MORNING ENTERPRISE, SATURDAY, APRIL 6. 1912. -
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Doctors
Disagree
The Patient Settles
the Question
By CLARISSA MACKIE
However much o' i t c a Ccc.oi
knows, in tbe sickn. , is omnipo
tent. If we know L.- .......... uo more
than we, . we try tj t.ut- inu.:eivei
think be does, for ou tiiuj v. e propose
to unload ourselves Of a responsibil
ity that bTeaks us down.
Dr. Bolster looked across the bed at
his colleague. He tapped his heavy
chin with a fat forefinger and pursed
his lips.
"Liver," be said succinctly.
"Nerves," retorted Dr. Pepper testily.
"Rigid diet," said Dr. Bolster im
perturbably. "Feed him up," snapped Dr. Pepper.
"Exhausted nerves need plenty of good
nourishing food rare roast beef and"
"And send for the undertaker," end
ed Dr. Bolster grewsomely. "Not a bite
to eat merely a cup of thin gruel,
made as per my directions, nurse, and
administered three times a day. In
one week he will be"
"Ordering a marble slab for our
friend," interjected Dr. Pepper, arising
and buttoning his black coat about his
scrawny neck.
The pretty nurse looked from one to
the other of the two rival village doc
tors. They had been holding a con
sultation on the case of Bemis Blaine,
a prominent townsman. Mr. Blaine
had been ill for several weeks, and he
declared when the doctors were not
present that nothing but the skilled
nursing of Miss Folk had saved his
worthless life.
"Chuck the pills and potions out of
the house," he commanded fiercely a
dozen times a day. but pretty Miss
Folk smiled and shook her head and
continued to administer the doses im
partially, so that neither doctor might
feel aggrieved in the matter.
Now Dr. Bolster proceeded to write
down elaborate directions for the nurse
to follow until his next visit, and Dr.
Pepper proceeded to do the same. By
- a strange coincidence of fate each one
of Dr. Pepper's orders flatly contra
dicted those of his distinguished col
league, although he had not set eyes
on the other's orders. Dr. Pepper was
Bemis Blaine's family doctor, and he
bad in a moment of desperation, en
gendered by Bemis Blaine's contrari
ness to respond to bis treatment, called
in Dr. Bolster in consultation upon the
case. Dr. Bolster had remained ever
since, and now it was a daily custom
for the rival physicians to go to the
sickroom in company and wrangle over
the prostrate and pain racked form of
Bemis Blaine.
"If he is no better tomorrow we may
operate," whispered Dr. Bolster to Miss
Folk before he left.
"Operate?" Dr. Pepper fairly danced
up and down. "I've always promised
Bemis that so long as I lived I'd never
stick a knife into him. He don't be
lieve in operations."
"I shall perform the operation my
self." returned Dr. Bolster, coolly pull
ing on his woolen gloves. His long
chin whiskers wagged aggressively.
"Never! Bemis is my patient and
if anybody operates i shall!" Little
Dr. Pepper drew himself up to his full
est height and glared at his burly op
ponent; "Gentlemen," cried Miss Folk tim
idly, "shall I continue to give the
spirits of niter to reduce the fever?" K
"Yes." chipped Dr. Pepper quickly.
"No," vetoed Dr. Bolster. .
Miss Folk looked appealingly from
one to another. Tears gathered behind
her thick lashes. "Something must be
done," she whispered, with a sob in
her throat.
The doctors confronted each other in
the hall.
"Diet!" said Dr. Bolster obstinately.
"Nonsense. Feed him up." Dr. Pep
per was close at band.
"Atlantic City for him." ordered Dr.
Bolster.
"Rubbish! No place like the Adiron
dacks." "Oh, doctors!" cried Miss Folk from
the upper hall, and by the nurse's tone
the two 'doctors knew that something
bad happened to their patient.
"I'll bet he's gone. I predicted It,"
puffed Dr. Bolster.
""Must hare taken some of yourbeat
ly stuff, then," growled Dr. Pepper,
who had known Bemis Blaine from
childhood and loved him like a -brother.
. But there was no jnateriaj evidence
TWO ANGKY DOCTORS OLA KING AT EACH
OTHER.
that Bemis Blaine was dead. In the
sickroom they ranged themselves on
either side of- the wide bed and stared
at the white counterpaine.
Bemis Blaine was nowhere to be
seen. He had disappeared from his
bed, and there only remained the in
dentation of his round head in the pil
low and the roughly smoothed counter
pane to suggest his presence.
"He cannot have gone far," remark
ed Dr. Bolster as he climbed into bis
little electric runabout and turned to
the open country.
Dr. Pepper followed suit, his little
old fashioned car creaking along be
hind the rival physician's latest model
machine.
The nurse returned to the sickroom.
worried and anxious. TShehail Taken
grjat Interest in the case of Bemis
Blaine and a strong regard had sprung
up between the sick man and the pret
ty nurse. -
"Suppose be should never come back.
