The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-31

policeman across the street had ever SEEN
1t wasn't on his beat. so he didn't inter-
fere till ii was all over and the doctor had
led the bouncer back in the house; then the
officer came across and arrested the retired
prizefighter for obstructing the highway.
The bouncer had a few scratches and
worked little jerky after that, but ii was
built for right swings and uppercuts, short
arm jabs and straight-arm punches, and the
few bruises it got only made it look more
like the real thing
That night the doctor celebrated. Every
man was his brother and along towards
midnight all his brothers were twins. The
doctor and his newly-found relatives as
suaged their growing thirsts in several diff
ferent languages and few dialects. Good
old katzenjammerbrau from burly Berlin,
creme de paresis from sputrid Paris, stout
old battle murder and sudden death from
lazy London, vino de st. Vitus from mold
ering Madrid, and a good sprinkling of
plain American "busthead;" these and
many more helped the doctor along. and by
the time the wee small hours began to own
the dial, he couldn't have told the answer
to twice two without a slate and Turkish
bath. When he got out doors he owned
both sides of the street, and walked in the
middle to show impartality. He sang. too.
cheerful little light-hearted lays that made
policeman come out and rescue him and
drag him over TO the sidewalk. The doctor
looked like a man that had money, so the
policeman was gentle with him.
Whats yer name?' asked the officer
carefully holding him up and leaning him
against mail box.
"Si'verfzzfermine!" heavily breathed the
doctor.
The officer shook him little.
wake up here. Where do you live?"
Fill 'emallupsame 'susual!" sighed the
doctor, with wave Of his hand that nearly
tilted him over. Funny how heavy that
hand was
Looks like a pinch" said the policeman
regretfully, when a cab driver came along
and jumped down.
Dye know i'm Jerry?" asked the cop
per.
Sure 1 do" said Jerry "I'll take i'm
home"
So they bundled the doctor into the hack,
Jerry drove him around the corner, got
down and went through his pockets for a
card to learn his name. He found the Office
address, paid himself for his trouble, and
kept the card so he could send in a bill;
then drove the doctor to his place of bust
ness, where he left him weeping on his own
doorstep. Yes, weeping, for in that brief
space of time the world had changed to
the doctor, and all was gloom. He poked
and scraped and ratified till he got the key
inserted in the lock, opened the door and
walked in.
please be seated" said a familiar voice
''The doctor will wait on you presently"
Here at last was a friend. Here was one
who could feel for his woes, and so he
threw himself on the automatic office girls
sympathetic bosom.
'Mynnye," he beloved, 1--WE come home
to die
Now Mynnye was never intended TO bear
such a burden and ii rather threw her out
Of her orbit. Instead of politely showing
him TO the chair where the cold draught
blew, she began to polka and schottische
into untried paths.
please be seated she continued 1.-THE
doctor will wait on you presently"
But the doctor would not be seated.
"Mynnye, he plea led, think of the sor-
row and suffering in this miserable world"
please be seated" answered Mynnye po-
litely piroueting with him around the CEN
ter table, and just missing a chair. THE
doctor will wait on you presently. Please
be seat
Mynnye might still have been begging
him TO be seated, but just at that mo-
ment they bumped into the operating chair,
and the doctor, feeling the familiar object
climbed up in ii by instinct for a quiet
snooze, leaving the disturbed and agitated
Mynnye to prance around by herself in the
dark.
A firm arm stole quietly around the doc
tors neck, firm hand was clasped under
| his chin, and a soothing voice said:
Now hold still. This won't hurt very
much"
Doctor Harvey Hckenhyphen opened his