St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19

1 Gross Eflf1TItTtGTs IGICnaEu ldu CallGQ
on Lucy to tell her that at last the anx-
iety of the past month was to be ended.
On Monday five capitalists were to see
his patent in operation, and If they
We're satisfied of its merits-and of that
| there would be no reasonable doubt-a
| company would be Immediately formed
to manufacture his patent upon a large
SCALE
Lucy was in high spirits; so also were
| Ter mother and her sister. Rachel
thought a great deal of Richard, and
1 he in turn showed that his sister-in-law
might calculate upon being benefited
4 by the good fortune that was on its way
] to him. Lucy often iestingly said to
/ Rachel that she was jealous of her and
meant to bring Richard to the point,
for fear that she would find herself his
sister 1l-ist7v instead e his HIS rife.
! While the four were talking over the
great event of Monday Joe came in,
fresh from the Office of the Weekly
Cross Examiner, and fresh from the
/ presence of DR.. Stone.
what is it, Joe?n asked Richard.
s.Toothache?n
The expression Of Joe's face that
called out this. banter did not leave it
as he replied:
Eyes, and headache, earache, govt
1 and rheumatism, all at once
's0h, tell us all about it, Joe!n said
Lucy. II just feel like laughing
s'Does the doctor oyerwork you,
Joe?" asked Richard.
t.Oh, nor'
g What do you do, generally?''
well, I'm proof-reader, ofice-boy,
book-keeper, copy-holder, collector, So
licitor, reporter, devil and editor.
think that S all. y
s'Why, then it's you who get OPT the
! paper
'.Oh, no! There's ten of us fellows. /"
Ten! And what do you all do?n
'sEach of us does all those things
t'This is your busy day, SUPPOSED"
well, yes, rather. All the week the
doctor is occasionally insane, but Satur-
day is his very bad day.
s'Ah! this is interesting. How is he
Affected"
"He signs frequently and then looks
around as if he was going to confess
something awful; but he doesn't. Then
he viii say: Mr.. King Chat me), will
You please ask Mr.. Whitewright to step
here for moment?' Bob Whitewright
is little fellow of fifteen that runs
most of the errands. Well, Bob steps
up to the doctor and stands there for a
minute before the doctor discovers him.
What is wanted? tCh-ah!' he signs;
yes, 7 sent for you, but! (and he
presses his forehead and draws in his
breath through his teeth, like a child
eating hot soup without a SPOON have
forgotten what i wanted with you. You
can 60; will remember it presently
and send for YOU
FtNow let me tell you. I was up
stairs this morning before we went to
press; he called up through the tube
that he wanted me to step down mo-
ment-he meant hundred steps down.
went down for the ninetY-ninth time
and reported Mr., King (and he
sighedl, there are two or three. matters
pressing thas I'll have you attend to +
guess. Here's q special notice to
be written about Biddle's sale; then
write about a fnger-length editorial ON
the dangerous condition of Myrtle and
Hyacinth streets; then go over all our
standing advertisements and make q
list of them. Well. wrote the notice
and the editorial and made out the list
and handed it all over to the doctor.
OF course none of them were done right, |
but I didn't expect they could be. The
doctor can't be beat In improving other
peoples work. When you do the job
and are tired out, he5comes up all fresh !
and smiling, with pair of microscopes.
The special notice was too short and the /
editorial was too long, and he was sure
that he had told me to be extraordina-
rily careful with that list, and he re-
membered distinctly telling me some
thing thatiI never heard.
THAT may be hallucination, Joe,
suggested Richard.
Joe was about to make astrong state |
ment of what he thought it was, when
his father entered and Joe stopped like
q horse before seven-barred gate.
go on, Joe, urged Lucy; tell us
the rest.
..Not now; it'll keep. said Joe,
going oct of the room.
Whats this?' asked her father.
''Oh, nothing" said Rachel.
Il seehe was at the doctor again,
wasn't he?n
No one replied.
/" A mighty clever fellow the doctor
is. Nothing Eighty or sensational about
him, =
No, indeed. said Rachel.
Her father looKed steadily at her for
q moment. He had evidently expected |
some mild contradiction, and, as there
was apparently only one side to the
question of the doctor's merits. he was
not at all satisfied
After q few constrained remarks