The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-08-20
NUMBER a6.
AKIss TO FEE THE DOCTOR.

n hi'S ~ EBfs lUE DOi lok.
A young Iady who lives in the Rue do
Breda, Paris lately seat Tor physician.
She was very i'll, and needed immediate ad.
vice--but the medical gentleman though he
had his own time on his hands, (ha,ing k,lsa
of his last patient a day orAwo before,) wps
obliged, 20. appearances sake, to be lafdy in
his visit. The fever, mesn,ime, had gained
ground and ~ men The doctor was aanounced.
the patient was indeed very i'll. H. entered
found a most lovely cheek burning with 4
hectic flush, well chiscIed lips drying with ie.
yer, and the head, 70 which these belonged,
plllowcd on lace and arched over with cur.
tains Of salin. HIS heart was touched with
remarse for his delay, aud ia ft Of conlrl.
tion he resolved 10 give her as little medicine
as possible. Oh course she Was well in
few days; and the doctor called to pay his
last visit and receive The fee due to nature
and his abs'anings.
The lady received him in her boudolr, and,
advancins to meet him with the greatest car.
diaIity, she said: You have saved my life?
For your trouble kis. me Oh the forehead p
He needed the fee in anolher coinage, but
his gallaauy was prompt He retired with
his pay in his mrmory, consoling himself with
the though, that he had a, leas, deserved
honors from the Court Of Cupid.
Not long after, young gentleman Of gen
teei address called upon the doctor.
Sir said he, you attended Madame--
in the Rue de Breda. call TO paw
your BILL and to express for her, the graft.
iuds she feels for your cure and skill So
saying, he made graceful bow and deposited
hundred dollars upon the mantle piece.
Decidedly, thought the doctor, virtue is
moi merely its own reward It,. pays, be.
sides.
The next morning, another gentleman call
ed-a bald gentleman with the cross of the
Legion Of Honor in his button. hole, aud ex
pressing himself exceedingly grateful for The
care The doctor had taken of the lady in the
Rue de Bfeda handed him fifteen gold pieces
for his fee, and courteously retired
On the point of informing this gentleman
that he had been already paid, the doctor had
checked himself emembering how possible
II was tha, it might be indscree, to enlght.
en- the bald man ;hal the young man felt also
responsible for the ladys debt.
Two days after an Engishman called on
the doctor, and expressing h,s gratitude for
the cure of the lady in Breda street, handed
fifteen guineas to the supposed unpaid, and
bowed himself out
This becomes embarrassing the doctor
said 10 himself, and, moreover /: grows less
ahd less discreet, apparently 10 proclaim TO
the las, conner the payments Of his predsces.
sors. | must go and explain to the lady.
Madam !" he said, as he was shown into
The pretty bcudoir once more, physician
should be as secret as a father. csnfessor-
tbSiSiOiO hhfo uiiOHCd ulNhSil 10 W uSkOLs
ished by two Of your friends, without reply.
OF course | seek not to know why more than
one Of your admirers has called on the same
errand-but here are two supsrfluous pay
ments, which. to say the least, belongs more
10 you than me-"
The lady looked embarrassed, though eyi.
dently not dspIeassd to know that her telling
Of The story of paying the doctor with kiss,
had appealed with equal force, to the gsner.
osty and justice Of her three admirers. Re.
covering her self. f.posesion, however, she in.
sisted on the doctors retaining all the money
that had been paid him.
"You doubtless have" she said, "among
your numerous patients, some who can l.af.
ford TO pay you for your visits. Take tho
same care efthem tha. you took of me, and
since a kiss of mine can SO furnish you with
the means, pray take another, and let me
hear from you when YOUR esources arsex.
hausted |"
Truly, charity finds indirect ways to arrive
at its destination