Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-19
MAYoMNAIse AND MEDICINE
A Short story.
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.

Copyright. 1922, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.
! When Laurence Montresor completed
his hospital apprenticeship. and be,
came d .full-hedgcd doctor he selected
Yateston, not because he had any
friends there or knew very much about
the city. But after investigation, Yate-
ston appeared TO be one OF the last
growing communities in the hundred
mile circle around the medical college
where he had trained and within which
he wished to establish himself. More
over there did not seem to be a Pile
thora Of doctors there. In fact, the
number Of doctors per inhabltant was
considerably below the number that
prevailed in other towns OF it's size.
And Laurence Montresor chose the
Arcade for his Office because IT was
the best OF the second rate office build
ings that Yateston afforded He could
establish himself in more pretcntious
quarters later when he was better
known.
SO one June day there appeared in
the corridor Of the Arcade q bright
and shining sign that said CDR. Lau-
renee Lidley Montresor, room 201, office
hours $40 n. m, IL and 7-8 p m: ;"
This sign was posted directly beside
that other sign that read Headquarters
for the Laura Belle Mayonnaise, room
204"
! "Some name" said the maker OF the
mayonnaise, as she came to her ONCE
, and workroom the morning when the
: doctors sign was newest--Laurence
) Lidley Montresor "I'll bet he's a per-
, feet lady with q name like that.
3 And Laurence Lidley Montresor, who
3 was anything in the world but lady,
= being above average size, broad and
. brawny and sometimes a little buriy,
looked at the sign beneath his own:
q Laura Belle--thats a poor name for
y mayonnaise," he reflected. lizard luck
1 having to start in practicing next to
O a mayonnaise factory" He was still
looking over his shoulders at the sign
a when he collided with little young
r woman hurrying down the stairs. N
: was Laura Belle Jones herself@-sole
h proprietor Of the mayonnaise factory.
d She was hurrying out to post an inn
= portant letter and was in special haste
+; as she had left some nayonnaise IN
i the electric mixer This she explained
= as the doctor begged her pardon for
h causing the collision and then offered
8. TO post her letter for her.
|. That was sufficient introduction
n Laura Belle seemed such nice sensi-
h bic sort Of girl that the young doctor
|. welcomed her society. Patients were
q slow in coming and sometimes Dr
Montresor, weary OF waiting in during
|
open and then call on Laura Belle
watching out from q crack in Laura
door for patients who might and some
times did come. Meantime Laur'
Belle, clad in an immaculate whit
d work frock and cap, would contlnu
measuring ingredients for the mayor
Is naise, set the mixer stirring, or h
n. innumerable jars with the golden EMU
10 sion.
> "Your business is thriving bette
TO than mine," said DR.. Montresor on
a day, az he watched with considers
10 Bile interest the deft hands OF Laur
,e Belle fitting tops on the filled jars
IA Apparently Yateston has more nee
of mayonnaise than medicine
n Laura Belle laughed little. Wei
~ figured it out that there would b
a fair demand" she said. Il had trie,
so many things-tutoring little chi
w dren, sewing by the day, raising gar
20 den flowers. It was about time i n
20 on something that would bring in
- little money But l can't say that II
~ making a fortune. To be sure II
- busy. There are about six stores tina
take nv mayonnaise regularly, rec
t. ommend il to their customers and 20:
Al nv advertisements. But there are {
Z. many more that won't handle !
nc Felix's on Main street, Blaine's, Dav
sons, Smiths, Cages. and Wilson
They insist that people want the otht
brands and don't see what an adval
tage it is to handle a sort that can
ID. delivered fresh every day or so rigi
n. after it is made. If l could get tho
other grocers then | guess I'd beg
on to make real money"
~ That afternoon, after DR.. Montres'
-. had made his short rounds, he turns
~. ~A down one of the coming busine
IA streets with considerable determin
Co ton. He left his car in front of
'ie large and prosperous food. store. /
left a fairly large order Tor vario
'c'' food products, mentioned at randor
lgo He ended his order with six jars
are Laura Belle mayonnalse: The groc
ac- said they didn't carry that brand, b
or had something rather better.
.x+ 'Oh, I'm sorry; l really don't wa
49, any other sort. I'm sorry too, 10 ha'
CIV CIV to call off that order. I'm settling
.n. town here, and ! want to have regul
a' dealings with a good grocer, but |
stuck on that Laura Belle mayonnai:
No. never mind the rest of the thin.
!. I'll get 'em all at the same store"
Then DR.. Montresor went to anoth
en- and still another grocery store un
he had finished the list OF stores th
are did not tack the Laura Belle mayo
the naise. At each he went through v
lth tually the same transactions.
tile The next afternoon Laura Belle W
, is beaming when he called on her
ma beaming and very busy. Four of I
ing grocers who had held out had put
ma big orders. While DR.. Montresor W
calling, fifth gave an order oy
HIS the telephone.
at So we'll acquainted did the you
ng- doctor and the young maker of ms
on onnaise become in the few weeks {
and lowing that DR.. Montresor felt it
ia duty to mention the fact of his {
TO gagement. l.
ere He tried to do it casually, not wi,
ing to give the slightest suggest
that he felt Laura Belle would t
any regret. The emotion that she
difficulty in concealing was first
80 all surprise.
'ou' "Tm glad you told me-" was all .
az a, said
M az really forgot you didn't know
irth said the doctor, little confused.
ven has been such long engagement q