Doctor Bull Page #7

- You've disgraced us!

Let me alone.

And I'm ashamed of you!

You must be almost dead.

The old dog ain't any too spry, May.

Listen, Doc.

Maybe you better go on home.

If there's a change in Joe,

I'll call you.

Don't like that fever.

If we can only get him sweatin'-

That's fine.

Keep those just hot as you can.

I'll take a little rest here and then-

Then I'll do that,

and-and you must have a nap.

Listen, if there's a sign of a change...

you let me know right away, will you?

All right, Doc.

George, its Janet.

Oh.

Gee, l-

I like to dropped off to sleep.

I thought I'd ask you if you didn't

want to come to the house.

Maybe you could rest there.

That's awful nice of you.

No. I got- I got to stay here.

I'm so sorry, George.

Those fools!

Oh, it's all right.

I been a doctor long enough anyhow.

Now I can do some of the things

I always wanted to do.

I can go huntin'. I can go fishin'.

Look at that telephone there.

For 20 years, I've been every night

listening to one of those things.

You know what I'm gonna do?

I'm gonna devote the rest of my life

to being a telephone breaker.

Did you ever see those fellas could take

52 cards and tear 'em apart like that?

That's what I'm gonna learn to do-

I'm gonna break 52 telephones at once.

Bust 'em up.

Oh, no, you're not. You're going to spend

that energy fighting these people back.

No, I'm not.

I'm a rotten doctor anyhow.

I never did do anything,

only give 'em a lot of castor oil.

They certainly oughta know enough

by now to take it themselves.

- George, you don't mean that.

- Yes, I do.

Soon as I'm through with Joe, I'm gonna take

that medicine kit and throw it right in the river.

And you'll be fishing it out

again the next day.

- I won't be fishing it out.

- You've spent your whole life among these people.

They're all you know.

Besides, you can't retire at your age.

Why, you're just in the prime of life.

You've got to carry on.

You've got to fight back.

Doc, come in here quick!

He's starting to sweat.

Say, his fever's gone.

Yeah, my clothes are

as wet as water, Doc.

Well, that's a-

that's a good sign, Joe.

We'll see how the feet are.

Why, Doc, you're tickling my feet.

- What?

- Sure.! I can feel it.!

- Look.! He moved his foot.!

- Yeah! Say, it's working!

- Oh, Joe!

- It's working. Get right under there.

Now, none of that now. Come on.

Hurry up. Get some more water.

Don't get excited now. Take it cool now.

Get some more hot water.

Lay down there.

We got to keep you all heated up here.

Here.

Put this right under your arm.

Lay back and be still.

Here. May, have you got any whiskey?

George, you're surely not

going to give him whiskey.!

Ah, no! It's for me!

He's cured!

I'm going to get paralyzed now.

Hey, fellas. Hey, fellas.

Come on out here.

Here's Doc Bull. There's somethin'

the matter. Come on, fellas.

Hey, hey!

Hey, I got some news for you!

Hey, Joe's cured!

- Who? Joe Tupping?

- He's cured? Isn't that marvelous?

Joe! He's moving his legs!

Good for you, Doc.

Come on in and have a real drink.

No, I'm going to Janets

and get some cider!

Janet, will you get out of that car?

Janet, will you get out of that car?

Jane? I want to talk to you.

All right, George.

What did you do?

Did you lose your head completely to go

and talk to those people like you did?

You know, I've caused you

enough trouble around here.

Then to have you get up there

and defend me before all those folks?

Well, you-

you just got yourself in worse.

Now they will talk about you.

George Bull...

some men are born blind...

and you're one of them.

Oh, we've been- I don't know.

We just seemed to

kind of hit it off here together.

We-Sittin' here and talkin',

and good friends.

But now that all this mess

is stirred up...

l- I can't even

come up here anymore.

Huh.

I'm telling you,

I'm gonna... feel kinda lost.

I see what you mean.

All right.

You better finish your drink

and go along home then.

Home? But, Jane, you-

As long as I've been coming up here,

you never told me to go home in your life.

You might take the jug with you too.

Then you won't be missing anything.

I don't want your old cider.

You think I been coming up here

just for that cider?

Oh, Jane.

I never did tell you before-

never did tell you because I...

well, I didn't have the courage

to tell you.

But the darned old cider

never was any good anyhow.

I don't- I don't know whether

I want to go or not.

Jane, you know I'm a whole lot better

at doctorin' cows...

than folks.

But could you-

could you use an extra hand...

in your dairy business?

Aw, I might know it'd be you.

Doc, I'm in trouble again.

What do you want?

He wants to get married.

Minnie, are these your brothers?

Yes, sir.

Yes, he wants to get married,

and mighty quick too.

No, I don't!

Yes, you do.

I'll fix you.

- No-

- Hello. Hello, Doris.

Get me the Reverend Wyck, will ya.

- Reverend Wyck? Doc Bull.

I've got some marrying customers

here for ya.

You won't have to have your wife

act as a witness for these.

They're bringing

their own witnesses with 'em.

Yeah. They've got two best men.

Doggone it, you can't do that!

I'm in no condition to get married!

I'm not a bit well!

And not only that, Doc...

but my family's opposed to marriages.

Yes, they are, Doc! There hasn't been

a marriage in my family for generations.

You wouldn't want me marrying her with them

hating me like they do, would ya, Doc?

Honest, I don't wanna get married!

Come on, get outta here. Come on!

- Get outta here!

- But think of their attitude about children!

Come on. Tell 'em I'll pay for it.

Get him out.

Ain't love grand?

It sure is.

Here. I thought you didn't

like my cider, Dr. Bull.

Well...

seems I changed my mind...

Miss Jane.

Yes, sir...

if I just had some house slippers now,

I'd be right at home.

I've been saving some for you, George.

Where'd you get those?

They were Charles Edward's.

New Winton!

Everybody off for New Winton!

- Why, good morning, Miss Helen.

- Hello.

- Did you have a good Easter?

- What do you expect? Dull as usual.

- Have you read the morning paper as yet?

- No.

- All about Dr. Bull.

- What's happened to him?

Why, medical circles are agog!

"Village doctor astounds

medical profession with serum discovery."

Well, for heaven's sake!

Hey, Doc! Look!

- Your name's all over the New York paper!

- Let me see.

- Well, George!

- How'd they know about the wedding?

- Don't be silly!

- Board.!

- You're famous!

- Can't get famous just for marrying.

Board.!

- Good-bye, Janet!

- Good-bye.!

If you hadn't brought flowers, they never

would've known we was marryin' anyhow.

- Good-bye!

- Good luck!

Say good-bye to the folks, Larry!

Good-bye, boys.

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