The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-23
VERY TRYING.
The Unfortunate Position of Two Patients
In Doctors Office.

Tho Unfortunate Position of Two Patients
In n Doctors Office.
There is q doctor in ncighboring city
who makes speciality of diseases of the
nose and throat. He is n skllful and sue
ccssful practitioner and has madc great
reputation for himself. One morning, not
SO very long ago, n young man went to
see him. The specialist asked him few
questions, pccred down his throat and
then took u towel and wet it under tap.
He handed the towel to 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
I call you into this Office
The young man did MS he was bid. He
walked into the rear room, which was u
small, dingy place Uttered with instru-
ments and books and containing two easy
chairs. AS he went in he looked at his
watch 1t was ll:3O o'clock He placed
the wet towel over his nostrils and mouth
and sat down In one of the chairs. Ho
had not been there longer than Is min
utes when the door opened and the rather
pretty young woman whom he had OBJ
served III the waiting room came In Sho
carried n wet towel in her hand, and she
carefully placed 1t 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 labor.
ously spelled out with her fingers, DO
you understand the sign languagc?" Tho
young man nodded his head vigorously.
Then she spelled out, "What on earth
makes him keep us here so long;" Tho
young mans fingers told her that he didn't
know. Il don't dare go away or 90 out
there" she spelled, for he's awful cross,
and he's so high priced and knows so much
that want to get oil the good can from
him this visit. Same here, 'spellod the
young man.
BY this time it was o'clock. They
moved their chairs together, still keeping
the now dry towels over their mouths and
nostrils and talked with their fingers for
another hour. At o'clock the imprison.
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 to go out
Into the doctors Office, for they did not
know but the doctor might have an ex-
eellcnt object in keeping them there. They
endured another hour. When the young
man locked at his watch for the three
hundred and thirty seventh time he found
it was o'clock. During that hour from
to O. he had been growing very restless
He was hungry At O'Clock he tore of
the towel and said vigorously "I'll not
stay here another minute for all the throat
doctors in the world. This is q blank
blank outrage" The young woman pulled
her towel down and said, "Oh, I'm ever Sc
much Obliged to you for thatl''
Then together, carrying the towels, they
went out to the other Office. 1t was empty.
They went into the waiting room. There
was no one there They walked out the
front door and down the step. They saw
no one Half Il block down the street they
met the doctor ambling along with big
cigar in his mouth and n look of serene
contentmcnt on his face. 'Hcre!" shouted
the young m M, {, e him Is TIC three met
What IN :i:c name of the larynx of the
great joss do you mean by keeping us in
that room SO long:"
The look of contcntmcnt on the doctors
face gave place to Il startled expression
Why" he said confuscdly, upon my
soul, 1 forgot oil about you. Buffalo
Express.