Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-23

H. PihSs
The home doctor showed Smith the
sputum report that had just come in
from the laboratory. New Mexico, -
was the advice, ''and be quick about
it" Smith did not stand upon the
order of his beating, but beat 1t at
once. He hied him Immediately to
the state above mentioned, whose
chief products. he had heard. were
climate and It. b. arrests,
On the Way. out, an ancient ditty
persisted in running through his
mind. keeping time with the rhythmic
rattle Of the car wheels.
"He had a cough that carried him off:
They had a coffin to carry him off in"
Smith had some strong letters from
close friends of the medical director
Of the sanatorium to which he had
been directed They were effective.
young man." said the director at
their first interview, 81 don't give a
whoop about you. but DR. Hay is one
of my best friends and I'll do all I
can for you After that, Smith felt
quite at home.
The next day the newcomer with
fear and trembling, presented him
self for the examination. The medi-
cal director was a keen-faced young
man who was reputed to read the
pathological secrets of the human
bosom far better than Henry James
or Bertha Nj. Clay could ever fathom
its psychological ones.
Strip to the waist said the In
quisitor sternly
Smith timdly exposed his torsal
.I-s. Il, r.. tnf tah Of n
nakedness, he knew.
--underdeveloped right chest
small heart---enlarged Emphatic
glands" commented the doctor even
before applying the stethoseope.
Smith wondered how many abnormal
tiles would be discovered afterward.
Two stetoscopes were marsha ed
against Smith While the chief In
quisitor was working fore, his assist
ant listened aft
Tn ique strategy those doctors had.
thought smith They worked in the
bias. While the commander-in-ch
was accommodating the northeast Sec
tor of the right lung, his field mar
shall made a reconnaissance in the
rear over the southeast salient of the
left one. Smith wondered whether
they were attempting those buekllng
movements that the Germans had
failed to negotiate at Verdun.
breathe n~-breathe out--breathe
deep--breathe deep twice and then
cough These were the commands
that Smith implicitly oheyed. His not
to reason why, his but to do and
well, that might come later.
What most Intersection might
almost said pleased--the examiner,
was mysterious sound in the middle
of the right flank. He called 1t an
"adventtious sound, and seemed
quite tickled,
Finally came the educational lest
"Couut 'one-two three. Smith evil
IDENTIFY proved his ability to do this
in A we'll bred, evenly-modulated tone,
for he was soon permitted to resume
his vestments.
"you are not going to die" was
the verdict.
How long will it take. doctor. to
- timidly began the victim, The
home doctor had predicted "a month
or 50.
II never promise anyone less than
six months was the reply.
Smith, who had come prepared, fl
nancially, for a months stay. thought
some savage things about home doc
tors.
The newcomer was told that his
chief occupation would be that of
chasing" Chasing" he soon learn
ed. consists in lying in cot in the
open air eight hours a day, doing
nothing and, what is more CHASTITY
thinking of nothing. In other words,
one has to be bovine. except that
chewing the eud Is not insisted upon.
Now. being a beef was not in
Smiths line, either physiologically or
psychologieally; nevertheless, he made
Il manful effort to achieve bovinity.