Evening star., 1924-11-23

went about the work of unpackins
energetically, paying as little hee6
| to the eyes upon him as IL he hao
been setting un a tent in the Sahara
There was plenty of food for com
, ment and wonder in the contents OF
the first van: the gayly cretonnet
irs, the slender mahogany desk
the long. shining buffet. But it was
upon the objects drawn carefully
from the second van that every eye
within reach was riveted. For there
unmasked of their wrappings on the
pavement. appeared what seemed ar
endless array of pieces, spotlessly
and startlingly white. A cabinet, a
curious stand. another larger cabinet
a long narrow table. an odd looking
chair; these, with several large boxes
were carried into the old Lane parlor
where the new doctor was to have
his office.
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WHEN the report of the white of
" flee fittings was given to the
| old doctor at the dinner table thai
night he felt sense df shock. Sc
| the youngster was coming with a
| regular laboratory, was he? The
| curious feeling that rose and grippe(
him he was certain was not jealousy
but he throttled it at once to make
| sure.
1t began soon to he rumored thai
| the new doctor wore a white coat ir
| his office and had all sorts of strange
| accessories there, with which he was
| seen working, through a window. He
| had also driven out from Somervill le
| one day in blue roadster. He coulo
| evidently afford a car and gooG
| one. Still, New Salem waited.
There had been no report yet ot
| a patient When 1t did come the
| town was torn between amusement
| and avid interest
1t seemed that one night the crowd
In the barber shop had challenged
| Davy Henderson, who was coughing
to try out the new doctor. Davy, ac-
cording to his own statement, had
never been sick "A day in his life-a
big, powerful, ruddy farmland. When
the chatting and betting reached the
point of embarrassment, Davy sud
| denly rose from the bench and start
ed down the street. He was gone a
| long time, but those of the crowd
who waited for him had something
of interest to tell their wives when
they got home.
Davy had come back in a state as
nearly approaching excited admira-
tion as he was capable Of
BY gosh, that ones got a head on
him. He goes to the bottom of things
Do you s'pose he just poured some
lickerish out of a bottle? Not him
He felt my pulse, An questions!
I'll bet he could find out more about
you in five minutes that you knowed
yourself. Even asked me what I eat
How often I eat pork. When ! told
him most every meal, do you know
what he did? Took my blood pres
sure. Yes, sir; that's what he called
it. Curiousest contrapshun you ever
seen. ] wish you fellows could of
seen It workin'. Mine was all right;
but, as he says. it's always best to be
on the safe side. An instruments
Say, you just ought to go in there
some day and see the things he's got.
All shned up in them white cases.
He's pleasant, too. He'll explain
place in the back where he's going to
make tests or something. He's a
wise one, I'm telIin' you"
Davy produced two envelopes of
tablets, which were passed around
examined and smelled judiciously.
There was no doubt that his report
quiekened the general interest.
When the old doctor got it next
evening by way of Jane by way of
men present in the barber shop, he
| maintained calm front until he and
Chevy were safe in the office again;
then he sank into his chair. slapped
the dogs silky back and gave him
self up to delicious enjoyment.
Took Davy Henderson's blood
pressure" he explained to Chevy
with hearty roar. That poor kid!
His theories will soon kill him in
New Salem"
Then he sobered He felt a sense
Of responsibility, somehow, for him.
He would try to meet him accident
ally some time. and if he was not the
touchy kind, perhaps he could give
him some suggestions about the sort
of people he would meet here.
But the new doctor had an amazing
way of keeping himself busy in his
office when he wasNnot flying some
where at breakneck speed in the blue
roadster. He was seldom seen even
at the post office, the general meeting
place of those more influential citi-
zens of the town whose dignity did
not permit of the barber shop group.
His wife, pretty, friendly girl, came
for the mail.
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TT WAS some weeks later that Jane
burst out with her latest dis
covery.
What do you suppose he's done
now?' Jane would not dignity him
with the medical title, SO she referred
to him always as he" Hes found
out that little Eddie Houston has
adenoids, whatever they are, and he's
going to take them out. He says
they keep children back at school.
and Mrs. Houston is telling all
around that that's the reason Eddie
didn't make his grade last year."
There followed a mild epidemic OF
adenoids in the town, those, chiefly
Interested being the mothers of chill
dren who had not as yet developed
into prodigies according to parental
hopes. Then came a violent wave OF
elimination of tonsils.
One DAY the old doctor succeeded in