Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-08-31
VERY TRYING.
The Unfortunate Position of Two Patients
In A. Doctors Office.


There Is IA doctor In neighbOring city
who makes "A specially of diseases OF tho
nose and throat He Is a slSillful and sue
cessful practitioner and has made great
reputation for himself One morning, not
so very long ago, young man went To
see him The specialist asked him "a few
questions, pcered down his throat and
then took towel and wet it under a tap
He handed the towel 10 the young man
and said Put that towel over your nos
trils and mouth and go into this room in
the rear of my Office. Breathe through 1t
until tell you to come out. DO not in
any circumstance, remove the towel until
/ call you into this Office"
The young man did as he was bid He
walked into the rear room, which was
small, dingy place Uttered with instru-
ment, and books and containing two easy
chairs As he went in he looked at his
watch 1t was 1880 o'clock. He placed
the wet towel over his nostrils and mouth
and sat down in one of the chairs. He
had not been there longer than Ia min
utes when the door opened and the rather
pretty young woman whom he had OBJ
served in the waiting room came In She
carried "A wet towel i'm her hand, and she
carefully placed II over her nOstrils and
mouth and sat down in the other chair.
They sat there for half an hour longer
| Then the girl thought of something. She
| held up her hands and slowly and labori
ously spelled out with her fingers, Do
| you understand the sign language" The
young man nodded his head vigorously
| Then she spelled out, ''What on earth
makes him keep us here so long, The
| young mans fingers told her that he didn c
know Il don't dare 90 away or 90 ont
there" she spelled, flor he's awful eros.
and he's SO high priced and knows $50 much
that want to get all the good | can from
| him this visit Same here, Spelled the
| young man.
BY this time 1t was 3 o'clock Ther
moved their chairs together, still keeping
the now dry towels over their mouths and
nostrls and talked with their finger, for
another hour At O'Clock the imprisor
ment became little less than torture They
could not walk around, for if they did the
towels would drop off, and that would
never do They did not want 10 go orr,
into the doctors Office for they did not
know but the doctor might have an cX-
cellent object in keeping them there The"
endured another hour When the youul
man looked at his watch for the thgo
|
it was o'clock. During that hour, from
to 8, he had been growing very restless
He was hungry At o'clock lac tore ~
the towel and said vigorously; IN mo-
stay here another minute for all thc throa
doctors In the world. This Is blanl
blank outrage The young woman puilc,
her towel down and said, " Oh, I'm ever &,
much obliged TO you for that
Then together, carrying tho towels, the,
went out to the other otirc. 1t was empty
They went into the waiting room. Their
was no ono there They walked out III
front door and down the step. They say
no one. Half block down the street the
met the doctor ambling along with "a bi
cigar in his mouth and look of scrcn
contentment ON his face. Here" shoutc'
the young man to him as the three met
what IN the name of the larynx Of tn
great joss do you mean by keeping us il
that room SO longi"
The look of contontment on the doctor
face gave place 10 a startled cXpIcaslun
, "Why" he said confusedly. 'upon m
r SOUL | forgot all abGut you. -- Buiial
t Express