Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-24


the ditch.
paul meanwhile still sat on his bed
suddenly he heard some one come into
the adjoining room. Now, since he was
s,ck he ought to be in bed, and so he
,braw himself down on the bed and
drew the long fur blanket over him.
The next moment Simon stuck his
bead 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.
no: he's lying yonder on the hill.
The sleigh was upset, and l couldn't
hiring him here, and there's no one
around the house to help me. Now,
whether you're sick or not, you've got
IA get up. We can't let the doctor die
ont there on the hill"
"Nell | can't be worse than | am, y
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 a
boiled lobster. and from him came a
torrent of abusive language, while near
by stood Rlakses., calm and contented,
as usual. 1t was not easy to get the
doctor up-nay, the more Simon aud
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 set
him on his feet Great was his wrath
when he at last stood crect-so great
that he was wholly unconscious of
pauIs presence. The latter, too on
his part thought that it would make d
bad impression on the doctor if he saw
him there, and so he resolved to sneak
home and get back into bed before the
other reached the house. There was
no place. however. where he could hide
himself from their view and 50 he had
TO get home behind them as best he
could, his only hope being that he could
get back into bed before the doctor had
got out of his fur coat.
The doctor suddenly vowed that he
would not go Il step farther. I'm go
home and sleep" he groNled, "and
don't 20 for a doctor again until you
have q decent road to drive on"
si,..N T,v-p,.,r IoI now ., ,,-,,,J q,
say.
Upon my conscience" were his
words you've come SO far now that
youll have to come the rest of the
way even if have to carry you to the
house on my back"
This made the doctor smile, and so
his anger vanished.
"All right" he said, but tell you,
Simon Berget, that if lou upset me
again I'll call down all the plaques and
pestlcncCs in the whole world upon
you"
In that case I'll know what TO do"
"Nhat will you do, Simon?'
"Il 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
IS they were entering the courtyard.
Well. 1t would be impossible now to
get him back into bed before the doe
tor had removed his fur coat. But
where was he? He certainly was not
making extraordinary haste back to
the house. And the worst of it was
that 10 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
II took him an Internationally 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 he
was ready for buiness.
The patient is in bed, of course" he
said and started to enter the room.
'lcs-no-yes. The fact is he's not
exactly in bed, but you'll see him in a
umU'a.'
What on earth do you mean? Not
in bolT"
Yes, yes; he went to bed, but there
was no one at home, and we couldn't
Etiao doctor lie out there in the snow
and ca'ah his death of cold"
Az that moment Paul appeared on
iLe scene.
I4reupon the Doctors wrath return
Ell. and he cried:
What kind Of q trick is this-to send
ne word that you were at deaths door?
Zone what do you think is the matter
with youE"
Ianl had suddenly become very
s.ama.aced.
'ou l'm all right now" he replied
..a fact is, the pain has all gone"
aA. then he added quickly, what
hIN.0 me- the most was lifting the doe
y. ..t of the snow."-New York Her
Cult Fishing 10 Fish.
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