Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-09
Haw He GOT A START.

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was, withal, sensible fellow, aud full Of
pluck; yet here be was, ut the end of three
months, without having killed or cured q
single patient, with quarters rent due
tomorrow, aud several weeks board %
the top of it. To crown all, he was despe.
ratcly in love with the sweetest creature
in the world. and at daggers' points with
all her relations.
His old chum, Nat. Webb, whom he
had not seen since they wero SCHOOL, boys
together, had dropped in on him that day
and the two were having confidential
chat together, in the dusk Of the evening,
in Stcphc's back office.
"Why don't you try Bob Sawyer's, late
Nockemorrs, plan ?" suggested Nat, in
reply to some rather dcspondent remarks
Of Stephe. "Brbe the watchman to ring
you up halfa dozen times in the night.
Have a boy, on Sundays, rush headlong
INFO church in the middle Of the service,
and whisper in your ear; after which start
up cxcitedly, make grab at your hat,
and bolt hurriedly out. Send the myth.
cal Mr.. Smiths pills to the real Mr..
Snooas; and ,end back to correct the
mistake, taking care to excuse it on the
ground that, in an extensive practice.
such errors sCiH occur. There's no end of
ways and means in such cases. Why, l
knew young doctor cncc that fell into a
thriving business thuswise. Two or three
times day he would mount his horse,
and gallop out Of town, by the main street.
as ifa case Of life and death was before.
and something great deal worse behind
him. One day, to his CONSERVATION, he
found himself followed His secret, he
feared. would be out He turned down
one by-way, and up another-double,
tackled, wheeled off at right, and then
again, as the backwood's surveyor had it.
at lej1 angles. But all to no purpose; his
relentless prosecutor, as if bent on pluck
ing out the heart Of misery, still kept him
in sight. At last, as he dashed along an
unfrcquentcd path, he came upon a man
lying on the ground helpless, and groan.
ing bitterly. In tricc he was at the sui
ferer's side. The stranger had been
thrown from his horse, and had his leg
broken. The spy, who had no doubt but
this was the very case the doctor had been
hurrying to attend, came forward and as
sisted in carrying the patient to the nearest
house. The fracture was succe. s:ully
treated, the doctor got Il good fec, and was
thence forward a made man."
"A good enough story" sighed stcphe;
"but the moral, if it has one, doesn't ap.
ply here. Bless you! you cant imagine
how inquisi,ivc these people arc, and how
thoroughly everybody understands every
body ei>e's business"
How many doctors have you in the
place." inquired Nat, after pause.
"Only two-old Bloomas and myself"
"Thcrc ought to be business enough
for both Of YOU
"Ycs; but old Bloo-plaguc take him !
gets it air. True, he's an arrant old
donkey; but he's been physiciag this
community for two generations. and they
all believe in him. If his patients survive,
he cures them; if they die, Providence kills
them" ...... ....I
"And Providence is good many ahead,
imagine. But, hark! what's thaty"
"Nothing but Deacon Smiths shanghai,
that roosts in the next back yard, crow
ing for Tomorrow morning by Chinese
time" . .,a 80 4.
II don't mean that" said Nat, "but
tho noise in the :ront Office"
The noise in the front Office was of some
one laundering over chairs in the dark,
to the imminent peril of his shins, If not
his neck, in a reckless rush for the inner
sanctum. where the two friends sat confab-
bing. The door few open, and in burst
tow-hcaded urchin, badly blown, with gap
ing mouth, and eyes distended like a couple
Of freshly openod oysters.
Come-right away-down to tho
tavern. Doc" he puffed out, in broken
doses.
" Why, what's the matter ?" inquired
Stephc. i.H i2n @ f@' fss
There's a-man down there's-got a
ft" gdf usrlr na ey
Each catching up the others hat,
Stephe and Nat, set out on the double
quick, aud reached the scene of action a
good two lengths ahead of old Bloomas,
for whom . separate messenger had been
dispatched. a ~ A.@s w
The patient. genteelly dressed young
man. lay on his bed inscnsible. aud Stephe
already had him, by the wrist when old
Bloomas entered,
The latter clapped his fingers on tho
unoccupied pulse, and, with an air Of un.
utterablc wisdom, bent his eyes, and
probably his thoughts too" on vacancy"
Pulse feeble" he bcgan-a steatorous
breathing-dilatcd iris--plain case Of
apoplexy.n t p. a<
III think it.. OPP" But tbefare stephc
could finish, Nat, had beckoned him aside,
and whispered in his ear.
~ think it's apparent the patient
is suffering from the effects Of flaudanum." +"
said Stephe, returning hurricdly to tho
bedside. $50 1.aa -
I" Laudanum y snecrcd old Bloomas,
with look of ineffable contempt. +" Do
you think Idon't know case Of apoplexy
when I sse it :" Hsf a ass
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