The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-07-07
The
"Chirurgeons"
By WILLIAM FALL

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looked out OF the windows OF the din
ing hall Of Fyles Abbey into the bear
Of an English countryside In June
suddenly he turned In answer u hi.
wife's Inquiry.
"MurieI. dear" he said. IF / hadn't
received this letter by this morning 5
post We should have lost our new
home forever"
How, dearT inquired hts pretty
wife. startled.
This way: You know Lord Tyne
side. from whom we bought II. didn't
appreciate having 10 sell property
which had been In his family for eight
hundred years 90 an American whose
father made his fortune packing pork.
And you remember he was quite nasty
TO US. Well. he omitted 70 point TO
very vital item In the title deed. which
Barrett Il Co. have just discovered In
the nick Of time Fyles Abbey was
granted 10 the first Lord Tyneside by
/ Henry V, who, as you may remember,
4 died from oyereating. And, while noml.
nally a gift, 1t was TO be held. like
many OF these old castles, upon a Gu.
rlous condition, and to revert to the
crown II ever this condition were not
complied with. In brief, the owner
has 10 present to his majesty every
year, on the anniversary of the gift,
ten surgeons. And the anniversary Is
next Thursday. And the king is In
Scotland"
Present ten surgeonsi" exclaimed
Muriel In amazement
"Yes, my dear. The original deed
is almost undecipherable, but the law.
yers say there is no doubt that the
word Is surgeons, or as the spelling
has II, Outrageous I suppose King
Henry used them 10 cure his lndlges-
ton, but I'm sure | don't know what
King George will use them for. / !
guess he'll knight them andxsend them
home"
They kept II out of the newspapers,
but everybody in London was talking
about the kings Illness on Thursday |
afternoon, even before the train, bear
ing eleven gentlemen pledged to strict.
est secrecy. rolled into Balmoral sta
ton. Upon the platform stood the
station master. with an army Of
newspaper men.
Wont you let us know what is the
matter with the king?" pleaded the
youngest reporter ingenuously, as the
puzzled needles looked around In be-
wilderment.
mot word I" exclaimed Mr..
Blake angrily. Gentlemen, this is all
mistake. There's nothing the mat
ter with his majesty. This is purely
political visit"
1.-THE kings playing golf on his
links" piped up the inevitable small
boy. II saw him through the hedge"
Then it'll be an operation" groan-
ed the station master
Blake and his surgeons started up
the road.
At last they left the road and, trav- :
ersing a field, halted before hedge
Of hawthorn, behind which could be
seen golf green, stretching away up
to where Balmoral castle stood in the
midst of its parks and woods. There
the doctors, who had been In quiet
halted.
"Mr. Blake" said the leader. a dig
lihed, elderly gentleman, before we
90 step farther we must insist on
just why you have brought us
% Balmoral, and what your authority
S. We respectfully decline to APP
'roach through gap in a hedge.
II told you / would pay you fifty
pounds apiece" shouted Blake angri.
y.
MY dear SIR" said the eldest, In a
mooth, professional voice. IF you will
'ome back home. am sure we can
ring him TO your bedside"
MY bedside7 You think I'm crazy7"
demanded Blake.
As he shouted something whizzed
yer his head, and two men came up
0 the hedge.
SLICED, sirl" exclaimed one OF the
layers. "It'll be In the long grass,
hink."
II want to see the kingi" yelled
lake, as the players stopped.
AT your service, sir" answered the
Their, a short man with a pointed
card and prominent eyes. At the
ght Of him the doctors closed round
IT. Blake, attempting to pull him
own.
Listen, your majesty" shouted the
merican. I'm not crazy. I've bought
yles Abbey, and I've brought ten sur
cons TO pay my yearly rental. II
lys so 10 the deed. II was Lord
yneside's place. Don't I have 10
ing you ten surgeonsf
"Ahl Fyles Abbey Very interest
&. No. sir, you've misresd your deed
s surgeons, not surgeons; but as
urgeons don't frequent English wa
rs 50 much as they used to when
e grant was made. the practice has U