I had noticed a doctor’s sign hanging from…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

I had noticed a doctor’s sign hanging from the only tent that had any lumber in its con- struction, and I volunteered to go and see if such a thing as a little quinine could be ob- tained. I could not knock at the door for there was none, but I managed to arouse the doctor, who called “come in.” As I lifted the fly of the tent I saw the disciple of esculapius sitting on the edge of a bunk with a Winchester rifle in his hand. Of course I was very civil, and