The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-11

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/ limp and detected dollar bill.
There are times" he said when.
/ II you'd put me and the misauH and
"a knife in the same room. you
Z wouldn't have much left but the
knife
I Or. Ed waited until he had made
his stiff ncckcd exit Then he took
/ the two dollars, and putting the
money into an envelope. indorred 81
T in his illcgible hand He heard his
brothers step on the stairs. and Dr.
I t,d mad" haste to put away the last
vrstiges ~ his little operation.
Eds Apsca from surgical cleanll
ness we're a sore trial to the younger
nan fresh from the clinics Of Eu-
rope IN his down town office. Go
which he would presently make his
/ ieisuroly progress. hc wore white
coat ana slefiiixed things Of which
/ Dr IA did not even know the
names.
80. az he came down a.. stairs
[ Or III who had wiped HE tins knife
with a biz ~ cotton he hated stcr
iiizing d, Il spoiled the edge thrust
Il hastily into his pocket lie haa
cut hoiis without boiling anything
/ Tor good many YEARS and no trou
bile. Hut he was wire with the wis
dom of tho serpent and the general
practitioner. ana there was no use
raising a discussion
MASR morning mood was always
-. nj
way ~ the trnnsgrcnsor h. disgust
7 inEiy pleasant Max. who raii up un
/ al all hours Of the night. drinking
lsesr or whisky and soda. and playing
bridge. Weakened To- a clean tongue
and "a tendency To- have cigurct
between shoes SO 90 speak. IA
whose widest dissipation had per
haps b"sn to bring into the world
one 90 the neiRhborhood' babies.
Weakened cus,omarily 10 The dark
hour % hits day. when he dubbed
himself failure and loa thcd the street
with deadly loathinR
So now Max brought his handsome
self down the staircase and paused
at tho Office door
AT u already he said or have
you l~cu 90 hedq'
Its after nine " protested I'd
mildly M don't start early. /
newer gci through"
Max yawncd-
Better come with me-" he said
{ II things 80 on az they've been
doing IN have Ia have an assistant
/ I'd rather have you than anybody.
Of course lie pui his 1.-THE Wur
geon's hand on his brothers shout
: der Where would l be- II il hadn't
been for YOU An the fellows know
what you've done"
( In spite 81 himself III WINGED u
was one thing 20 work hard that
there might be ono success instead
( % two hnf Huccessea II was "a
different thing to advertise one'H me
dsecfity 20 the worid Iils sphere o.
the Street and the nciRhborhood was
his own. To give Il all up and bc
come his younger brothers aaNlata MT
even n u meant. 49, {, would bet.
ter hours and more money would
be TO suhmrrFc his ldonfity lie
could not bring himself 10 a.
Il Eucus IA stay where am he
said They know me- around here.
and I know ihem. 49, the way. viii
sou leave this envelope NJ Mira. Mc
kec'Hf Maggie Hosrnfeld iH ironing
there today It's for her.
Max took the envelope abscntiy
''You'li Ko on here to the end ~
your days. working for u plttsncc. %
he objected. inside OF 10 years
therein be no general practitioners.
then where will you bcef'
"f'ii manag. somehow % said his
brother. piacidly. II guess there will
always be few that can pay my
prices better than what you special
lists ask
Max laughed with genuine amuse.
ment
Il dare say IL thls is tho way you
let them pay your prices"
lie held out the envelope. and tho
older man colored
Very proud OF Dr. Max was his
brother. unsclfishly proud of HIS
skin. OF his handsome person. of his
easy good manners: very humble
too OF his own knowledge and cxpc.
rience IL he ever suspected any
lack OF finer fiber In Max. he put
the thought away. Probably he was
too rigid himself. Max was young.
a hard worker. He had right to
play hard
He prepared his black bag for the
days calls-stethoscope thermo-nc.
ter. cye-cup. handagcs. case OF small
Walls. lump OF absorbent cotton In
"A not overfresh towel. In the bot.
tom. heterogeneous collection OF in.
strumcnts. a roll OF adhesive plaster.
"A bottle or two OF sugar-of.milk tab.
let's for the children. n dog collar
that had belonged to n dead collie.
and had got in the bag In some Gu.
rious fashion and there remained
He prepared the bag "a little ner.
vously. while Max ate. He felt that
modern methods and the best usage
might not have approved of the bag.
on his way out he paused at the
dining room door.
Are you going TO the hospital?"
Operating ut four--wlsh you could
come in
I'm afraid not. Max. I've prom.
ised Sidney Page to speak about her
to you. She wants to enter the
training school"
TOO young" said Max briefly.
why, she can't be over sixteen"
shes eighteen"
well, even eighteen. DO you
think any girl OF that age In respon
sible enough to have life and death
put in her hands, Besides. altho
haven't noticed her lately, she used
to be "A pretty little thing. There
Is no use filling up the wards with
lot of ornaments; Il keeps the In.
ternes all stewed up"