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Show APPEALED TO CHILD NATURE. Kind-Hearted Doctor Knew How to Make Patient apeak. This itory Is told of u recent act of n well known I ondon surgeon, whose heai f Is said lo lm as gentle as his manner Is rough He went from his waim bed at i o'clock one bitter morning morn-ing lo attend a tiny boy, who was in a perilous plight from diphtheria. Ho hastily performed the operation of tracheotomy and to his Joy saw the child revive. During the next few days everything passed off beautifully, but the doctor wanted to hear Ills small rrlend .speak This so far the patient hnd not done. "1 am sorry he can't speak lo me. nurse, because I'm going up to Uindon today and slia'ti't know whether lo bring li lm a horse or a gun " It was the doctor aponklim at tho little one. A tiny linger stole up to a wounded thtoat and the kIios! of a baby's voice whispered- "Pleine. doctor, bwlng me a llckle Kun." He got the "llckle gun" and the doctor knew that the child's voice was sale. |