The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-01-26
A PROFESSIONAL
VISIT
81 A. IOMLlNSQN FORD
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

citation, 1911. III
Tom Murphy was lusty lad not
long from the Emerald Isle. He could
never see any work going on but he
must be In it. His fort was emergen-
cies. II a man needed to be dug out
from under pile of bricks or earth
the advance Of others bid some one
tumble in a well Tom was the person
to go down and rescue him. Indeed.
Tom was always about when an acct
dent occurred and the principal man
In the salvage gang.
But great strength in one direction
is usually at the expense Of strength
in another. Let Tom get sick and he
was the veriest coward and whimperer
In the land. At the slightest ailment
he would take to his bed and groan
and fret and wonder why the doctO:
didn't come, keeping his mother and
his little sister Nora waiting on him
Then the moment the pain left him
nudity He kicked of the cover. bound
ed out of bed and seized upon any
method convenient or otherwise to
show those about him that he was. aft
er all. man.
One afternoon Tom was seized with
gripping. AS usual. be got into bed
dispatched his younger brother for the
doctor and roared for restoratives. His
mother brought hot water. dipped a
towel in 1t and clapped it Oh Toms
bare stomach. Tom hOwled with
pain, for the water was near the boil
ing point and took the skin off. His
mother ran to the water cooler with
another towel, soused il in and. run
ming back to the bed. put il where she
had put the other one. 4 terrible chill
ran through the Invalid. and the grip
ing increased fourfold.
IF the docther don't get here within
five minutes" he cried. Il shall be a
dead man."
But before the FIVE minutes were mr.
the pain suddenly left him. He sat nr
In bed and looked about him.
Lie down." said his mother The
doctor is coming and II he finds you
able to sit up he will be very angry
We've been hurrying him, telling hin
that you were at deaths door,
Tom lay back on his pillow and
covered himself up Presently he
heard a commotion without and frag
ments of sentences. Holy mother
he'll be drowned!'' Run quick
whats the matter:" and such like
phrases. Jumping out Of bed. Tom ran
into another room where he could loOE
for half mile down the road. There
was the doctors automobile rolled
down the bank beside the road till il
hung on the margin over the river
The chauffeur was swimming. while
the doctor was holding the auto tc
keep 1t from sliding into the water.
"Give me me clothes" cried Tom
"Quick. the doctors auto will be lost"
bad luck to you. Tom" said his
mother. for an idyet. We've beer
telyphonin' an sendin' for the doctheI
to save yer loife. an now yer goin
to lift his automobile"
ME clothes. me clothes-' was all the
reply they received. They brought
them. and while he was putting then
on he cried:
Mora. go to bed"
what for?" asked Nora.
so we can tell the docther that 8
mistake was made"
By this time Tom had got into hi:
shirt, his trousers and bis boots and
dashed down 10 where the doctor was
holding the auto Tom grabbed il anG
with the strength Of young bull
tugged at il until he got It to a place
where it was safe from further injury
Then the doctor looked at him sur
prised.
Il thought you were dying" he said
yer mistaken; it's Nora. Hurry
docther. She's got rumatiz and pneu
monia and stomach ache all at tht
same time"
The doctor went on up to the house
leaving Tom to look after the auto
while the chauffeur went to dry him
self. As soon as the physician reached
the house he was hurried into Nora's
room. A pompous. opinionated old fel
low. he would not brook a suggestion
from any one. He felt Nora's pulse
and put his ear down to her heart.
II think it's a bad cold. dOcther,
said her mother. Il hope 1t won't turn
into Dewmoney."
"A cold be hanged" said the doctor
sayagely. She's got no cold. but pal
pitation of the heart. must check Il
or she'll die"
Poor little Nora. She had been 90
excited over the recent events. espe
cially the turn they had taken In heI
being the invalid instead Of her brother
that II Is no wonder her heart beat
wildly. She did not know what ter
rible remedy the doctor would employ
It's In me side. docther." she said
family. hoping to ward Oh any heart
remedies
"YoH need something warming" said
the medical man. Bring a redhot
poker"
Holy mother! Docther. are ye goin
to warrum me wild that?"
I'm going to null some liquor with
it." said the doctor.
But Nora was not convinced. and
while the physician turned his back to
get some pills out Of his. medicine case,
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