The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-05-11
The Young DIR.
Claud
By DOROTHY WHITcoMB


Copyright, 1919, Western Newspaper Union.
Cl0ud Arthur SherWin might be an
NJ. ID. Of Johns Hopkins and the leader
of his class In the medical schools,
but so long as ne lived in Lowell he
would never be known as anything
more than DR.. Claud. The elder Or.
Claud, his father, had ushered three
fourths of Lowell into the world, and
no other doctor would have any
chance to hang out his single within
the radius Of old Or Glands buggy
and housekeeping horses. So young
DR.. Claud came home to take over his
fathers practice without having to
fight his way to an income
II was on the fourth or fifth day
after young Dr. Claud's arrival that
the telephone rang furiously. Young
Dr. Claud was alone In the office He
took down the receiver.
"Is that Or. Claud?" inquired a
wOman's voice In agitation. "Oh,
young DR.. Claud. Well, I'm Miss Mary
Denton, and Mrs. Quinn IS I'm great
trouble. Her maid has swallowed sui
plate Of anthony by mistake for
prescription Yes, she's here and has
asked me 70 telephone for her You
know Mrs, Quinn's house-the third
house across the brook. Goodbye"
Hastily he threw few things into
his bag, mixed a drnught Of mustard
and milk, and set off as fast as he
could to walk along the road. Once
over the brook he soon saw Mrs.
Quinn's house standing Ia little
grove OF trees. He hurried up the
drive
There was nobody in the kitchen
but In the dining room ne saw wom-
an stretched out upon lounge, ap-
parenly inscnsible He opened his
bag, uncorlled the liquid, and, forcing
the girls mouth open, tried to pour
the noxiOus draught down her throat
She sat up spluttering.
"What-what-" she began 90 STAN
mer, and then suddenly a smile broke
through the tears OF laughter that
came into her eyes.
"Oh my dear doctor" she exclaimed
what a dreadful mistake You are
looking for Mrs. Quinn's maid She
lives across the road. You came to
the wrong house. You'd better hurry
"But the mustard Is all gone" STAN
mered young Dr. CIaud.
"Then I'll mix some more, volun-
teered the young woman. Come into
the kitchen"
But as he arose young DR.. Claud
saw the family buggy draw up across
the street and his father descend, to-
gether with a very agitated middle
aged woman The young lady saw It,
too.
That's Mrs. Quinn" she said. Il
guess she found your father and has
brought him there"
"Then I'd better 60" stammered
young DR.. Claud. He took his hat
"You are Miss Denton, aren't your
he hazarded.
Eyes, Of course ] am. III wager you
have never thought Of me since you
went to Baltimore"
Indeed I have" replied young DR..
Claud warmly. His hand went into
his pocket and he pulled out broken
coin. "bO you remember this he
asked. You said you were going 70
keep the other half until
Miss Mary Denton's hand had gone
up involuntarily to her throat. She
tried to stop the action, but it was
too late. There hanging upon a
chain. young Or. Claud saw the other
half Of the coin And for the second
time within FIVE minutes Miss Den
toms checks turned scarlet
Now you 60" she said, pushing
him toward the door. Il don't think
our meeting has been a very happy
one, DIR Claud.'
But although ne found himself al.
most violently excluded from the
house young DR.. Claud was singulariy
happy--so much 50 that his father
commented upon his appearance when
he came ont Of the house.
"You certainly don't look like a man
who has just been beaten in the race
for his first patient he said. ITS
lucky / was on the spot, Claud Just
saved her in time Mrs. Quinn told
me she telephoned you half an hour
ago"
Il went to the wrong house" fall
tered young Or. Claud.
"Humphl" growled his father. You
seemed to be coming from the dlrec-
ton of Miss Denton
Old DIR. Claud was about TO twit his
son a little longer, but when he looked
at him again something made him
check himself abruptly, Miss Mary
was n favorite Of his, and he had
hoped that after Claud settled down
I'm Iovell.-well, IL was one Of those
dreams In which old men indulge In
their idle moments. And as the weeks
rolled by he was encouraged to 60 on
dreaming H.
And when young Or. Claud, with
Mary on his arm, came into old Or.
| clauds Office and, stammering, said
that he had something very important
a., communicate old DIR Gland found