The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-21
The LOVE Phil TER
OF key SCHOEHSTE|N
Wedding Bells Rang, Though the
Potion Went Astray.
BY o. HENRY.


copyright, 1906, by Mcclure. Phillips &
The Blue Light drug store is down.
town, between the Bowery and First
avenue. where the distance between
the two streets is the shortest. rhe
Blue Light does not consider that
pharmacy is a thing Of bric-a-brac.
scent and ice cream soda II you ask
it for pain killer it will not give you
a bonbon.
The Blue Light scorns the labor saw
ing arts OF modern pharmacy. It mae
crates its opium and percolates its own
Iaudanum and paregoric. To this day
pills are made behind its tall pre-
scription desk-pills rolled out on it's
own pill tile, divided with spatula,
rolled with the finger and thumb, dust
ed with calcined magnesia and deliv-
cred in little round pasteboard pill
boxes. The store is on a corner about
which coveys of ragged plumed, hilari.
GUS children play and become candi
dates for the cough drops and sooth.
Ing sirups that wait for them inside.
key Schoenstein was the night clerk
Of the Blue Light and the friend Of his
customers. Thus it is on the east side,
where the heart of pharmacy is not
glace. There. as it should be. the drug
gist is a counselor, q confessor, an ad-
wiser, an able and willing missionary
and xv.anfor xyhnce. loo rr;nu is raSnant
ed, whose occult wisdom Is venerated
and whose medicine is often poured,
untasted. into the gutter. Therefore
keys corniform. bespectacled nose
and narrow. knowledge bowed fig
ure was well known in the vicinity of
the Blue Light. and his advice and no
tice were much desired.
key roomed ard hreakfasted at Mrs.
Riddles. two squares away Mrs Rid
die had a daughter named Rosy The
circumlocution has been in vain-you
must have guessed it--Ikey adored
Rosy She tinctured all his thoughts.
She was the compound extract of all
that was chemically pure and officinal.
The dispensatory contained nothing
equal TO her But key was tinlid and
his hopes remained insnluble in the
menstruum of his back wardness and
fears Behind his counter he was a
superior being. calmly conscious Of
special knowledge and worth Outside
he was weakkneed. purbiind. mo-
torman cursed rambler, with III fitting
clothes stained with chemicals and
smelling Of socotrine aloes aud vaieri-
anate Of ammonia
The fly in keys ointment Thrice
welcome. pat tropea was Chunk Nc.
Gowan.
Mr.. MCGOWAN was also striving to
catch the bright smiles tossed about
by Rosy But he was no outfielder. as
key was He picked them off The hat
AT the same time he was keys friend
and customer and often dropped in al
the Blue Light drug store to have q
bruise painted with iodine or get a
cut rubber clustered after Il pleasant
evening spent along the B0wcry
One afternoon McGowan drifted III
in his silent easy way and sat eatinely
smooth faced. hard fndomiahle good
natured. upon stool
"Ikey. said he when bis friend Had
fetched his mortar aud sal opposite.
grinding gum bnnzain to i tnNarr.
get busy with yonr ear rs drugs
for me II you've got the iiae | need
key scanned tIlt eauhienaaee ~ ~
McGoWan for the usual ,si;ieilet.s II
conflict. but found none
s1'ake your. cont Off he ni,.fs''a =
guess already That xaa hasf Ilt.t.i'