The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-06-23
KICKED ABOUT SO MUCH MEDICINE HAVING BEEN
BOUGHT. . --- & Z.

On one occasion the good mother of q certain home wa
|, Fer eight children came and seven of them watched over her
they were with her by day and by night. One of the children
said that had his mother not been over to see" Mrs. John Doe
who had pneumonia that cold winter afternoon, she would not
would attend to- to- her own business" more more and 'Tet her % ne l RS
alone" she would get along far better" Jim, too, did not like
the Doctor, in short, ne never seemed to agree with the other
children about anything being done for his mother, one who
would have given her very life for him.
not abate their interest in their mother. Outlines their eyes
this they always tried to conceal from her. They would steal
away together, sometimes Jim would go with them and some
that the death angel might pass over their home. Kind and low
ing %neighbors and thoughtful friends aided in every possible
and whose life meant so much to all who knew her.
The Doctor was as good as the best anywhere. He was
skilled in his profession and was a man of wonderful poise and
of remarkable self,possession. He was as attentive as a human
The case was an unusual one there were many symptoms about
it that seemed to battle the skill of the best diagnosticians. But
the Doctors interest never slackened: He watched the sick wO-
man as anXlously and as carefully as II his own life hung by the
slender thread that held this good mother in this world.
the sick mother; seven of the children signed the note necessary
the execution of the note meant untold wealth to them. jim did
not sign the note because, as he said, there was no need to buy
because of the mystery about many symptoms, very naturally
the medicine was changed numerous times. The change in
medicine, OF course, meant that quite a gooddeal was left in
numbers OF bottles unused. But after many days of anxiety and
care AR 6y the the L In%na s ana many +h hours Huna OF agony a Tor 4d these fs ~ seven eve
ter and within ten days more was able to sit up.
it was safe to talk, he began to lambast the Doctor who had the
case in charge and to tell of 1.-The many mistakes he made He
would frequently point to the numerous half-fHed medicine bot
ties that were left unused and much would he say about "the
waste of money in buying medicine" He said that he would
have signed the note with the other children but knew that
what the doctor said must be bought with the borrowed money
'was absolutely useless" and that "the doctor and the drug
stores stand in together and whack up" But jim had always
been a Kicker" He was long on advising others; he was chock
full of pointing out other peoples errors and blunders, but was
not worth a tinkers dam to do anything himself; in truth, it
was generally understood that Jim had long, long, ago made
peace with any real work.
The other children felt that they owed the Doctor a debt of
gratitude far beyond what money would pay. Each one of them
the Doctor that they thought their monthers recovery was
to his skill and attention and that they would always really
love him, but not so with Jim-"they had the wrong Doctor"
he said, and the medicine left unused was enough" he said, ito
damn the Doctor professionally"
But how like this Jim is one who has gone up and down
Mississippi telling how much was wasted in the war" !
much too much medicine was bought,-as well as giving /!
to numerous and divers other kicks, grOuches and grunts
the reader see the parallel between the Jim who
thought more about disagreeing with his seven brothers and Sis
than he did about the serious condition of his sanity mother
in this instance represents his country? Does not the
reader see in the Doctor, Woodrow Wilson? /
What would any good people think of and do with a man
who did as our Jim" did about the left over medicine after his
mother got well? The main thing, the thing that the good and
athful Doctor should be praised for, is the fact that the mother
got well. !
we won the war"-what we started out to do, and we won !
t with mighty little help from Jim and all his ilk. II