The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-29

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don't you dare to come back her
again until you are sober"
"I'll see you again." the fellow
threatened.
You'll probably have the chance t,
see me tomorrow morning." said JOIN
Gale. And If | find you've been max
ing trouble I'll hunt you down am
break you in pieces. Now go ava!
and sober up"
The fellow skunk around the corner
and John Gale went back to tine gate.
After what seemed a long time tn,
doctor came out Her face was pale
hut her voice was steady.
Then the father didn't come back 2
she said as she stepped into the phae
ton.
He didn't stayT' John Gale an
swered.
did you have trouble with him p
she quickly asked.
NO" replied John. "He understood
he couldn't come in and went away to
sober up.
She looked at him curiously.
He Is 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 to that effect"
She looked at him again in the same
curious fashion.
Il think the child will get WELL" she
said.
He felt that this information was
an acknowledgment of their new rela-
tions. t
THANK you," he said In his simple
way
Three months later John Gale wrote
long letter to his old partner of the
trapeze' team.
Jim, old man." he wrote, sim get
ting better. That's right. l wouldn't
adlait 1t at first. / know it now.
cough less and the night sweats are a
long ways apart. 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
old pals life. And there was a time
when l thought woman doctor was
a joke. You ask me IL don't want to
get back where can sniff the sawdust
again. Yes, l do, sometimes. But, of
course, l amt fit to go back yet, and
it's pleasant here-and I'm making my
self useful. I'm making friends, too,
and 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 a
public character. I'm something a lit
tic better than just coachman now.
I'm getting SO can help the doctor in
many ways The other day boy was
run over by car and happened to be
near by. Well, got him out from un-
der the truck and ran with him in my
arms back to our office. And we laid
him on the book table, and / held him
while the doctor did the rest. 1t was
a bad fracture of the skull and 1t took
a long time to fix things But her hand
never trembled-and it's little hand,
at that; but when 1t was all over what
do you think she did? She suddenly
put her face against the wall and cried.
Just a moment, you know. When she
turned around she was as hard as nails
again. But she's woman all right.
you're wrong about this being 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, was coming home after carry
Ing package of medicine to one OF the
doctors poor patients she's got a lot
Of 'em that she never gets 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 retreated to this particular
house, and was cavorting around In 1t
threatening to shoot anybody who came
near. He was armed with a pair of
.evolyers 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
'eas0n with him, Well, I saw he was
likely to do some serious mischief If |
ne wasn't stopped, and so-as soon as |
got q good chance / rushed him. |
lie was so surprised by my suddenness
hat l nearly nabbed him without get |
Ing a scratch. But somehow he man
ICED to get one gun up and raked me
Lcross the shoulder-not much more
han big scratch. Then was on him
Ike flash and held him down and
lelpless, and tied his hands behind him
there wasn't any real fight in the fel-
ow-and dragged him outside and
urned him over to the police. Then l
an all the way to the doctors Office.
Patient said to her. Where she
sked. Here l said as I tried to pull
# my coat Then she helped me, and
titehed up the cash and plastered 1t