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Show He r 'ed Through. When tho doctor enmo to seo him nnd felt of his pulse nml looked at his tongue, and learned that lie was over (10 years old, ho shook his head and said there was nn hope. "Hut I cnr.'t dk) for sevornl years to come," piotested tho old mnn. "Boiry, but I cnu't glvo you over n month to live " "Hut, doctor, you must. I hnvo something on my mind, nnd cnu't possibly pos-sibly die now." "You can confess It to mo,' said tho man of medicine." "Well, then, 45 years ngo I attended attend-ed n cIicub and nienakerle. I took nn nveislon to tho elephant nt onco, nnd determined to mnko It hot for lilm. 1 scooped out an npplo, filled the hollow with red pepper nnd gnvo It to lilm. Ills unties for tho next half hour beat the chcus in tho other tent. "Well?" snld tho doctor hs the old mnn gurgled In his throat. "Well, they sny thnt an elephnnt remembers bucIi things for 50 years'.' "Yes, I hnvo heard so." "And the 50 won't bo up for llvo years more, and during thnt time old llchemoth is suro to romo nrounil. I wnnt to bo there. I want to seo If ho remembers mo. I wont to settlo this question of an elopliant'R memory for good nnd all." "Then that's dlfferen' " nnswred tho doctor, nnd ho took off his coat and pulled tho old man back to health. Itchoboth Sunday Herald. |
