Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-16
she went downstairs.
Presently grAndmott

she went downstairs.
Presently grandmother heard q
loud knock at the door.
Come in" she said:
The door opened and there was
Molly, wearing Charley's coat. which
came down to her heels; and her
fathers hat. which almost gave her
a criek In her neck, 1T was so wab-
bly, and hard to balance, and she
Was carrying q big umbrella. She
set the umbrella against the wall
and took off her hat-she was glad
1t Is not polite to YEA your hat in
the house when you are a man.
Good morning, ma'am," she said
to- grandmother. II am q doctor; not
just a plain one, but a special doc
tor that's very important, and my
visits cost a lot of dollars apiece"
BY this time Molly and grand
mother were shaking hands.
What is your name, sdoctorY" In
quired grandmother.
Mn" m~editated Molly. MY
name Is DR.. Mary. Iscanst .st~ay-long.
There is a great deal of measles and
Group and other diseases waiting for
me in a hurry. But your son asked
me to step in, so / Obliged him
Please let me see you tongue"
DR.. Mary looked~at grandmother
tongue, then she felt her pulse, then
she laid the palm of her hand on
grandmother's forehead and put the
back OF her hand against the end OF
grandmother's nose.
DR.. Mary shook her head 'AV'sf
"You are a very, very sick lady,
she said sraveiy. 1--WE got just
three cures to give you. II they
don't cure you / don't know what
I'll do
"Three!" cried grandmother. tIt
must be a bad easel! What is the
first?"
1.-THE first" answered Molly try
ing to keep her dimples from show
ing flor who ever heard OF q great
special doctor that had dimples?,)
"the first is to kiss mel"
Grandmother was not slow to
obey, which Is a great point with a
patient.
81 feel better already she said.
1.-THE 1scond," continued Or.
Mary, when she had smoothed her
hair back again out Of her eyes, 'is
to take all these different things that
/ am going to tell you about and
stir them up together and put them
right over your heart in a plaster.
to draw" \
Molly got that last expression
from Julie! the %laundress. She wait
ed to see whether grandmother
would appreciate it. Granddaughter
did.
Every we'll, / WILL" she promised
'"Tell me what the things are"
'Why." said Molly, 'fthis is one
Charley told the other boys that he
felt pretty shy of grandmothers be
fore you came. but now he liked
them; they were all right he said
And mother said it made q change II
a family when an angel came and
lived with tt she meant you. Julie
and Katy think you are splendid
I heard them tell the butcher there
wasn't another old lady in towT
could hold a candle to. you. Tha'
was very slangy, but they meant tt
be nice. And father IL crazy abou'
you. All of us are. Now" end
cd DIR. Mary. ''stir all these UP AND
put them over your hsaFt-the heal
will be coed for you"
'fOh, cry good" said grand
mother softly. her eyes shining
Then she tried the first "cure" over
again several times without stop
ping,
eWaiti Walt" said DIR. Mary
There is n medicine for you
to take"
81 don't need it," said grand
mother.
But DIR. Mary frowned at her
Then she laughed and frisked about
the room in a way that was very un
dignifed for q famous physician
''If you knew what it. wasi" she
cried delightedly. IF you just knew
what 1t was. you never would say
that! There"
She snatched something out oil
her pocket, that Is to say. Charley
pocket and dropped it into grand
mothers lap. Il was small and
obIong, and had many foreign post
marks. 1t was q letter from grand
mothers youngest son, her baby,
who was writing a Remarkably
learned book IN Japan,
How do you faAl npw7" asked
| Molly, when grandmother turn
ing the first page.
'fAs IL / had never had an LII das
In my life" answered grandmother
And indeed she looked it,
The Day After.
The former OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of the army. General Charles F
Humphrey. now retired, was sitting
iTnVthe Army and Navy Club in Wash
insfon when q friend came atene