtlatlc PPPJ ft Mil IleuAitffotioAboatflftmi mlnnlw a PPPJ i M I n doleful qtnrtr of an hour for inc. A LH f 1 1 H cow Ultnc'ic' vraM In tlio front yard Ppff 1 'jSn nnd on ol 1 oaLcn bucket was tbo only PPH j) "cltlfWllilnulnalglit. I)y tlwttring PPj v III! Ut cf Action and rmctlon It toojt ino LH r ' 5 IB back to that unful night when I uiw Hj f Jlnl "lhc Old ilomwtfair at i Xew Y01L PPB J 9 H llicaUr. PJBJ ' U JH When lln doctor Ul niLiopl hli PJW hIP' drugatoroundtrncAth tltiacat mid hal PPJI I 8lR cat)rd up Un llnw I oilh PHI 1f "Wlat Und of a duo did yoa altlko PH j Jill thrrtT ' LRu t- 'ill!' "JfotUIng Aerlom," ho anitrercJ. "A Hffi f ! f llfl young woman of acrenty la auffrrlnj J W if til' from fuclal nunralKlt. Sho hiu joutli Fa III, Anl nierity In hrr favor, howitcr, aud i I I will b All right la 11 day or tiro " l , Jill! 1 looked at him In aurprlac. Had bin PJH S''ll lonely life altrclfl hta brulnf LH lill 'Ou0 troubla I bate," 1 10 went cm, j h. I J I J "Ilea In tho fait that I cannot obtain auy PW l J II anUtanu In critical cwea. WU11 una PPn tfy 2(1 "' 'uur J,cvr Y"rl I")'ctsu deelrea LH( ill 1 ndiice-froiu acolleosna Allhohoatu do Ll au 1 1 1 FfD A lnMMHC doHii the block Ll w 3 11 aoinewhere. Tlicro ore limes when I LH 1 1 " woul 1 cite half iiiyliiromo for another LV In '1r 1 doctors Aid, but I cant fit It. I lure Rl V 111 9 to follow the Mrd Ihitfloclei) by lliilf J J 1 c nnd do lay own consulting. 1 mutt atop 111 j N 1 S bcra n lnomcM. Ill bo out ajain In flee Vi p. I f I w luinutcn. Wil Sr1 J 1 fi ' l'6"' bcllere n niral tihyslclin has l,M ijj 1 j I S A'1 'den of time. It may bo U1.1t bo lias m ml Stilt J the ability tu connt a 1 ule, but his in- al IB It B terprcUtlinof wliatlacoinirlslinthe B ' on III! ei reaton, "fire iiilnuta," Is icullar fit 15 1 ? I hil I tint mare for fully half an hour V R'i tllY'l TlieCleliollieri'lhtriulaho!rewrnit- H !' K I S """ 'u r wa no n lief for mo but to L i Mil '"'" "' "' nn'u'Atlnir laud.axi 11 ml a ir !I II l iti'liilpi lu da) dreams. "A pletilng K n SH ti i lal of drowaineet It was, of dreams R I I II Ji "'"" ,v'", u'ur" ""' '"" '"" T't and 1 1 III nf ffty ctlM In tha clouds that luus. f,1 'I it 8 forever fluhhinjr round a summer sky M I ,jj If u On nterJuierrouiieil hill some mllm H jN to the nortkwanl nroso a nlntlo ttco I Sffil lliatbeeuiul to rejoice In lis enormous ' ul If I !l'' 1','tlllll"' beueiith ilt branch the t. If 5 'Sill IreMhtrnuindtkln had closed his heav) ,i if ' l J ill 1'erlujs will look down niwu B'- I I n S "" valley lin Chloafn has gMn :( BT II I UivlaataudrataonlahasbHUnlmltted !i lllS to the Union. ? If I j II E bnch feterlsh fancies Cllol myuibd lm ' jjlfj null tlie doctor's return. ' j 1 j H "W hat's the matter lnIJ.f" I nsked, affv si 1 1 li 1' ,1(it'1'nff t0 worry abonu llie WUr Sill' t'clt mn" ' "'"' idmOHlght jenrs ftsl 1.1 Ik old, and oimorl.M hlutM-lf )i.lerday 1 I 1 j I 5 In the hajUell Hell mm.) out nil Ms ill a ''""'' ' '" ' rMCrit'1 a day's rest an 1 a if H '4113 lAlomel pill. Why, do 011 know, tint 9- IffLH Lian, In splto of hlau4o, (andoinuroon T A ll B a farm In n neck than you or 1 could dj Mi I ll 3 InAUiontli. This is a healthy country, W gjM( uiyfrind." Tc It jj l liipin to think ho was right Dar- K 111 ra lug the morning tainado ten call. Not PJfe I Jl' n unutf his iwtieiita was iiiidrr eeienly ' IV M years of aire. Ac dinner, uocer, his J H j r D telephone rang for tlojy havo n few Pj A I l mvlerii cpplhuicea up there, lm Indtmt IE ' ll, J H tank drama anl he was nrgrd to m ilit hasten to tho beuVide uf n alck baby, 1 pK jl'i wt"" w'th him und liil.l the man. jjf, jl; 1 "Tuero's nanght so 1niK.l1 tlio spirit Sip if tooths as rum ami Una nlliriou," ro WOk ill! jj marked Ilyron, n poet once In togue. It Tl If IJ lsctldtnttluththad never walteil for Hi' country doctor as ho tended icrj lug m., l! child finch nn eirrinrn Is not only 1 ll f eoolhlng to tha spirit; It la u narcotic to 'id I thasentea. When the doctor riturncd m 3f 1 was fast asleep, while the mare woa lu asw 9?tl A slate of semlcollatua. . IB, eS f "Wlut did jou do for IhaUabjrr ft Ut IuVJ' 1 ft SI1' " fold 11 era to kill the cow," he an- Inr Uti! 1 swered irosely, and I did not pursue tho I Mi uil '"y-'- I (,, jjli1 Lalsr In tho Afternoon ho was called , M' j. 1 lo n imtlont living rUht miles aay. iHi T llf Our road lt-d through a di use forest, and III n llV ' "" 'r VM AtSfllliu; lk'Icre wo hat UlH ill 'Ul tiaorged from th woods