News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-13
thousand men for nothing"

Sanders went out, and the doctor
turned to Stuart and said: Il thought
might as well let him have it. Pshaw!
I'm too easy But Sanders has got
consumption. Awful queer how these
big fellows catch it,"
Just then there was tap on the.
door. and before the doctor could call
out the dooI opened, and a little old
woman came in. She had a very sad
face and looked like one of those per-
sons who know life mainly through its
troubles.
Doctor" she said after bowling to
Stuart, me old man is sufferin terrible
this mornn / want ye to send him
somethln to ease the pain bit"
Where is his pain"
"Eh?'
Il say where is his pain-in his heau
or feet?"
In his back. doctor, an he is howlin
like murder for somethin to ease him.
come right down here. The doctor,
he said, would give me anything l
needed"
YES, that's it. The beggars don't
care if 90 into bankruptcy and ruin
through giving them anything they
need"
The doctor rose and went over to his
dispensary shelves. After a very care
full search he selected a bottle and
poured from it into a small one, wrote
directions pasted them on and gave
the medicine to the woman.
Here, now, Mrs. Binney, | know
just what your husbands trouble is.
He strained the muscles of his back
that time he Eot caught between the
timbers in the De Mott mine"
"Yes"-the woman's face lighted up
with some pride-"Jim held up the tim.
bers until the other men crawled out"
That's so. Well, | don't mind help
! ing him. Use this as | have directed,
and it will give him some relief"
The woman thanked the doctor, and
as she turned to go she wiped her eyes
with her sleeve. The doctor followed
her out into the hall, and Stuart could
not help hearing him say to her, "IlI
be out to see Jim this afternoon, tell
him, Mrs. Binney."
He came back and sitting down at
his desk thumped it hard with his fist.
That's the last case I'll take till the
strike ends. The only way to bring
these people to terms is to treat them
sternly. | tell you, Stuart, l can't af-
ford to go on givir : medicine and serv-
ice this way. 1t will ruin me, and, be-
sides, it isn't PROFESSIONAL
There was a timid knock at the door,
and the doctor caught up a medical
magazine, opened it bottom side up
and turned his back to the door. There
was another rap, and then, as the doc
tor made no sound, the door opened,
timidly and stood with his cap in his
hand, looking first at Stuart and then
at the Doctors back
Fathers been hurt. He is pump man
at Davis mine. He wants you to
come right up"
up where?' asked the doctor with
out turning around
up where we live"
"Where's thatW e. Il
"The same place"
whats his nameT
"Why, you know his name, doctor.
You have seen him before"
The doctor wheeled around and roar
ed: well, do l know the names of a
thousand different men like that? Who
is your father?'
Pump man in the Davis mine"
"Well, there are six different pump
men up there. Which one is hep
The boy began to get scared and
| backed toward the door
whats the matter with your ia
Their" asked the doctor more gently,
rising and reaching out for his black
case and putting on his hat.
The boy began to sob. 81 don't know.
He's hurt"
"Well, you run down and get into my
buggy and sit there till l come. Hur-