The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-01-10

Then you1l get along. Any time
you want q hundred dollars on your
note come and see me-"
1t went all over town that the new
doctor had given Jake Wolf his dose,
and there were more compliments. &r.
Mayfield stepped within the door Of
the Office to nod and say:
Keep right onl You are doing
welll"
Thanks"
Jack Brown, the stone mason, had
the habit of going on a spree every
two weeks. When about half-drunk he,
would start in to make Rome howl. II
came his day, and as he passed the
doctors office he entered to wreck
things The only thing wrecked was
the stone mason. He got such
humping that the Temperance union
had to let him sign the pledge in
three places before he was satisfied. A
score Of men dropped in to shake
hands with Doctor Chisholm, and Mr.
Mayfleld met him at the post ofice
and linked arms with him and said:
Come along to dinner with me.
like a fighter"
But l am no man to pick a quar-
REL" was the reply.
mo? You Just happen to be on the
spot when the row starts. Well, come
along and hear what Miss Nellie has
to say about 1t. think most girls like
a strong-armed man."
There were introductions and q
pleasant evening, and while Doctor
Chisholm was enjoying himself he
was being discussed by two doctors
seated in the Office of one Of them.
He must surely starve out" re-
marked one.
He can make no headway here"
was the reply.
But is he a prize fighter or a doc
tori"
II don't know"
This community won't stand for
his tactics"
Bound to go under"
81 have cut him dead thus far"
I'VE can't recognize him"
There was one more bully, and he
was a bad tempered man-Jim Eccles.
He was bad-tempered drunk or sober.
When he heard how Doctor Chisholm
had served the others he growled:
Come to run the town has he? .WellI
you wait bit!"
What are you going to dor" was
asked.
Bounce him out of Lansing!"
Again the doctor sat in his once
reading a medical work when he had
caller. 1t was Jim Eccles. He was
sober and he had job before him.
"Skate!" he said as he pointed to
the street.
"Why?" was quietly asked.
Because tell you to-"
you are Jim Eccles, the bad man?"
bad all the way through, and !
don't generally hold my temper as
long as this"
"Your blood is out of order Mr.. Ec-
cles, and I'll give you a prescription
for It'll"
The scrap took place out OF doors.
and the audience said 1t was Just the
neatest little affair the town of Lam
sing had ever been treated to. When
1t was over the doctor had black eye
and Mr.. Jim Eccles said he was going
to California to take on an earth
quake or some other easy mark.
Three of the doctors in the town wit
messed the affair, and as they walked
away they were agreed that 1t was the
finish OF the new conner. Doctor CHS
holm was bathing his eye when Mr..
Mayfeld entered the Office to say:
80 you got around to Eccles. eh 7
Come to dinner with me-"
Cant. See this black eyer"
"All the better. Miss Nellie has al
ways wanted to see one close at hand.
No cause for embarrassment-not in
the least"
And the doctor went, and things
we're made very nice for him. As he
left the house 1t was Miss Nellie who
said:
Father thinks you will succeed"
"Oh, I've got to-" he laughed.
At the door OF his ONCE a woman
waited to ask:
"Are you the fighting doctorf"
well. I've had a few scraps"
"Then come and see my sick child. "
] The next morning 1t was q woman