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Show SCHEME PROVED A FAILURE Tight-Fisted Old Gentleman More Than Met His Match in Shrewd Physician. A tight-fisted old man, feeling very sick, asked a friend to recommend a physician. The friend named a certain cer-tain specialist. "Is lie very expensive?" asked the sick man. "Well, not So very. He'll charge you four dollars for the first visit and two dollars for each one after that." The old fellow soon afterward walked into the office of the physician named by his friend, and upon being admitted to the 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 lie locked securely. The sick man looked on expectantly, awaiting the next move. "Well, I'm ready to he examined," he said at length." "I 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, sir." |