. The doctor's leisure hour; facts and fancies of interest to the doctor and his patient;. uld resume work. * Didnt he do it well ? * said the joyous oldlady, as they started homeward. * Yes, he did, mother, ** said the lad. *^ Hepulled it well; but I was na sic a fool as to giehim the sair leg! ** A BLUFF GAME Doctor—** Now my little man, you take thismedicine and I will give you five cents. Young America — You take it yourself and Iwill go you five cents better.* WITH A RESERVATION Mamma (to Johnny, who had been gfiven a pearwith pills artfully concealed in it) — Well, dear,have you finished
. The doctor's leisure hour; facts and fancies of interest to the doctor and his patient;. uld resume work. * Didnt he do it well ? * said the joyous oldlady, as they started homeward. * Yes, he did, mother, ** said the lad. *^ Hepulled it well; but I was na sic a fool as to giehim the sair leg! ** A BLUFF GAME Doctor—** Now my little man, you take thismedicine and I will give you five cents. Young America — You take it yourself and Iwill go you five cents better.* WITH A RESERVATION Mamma (to Johnny, who had been gfiven a pearwith pills artfully concealed in it) — Well, dear,have you finished your pear ? * Johnny — *Yes, mamma, all but the seeds. s leg injured and was^ local doctor a certa: n to go ; but the i? h** -^glar yielded to his mothersto town, wherp nined, and it was found M^t •-it last the Mras got tr, -fo hoiiic. In a few AJV Irish ^>« ^a^^i^c^uld resume work. ? * said the iovous old Lui; \«.\x. a fool as to gie UFF GAME man, you take this? . _ » elf and I ,:er. •* SERVATION ho had been given a peaiJed in it) —« Well, dear ^ seeds. **. THE YOUNG HOPEFUL 321 FAMILY ECONOMY Uncle (to the children, who had just had adose of cod-liver oil all around) — **Well do youlike cod-liver oil ? * Children — Oh, no; but mamma gives us fivecents for every spoonful.* Uncle—And then do you buy somethingnice ? * Children—No, mamma puts it in the savingsbank.* Uncle—And then you buy something by andby?* Children — No, mamma buys more cod-liver oil with it. * — Fliegende Blatter. [Scene: A sick-room; Master Johnny, a five-year-old, propped up on pillows; Mamma and theDoctor in the foreground.^ Mamma (Interlocutor) — Now, Johnny, darling,heres some castor oil for you, fixed up with nicewine and sugar.* Doctor (beseechingly) — Remember, mamma,dont let Johnny have it all; keep some for me.* Johnny (knowingly) — Mamma, doctors such adear, good man, let him drink the whole of it,wont you?* Teddy was much interested in physiology. One
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