"I've brought another," said Sam, as he burst into the office.
The doctor, though glad of another patient, was rather vexed at the style of Sam's announcement.
"Very well," he said. "Sit down there, till I have leisure to attend to you."
"All right, sir," said Sam, sitting down on the sofa in the outer office, and taking up the morning "Herald."
In twenty minutes the patient departed, relieved.
"Now," said Dr. Graham, addressing Sam, "I have something to say to you. When you bring in a patient again, don't break out as you did just now: 'I've brought another.' I was very much mortified."
"What shall I say, then?" asked Sam.
"You needn't say anything, except 'This is Dr. Graham, sir.'"
"Very well," said Sam, "I'll remember. How much did you make out of him?"
"Don't speak in that way. My charges were three dollars."