Show WAS BOUND TO PAY PHYSICIAN fee was small but carried w th it ch id s gratitude carrying a pet spaniel in his arms 8 year o d alexander allson walked into the occident room of the samar itan hospital and said appealingly to dr raiman says the philadelphia inquirer won t you mend my dog s leg he was run over by a big wagon on the street dr raiman tried to tell the child that the institution was not a nary hospital but the child pleaded so hard that the physician consented to operate on the injured animal he bound that jessie so the boy called his pet had sustained a fracture of the left hind leg the injured limb was soon set and done up in splints when the operation was over alexander began to search his pock ets and finally produced a five cent piece all his available earthly wealth he g avely presented it to dr rai man the physician told him to put it back in his pocket the boy in slated but finally obeyed the doctor As soon as the accident room door closed behind him alexander took the nickel from his pocket rolled it through the crack under the door into the room and ran away the Is thinking of having a watch charm made of ane nickel piece so that in after years he can exhibit it when be tells the story of his first fee |