Doctors' Calls

One of onr popular young physicians, who rooms on Main st. , was recently awakened abuut 3 o'olook ia the morning by a vigorous rapping at bis room door. With visions of a lnorative cali in his ruind be speedily got into bis clothes and attended to the alarm. Opening the doorhe i'ouud aman standing tbere who thus accosted him: "Say, dootor, my ohild is very sick and I may waut you to cali and see it some time today, but dou't come until I cali you." The answer of the dootor as he bied himself back to bed is uninentionable, but it is to be hoped that the recording angel blotted out the record of it, for suoh foolish actions are enough to provoke tbe patience of a saint. Another night about 1 o'olook an other disciple of EHculapius, whom we will cali Dr. W, had a somewhat similar cali. This time a small boy was tbe bero iu tbe oase. Patrolmen Collins and O'Mara were making their rouuds, wheu they saw a small boy dodging iuto an alley, his every action bespeaking his great desire to escape notice and detection. With visions of Jiminie Blythemau before them the patrolmen dropped iuto the alley and soon fouud tbe sinall boy. It was uot Jimime however. Being asked to aocouut for bis aotions the boy said that bis baby sister (or brother) was siok and he wanted to get Dr. W to ooma and see it. The doctor was not at his office at suoh an eavly bour of the morniug, but as Patrolman O'Mara was goiug past tbe doctor's house he offered to show the boy where he lived. Arrived at the house they rang the bell, the boy told his errand and tbe dootor went off with him to attend to his siok oall. On the road thitber, the boy opened up to the doctor and told him that he bad been lying. The baby was sick, as the doctor knew, for he had treated the case the day before, but the boy'hivd uot been sent to oall him. In fact, wben the boy's wbole story was told it appeared that he had stayed out so late tbat tbe doora of his borne had been looked on him, and he was afraid to ring the bell or knock for admission. In his roaming around the streets he had ruu across the policemen, and not desiring to pass tbe uight in jail, should tbey cbose to arrest hini, üe had tuld the story about the sick baby aud the oall for the dootor. It is needless to say that Dr. W did noc go much further with tbe boy after hearing this. He did, however, advise him to go home and ring up bis people to let hm iu. This the boy refused to do aud it is fair to presume that he roamed the streets for the balauce of the uight.