The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30
THE YOUNG PRISON DOCTOR
NV UuO COuLD not TAKE THINGS
as UE FOUND THEM.

matter with YOU, You've got 10 TAKE th'hR"
ensy in this joint nryonIl go OH your oase SURE
MD Won never hear about young DOC Dalton,
vhn wa, student here Few years aaof NoH
On | remembcr nav that was Just anout the
Elmo YOU wcr" p'rched, anu YOU must nave
heen luyurintine in Ludlow. Ana ms Tor you,
Sp,lthcrs Won were out, Tor WONDER Let
m. se. Why. II WAS all OF year before you
name back for tL'A last hit.
Eleven month ard yap. replied Smithers
III. con man ds II communicating some act
OF ssi-aluegatou
Il thought so, contlnueu JAKE wei.
aimee II isn't an old song. | u give you the SAD
and sentimental story OF Young DOC. Daton.
don't SUPPOSE there was n hhpblef iau IN town
than he was when his father who had drag
with N. board he sold potatoes 10 the county
institutions q. i him the Job OF student with
tho physician A. the zen. tel YOU colonel,
this is no .ourh OF n posish Tor Young saw
bon-,;a Nns room INST OF the dispensnry.
hans-rp grub at the Keepers table. and I'VE
hundred runScrs a wear.
"rsa Iulden. reflected Sml'hers the con.
man
rs I w0s saying. continued Jake. young
Dalton got the aurontment, and fine looking
fellow he was when he came up to report TO
the doctor, tall aud straight and slight. with
shiny eyes and red cheeks and sort OF soft
expression around his ilps as II the world was
really "a loyey ns the Gospel sharp tries to
make /. ont at g. per Sunday l was In the
Glspensary when h" came in to see Doc.
Crime, the physician in charge scraggly.
knock kneed little cuss' who didn't know much
and was mad at himself and all creation be-
cause he didn't He met young Dalton civilly
.nouub on ncrount u his On, | SuppOse. and
.u1U ,,n o "t"n, his dn,,ss-how mnrnings n,
.o'u MN 49,. no NV ,I',,oo".,, ,,,,,, -,
H. no must I've IN the diSpehsarV with MIN 10
see the lex gang come up from the shops:
how nf,erroons he must help put up medi-
NV "a ,, - a. -,
cines and visit the mon In the ho'pital, and
how nights he was likely to be called up II a ID.
r. an,,a In ~ sous \, N ,xont h,,,hor..
'ase ,"'nV -, go ,.nSar,.,. @n. 80
and scofel himself or some tenderfoot got on
ror aId Colon.I or some otber like ,rfing
. 1Uu "to, c,n noe him now ,a bs At. ,nS
there. with his Ius little apart and his color
Ut, a,,, ao,nc nm trv INV hat % do ~,
coming ana gong l IL Try my oes. 20 10 my
duty, doctor. he said an I'm so glad to have
~ nah ,,,,ri,IIs opnor,unI,ies ,or ,doiro
one, suDn e.oFsSus 90. "r'S Si,n lof ao.nE
Of n contractor who had made his fortune sell
,rr q, .h,oxn vaye,obI.s m ma moor deviIs "
"R ~ 'T'y"n So 49,. -, s' o It's
On don KNOW. reHected Smithers. the
con. man: that's about the way the earth
- =. ,a.o ,hi,,r l.o,t, -.
manages " s'uaie '"'nSe' oreou'n SAINTS
from sinners and sinners from saints
What Gol.fearing parents you must have
had rortinusd Lake "W.u tbe dnc,or
whIstled little and looked over to me and
viuked Don't start out with any such ure-
,ono.r,Io,." h. soid .or you,u ha ovao,.d
r raI nI 9",,' VI you II oe s""n'peu,
The vast majority OF cases here are fakes. and
those that aren't haven't got half what they
deserve, ""' 'e'
hut ttttl
and / thought grew pale It's hard ssvin1
what he might MT have answered. but I im
then there was that alex, slouchy ,huffIe in
the yard. in the main hail and on The stoirs
Then came the ran, RAJ. Of the ofiicsr's stict
on the door The lame. the halt and the
nealed. though could nave told the m that the
waters neysr hal amour ed TO much and long
Doe grimes hecam. business at ono.
Take your place By the other door, Jake he
back talk And vnu n 9ui mNe stond Van. no
me and I'll show you how TO do it, ~
The men began to come in one at a time,
the long timers first. you know. their work
being more valuable than that OF the buns
They'd shambIe over to the Doctor and
humble a complaint; he d give them sharp
look. make a few scratches on his pad and
he could attend to a line two minute '""'
Now. Colonel. Smthers and Know evan ~
mi son There are men that will a ans,nn IA
sick call every doy lust for the nurnoss ~ ga,
ting away from work for n while. there n ra
men that will ask for medicine Iust Tor The
pleasure Of throwing il away tbere are tboae
that study the aim a acs that are passed oronn5
on New Years Day In order to have eyarv
SYMPTOM they describe: but for ali that there
are plenty that are good and sicf and no mia mIs.
take mon with incurable disensss man With
broken CONSTITUTIONS that MAKE them ihs VIC
tins Of every draft or chanee in The wnst,sr
men 80 nervous thar thew see dnuhie AMI bare,
things pointing and Iesrinw st tbem az n nd,e
men 50 emariated .bat Won cen aaa III LILY
them. Why, nevar stuJied mmch h,,t I nar
pick out those In naed ~ intaiIia.nt ~ "a i,h
half an eva, and so could anv man who SiIn't
havh chunk OF gristle for n beart NV 'u'
You $40 them M lake win that bo,, m
eye Of YOURS and then sell than medicins on
the sneak and COP their pennies md fobnrco y
broke in Smithsrs The con man ''N ''o"''o'
Maybe do admitted Jake "A man that
doesn't look ont for No / is INF 70 ha do~n
pretty near to 4 on the roll t;nt tSa uo~ WI
-olonelt You've hsen a fnancier won-snit ~
But the Colonial only "in.sd Ma eron md
groanel ~ u ''' ''eo anu
Now, DR.. Grim.. rssumaa ToL. "o.oo
mean and a, RI. S,rns ,i, ,ou 80, onNG, n1S 'oo
himself 10 discriminnte Ynu sac wb.n h U
first rame here II" was warn,d ~ Ionor nmt t 1r
taking so he naileI everv man ;ocS "a tt iot
Best he wns am hitinis 70 k t I do ,"Ae
renees AMI make a record for hIm.elf 'rber.
neveV wa. loss mnnsv snapt rnn J,,o W.
extra ratlons thnn dnrnu ia ,srn, aMh an anu
was the death rate 80 hiSh AZ ths hnv. "1NSdi
to say he 1efriendsd M On. o.n ~ ~ 10, usou
taksr and he stnny IN Nv L,io 9Tseit she u,iuor-
We'll That srarecrn -, ~" o III, ro' heops.
and out-iike Dothebnr ' snnn heu. "assinR ~
about Smirhers ,oriH, sthoniooys ne trnu
hee and / nn,;ooa rs .,JJ., 'teav'c. N.Y. |.