Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-16
BY DOCTORS ORDERS
BY GEORGE BREWSTER.


out an enterprise In real estate that
had taken nerve and hard work, and
at its conclusion he found himself
shaky. His appetite was gone, he had
touch of insomnia, and every ac-
quaintance he met gave him the same
advice:
"Go to a doctor and then follow his
advice"
The doctor advised a tramp over
country highways.
take little or no money" he con-
tlnued. "In fact, look like tramp,
feel like n tramp and be a tramp for
the time being"
Mr.. Gilbert left the office sneering at
| the advice given him, but after day
or two he came to look at 1t In q diff
ferent light.
Oh. yes, there Is romance in tramp
| ing, and when Il Is recommended by a
doctor, his advice should be followed.
Young Gilbert came to take this view
Of II after a couple Of days, and set
forth.
One summers afternoon a girl Of
twenty and her mother and aunt sat
on the veranda of a farmhouse 'front.'
ing on a prominent highway. The
girl was readlng-the others were sew
ing. OF a sudden the reader laid aside
her book, rose, and shaded her eyes
to look down the road.
Looking for anybody, Dora?" quer-
led the mother.
"It's a tramp coming, guess"
'But don't you encourage him to
come in here" protested the aunt. 81
dreamed the other night that tramp
to whom 1 was kind rewarded me by
cutting my throat, and l don't want
II to prove a true dream"
"Dora always pities every tramp
that comes along" apologized the
mother.
"But she shouldn't. Every tramp is
ready to rob and murder. Is he going
to stop here, Dora?" o,
"He is sitting down to rest. be-
lieve he is ILL.,"
That tramp was Wayne Gilbert. He
had given the Doctors prescription a
fair trial, and he was more than ready
to abandon it. While limping along
he had been overcome with dizziness
and realized that he was going to be
Ill. He sat on the grass with his back
to the fence when girl suddenly APP
peared before him.
"Are you ill?" she asked.
II fear i am going to be-" he an
swered.
"You-you don't look like most of
the tramps that come along here"
Because / am not tramp. / have
been walking the highways by a doc
tors advice. / have money and pa
pers that will identify me. / am go
ing to try to reach the railroad. If /
can't do it"
And the world whirled around him
and he tainted away.
The mother and aunt came running |
down in response to Miss Dora's cries,
and a farmer who had been to town
stopped his team.
1--WE must get him to the house." !
said the girl.
IF you do, I'll leave I'll" exclaimed
the aunt. who was a visitor there.
1--WE had better get this farmer to
take him to town, where he can be
cared for" whispered the mother.
eve shall do no such thingl He
shall be cared for in our own house.
He is not a tramp. He told me that
he had money and papers,"
The patient was put to bed, and 1t
was the opinion Of the doctor that he
would have to stay there couple Of
weeks. In reply to the query as to
whether he thought the young man a
ramp, he laughingly replied:
"Not any more than I am. The
chances are that he lives In city, and
was recommended by a doctor to try
ramping to build himself up"
Miss Dora searched the clothing and
'ound money and papers. She and
ler father and mother were satisfied.
AS was to have been expected, the
lever was much higher the next morn
ng, but the doctor was not worried.
"We'n break 1t up In three or four
lays" he said to Miss Dora, "and then
you Will come In with your chicken
soup and kind words and help him to
get well. Last night i telegraphed to
some Of the addresses given In his pa
Ders, and the replies say that he is a
ine young man, and charge me to give
him every attention. He will be my
patient and your hero"
"But heroes come with steed and
sword and lance, don't theyf" she
laughed.
"Not always. have known them
10 be stumbled over In the blackberry
bushes. The lad doesn't look much
like a hero now, but give him a
chance" ' h'rSs@' D s.. 80.
1t was two weeks before Wayne could
ut on the, veranda. and careful nurse
sat with him. It was only when he
was able to walk In the orchard that
the aunt said 10 her sister:
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