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THE DAILY SHORT STORY
BUILDING A MOUSE TRAP
For eight years Mrs. Brooks labored He told her about his work on the and scrimped and saved so her son, serum, of what its perfection would David, could complete his medical mean to humanity, of all his hopes for school course. When finally he was the future. graduated two things happened to re- Lightning showed him her face, hurt ward Mra. Brooks. First, David was and wistful. graduated at the head of his class, and "Oh, Dave, don't you know that if second, Old Doctor Hawkins, who had you build a mouse trap better than brought David into the world, announ- your neighbour the world will beat a ced that he was going to retire and path to your door? It takes courage turn his practice over to the boy. to be a country doctor."
Mrs. Brooks was 80 grateful and A dím figure came hurrying up the happy that it hurt. She didn't feel walk, bent beneath the rain. It was that she deserved all these wonderful Fanny Folse, who lived next door, a things. Then, to climax it all, Doc high school friend of David Fanny's Hawkins and Mary, his wife, and Hat- baby was sick. He had pricked him- tie Leaman, David's childhood sweet- self with a pin and she couldn't stop heart, and a few others got together the bleeding." Was. Doctor Hawkins and bought enough equipment to par- here? tially furnish the downstairs front Dave and Hattie exchanged glances. room that Mrs. Brooks had had done Horror was in the latter's eyes. Both over for David's office.
knew that hemophilia ran in Fanny's A surprise homecoming party was family. And a baby-a baby might planned, the big event of the evening bleed to death in a short time! being the announcement by Doc. They telephoned out to the Stoll's Hawkins and showing David his new and' Doc Hawkins said he'd get back office.
as soon as he could. But the' storm David got home & few hours earlier grew flerce and Doc's old car got stuck than he was expected. No one was in the mud. And here was Fanny around, so he went looking through the Folse's baby slowly bleeding to death
By Stanley Corbell
house for his mother. And he came and serum in Dave's bag that might rpon the fixed-over office. His eyes stop the bleeding; and Dave, having no widened and a fear tugged at his license, no right to use a serum that heart. For suddenly Dave saw it all, might kill the child, faced with the and he remembered how much his alternative of risking his future, go- mother had done for him and how ing to jail-or letting the child die. much faith all his friends here in his Time passed and Doc Hawkins didn't home town had in him.
come, and Fanny and Hattie and Mrs. Then he thought of the work he had Brooks looked at Dave like poor dumb been doing on a certain serum which animals and silently waited and hoped. he hoped would conquer hemophilia. Aa So at last Young Doctor Brooks a result of his progress with the serum went to his bag and got out the serum. he had been asked to come to Chicago The bleeding stopped, but it wasn't and work under Doctor Paul Disdier until the next morning that Dave was at. Central hospital. Doctor Disdier sure his serum would have no ill ef- was the country's leading medical fects. Haggard, weary he came at man, and Dave worshipped him. Dave last down the stairs, and there was a had accepted with breathless leager- stange man in the living-room, and Doc ness:- was planning to leave to-morrow Hawkins was there and Hattie and
Dave's mother. morning for Chicago,
He tried to tell his mother about his The strange man came forward. great opportunity, but she was too
"Brooks, sir, mycongratulations. excited about the party, and her sur- Your serum is the greatest thing that Frises to listen. Then Doc Hawkins has happened to modern medicine in and. his wife arrived, and Hattie Lea- years. It will be an honour to have man, and all the others. Dave tried you work with me at Central. Doctor again to explain, but they wouldn't let Hawkins called and told me what had him, not until they had "surprised" happened. I am Doctor Paul Diadler. him with their plans for his future. He smiled. "There is an old saying, Dave stood in the center of the floor if you build a mouse trap better than and looked around at their glowing, your neighbour, the world will beat a proud faces and his jew set grimly.
path to your door,Brooks, sir, He told them; cruelly, brutally, spar-
built that mouse trap."" ing hot leven his mother.
you
Dave was stunned. He looked at his mother and Hattie and Doc Hawkins built it he whispered. “I did, didn't and a lump, came into his throat. “I 19" He squared his shoulders,
Later in the evening, with 0 thunderstorm brewing, Doc Hawkins was called out to Sleepy Valley to at tend Mrs. Stoll, whose time had come. Hattie Leamani went looking for Dave and found him alone out on the front "I appreciate the offer, but I'm porch watching the storm,
staying here. These folks need me. And perhaps I'll build another mouse tran
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"Dave, Dave, why are you doing this to your mother.?" 11, Dave's voice was harsh. “Because I have an opportunity that only one young doctor out of a thousand ever "Rota: Becausé I've worked eight years for it. Because, a man would be a fool to remain in a littlä, two-by-four town Uke this. What chance.In there
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