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Show ON THE GROUND OF ECONOMY. Acceptance or Physician's Offer Was Lesser of Two Evils. A Chicago medico tells of two physicians physi-cians in a Wisconsin town, tho ono elderly, with a long record of cures, the other young, with his record still to make. The older doctor, it appears, was inclined to surrender some of his night work to the younger man. One bitter night in winter the veteran was aroused by two farmors from a hamlet eight miles away, the wife of one of whom was seriously 111. The doctor at once referred them to his young colleague, but they refused the latter's services. "Very well," replied the doctor, thinking 'to put a convincing convinc-ing argument before thorn. "In that case my fee Is ten dollars, payable now." Whereupon there ensued a remonstrance oil the .part of the farmers, farm-ers, but tho doctor was obdurate. Finally ono of the men asked the other: "Well, what do you think I ought to do?" "I think you'd better pay him the ten dollars," said tho other. "Tho funeral would cost you more." Harper's Weekly. |