The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-12-28

nervy, had more book learning than
the editor and was cheerful and oblig.
ing, especially obliging, for he preach
ed a beautiful sermon over the late
dealer at the faro bank, though the
said dealer had died of his wounds be-
fore the doctor arrived
Some said as how we ought to send
down in the valley, where they was
all shaking eternally with malaria and
import bunch of the shakers for Doc
to practice on, and pay him as much
for the cleanup. He laughed when we
proposed this and said it would be I'M
professional, because he knew the
party as had the practice in the valley.
Then we proposed that hereafter
any party dying of his wounds before
the Doc could arrive, the said party's
effects should be levied upon for fee
to be paid to Doc. All the boys agreed
to that, and we got so worked up over
the prospect that d disagreement re-
suited, which ended in sudden death,
but we cheerfully sent for the Doc
just the same.
well, he came, and when he saw
the state of the case he said as he
wasn't an undertaken he couldn't be
of any service.
Htu w y loiu ulil VI Iut new Tul6,
and offered him the pile of the de.
ceased, which was in a canvas sack
behind the bar. He wouldn't take it,
not even sample for essay, and the
disappointment of the boys was sad
to see. especially the shotgun messen.
ger, whose intentions had done honor
to his heart and aim.
ut was a few days before New
Years that the editor showed us
piece in a San Francisco paper, which
was a kind of location notice, stating
that our Doc was going to be married
to lady in that city. That sets us
thinking, and we thought harder than
ever when the Doc tells us that he
was going to leave us on New Years
Day to take up his practice in San
Francisco. We held a meeting and
discussed the state of affairs, having
a pretty good idea of how the land
lay financially with Doc, because his
money was on deposit with the ex-
press agent, and he was chairman of
our meeting
well, at that meeting we laid out a
plan that worked as slick as a dia
mond drill. On the day before New
Years Doc was sent for by Long Bill,
who told him his old rheumatic was
working again like a forty stamp
quartz MILL Doc prescribed and when
Bill asked him what was the ante,
Doc said it would be IS. Bill said he'd
hand 1t to him when he bid him good
bye at the stage Office next day. Then
sent for Doc and said that old bullet
wound in my leg was on strike again,
took my prescription and promised to
pay next day.
81 don't suppose any doctor in the
world ever had as busy day as ours
did that day. It seemed like every
man in camp was sick. There was
trouble about noon because the boys
ran out of names of diseases, but
went up to the doctors Office and cop.
led out lot OF names from one of his
books, and then we kept things boom
ing. Some of the younger boys got
stuck on the names of sicknesses
dealt out to them to make a choice
from and played the whole deck,
which seemed to puzzle the Doc some.
what
well, the next day we met and
marched around to the stage about
starting time. and there was Doc, look.
ing bit worried, but he looked lot
more surprised when he saw all his
patients so callish.
1--WE gave him send.off and an en-.
velope.
Did you remember what was In the
envelope? l disremember the odd
dollars but it was enough over five
thousand to leave him that clear after
he had paid his expenses down to the
Bay."-Edward w. Townsend.