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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1916)
V A D O C T O R ’S STO R Y By WILLARD BLAK.EMAN -M W hen I first se t up m y sh in g le as a phy sician I w as told by th e o ld er prac titio n e rs to look out fo r tra p s s e t for m e by law b reak e rs, fo r It is th e inex perleu ced d o cto r who Is called upon to aid th em , th ey k now ing very w ell th at a n old b ird is not to be c a u g h t with chaff. 1 h ad n o t been p ra cticin g long before I w as ask e d one d ay to call a t a cer tain ad d ress. 1 found a sta te ly m an sion sta n d in g by itself. 1 w as ad m it ted by a n elderly g en tlem an , whose d re ss a n d ap p e ara n ce w as in keeping w ith th e prem ises. l i e led m e in to a recep tio n room a n d said to m e: "D octor, you h av e com e som e d is tan ce a n d a t th e call o f one unknow n to you. U n d er th e circ u m sta n ces I do n o t th in k it fa ir to you to a sk you to tre a t a p a tie n t w ith o u t h an d in g you y o u r fee In ad v ance, a n d th a t fee sh ould be lib eral.” S tep p in g to a little m ah o g an y desk, he w ro te a check a n d han d ed it to me It w as fo r $50. By th is tim e it began to d a w n upon m e th a t I h ad s tru c k one of those cases a g a in st w hich I h ad been w a rn ed. B ut I took th e check a n d p u t it in m y pocket. It m ig h t g et m e in to tro u ble, b u t It m ig h t be v alu ab le a s evi dence. T h e g en tlem an led m e u p stairs to a room w h ere a m an w as holding a young w om an dow n on a lounge. She w as s tru g g lin g to free h erself from him a n d w as hy sterical. As soon ns she saw me she becam e m ore so th a n ever. My conductor took m e asid e a n d in a low voice told me th a t sh e w a s in san e a n d he w as in ten d in g to ta k e h er to a re tre a t for such p a tie n ts. ■ She had been so vio len t th a t he fe a re d she would in ju re h erself a n d d esired th a t I give her som e so o th in g rem edy. I took a sm all vial from my m edi cine case, d ropped som e of its con te n ts In a glass of w a te r and. a p p ro ach in g th e young lady, told her to d rin k It. She looked up a t m e w ith a frig h ten e d g lan ce a n d alm ost sh riek ed : “ D o n 't poison me! I'll do a n y th in g if you w o n 't poison me!” Now, I am a b eliever In physical In d icatio n s, an d 1 co n sid er m yself an j d ep t a t in te rp re tin g them . If I see tw o p erso n s to g e th e r w hom I don’t 1 now a n d h av e n ev e r seen before 1 can tell If th e y a re of th e sam e bicod. 1 • an also tell by a person's eye w h eth er he o r sh e is Insane. I looked into the y oung la d y ’s eye a n d saw no evidence of in s a n ity w h a te v er. A nother m a tte r influenced t a e - t l i e handsom e fee 1 had received in advance. " D o n 't fe a r m e.” 1 said to her in a re a ssu rin g voice. “ I am a physician, a n d th is is a sim ple soothing d ra ft to q u iet y o u r n erv es." She looked a t m e searchingly and an x io u sly , ev id en tly having felt confi d e n t t h a t I had been brought In to I>oison her. ” 1 d o n 't need a n y th in g to soothe me," sh e said , “if th e y 'll only let me go. T hey took me from m j hom e an d b ro u g h t m e h ere in a carriag e. They a re going to s h u t me up for a lunatic.” “ D rin k it,” I said, holding the glass to h e r lips. “ It w on’t h u rt you and w ill do you good." I to ld h e r w ith m y eyes w hat l had spoken w ith m y voice, and she took th e dose. I t w as really a help to her in re sto rin g h er equanim ity and lessen in g th e a d v a n ta g e h er enem ies— if th e y w ere su c h —had over her. l e a v ing her, I w e n t to a w indow and, ta k ing o u t a p rescrip tio n slip, w rote som e thing on it. Then, c a stin g m y eyes up at th e ceiling us if in thought, 1 c ru m pled the paper in my fist a n d ta k in g another slip w ro te th e prescription for bread pills, w hich 1 handed to the gentlem an who had m e in ch a rg e and who never took his eyes off m e fo r a moment. T hen I w en t ag ain to th e young lady an d felt h er pulse. "Good d ay ,” I said, ta k in g h e r hand in mine. “ D on't fe a r to ta k e th e m edi cine 1 have prescribed fo r you." In the palm of my h an d w as th e p re scription slip I had crum pled, an d 1 left it in her palm , she closing her hand on it. W h at 1 had w ritte n w as: “ I un d erstan d the situ atio n . L eave all io me. I>o w h a t they com pel you to do w ith o u t stru g g lin g ." F rom her 1 tu rn ed to m y conductor, to whom I said th a t he need not give her th e modi ine prescribed u nless she becam e violent and if she becam e very violent before he could rem ove h e r to send fo r me. H e seem ed satisfied w ith this an d confident th a t I had either been deceived or th e fifty dollar check had stifled any suspicions I m ight have. 1 left the house and, going to a sto re near by. telephoned my chum , C harlie K now lton. w ho had gone in to law when I w ent in to m edicine, to com e to me at once. F o r h a lf an h o u r I w a tc h ed the house 1 had been in till C h arlie came, then told him th e sto ry , a n d in half an hour m ore lie h ad d etec tiv e s on the w atch. C h arlie ru sh ed off to ta k e legal m eans to free th e young lady and succeeded, though I n ev e r q u ite u n d e r stood how he m anaged it. H e told me, using a lot of L a tin w ords—“d e luna- tico in quirendo." “h a b e a s co rp u s” and all th a t—b u t I knew n o th in g of w h at he m eant. T he case w as one of th o se w hich happen now a n d th e n w h erein claim a n ts to an e s ta te a tte m p t to get rid of a legal h e ir by claim ing him o r h er to be of un so u n d m ind a n d u n ab le to m anage property. C harlie m ade a fo rtu n e by th e o p era tion, fo r he m arrie d th e heiress, w hile I, poor devil, even re tu rn e d th e check I had received for m y fee. U nder New Man ag em ent PROFESSIONAL OARDB The Todd Hotel Tillamook Abstfiacl Company Tillamook, Ore. or L. S. HUSHBECK, Proprietor. LUMBER Your bill for House or Barn will Tillamook Undertaking Co. «X« W. «X* «*• «X* «X* «X« *X« «X* •) • « A. WILLIAMS • R E L IA B L E H A R N E S S M A K E R f Harness a n d S a d d le ry J P u llm an T ires an d T u b es—Best « on e a rth . 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