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Show SCHEME PROVED A FAILURE Tlght-Flsted Old Gentleman More Than Met His Match In Shrewd Physician. A tight-listed old man, feellng'very sick, asked a friend to recommend u physician. The friend named a certain cer-tain specialist. "Is he very expensive?" asked the sick man. "Well, not so very. He'll chnrge you four dollars for the Mrst visit and two dollars for each ono after that." The old fellow soon afterward walked Into the olllce of tho physician named by his friend, and upon being admitted to tho consulting room planked down two dollars, remarking: "Well, doctor, here 1 am again." The physician calmly picked up the money and put It in a drawer, which he locked securely. Tho sick man looked on expectantly, awaiting tho next move. "Well, I'm ready to be examined," ho said at length." "1 don't think It's necessary," replied re-plied the shrewd specialist, "There's no need to do It again. Keep right on taking the same medicine. Good-day, Good-day, jdr." |