Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-11-07


the nurses take care Of him. As for
going TO him with pigs feet or jelly
or any other good things, I'm not going
to do It. He can get on without me IL
he 10 my twin brother"
Something unpleasant must have
happened while Dan was in the hos
pital last summer"
Something happened should
smileg'
well, smile then; don't look as If
you'd like to carve somebody and tell
me about It,"
well, not long after the surgeons
had been carving Dan / went to see
him. The door Of the hospital being
open, walked in, expecting to see a
janltor or somebody connected with
the institution who'd show me to Dams
room. Nobody being around Just then,
/ walked to the rear Of the building,
looking this way and that for an at
tendant. but not finding any / stopped
and exclaimed to myself:
"'Well, I'll be jingedg
Suddenly heard a woman's voice
Heavensl There's my patient walk
ing about deliriousv There was a
smash Of crockery, and. turning. saw
a nurse looking at me with horror, a
heap Of broken dishes at her feet,
which she had just dropped from a
tray. Another nurse came out Of a
door and, seeing me. seemed to recog-
nize me, though I'd never seen her be-
fore, and the two made a dive for
me.
"I'm a peaceable fellow and can be
led like lamb. especially by wom-
an or even two women II they are
pretty, and both Of these were, but
I'LL be jinged IL could stand having
each one of them seize me by a wrist
and attempt to force me up a stair
way. resisted. One Of them stepped
to an electric button and pressed It,
It must have sounded a general alarm,
for a man attendant came from one
direction and another from another,
and the nurse who'd dropped the
dishes said:
Take him up to No. a. When /
came down to get his dinner he got
up, dressed and came downstairs. I'll
get discharged for this. Heavens!
There comes the house surgeonl Put
him in here
"Do you know. those two buffers
Just picked me up and hustled me
into room close by, while l kicked
and struck out like a maniac. They
put me on bed, and one Of them held
me down by main force while the
other rushed out for something. The
nurse-mv nurse. you know-poured
some funny tasting stun down my
throat and In a few minutes the man
who had gone out came back with
chunk Of Ice and put It at the top OF
my head. Then they got hot water
bags and put EN- to my feet. and all
stood round looking scared to death.
We'll, was getting madden and
madden every minute. Now, look
a.here,' shrleked, you Just let me
up or when | do get out Of this I'll
murder every mothers son or daugh-
ter OF your
"'GIve him another dose, Miss Wal
kerr said one of the men.
Miss Walker-mv nurse, you know
--she poured out another dose, and
Just as she was about to put It down
my throat ! made big effort, freed
one of my fists and sent the glass and
contents flying toward the ceiling.
Mercy mel' cried my nurse. why
did ! ever leave him? It's sure case
Of brain fever
"Just at that moment something non.
ped into my head. l wondered why
hadn't thought of II before. They had
mistaken me for Dan.
See here, you people. you're bark
ing up the wrong tree. aren't your Do
you think I'm Dan MaloneY
Funny remarked one of the men.
how people who are on their heads
always think they're some one else
You blankety blank fools! You
40 TO Dams room and sen II you don't
and him there. I'm his twin brother.
came TO see him.
1.-THE two nurses began to look at
each other. the two men prlcked M
their ears. and then my nurse said to
the other one;
Run up and see.
$50 she did and IN a minute came
back into the room with a grin on her
face that looked like the cat that ate
the canary.
Hes safe In bed. she gIggled.
Thank heaveng sobbed my nurse.
and she fell over In the other ones
arms When she came to herself she
turned to me and said: I ask a thou
sand parions. shall rely on your
maguanimlty to help Us keep this Sc
cret'
Not much replied. not without
compensation
%.I'm only & poor nurse she plead.
ed I can't pay anything
Yea. you can I said. You can
par al ask. rou put your lly white
arms around my neck and give me one
hlg long kiss right on the lips ana I'm
mum as an oyuaer.ss
ibid she do MP
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