Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-08
DR.. LoRENz AND THE NEWseoY.
An Open Air Consultation at Which
the Suroeon Paid the Fec.

An Open Air Consultation at Which
the Surgeon Paid the Fec.
DR.. Lorenz and his gentle way with
children have been the subject Of many
anecdotes. This story Is told Of his
recent stay. in Rochester, New York:
One day, worn out by his profession
al work, he set out for q walk. In the
course Of his rambIe he came to the
falls Of the Genesee river. There DR..
Lorenz and friend stood gazing into
the depths Of the gorge blow.
Three little newsboys caught sight
of them, and started over, crying
shriIiy "Poiper, mister; poipef here;
all about It."
DR. Lorenz turned and nodded to
them, and one ran ahead Of the other
and with outstretched hand presented
paper. As he did 30 his hand sud
denly fell and his shrewd eyes stared
hard at the kindly face which looked
so squarely at him. Then he turned
furiously.
"Come here, youse kids; come here!
Here he Isl" he said.
The other two ran up. The first one
pointed at the great surgeon and cried:
Oats him, dats de feller wot was
telling you about. He cures legs like
wot you got, Shorty"
Shorty looked at his leg. He had
homemade broom-stick crutch tucked
under his shoulder, and his left leg
was drawn up and shrivelled.
Dr. Lorenz had watched and listen
ed. Then he said in his broken Eng
lish: a
And who am I?".
IVY" answered the spokesman Of
the trio. you're de great doctor wot
cures kids wild game-wid bum stilts-
lame legs, mean."
Curious to understand how the boys
knew him, DR.. Lorenz asked:
"And how do you know I am that
doctor?"
wy, mister" said the first boy,
couldn't we tell dem whiskers mile
away?" g
DIR. Lorenz leaned against the bridge
rail and laughed long. The three boys
gazed at him in doubt. Then he turn
ed his eyes toward the cripple and
bade him come closer.
The boy, with some embarrassment.
obeyed. And then, upon the bridge,
high above the foaming river and un-
der the bright sky DR.. Lorenz gave
one of the queerest consultations in
his history He felt the shrivelled leg,
and he turned 1t and twisted 1t. The
other two boys had pressed closer. He
shook his head.
81 am sorry" he said. "The case is
hopeless. It cannot be cured. It Is in
deed too bad. cure, or try to cure,
your hips and your feet, but cannot
cure where life has gone. It's paraly-
sis, not hip trouble, that has afflicted
you my boy. I am~truly sorry"
There fell silence. The spokesman
said:
"Den If he says it's of, Shorty, it's
all off. He's de limit in dat game"
| Shorty's face fell. DR.. Lorenz beck
oned the three to approach. He had
slipped his hand into his pocket unob-
served.
"Will you shake hands in turn with
me?" he asked.
The three shook hands. In turn
three pairs Of eyes lighted UP and three
pairs Of cheeks flushed with delight as
each palm felt something crushed in
to 1t. With common impulse each cap
was removed. Jaw tank youse, sir;
you is all right, you is," they said.
Five minutes later the three were
holding excited consultation.
"Wot did he give your"
II got dollar bill"
sod I. Wot did you git, Shortly"
,"He gimme two"
| Oats all right. He oughter done 1t.
But, say, he's a sport all through, dat
feller is."
| And the next minute the three were
racing as fast as they could to sell a
paper to a man who was waiting for
a street car which was lust coming up.