. Stories of a country doctor . youngfriend broke down and laughed aloud and incontinentlybolted for the door. He went around the house withhis hand over his mouth and his head down, and, beforehe knew it, ran right into the crowd of big girls which. and she went over backwards, carrying THE baby with HER. 174 The Branch-Water Man. we had seen on entering the house, and flushed thewhole covey. They went 3elHng and laughing in all di-rections. The other women formed a line with the regularityand alertness of trained soldiers and covered the personof the fat woman until she scrambled to her feet
. Stories of a country doctor . youngfriend broke down and laughed aloud and incontinentlybolted for the door. He went around the house withhis hand over his mouth and his head down, and, beforehe knew it, ran right into the crowd of big girls which. and she went over backwards, carrying THE baby with HER. 174 The Branch-Water Man. we had seen on entering the house, and flushed thewhole covey. They went 3elHng and laughing in all di-rections. The other women formed a line with the regularityand alertness of trained soldiers and covered the personof the fat woman until she scrambled to her feet. I bade them good day, and called my confused3oung friend. As I went out one of the women wastalking somewhat angrily, and I heard another one say, Hush, Manda, hell hear you. I dont care ef he does, the other answered, Idont see no use in nobody laughin, if somebody did fallover. This was meant for the young doctor, for I hadmaintained my equilibrium throughout. After we had gotten away from the house theyoung doctor asked : Doctor, is this just an ordinary day with you ? No, I answered, fortunately, no. This is thespice. We get our pie, good, bad and indifferent; butthis is the spice that goes into it. This kind of thingshakes the doctor u
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