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\ ■■ ■1 THE CADUCEUS JUST A YEAR AGO 13 WHEN THE HOSPITAL WAS CLAD IN SNOW BATTER UP! By D. M. B. (With due ai^Dlogies to Joe Law- lor, George Ade anS. Captain Crowe.) ' Not so long ago (so the story goes), there was a man with a Guilty Consci ence. He had other things too, such as a Has-been Will Power, and I- didn’t-want-to-do-it mind. In all jus tice, we mustin’t skip too lightly over that once-was-Will Power. W. P. was cnce a big leaguer. He batted over 350 for many seasons and in his hey day was recognized as the best player ill the Nervous System League. Soon Lis superiority became so well known, he was made President of the Board of Umpires, and his decision was final. Some shady deal was up: ‘‘Hooks ' Temptation says, “’Ball right, go ahead, nobody’ll be the wiser and you’ll be the gainer” “Slim” Consci ence whines, “But what if I do get caught, etc., etc.? Matter was finally taken before the ^upreme Head, and “NO,” meant no in his court. But all this was “once-up-on-a-time" and our story doesn’t commence till a year after that. The Race that year was mighty close and the champion ship was still at stake at the fag end of the season. It looked like a neck- and-necker till the last man was out. “Hooks” Temptation had a pretty good battery and had been hitting ’em pretty hard all summer, with “Slim” Conscience right on his heels all the time. W. P. had a favorite that year (which was contrary to the By Laws), and try as he would, it couldn’t help but lean a little toward the team lead by “Hooks.” “Slim” hung on for dear life till the last game of the season. The pennant depended on the'game, so it was deemed best to let “King-of- ’c,m-all” Power, umpire behind the bat. And that was the beginning of the end. Let Us skip over the details of the game. It was won on a close play at the home plate. Will Power rendered the decision in favor of Temptation, and the crowd went home to a warm- ect-ovei> supper, none the wiser that a “shady deal” had been nanded “Slim’s” team, but “Will” and a few ethers. W. P. went home as if in a daze. He had made his first wilfully wrong decision and felt himself slip ping. “Guilty” Conscience became his unsought for ally and try as he would, he couldn’t rid himself of his newly required pal. “I-didn’t-want-to-do-it” was his sole solice, but “Guilty” was the Master. And so we come once more to the “Not so long ago” stage, where we’ll leave ’em. MORAL—Reconstruct YOUR league so that Will Power, Mind, and Clean Conscience will always run neck and re.ck, and feed Temptation “fade aways.” The Conscience brothers Clean and “Guilty” may cause you a little trouble, but “do it now, do It light, do it cheerfully,” ought to make you immune from Slander in the Caduceus. A soldier who had been placed un- der arrest and confined to the guard-' house for a trivial offense was walk ing along the road, when a colored lady stopped him and inquired, “What’s dat big p mean on the back of yo’ coat?” The prisoner turned and smilingly replied, “Oh! That stands for Precious.” DICHARGED OFFICERS ATTEN TION! Standard Ice and Fuel Company For Base Burner use Gas Coke Now available at $9 per tor Phone 19 and 72 Want to buy O. D. Uniform, size about 36. Address D., care Caduceus.
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