The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-11-27
Aunt James Strategy.
BY RuvaELLA scHuLTz.

Guess not, ma'am. There's gem
tleman o. that name livin' up stairs, but
guess he aiit no DOCTOR"
"I think 1t must be DR.. B0ardman (;
will you please inquirer"
Recognizing the voice at the door,
Frank ran down, exclaiming:
How glad lam to see you. Aunt
jane Come right up"
Aunt Jane, a corpulent old lady,
rustled her silks up the stairs and into
the room, talking all the while.
"Why, Doctor, what time I've had
to find you Haven't put your sign up
yet Well. never saw such careless
man How are folks to find you %
"Do be still, Aunt Jane, ''said Frank,
In an undertone. g No one here knows
that I'm doctor" 81
Annie. his yonng wife, e,closed che door
cautiously. F...,.s .s..l....
30, Aunt Janet" she exclaimed "you
talk just as if ...-...,.
g. As if--what, should like to know
Folks here don't know that you're
doctor, eh Time they did, then,an l
mean to let them know Ill Here I've
been, the blessed day, going up and
down the street, inquiring for you"
"Didn't you know our number ?
Thought gave it to you"
Know 1t ? of course l did. But de-
termined that everybody In the street
should hear tell of you. So began at
the lower end, and inquired at every
house, all the way up, whether Dr.
Boardman lived here. asked II they
knew where he did live--I was sure he
was somewhere in the peighborhoOd,
and wanted to find him. Didn't call
anywhere on this block, for thorght
your sign would answer the purpose.
by the way, III send your Uncle Bob
around, as soon as 20 home, to put 1t
up fur you. 20
"Your rooms look very nice, children,
considering that you haven't been
housekeeping week yet. After awhile,
when yon fairly get to living, there'll be
book out of place here and there, and
newspaper on the table, aud a chair
or so in the middle of the floor, to say
nothing of your desk. Why don't you
pull out one o. those drawers, and toss
some old letters on the top of the desk,
aud have a pen viper, and half dozen
pens lying beside your inkstaDd? Three
or four of those y eat big doctors books
would look well there, stood up on end,
and leaning on each other. Do put some
Old scraps In your waste basket, and try
to look little like business | This ism {
office hours. is it Frank ? What are you
doing in the house, then Take your
hat this minute, and 60 in a hurry, as II
you were sent for r.
Frank obeyed as quickly as possible,
for Aunt Jane was not to be disregar-
ded. When he returned, Annie met him
with silent embrace, Ut the head of
the stairs. AS soon as the door was
closed
go Frank you can't think what
Aunt Jane did !" she exclaimed.
"What, Annie 2"
swell, ll,-that's the way my storiss al
ways begin, you know, - well, when
you were gone. Aunt Jane wanted To
see your sign, and showed IL to her.
Shs said Ridiculous the idea Of put
J ting out shingle that shines like q new
dollar Why, everybOdy'd know thai
he'd never lad patientl 4 Then she
told me to get some coal ashes and,
Frank. she actually secured your new
sign till its beauty was all gone AL
the Japan came of In spots. almost
cried, bht she said Now, Annie,
none Of your nonsense L and didn't
dare. Then she said you know very
well, nobody wants to employ young
physician. To be sure, they won't stoI
to look at his shingle 1t might be old
OR 1t might be new and they wouldn I
know the difference. But people take
Impressions ten times where they thinh
once. Some people never think they
live by impressions. We say Of such Z
one, he'sa thinking man; that's because
we know that he depends on something
more than Impressions. You meet 9
ishabby looking fellow in the street
you don't know whether his boots, OF
his coat, OF his necktie is out Of order
but the minute you set your eyes OF
him you know that he's seedy. St
people take impressions of yod from
your dress and your gait and OF the
the doctor from his manner and-hii
sign. AS long AZ q man has to depent
on his sign. as Frank does, an old one
IL more respectable than q new one.
looks like practiee-It looks like ex-
perience. II it Is a little bit battered a
II 1t had been taken of some othe
house, SO much the better And
Frank, she actually bent your sigl
crooked, aud then bent IL back again
so that 1t would look "a little worse 70
wear, as she said. Then Aunt IAN
was in great hurry to say good bye
She wanted to send Uncle Bob arounl
right away, so that your sign would b
up before you came. I'm dreadful
sorry, Frank, but you ar'nt angry, ar
you? You know Aunt Jane mean
well
Frank kissed her sorrowful lips, laugh
ing at her pretty apology.
"No, Annie, couldn't be angr
! with Aunt Jane, II tried. i don
know but there's some philosophy
the old laay's reasoning. though It
rather tough 10 have o fellows thing
spoiled In that way. But 1t can't 1
helped now wouldn't do to take
down. thought my sign looked ques
when / came in but l couldn't we
see Il, ior the folks dawn stairs wei
taking my measure from the window
suppose" said Aunie, sratit