Suppose sbmething has "happened to
him!" groaned Nurse Folk as she made
an examination of the room and bouse
and discovered that her patient had
escaped with his warmest jlressing
gown, a "golf cap and a pair of knitted
bedroom slippers.
While consternation reigned in the
Blaine household, where- the mother
and sisters of the absent Bemis ran
distractedly to and fro and the nurse
waited impatiently for "the return of
the doctors, those two rivals were rac
ing each other down the suore road
with apparently little heed to tbe dis
appearance of their best paying pa
tient. "If you'll stop zigzagging in front of
me I can pass you easily!" roared Dr.
Pepper to the physician in front.
"I'm willing to give your old mouse
trap a fair chancer' bellowed -Dr. Bol
ster, turning his machine sharply to
the right a grave mistake, which he
discovered too late.
Dr. Pepper turned his machine to
the right. There was a sickening
crash, and then the moon witnessed
two angry doctors glaring at each
other from the wreckage of two ma
chines. The first thought that leaped to the
mind of each was the repair bill for
his machine.' the second thought was
how to pay it. and. the third, a comfort
ing one, was the reflection that Bemis
Blaine was a patient whose bill might
be stretched indefinitely.
"Hurt?" asked Dr. Pepper reluctant
ly. "No. You?" Dr. Bolster was equal
ly loath to spend time or sympathy
upon his colleague.
"No. If you'll excuse me I'll hurry
on. I have a patient beyond."
"So have I," said Dr. Bolster quick
ly, falling into step beside his rival.
'"I've got to look around for Bemis
Blaine, you know,'' protested Dr. Pep
per. "He's my patient, and he has
escaped from his bed in the delirium
of fever."
"Delirium tremens!" snorted Dr. Bol
ster. "Sir!"
"Fiddler" snapped Dr. Bolster, think
ing of. his ruined machine. "1 will
leave you, sir. A patient suffering
from an attack of exaggeration of the
liver must necessarily"
"Humph! Exhaustion of the nerves.
It would be imnossible for Bemis to
get very far from home and. being j
weak from illness and injudicious diet-Ing"-
Dr. Bolster laughed wildly. "Why,
the very animals know enough to
starve themselves when ill. Now. your
school, doctor, believes in fattening the
patient and what is the matter?"
For answer Dr. Pepper beckoned bis
rival toward a dimly lighted window.
"Look!" he said weakly.
Renview village possessed a Chinese
laundry, and part of this laundry was
devoted to the savory preparation and
serving of chop suey and other delectar
ble Chinese dishes. The calico cur
tain was pushed aside, and within the
dimly lighted interior of the restaurant
a large man was seated, eating almost
ravenously of a large plate of chop
suey. The man wore a red dressing
gown, a golf oar a pair of knitted bed
slippers and sadTy needed" a shave. -
Watching him enjoy this meal were
several people. " ,
The rival doctors pressed their
noses against the flyspecked pane of
glass. There were Bemis Blaine's moth
er and two sisters and the pretty
nurse, the shoemaker from the corner
and the village constable.
Just then Bemis Blaine pushed back
his chair. paid his -bill and padded to
ward the door In his knitted slippers.
"You're a sick man!" yelped Dr. Pep
per, leaping at his late patient
"Man, you've risked your life!" cried
Dr. Bolster as he clutched Blaine's
hand. He was thinking about his bro
ken machine.
"Risked it and 'won it." retorted Be
mis. Blaine Rood naturedly. "It be
longs to me, and Nurne Folk here has
promised to look out for me the rest
of my days. . Oh.-yes, I'm quite well,
thank you, doctors! If you hadn't dis
agreed and gone off I'd be dosing still.
As it is A feel fine as silk. I'll send
you wedding cards shortly."
As the two doctors walked down the
treet toward their respective homes
each one was thinking of a wrecked
machine' and of the big bill there
would be to pay. Somehow each one
felt that Bemis Blaine had overreach
ed him. had outwitted him in a man
ner.
. -
"Liver!" snarled Dr. Bolster savage
ly. . '
"Nerves!" barked Dr. Pepper.
"Tremensr they growled in unison,
and for the first time in their acquaint
nCe they were agree I. ": .
LOWER ELECTRIC RATES
T
GIVEN OVERHAULING
Many improvements have been made
to the interior of the Methodist Epis
copal church during the week, and
everything is ready for Easter Sunday,
the church being one of the most
attractive edifices in the city. A new
handsome green Wilton carpet, which
was purchased by the Ladies' Aid
Society of the church, was put down
Thursday and the Sunday school and
lecture room was recarpeted. The walls
and ceiling of the main edifice, lect
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Easter services both morning and ev
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Since taking up his work in thi3
city Dr. Ford has shown much in
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bers have been added. He has made
many friends not only in his own
church but among members of the
other denominations of this city.
As a result of economic methods and the acquirement of additional facilities, the
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY takes a great deal of pleasure
in announcing to the citizens of Oregon City and the surrounding territory an import
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WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE
Esther McNamee, through Attorney
Gordon E. Hayes, has filed suit for
divorce against Leo McNamee. ,The
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have a child eighteen months of .age.
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