The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-22

see here, Joe,' said Gordon, t'if I real
ly thought your wife needed call.
would go, and it should not cost you a
cent more than the medicine, but am
dog tired, and not feeling any too we'll
myself, and if her symptoms are Just
something which will fix her up all
7'She is just the way she was last
year." said the~man. He did not look
unlike Gordon, altho he, was poorly
clad, and, was a genuine son Of the
EVEN his sRn had clay peGr hue as f
he had been really cast from the
mother earth. 1t was frozen outside,
but reddish crust from the last thaw
was on his hulking boots. He spoke
with drawl, which was nasal, and yet
had something sweet in it. 81 would
have come this afternoon, but I was
afraid you might have went out,'' he
remarked. ....-. ...... 49,. - - J..
eyes, I was OUT" replied Gordon,
who was filing out prescription. The
rier, which had not evinced the slight
est emotion at his entrance.
m..1Mdightty fine dog,' said the man.
Eyes, he is pretty good sort, ;" re-
''Shouldn't like to meet him if I had
came up to your house an no one
round and he had took dislike to
II should not myself, said Gordon.
"But he does not dislike you.'
the man. "They amt no particler
likin' for me. Don't want to run and
jump an wag, but they know I mean
well, and they mostly let me alone.''>
Eyes, L guess that's so,' said Cor
don. ''Jack would have barked if he
had had !, not known you were all right,
"Queer how much they KNOW said
the man refectively, and a dazed look
overspread his dingy face with it's cloud
of beard. If once he became launched
upon a current of reflection, he lost his
mental bearings instantly and drifted.
well, they do know,:' said Gordon.
CHOW listen, Joe! You see this bottle.
You give your wife a spoonful of the
medicine in glass Of water every three
hours. Mind, you make it whole tum-
bier full Of water.'
eyes, sir,' replied the man.
"Of course, you need not wake her
up if she gets to sleep,' said the doc
tor, "but every three hours when she
is awake.'
eyes, sir.'' The man began fun
bling in his pocket, but Gordon stopped
HIM Mo' o he said Put up your our
pOChctUOOh, JUG. uOu WduG duJ
money. I get this medicine at whole
sale, and it don't cost much.''
IT come prepared to pay,' said the
man. He Strengthened his shoulders
and flushed.
"Oh, well,' said DR.. Gordon, await.
If you need more medicine, or it seems
necessary that I should drive over to
see your wife, you can do little work
ON my garden in the spring, or you can
let me have a bushel Of your new po-
tatoes when they are grown next sum
mer, or some apples. and We'll call it
square. Wait; 1 don't want any money
anyhow. Did you walk over, Joe?'
Joe said that he had walked over.
"Aaron might just as we'll drive you
home as not said Gordon. ''The
sooner your wife has that medicine the
better. How is the baby getting
along?'
!" First-rate. I'd just as soon walk,
doctor'
For answer Gordon opened the door
and called Aaron, and told him to hitch
up and take the man home.
CDR. Elliott has gone with the bay,'
said Aaron. "The teams are about
played out, and there's nothin' except
the gray
"Take her, then.''
She looked when fed her jest now
as if she was half mind to balk at
takin' her feed,' Aaron remarked
doubtfully. :
"Nonsense! Give her loose rein,
and she I'll he all right. ~ =
Aaron, went out grumbling. a
Gordon offered the man a cigar,
which he accepted as if it had been a
diamond. "Ill save it up for next
Sunday, when I've got little time to
sense it, he said. 81 know what your
cigars be-
Gordon forced another upon him
and the man looked as pleased as
child. *@~ a
Presently shout was heard and Cor
don opened the office door. s..s s
"Here's Aaron with the buggy" he
said. 81. ...
He stood in the doorway watching,
but the rrax instead of halkino went