Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-15

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worth more to suffering humanity than
a good many issued by the colleges"
"You are aspretty broad-minded allo-
path said Quincy, ito give such a
sweeping recommendation to a quack.'
II didn't say he was q quack," re
piled Culver. He is a natural-born
dies in his practice. Go and see him,
Quincy, and Judge for yourself"
But, said Quincy, 81 had hoped
that you
But l couldn't" broke in Paul. "a
am an emergency doctor. If baby has
the Group, or Jimmy has the measles,
or father has the lung fever, they call
me in, and | get them we'll as soon as
possible. But IL mother-in-law has
some obscure complaint l am too busy
to give the time to study it up, n
they wouldn't pay me for it it l did
Medicine, like a great many other
things, is going into the hands OF the
| specialists eventually, and Tillotson is
one of the first of the new school,
AT that moment q maid announced
that some one wished to see DR.. Gull
yer, and Quincy took a hurried leave.
He found his father, mother, and SIS
tiers at home, and breakfast was quick
ly served after his arrival. They all
said he was looking much better. and
all asked him when he was coming
home. He gave an evasive answer.
saying that there were lots OF good
times coming down in ~Eastborough and
he didn't wish to miss them. He told
his father he was improving his time
reading and writing, and would give q
good account OF himself when he did
return.
He had to wait an hour before he
could secure an interview with DR..
Tillotson. The latter had a spare
day in each week, that day being
Thursday, which he devoted to cases
that he was obliged to visit personal
ly. Quincy arranged with him to Wis
Liz marlborough on the following
Thursday and by calling a carriage
managed to catch the half-past eleven
train for that town. and reached his
boarding place a little before two
o'clock. He had arranged with the
driver to wait for a letter that ne
wished to have mailed to Boston that
same afternoon.
He went in by the back door, and
as he passed through the Kitchen,
Mandy made a sign and he went TO
her. :,
"Hiram waited till one O'clock" said
she, "but he had to go home, and he
wanted me to tell you that the sur
prise party is coming off next Monday
:, night. and they are going to get there
! at seven o'clock, so as to have plenty
: of time and lots of fun, II Hiram
suspects" and her voice fell to
7 whisper, that Strout is going to try
and work the Deacon for that five
, hundred in cash to put up for the gro
! Gerry store next Tuesday. That's all
said she.
!. aWhere is Miss Pettengill?" Quinc.
! inquired.
HShe's in4the patrlor,a said Mandy
She has been playing the piano ant
{ singing beautifully hut guess she ha'
al got tired"
s Quincy went directly to the parlo
and found Alice, seated before the or
I en- fire, her right hand covering he
eyes.
a She lookedsup asiQuincy entered tn
room and said. II am SO glad yonv
It got back, Mr.. Sawyer. ! have bee
d very lonesome since you have bee
away
Alice did not see the happy smil
J. that spread over Quincy's face, and h
D. covered UP his pleasure by saylns
"How did you know it was II"
"Oh," said Alice. my hearing is yer
y acute. l know the step of every pc
~ son in the house. Swiss has bee
y with me all the morning, but he aske
y a few minutes to be excused, SO b
- could get his dinner"
Quincy laughed and then said, mis-
~ Pettengin, we forgot a very importa.
:" matter in connection with your storie
~. we omitted to put on the name of tt
author" He told her of his meetin
v with Ernst. and what had taken plac
and Alice was delighted. Quincy d
It, not, refer to the coming visit OF D
if t?Tillotson. for he did not mean !
ne speak of it until the day appointed a
I'd rived. Nov. Miss Pettengill, ha'
some letters to write to send bat
es by the hotel carriage, SO they can
ou mailed this afternoon. While am d
er ing this you can decide upon yo1
ed %pseudonym, and l will put it in the Il
to ter that I am going to write to Ernst
Quincy went up to his room nj s
ar down at his writing table. The FIR
n. letter was to his bankers ana enclt
ID ed a check for five hundred dollar
with a request to send the amount
!. bills by Adams Express to Eastbt
ough Centre.to reach there not lat
TN than noon OF the next Tuesds
and to be held until call
for. The second letter was
~. a prominent ~confectioner and cat
nc erin Boston. ordering enough !
:. cream, sherbet, frozen pudding and
s;s sorted cake for a party OF fifty p
,sa sons, and fifty grab-bag presents;
to reach Eastborough Centre in go
,st order on Monday night on the Il
nd minutes past six express from Bost'
The third letter was to Ernst. 1t "
and to the point. 1.-THE PSI
,N Edenymn is -' And he left.a bla
lev space for the name. Then he sign
ign his own. He glanced, owe his writ
ssi.i table and saw the three poems Il
Alice had given him to read. He ado
trs. a postscript to his letter to Ernst.
TIL read as follows:
81 enclose three poems written