Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-11-23

again until you are sober
I'll see you again." the fellow
threatened.
You'll probably have the chance to
see me tomorrow morning." said John
Gale. And II find you've been max
ing trouble I'll hunt you down and
break you in pieces. Now go away
and sober up"
The fellow skunk around the corner
and John Gale went back to the gate.
After what seemed long time the
doctor came out Her face was pale
hut Ter voice was steady.
Then the father didn't come back 7''
she said as she stepped into the phae-
ton.
He didn't stayf" John Gale an
swered.
Did you have trouble with him ~
she quickly asked.
NO" replied John. "He understood
sober up.
She looked at him curiously.
HE is a degraded brute when he is
drunk, she said. I'm afraid he Will
come back and annoy them"
John shook his head.
NO" he said. II don't think there's
any danger of that. We have a little
understanding 10 that effect"
She looked at him again in the same
curious fashion
ha I'll ~
said.
He felt that this information was
an acknowledgment of their new rela-
tons.
Thank you" he said In his simple
way
Three months later John Gale wrote
a long letter to his old partner Of the
trapezt team.
JIM, old man." he wrote, I'm get
ting better. That's right. wouldn't
ADMIT 1t at Hrst. l know 1t now.
cough less and the night sweats are a
long ways apart. l told you about the
little platform outside my window
where | sleep on cot in the open mir.
Well, I'm still sleeping there. and I'm
taking that gas treatment she gives me
though not so often, and I'm eating
what she tells me to eat. She's a great
woman, all right, and she's saved your
Odd pals life. And there was a time
when l thought a woman doctor was
a joke. You ask me IL don't want to
get back where l can snff the sawdust
again. Yes, do, sometimes. But, OF
course, l amt fit to 60 back yet, and
It's pleasant here-and I'm making my
self useful. I'm making friends, too,
and l believe most Of them think I'm
a pretty good fellow. The doctor knows
everybody in town. and the doctors
coachman comes pretty near being
public character. I'm something q lit
tic better than Just a coachman now.
I'm getting so can, help tho doctor in
many ways, The other day a boy was
run over by a car and happened to be
near by. Well. l got him out from I'M
der the truck and ran with him In my
arms back to our office. And we laid
him on the book table, and 1 held him
while the doctor did the rest. 1t was
a bad fracture of the skull and 1t took
a long time to flx things. But her hand
never trembled-and it's a little hand,
at that; but when It was all over what
do you think she didP She suddenly
put her face against the wall and cried
Just moment. you know. When she
turned around she was ~ hard as nails
again But she's q woman all right.
"YsN're wrong about this being a dull
place, Jim. We've got a pretty lively
lot Of people here and can get up a good
deal OF excitement at times. To illus
trate, l was coming home after carry
ing a package Of medicine to enc of the
doctors poor patients-shes got Z lot
Of 'em that she never gets a cent out of
when | ran into little crowd that
was watching q house. 1t seems that
some crazy brute OF fellow had cut
another fellow with knife, and
had then retroated to this particular
house, and was caVorting around In 1t
threatening to shoot anybody who came
near. He was armed with a pair OF
revolvsrs and had managed to shoot q
small boy In the leg and just missed
hitting the priest of the parIsh-a most
excellent old man-who had tried to
reason with him. Well, | saw he was
likely to do some serious mischief II
he wasn't stopped, and so-as soon as
got a good chance l rushed him.
He was 30 surprised by my suddenness
that nearly nabbed him without get
ting q scratch. But somehow he man
aged to get one gun up and raked nae
across the shoulder-not much more
than q big scratch. Then was on him
like q fash and held him down and
helpless, and tied his hands behind him
there wasn't any real fight In the fel-
low-and dragged him outside and
turned him over to the police. Then
ha NAV IN tho 5orfor'u oaaa.