Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-04

round the room, smashing away each Other grim
earnest and breaking stray furniture, the doctor fight
ing speechlessy and avoiding cnches and Larkin a,
first swearing like mailman, then beginning to conserve
his wind. That round ended when he stumbled back
ward what was left of the office chair and Harvey
put his hands down. then reached over and helped him
"Thanks!' Larkn said showing that he was at least
getting lesson in polteness.
Then there another good fast passage, and wheI
Larkin came back to consciousness the doctor,
scathed was holding bottle of ammonia to his nos<
and he had faint, hazy recollection that voice that
sounded strangely like his chaufeurs had kept yelling
through the window, Soak him, Doc! Kick him now
you We got him down! Look out he don't bite you wheD
he gets up!"
He turned his head dzzily toward the window; bu,
not quick enough to fitting shadow disappear
After he had sat in the only whole chair in the room for
five minutes and permitted the doctor to battle his
he grnned between his swollen lips and remarked, Cad
amt as fast as used to be! you're good specimen
they certainly do teach something at Yale More'n
ever thought they did, Were you and johnson class
mates?'
Being from Virginia. DR.. Harvey didn't like tina,
either; but he helped Larkin with his coat and vest
after which the capitalist fumbled with his nervous
fingers for his fountain pen and pulled out checkbook
Harvey put on his coat and vest and retied the
rusty old string tie he always wore Larkin was just
tearing out check for thousand dollars.
Its worth it, he declared, handing it to the doctor
but Harvey merely held it in his hand for moment
then tore it and threw the rieces the floor.
Were square," he said. Nv had my pay. Nov
Larkin looked at him for an Instant if he wanted
to have another 60 at him. and then, without word
jamed his hat his head and banged the door behind
him. He looked sharply at his chauffeur as he climbed
into the tonneau and told him to drive to Dover;
but the mans face was as wooden and unreliable as
that of Chinese joss.
A COUNTRY doctor has the best of city man, be
he has tobea specialist everything, from the
pharmacop9ia to mastoidectomy He must be dag
nOstcan and physician and ready to perform anything
in surgery from minor to a major operation without
five minutes warning hospital back of him. Some
times he operates in the shade of coal truck and within
hour trying to the wife of woodchopper OF
heart complication. And so he gets to know his
profession.
Larkins oldest daughter was taken down sick thu
next summer, and the attack was acute don't
know what it was but do know he had his private
hooked on down at Hoboken and it brought several
specialists up to Mount Arlington, from which it tool
two automobiles to take them around the mountaiB
ridge to the big country house. They held consulta
ton the unfortunate Miss Larkn and wagged the
heads and disagreed. They argued and disagreed
views They too eminent to back down, and each
believed and insisted that he right and gave his
reasons; until Larkn. who had been getting mort
fdgety and confused all the time lost his temper, which
had been remarkably doce since he had settled Dr.
Harveys bill, and them all out with line of Ian
guage they weren't accustomed to.
Then he sent for Harvey.
"Ill come up there" Harvey told him over the tels
phone, If there are no other physicians on the cas-
and you agree to condition.
Of Larkin, distracted, agreed, and wanted tt
know what the condition
That you keep out of the sckroom and keep out Of
my sight" =. - : 10 -
1t spoke we'll for Larkin new self control that he as
sented and Harvey, uSt attending to his business
went and took the case. ...--..-
1t must have been bad one, as said. I don't know
whait was but the doctor practically lived there night
and day for than two months lodging the
hills to help poor mountaneer facing storms thai
made the old shut his eyes, knowing no hours ane
yet coming back to the patient for whom he fight
ing with every fneness of intelligence in him. He looked
like ghost that season, Just wreck buoyed up by