Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-05
TINA SMALL

Dr F ] Aaeu3er who has held inc
 position or Medical Diggctor of thcMldarv
 Department of Ari7ona for loug tiue.
 took his departgra yesterday for St 5ais
 Ni--ouri Prescott and Fort WhIpplg will
 miss the Dr. especially on account Of his
 social gCsh,ies This reminds us of bis
 iondnc>s ior placing himself in rid.rsslans
 attitudes ia his early reuiuisceuces and
 particularly in Che case ot Iiua Small a
 young lady of whom he was quite fond when
 about thtage Of eighteen Tina was young
 al-o Ju, weighed something over two hun
 dred pounds, and to use Che ilrs own ian-
 guase possessed noble physique she was
 broad a, the base, surmouuicd by a 6no
 -upersuu,urc .n sbou she would ordinari-
 i'y measure about five ieet around thc waIst.
 bu, on a particular Sunday morning when
 the future Medical Director vas to escort
 her % church, Ac suspected that her mother
 and sister had assisted her in reducing
 her circumference They proceeded 10 the
 church, the day was warm, and in the mid
 dle oi the sermon Tina Small swooned
 away. and fell upon the floor; here vas
 predicamcnt she was too heavy to carry,
 he was loo much frightened to call for as-
 sistauce; the minister stopped his discourse
 al | 4
 nate girl and her escort He saw that
 something must be done SD he undertook
 to take he up in his arms and carry her out into the fresh air this was soon found to
 be an impossibility, Tina was too heavy. so he partly dragged her until some one sufficiently self t-possessed eams to his as. sistance and finally they deposited their precious burden on the front steps of the church Now came the most critical poin, in the game. he had not yet read medicine nor studied anatomy, and what Ia do in such a case as this. he had not the least conception; precipitation was fairly boiling from his forehead whicS, without taking time to search in his pockets for handker- chief, he was endeayoring 10 keep free by an almost constant application of his open hand and coat sleeve, which were complete ly saturated. as were the rest of his clothes. he was emphatically in a sweat" His mother, who happened 10 be in the Con gregation, at this juncture took pity on him and came 10 his relief he had always had q high regard for his mother, but now she appeared to him more like an angel than ever before. Her first rommand was 10 apply the knife, he, ready and glad to do anything under her direction. out with his jack-knite and was ready 10 commence cut ting anywhere and everywhere, but with out any definite idea where or what for. ! The old Indy seeing that he hesitated, seized the knife from his hand and with the as- surance of a skilled surgeon who knew cv- cry tendon, iglment and sinew in the human plunged the blade into the dry goois that cnveloped the fair form of the insensible girl. when to his utter astonish ment, she began to increase in size as the . cords that bound her popped under the keen edge of the blade, like bursting barrel . hoops and to his joy and astonishment, she ! opened her eyes, began to breathe and . taking his arm looked sweetly into his face ] and said softly, don't you think dear, that . the atmosphere of the church is oppressive. : let Us take walk in the open air" The . Dr says hc can never forget Tina Small.