The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
UNCLE MINGo ON THE DOCTOR

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UNCLE MING0 ON THE DOCTOR
well, Uncle" said the waiter, 81
see by de paper how de cote JUMP
on de gamblers again to de gran jury
so he did," said Uncle Mingo; "he
sho' did glib 'em particler fits. Gentle
MEMS he say. I see dis horrible gamb-
| lin is still goin' on cen our Tnids' Cen
! tlemens, he says, you is de one TO
stop it; neider me nor yet de Sister
genral can't do nothin' widout you
haul dem up. You haul dem up, an
den,' he says, wild a wink at de slis-
ter, wen fine 'em all right. 1t res wild
you to do your july, an not to let no
guilty man escape. Den he lean ober
an shake his finger at de jury. An
you mus member not to fergit,' he
say, dat II any OBJ you has ebber set
down wild one anudder to a little So
ciable game OBJ poker or setback or
any ting like dat, you mus immejitly
perceed to bring cen a true bill agln
yourself. 'Furdermo, he say, de law
very extinc'ly purvides dat 1t is
gamblin' all de same, no matter we'd
der de stakes is money, or any ar
ticle of value wotebber. 'Derefo, he
say, if your wife or your daughter or
your mudder-in-law or any OBJ dem
has ebber engage cen de weekit ocky-
patton OBJ Jinin' cen game for a prize
at one o desc euchre parties, L hear
is goin on, you mus perceed to SEN
EN- up widout no delay an widout
no impartiality. For he say, .'dey
amt bit mo- better dan dem fell
lers wot we milks up here once edible
year reglar. Zen fac he say, 'dey is
chen wuss, cos ii is a well-known pre-
cep' OBJ de law dat de mo- innocenter
a ting is, de wuss 1t is Now, gem
tlements,' he say, it has nebber been
my pribbilege to 'spoun de law to a
mo- intelligenter or mo- honester jury
dan wot you is. so go ahead an per-
form your swore july widout neider
fear nor Tabor Il"
81 see de udder day." remarked the
waiter, dat de Mayor has at las dis
kibber dat dere was a keno rink in
town"
II knowed he'd fin it out after
wile." said Uncle Mingo zone mornin'
he sem for de officer. Officer he
say, has been reliably inform dat
dey intends to open up dat keno shop
on Broughton street again tonight
" 'Broughton street. say de officer,
were is Broughton street,
It's somew eres tween here an
Jacksonville, say de Mayor. Anyhow,
ii mustn't be open tonight
Keno shop" say de officer; 1T it
possible dat dere is any sich den OBJ
iniquity cen dis city?'
So it seems, say de Mayor: L jis'
fin 1t out. My! N.Y. he say, 'wot a
weekit, weekit worl dis isl 1t would
nebber, nebber do he say to let dem
open up right now wen dey came so
near to habln' funeral dere so soon.
1t mus be shet up for tree or TO days
at leas'.'"
Il wonder dey don't stop 'em an be
done wild it," said the waiter.
Well, Welt" said Uncle Mingo. For
a Teller wot has had de benefit oh my
instructive conversation as long as you
has, you Is mighty slow in larnin'.
out by Postum Holler dere was a
ole doctor name DIR. Honeysuckle. One
OBJ his reglar patients was Wilder Hold
gins, VERY rich an cranky ole lady.
who was always 'maginin dat sump'n
or udder was de matter wild her. Eb-
pie day de doctor would dribe up to
Wilder IIodgins' house an come cen.
Well, ma'am,' he say, how does
you feel to-day?
%, doctor she say, I feel mighty
poly. Sometimes l gifts giddy cen de
head. or else my foot goes to sleep
Sometimes / hear a noise cen my ears.
an den sometimes / want to blink my
eyes too fas'. Sometimes 1 don't
breathe reglar an here lately | has
Deen wahn' up too soon cen de MORN
IN Den again, my appetite is VERY
bad. Here to-day two aigs an a slice
OBJ ham an two biscuits an little
nom ny an cup o. coffee was all de
breakfas could eat. an two or tree
battercakes.'
Dear me-" say de doctor; an he
feel her pulse an look at her tongue
an shake his head. 'Dere don't seem to
De nothin VERY serious de matter lis
YET, ne say, an we mus try an git
all right again pretty soon. Jis take
spoonful out O. de bottle tree times
day, an one o. desc powders befo'
you go to bed, an I'll drop by to-mor-
rer an see how YOU is DOM
Dat kin ting would take place
edible day, week to week, mont To
mont. an year to year An wedder
Hodgins nebber git no better, nor neid-
er no wuss."
Il don't see wot dat got TO do wild
he gamblin'," said the waiter.
"Cose you don't" said Uncle Mingo.
ebbleting has got to 'splain to YOU
VERY plain befo you kin understan'.
We'll. de ole doctor wanted to quit
practicin', so he sell out to Young
doctor wot had jis' graduate from one
OBJ de big doctor college somew' eres.
Two or tree weeks pass by. an he
drop cen to pay his respects to de ole
doctor, an de ole doctor ak how he
was gittin' on.
'Fus, rate! fus rate!' he say, YOU
ole country doctors tink you is all
right wild your ole-fashion physic but
de new school is way ahead! Dere's
your ole patient, de wilder Hodgins.'
he say; 'you's been tendin' her flbe
or six years, an she say she amt git
no better. Zen two visits had her
all right an perfectly WE'LL
You wot? gasp out de ole doctor.
tumblin' back cen his chair.
Yes. sah!' say de young doctor
complete cure! You don't b'Iieve il
eh?' ~
Young mani say de ole doctor.
'dere nebber was nothin' much de mat
ter wild de wilder Hodgins 'cep' dat
she was good for $50 bill edible mont
year cen an year out. jis' as riglar as
a goose goes barefootedl An now YOU
done gone an cured her already! Were
de debbil did you larn to practice med
icine?'"
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