. Stories of a country doctor . o; but, as I had some sharp talk for Dar-ling, I told him to get in. When he sat down in thebuggy his knees came almost up to his chin. I began : How is it. Darling, that 3ou find yourself here, atthe age of fifty, in such a condition as you are—with thecity furnishing 3ou with a doctor, drugs and victuals.^It seems to me that, with the advantages that such acountry as this has afforded you, and, with nobody tocare for but your wife and baby, you ought to do betterthan you have done and not half try. Well, sir, said Darling, its jest as I told you,IVe spent twen
. Stories of a country doctor . o; but, as I had some sharp talk for Dar-ling, I told him to get in. When he sat down in thebuggy his knees came almost up to his chin. I began : How is it. Darling, that 3ou find yourself here, atthe age of fifty, in such a condition as you are—with thecity furnishing 3ou with a doctor, drugs and victuals.^It seems to me that, with the advantages that such acountry as this has afforded you, and, with nobody tocare for but your wife and baby, you ought to do betterthan you have done and not half try. Well, sir, said Darling, its jest as I told you,IVe spent twenty-four thousand dollars in doctors billson that woman in the last four year. How was it when you came here.^ Didnt youhave a team or something? Yes, sir, I had as fine a pair of bosses as ever sotfoot on Mesoora soil, The Branch-Watkr Man. 179 Just at this juncture we came in sight of a H^erystable, in front of which a beautiful span of black horsesstood hitched to a nice rig. I saw Darling look at themand then he continued:. an it fei^Iv acrost, er-ah, acrost the wethers of onean the lines of the other. They was a par of, er-ah, of-er-blacks. I broughtthem from Eelinoy, an I paid three hundred dollars forem before I started for Mesoora. i8o The Branch-Water Man. What did you do with them, DarHng.^ Didyou sell them and eat up the proceeds ? No, sir. I tuck em out to my father-in-laws inthe country an, er-ah-er-rum, I er-turned em out in hispaster, an they was, a-er-ah-er-rum, a big storm comeup one day, an, er-ah, they was a standinabout as thembosses is a standin thar (pointing to the blacks) un-der a tree-a-er-ah-a big oak tree, an the storm blowedthe tree down, an it fell acrost er-ah acrost the wethersof one an the lines of the other one, an er-ah ankilled both of them, an er-ah, an er-rum, an killedtwent3-three hogs for my father-in-law! There was a painful pause and then I asked : Darling, were there any cattle in that lot ? Well, er-ah, no; wh}^? answered Darling
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