Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-12

warning the Sledge was overturned
and the big doctor was tumbled into
the ditch
Paul meanwhile still sat on his bed
Suddenly he heard some one come into
the adjoining room. Now, since he was
sick, he ought to be in bed, and so be
threw himself down on the bed and
drew the long fur blanket over him.
The next moment Simon stuck his
head into the room and said breath
lessly:
Are you alive, Paul?'
Eyes, but I'm bad enough Isn't the
doctor with your he whined.
mo; he's lying yonder on the hill
The sleigh was upset, and l couldntt
bring him here, and there's no one
around the house to help me. Now
whether you're sick or not, you've got
to get up. We can't let the doctor die
out there on the hill"
sfWell, can't be worse than | am,
replied Paul, jumping out of bed, and
the next moment they were running
down toward the doctor.
There the big man lay, soft and
warm and with his face the color of 8
boiled lobster, and from him came q
torrent of abusive language, while neal
by stood Blakken, calm and contented
as usual 1t was not easy to get the
doctor up-nay, the more Simon and
Paul worked the deeper he sank into
the soft snow.
They tried to raise him, but in vain
Nothing then remained but to remove
the big pile of snow that surrounded
and hemmed him in. After a quarter
of an hours hard work they were final
" able to grip him firmly by the arms
and then two or three mighty tugs sci
him on his feet. Great was his wrath
when he at last stood erect-so great
that he was wholly unconscious OF
Paups presence. The latter, too, OIL
his part thought that it would make 9
bad impression on the doctor If be saw
him there, and so he resolved to sneaA
home and get back into bed before the
other reached the house. There was
no place, however, where he could hide
n4AlCCAA 1AO1l l1C4l fACNs anu OO nC 4elN
to get home behind them as best he
could, his only hope being that he couIG
get back into bed before the doctor eha6
got out of his fur coat.
The doctor suddenly vowed that he
would not go step farther. "I'll &C
home and sleep" he growled, "an6
don't go for a doctor again until yor
have a decent road to drive on"
Simon, however. had now word tc
say.
upon my conscience" were his
words, you've come so far now thai
you'll have to come the rest of the
way even If have to carry you to the
house on my backy'
This made the doctor smile, and sc
his anger vanished.
"An right" he said, 'but tell you
Simon Berget, that if you upset me
again I'll call down all the plaques and
pestilences in the whole world upor
you"
"In that case PIl know what to do"
"What will you do. Simon|
IF upset you again. the best thing
can do is to let you lie there
The road was now better, and Blak
ken went so quick that not thought
of Paul entered Simon's head until just
as they were entering the courtyard
Well, it would be impossible now te
get him back into bed before the doc
tor had removed his fur coat. But
where was he? He certainly was moi
making extraordinary haste back tc
the house. And the worst of it was
that If the old doctor insisted upon any
thing it was that his patients should
not leave their beds until he gave them
permission.
Well, there was nothing to do but
face the inevitable Simon tried to de
lay the doctor as much as possible, and
1t took him an unconscionably long
time to get the old man out of the
sleigh, but once the doctor was in the
house off went his fur coat, and be
was ready for buiness.
'The patient is in bed, Of course" he
said and started to enter the room.
"Yes-no-yes. The fact is he's moi
exactly In bed. but you'll see him in 8
minute"
"What on earth do you mean? Not
In bed?"
Eyes, yes; he went to bed, but there
was no one at home, and we couldn't
let the doctor lie out there in the snow
and catch his death of cold"
At that moment Paul appeared on
the scene.
Thereupon the doctors wrath return
ed, and he cried:
''What kind of a trick is this-to send
me word that you were at deaths door,
Come. what do you think is the matter
with your
Paul had suddenly become very
shamefaced
"Oh, I'm all right now" he replied
'sThe fact is, the pain has all gone,'
and then he added quickly, "What
helped me the most was lifting the doc.
tor out of the show."-New York Her
aid.