Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-12-26
sage comes from"

sage comes from"
"Ha, ha!' laughed Nichols. Three
doctors In consultation! Good! Very
good!'
"Consulting as to which is preferable
as dfluent-ginger ale or f1zz water"
laughed ellison.
Peter had served twenty years at the
club and knew how to send such tele.
phone messages very well, but he was
head waiter, and his responsibilities
We're multifarious. Being especially
crowded tonight, he transferred the or
der to greenhorn who had worn the
clubs button but few days. This
was the message sent to the doctors
wife:
"Dr. Bemerton Is here at the club in
consultation with two other doctors
He won't be home till late, num-"
"An right" came the response Tell
the doctor not to hurry and that l
think a Welsh rabbit or q stuffed crab
will do him good"
Then the greenhorn goes to the three
doctors in consultation and says to DR..
Bemerton:
"Docther, Mrs. Bamerthon says yer
not to hurry, and she thinks stuffed
crab or a rabbit'u do We good"
Bemerton, who was raising his glass
to his lips, stopped it on the way.
"Who phoned herr"
II did, sor. Peter told me to. he
was busy"
And did you tell her was at the
club?"
'shure, sor. Where else would l tell
herr
Nichols and ellison leaned back in
their leather covered chairs and roared
'That'u d." said Bemerton to the
waiter, who went off puzzled.
"Well, boys" said Bemerton, Pm in
for it." And he told the STORY of how
he had started In for return to court
ing days, accusing them Of breaking
in upon his and his wife's happiness.
"You must do something mighty
NICE" said ellison, ito get out Of this
middle. Ny wife would never forgive
me for a thing life that"
"What can 1 do?" asked Bemerton.
''Give her a sealskin," suggested
Nichols.
:'she has one. Besides, that would
require time. I've got to face her to-
night when go home"
THE only thing you can d." said
ellison, THAT can be done tonight is
to telephone to flower shop and have
1t send you a fine bouquet of flowers
to take home with you"
Bemerton was not favorably impress
ed with the plan. He said that he had
i. forgotten every anniversary Of his
wedding day as it came round and the
customary gift, his wife reminding him
Of it a month after it had passed. To
take her flowers now seemed like Civ
ing her tany. However, at that hour
1t was the only thing he could do: 80,
calling UP flower shop, he directed
the proprietor to send the handsomest
basket of flowers he could make up.
Then he threw of care and, with his
friends. spent delightful evening.
marred only by telephone message
from Dr.. Gilson's better half to know
II he was at the club and one from a
patient of DR.. Nichols asking If the
medicine he had ordered had better
be taken at IL o'clock or a quarter
past IL.
But all good times must come to an
end, and the trio at last separated. At
the door of the club Bemerton's two
friends admonished him to do lot
Of pettdng when he got home, confess
ing himself brute and relying on the
floral gift to set matters right. Bemer.
ton didn't say anything. He knew
his wife and that she was not one to
be coddled.
When the doctor opened his front
door be found the lights turned down
and the silence of oblivion. Excellent!
Perhaps his wife was asleep. He
would not have to face her till morn
ing. Taking OF his shoes and leaving
the: flowers in the hall, he crept up
stairs.