n stunn came vH ' 1ft 1 tn, and tlui lightning llasheil nronud us 1 'JaS ' ' Jff'l '" n nmlistlo way worthy of a well J jflB'''l itl ttagadraudltlonof'l.Unt.1 loin's Cabin" SJ H '- "St! I Wa mm wet to the skin, an l my com- iHIt JMfl paaloa eeemad to ruallw that tha ciiki fflmi llll rletcewftsuut jleAsaut to me, for ho of. wKvrlei fertd 1110 a cigar Amid tho'warof the talBvi)l$i oasmanta 1 grmv ilespi rate nud llgbtul - IV '!t1 lila gift After the llmt pull I n.'illy pllHj Htjr' j '"'P"! ,h'lt I sliould bo sttlckeu b liuht llUaB' V 1 1 Tha shower luid clonr.kl awnyiu wu I ikflU-i V i inv' np Mon " 'ow roofod, red p imti-d I llkfll c I coitaiw surrounded by trees. A ury I III, 1 I ratty girl opened tha door to the due. I 9tW J ' tor, while I continued mvoccumtiou of R I i 7 d bolting a inare that wonld not inivu run l I'lsVll I AftavuiilirtholinpuUtoutf ndymiulto I'JIfUi Hi, ""'l' M) trlendriliiriiHlnfUrthoei m ' ll 111 Bl! Vlfalloiiotaucxiudlutlnhorttlmv, "Aotiody in k in there," 110 runsrked, "an old woman nervous, that s Alb" "Jlow oldr I Asked anxiously. "One hundred anl rlx, Hho's Ix glnning to grow eomewhat superacnil live." On our return to tho offlce wo found several pttltnts waiting for tho.dlv jwnvr of potions, pills nnJ jKjwders My doctor ep nt nn hour or more reliev tntf tha Aches and pains that had aought hltn out. Then wo had aupr. Ilofore the meal was over the telephone rung ngnln The man of arienco serenely nlmiidoniel his cold ham and iced tan, nnd 1 could hoar him atiyi "Yeai Rttetha baby twodropant 11 " "Hillol 2o, d jn't wnlio her up during Iho night. If aha's ntleaa at eunrl rnbher with oil. ITiatsnll (loixlby." Ileforo he could resume his supper A patient rang tlie ofuVe bell My doctor was engaged for n hour. When be rejoined re-joined tna on tho 1 lasra tha maro was nt tho door. "Mure callsT 1 naked. "Yee, of course, I always spend tha evening on tho road " We lira gone until 11 o'clock The roads we traversed, the darkness of the woods, the dreary bsrklng of wntih dogs aro to me like nn nnpleasant dream. Wo returned to the office tired and worn. The doctor looked palo. an 1 1 supposed of bourse that ho would go at one to 1 bed. What was iny astonishment to eeo ldin placo niton his dunk n number of I amount books. 1 Is not your day's work doner I a-Ved He smiled hopelessly. "Jnet begnn, my boy If I dldn t work now the remit re-mit of tho last twenty four hours woul 1 amount to nothing lu dollars and cents." Then ha iiarnt half an hour In making no!. fur bia das labor. I watched hlin withanvuiottou tliat wxs Almost rev-erentinl rev-erentinl lltrtt It nay wlx re, was n man ISuleluIng nil Incllnitions towird frlv olltyor tvtn healthy rccro.itlon, lie go on bis wuy day aft r day, applying as aklllf ully na he can tho sclouliflo know I edge In his gl asp. 1'or him lliere Is no night, no Bnndiy, no vacation, always lighting de-itli hi ghaauphls life to the conlllct. Anl wluttdoMlia find? Testy patients, Ig unnnt icopla win) neglect his commands ungrateful fools who seem to think that ha Is n slito to their demands, men nn 1 women who look for miracles and do not know that ereu a doctor uannot alnnya stay the ban 1 of Terrors King "And now for bodl" I exclaimed, as ho laid Aside hU books. "Not yet I mtut fao my caw re mind." Out into tho night again. Near at hand a light gleams in the window of a drug store. A sleepy clerk answered our knock, an 1 In a few minutes my doctor waa busy with the bottles on the shelf, lie was nt work fully hilt an hour. In hit case he cirrlr.1 flit) phlall Minyof the drugs hnl b 11 ixlmusteJ In tha da)' routine, and the act or re-pit re-pit Dishing took time. I yawned nnd fr-ttcd, but tha doctor seemed to fetl n fatigue. "Ho Is 111a la of Iron." 1 said to inyMlf as be strode hjtmmurd with A firm nnd 1 ven tren 1 I ha 1 almost fallen to sleep later on when I heard eonio one descending the stairs. It was!2oclock. "Where are )cti going!"! asked, as I recognized tha doctor s orty form. "Into the often for uu hour," he remarked. re-marked. "This Is the ouly time In which I have n chance to do my scientific) rend lug" I went hack to bed, but I could not sleep. I was woudering how uitxluu friend ma la a yenr. At breakfast tha next morning Ieaidt "Doctor, I don't want to bo lni rtl-mnt, rtl-mnt, but will you kin lly tell mo how much your practice p lys you''" He smiled quizzically as he answered! "I nni JJ.000 n year, I collect abont POO." Hartford Times. |