The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-03
HUNTING DR.. GREGG
6y CLARA INEz DEACON.

"tiSlils, anu uchu al Ills UTOtuer
farm. where he passed most of his
Sundays. he did more.
He rose with the lark to tramp
around in the dew and breathe
through his nose. The rest Of the fam.
lily growled about it, and the lark put
him down as an eccentric He felled
trees to get shoulder muscles. and
as he wasn't particular as to whose
trees they were. old Farmer Hobbs
made him pay FIVE dollars each for
them.
He lifted 50-pound stones over
fences, climbed trees, ran up and down
hills, and did SO many other things
that seemed curious to the farmers
around that the report got abroad that
he was little touched in the head.
All this wouldn't amount to shucks
had not an accident happened to Mr..
Gym one morning as he was jump
ing a fence. He caught his toe on the
tOu rail as he went over and fell in
such a way that he broke the thumb
on his right hand. This was On a
morning when he had risen with the
lark. and long before anybody else
was astir.
A broken thumb needs more atten-
ton than broken neck. There must
be visit to the doctors and some
bandaging.
With rag tied about the aching
thumb, Mr.. Godfrey Gym started off
down the highway at a fast walk. He
had made two-thirds of the distance
when young lady came out of
manor house just ahead of him and
took the highway. Her jaw was tied
up with cloth, and she seemed in
hurry to get somewhere.
ITS dollars to cents it's a case of
toothache," said Mr.. Gym to him.
self, and the idea almost comforted
him
Mr.. Gym was right about the tooth
ache. Miss Hope Thornton was visit
ing married cousin at the manor
house. AT midnight she was aroused
by tooth trying to jump out of her
mouth and thence to early morn she
grOancd and wcpt and vowed that
she lived a thousand years she would
never do any more wading in brooks.
1t was an hour after daybreak when
she woke her cousin to ask what could
be done.
The jaw was bandaged up and Miss
Hope started out She saw Mr.. Gym
coming, and later on heard his foot
steps behind her.
Mr.. Gym didn't mean to overtake
the girl, as the pain of his thumb kept
him grittng his teeth, but somehow
or other he presently found himself
keeping step with her and asking:
"TOothache?"
yum"
'Bad?"
awful"
"Going to DR.. Gregg's"
yum
"Then this must be the place. for
here is his sign"
They both turned In at the gate. and
a frosty-haired woman said:
'The doctor amt in"
where is he?"
"Out In the fields somewhere to kill
q rabbit for breakfast"
I'll 60 find him. This young lady
has bad case Of toothache."
"She can come in and wait, but he
won't do anything. Early as 1t Is. he's
half-tight."
I'll try and sober him up"
Mr.. Gym nodded to the girl to go
in and wait and after much peering
and considerable tramping he got
sight of the doctor with a gun on his
shoulder.
"Patient?" queried the medical
man.
Young lady with the toothache."
Let her ache"
Thumb"
Broken, eh? Well. 60 to town."
Come on to the house."
Milky. Nothing doing today"
1t hurt like everything but Mr..
Gym managed to remove his coat
and dropped his hat on the grass.
What's a-coming?" asked the doc.
tor.
You are, unless you want a good
licking!'
Huh! You must have lots of grit
to fight with a broken thumb. Well
come along"
At the house, Miss Hope was weep
ing and the doctors wife saying:
Shut up exclaimed the doctor
as he put his gun away.
Young lady, open your mouth
Huh. Bit of liberation. Keep this
liquid in your mouth for awhile. Fee
better. eh?"
Yes"
Give you some to take home. Ache
all gone by and by. Now, young man
for the broken thumb
MIR. Gym held it out to be looked
at and operated on. and 1t was Their
that Miss Hope knew that he hat
been hurt.
is 1t broken?" she asked.
Out of joint, Miss" answered tn,
doctor.