The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-13
THE LOVE PHILTER
OF KEY SCH0ENSTEIH
Wedding Bells Rang, Though the
Potion Went AStray.
BY o. HENRY.
copyright, 1906, by Mcclure, Phillips &

copyright, 1906, by Mcclure, Phillips &;
Col
The Blue Light drug store is down
avenue. where the distance between
the two streets is the shortest rhe
Blue Light does not consider that
pharmacy is thing of bric-a-brac.
scent and ice cream soda. If 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. 1t mac
crates its opium and percolates its own
laudanum and paregoric. To this day
pills are made behind its tall pre-
scription desk-pills rolled out on its
own pill tile, divided with a spatula.
rolled with the finger and thumb. dust
ed with calcined magnesia and dalir-
cred in little round pasteboard Pr
boxes The store is on 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 ana 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. confesSor an ad-
wiser. an able and willing missionary
and t,,.It,r. V-l,oC. I,at.1jt,,r is, raero.t-
ed. whose occult wisdom is venerated
and whose medicine is often poured.
untaSted into the gutter Therefore
Keys conform. bespectacled NOSE
and narrow, knowledge bowed liz
ure was well known in the vicinity of
the Rluc Light. and his advice and no
tee were much desired.
key roomed and breakfasted at Mrs
Riddles. two squares away. Mrs. Rid
die had daughter named Rosy The
circumlocution has been in vain-you
must have guessed it-Ikey adoreG
Rosy. She tinctured all his thoughts
She was the compound extract Of all
that was chemically pure and oGicinal
The diSpensatOry contained nothing
equal to her But Ikey was timid. and
his hopes remained insoluble in the
menstruum of his backWardnpSs and
fears Behind bis counter he was ii
superior being calmly conscious OF
special knowledge ANA worth Outside
he was a weakened. purblind. mo
torman cursed rambler, with III citing
clothes stained with chemicals aH5
smelling Of socotrine aloes ana yaler.-
anate Of ammonia.
The fly in keys ointment thrice
welcome pat trope3 was Chunk Nc
Gowan.
Mr.. McGowan was also striving to
catch the bright smiles tossed about
by Rosy. But he was no outdelder. as
key was. lie picked them off the hat.
At the same time he was keys friend
and customer and often dropped in at
the Blue Light drug store to have a
bruiSe painted with iodine or get Il
cut rubber plaStered after pleasant
evening spent along the BoWcry.
One afternoon MCGOWAN drifted in
in his silent easy way and sat, comedy.
smooth faced. hard, indomitable, good
natured, upon Il stool.
"Ikey." said he when his friend had
fetched his mortar and sat opposite
grinding gum ben2oin to 4 powder.
get busy with your ear. It's drugs
for me if you've got the line | need.
key scanned the countenance Of MIR.
MCGOWAN for the usual evidences Of
conflict. but found none.
Take your coat off" he ordered 81
guess already that you have been