The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-09
FILLED THE PRESCRIPTION
fFrom the Chicago Post.I

Old man Henderson. good hearted ana
well meaning, though distractedly alb
sent minded, started out from his home
on q farm near Downer's Grove one day
not 2 long while back, bound for Chi
cago. He was going to spend q whole
day in the city; he was going to do the
annual shopping for the family and
some of the neighbors; and he was 60
ing to spend the night with his son
fred who lives on the North Side
all of which go to make up an event of
some moment in the Henderson family.
Now, John said his good wife Mary
at the breakfast table that morning,
there are a few extra things want
you to get for me this year You know
things are so much cheaper in town.
..AI right, Mary" he returned good
naturally, ''you just make a list Of what
you want and I'll fetch EN- to YOU
So Just before Mr.. Henderson stepped
into the caTryan which was waiting to
take him to the station from the farm
his wife hurried out and handed him a
slip of paper.
It didn't have time to think Of all the
things I needed in the house, but here
are a few she said.
Mr.. Henderson put the piece of paper
in his vest pocket, kissed his wife and
was gone. 1t was quite q thing for Oh I'm
Henderson to go to Chicago, albeit he
lived but % miles away. Therefore,
when he did go preparations We're made
to receive him. "Fred's'' wife met him
at the train and went about on his
shopping tour with him. But he forgot
the slip his wife had given him When
he thought they had finished they went
to an ice cream parlor and had some re-
freshments and took luncheon with
Fred In the afternoon they went to
Lincoln Park. While they were looking
at the animals the old man was taken
with cramps
1T must be the ice cream, Jennie" he
70 10 IN lou nd
fearing that he had typhoid fever or
something quite as malignant, immedi-
ately called a cab and hurried him off to
the office OF the family physician.
Now, this dispenser of knowledge and
advice on all things medical was a
shining light in the community in which
he lived. He boosted of the fact that
during the five years he had practised
he had lost only seven cases. Those, he
said were turned over to him after it
was too late. Never when he had been
given first chance at a patient, he was
won't to say, had he failed to furnish
When .Fred's" wife and her aged
father-in-law arrived the doctor" was
reading a paper. He diagnosed the case
and said it wasn't anything serious Ills
very manner was convincing, and both
the visitors We're relieved
I can fix you up in about two min
utes, my man." was his cheering re-
mark as he wrote out prescription.
Mrs Fred" had so much confidence
in the phvsician's opinion that her hus-
bands father was not going to be ser
iOusly i'll that she consented to his go
ing alone to the drug store to have the
prescription filled, while she went on
home to superintend the preparation OF
the evening meal
Il want this filed" said old Mr.. Hen
derson to the clerk behind the counter,
taking a slip of paper from his pocket
and handing it to him
The youth looked worried as he look
I'D ar
Want it filled. did you say?" he
asked.
Or Jones just gave it to me-"
It's the oldest prescription ever put
up" said the clerk, but I suppose DR..
Jones knows. Guess he means equal
parts, though he don't say So, he ad-
He went back to the partition and soon
returned with a bottle filed with brown
There are no directions with this, he
said, as he wrapped a paper around u;
'but I suppose you can take 1t as You
would an ordinary tonic-a teaspoonful IN
half glass Of water f naf r an % h9 fo be9
/ wouldn't take any more OF II tnsn ha
handed the old man the bottle.
That evening Mr. Henderson felt me
the medicine. notwithstanding the advice
of the clerk. and his gripes had gone.
THAT e. said Pc Pc F Fre ssuT Wife r guess IH
get another bottle and take it home in
case any of the folks get taken with
on the way home the next day he
stopped in the drug store and called the
Young man. did you keep that pre-
seription DR.. Jones gave me yesterday
and I had filled here?'
It did, said the obliging young man;
lust moment. Here, is this it?' he
said. returning from the rear OF the store
and handing Mr.. Henderson the slip of
paper Ibid you want a copy Of it?" he
asked, as the old man took It in his
hand
mo. I don't exactly want that he said.
but I would like another bottle Of the
claimed the old man. is that what you
put up for me2 Why. that's Mary's list
sugar lemons and rhubarb.''
They haven't decided yet who the joke
was ou-the old man or the physician.