New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-04

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exhibition he had inside Of his own profes-
sionAl vanity.
by the beard OF Mahommst," exclaimed
he. with playful nee Of an oriental oath,
"how could you expect mo to know youi
When cav You last yoa hsd . face -
smooth - mine. and now it might be em.
ployed without impropriesy - sign for .
fur dealer. Out upon such marry face! It
is enough to highten little children in the
streets. Heaven protect me from such
beasdr' -5
Come, now, brother Reed" said DR..
Brown, lyon must be careful, or people
viii fail to give You credit for the physio-
logical and professional skill You actually
possess. You know, or ct least ought to
know, that the beard il gift Of our mother
Nature, and that it was not provided with
out special purpose. If not ornamental it
il ct least useful. The beard il . protector
Of health. Without it men suffer from
toothache, neuralgia and various ailments
of the face; with it, they are largely exempt
from these tormenting ills. You, yourself,
must be familiar with the miserable feeling
experienced when, on hot summer days,
the Precipitation flows over the freshly
shsven skin, and the chilly sensation which
follows the bsrberous works of the barber
on cold winter days."
At this juncture the traln-bell rang, and
tho snortlng locomotive gave note of
speedy departure.
had become interested in the converse
taon of these disagreeiDg doctors, and 1
must give my Cora credit for having done
20 likewise. So. hoping to profit by the re-
mainder of their discourse, We took our
seats in front of them in the same car and
awaited the result. DR.. Brown, it appeared,
resided in Philadelphia, and Dr.. Reed in
Virginia. They had been separated by the
war, and probably entertained very differ
ent views concerning it, causes and conse-
quences; but each had experiences which
were instructive, and !, for my part, listened
with attention.
Nov, my dear james" said DR.. Brown,
forgetful of the rebuke which that form of
address had 60 recently provoked, tell me
how you are getting on in the practice Of
your profession"
Cup to the time Of the wsr," responded
Dr.. Reed, l got along but poorly, but since
tho 81 lose of the unpleasantnes my business
has materially increased. will giveWou .
special instance, by which you can Judge
how my practice has improved"
Here Dr.. Reed went ON to relate how he
usually spent the summer months ct the
Sulphur Springs, and how, during the previ-
Gus summer at the springs, the pretty |
of one Of his neighbors-an old |
miser named Blouter-was completely cap
tivsted by young merchant from New
York. They, indeed, went 20 far - to be-
come en- gsged. But the paternsl Blouter
frowned. He would stand NO such non
sense. The devoted lover Of his darling
Maggie was cosrsely driven from his
pre- mises and threatened with direful disas-
ter should he ever venture to return.
Thomas Wise was the name of the young
merchant, and be certainly proved wise in
bis day and generation. Next season
Maggie went again to the springs, and
few days after her fathers return home Mr..
Wise reappered upon the stage. Two DAYS
of billing and cooling were followed by .
temporary absence. Then there was . trip
to Washington. and the Miss Maggie |
Blouter that was returned to the springs !
Mrs. Wise that il.
Moru;o <hnurh% that "a hr;cc ho,,o .
handsome husband would soften her |
fathers heart. But she reckoned without |
her Lost. Old Blouter refused to be paci- |
fed. Indeed, he induced his daughter to
him into one of his strong
upper rooms, and locking her in, kept her
here close prisoner.
There were no courts in the vicinity to /
which the young man could appeal, and he
,ould not conveniently get . besieging
'rmy to attack Blouter in his castle, and,
V knight Of old, carry of his lady love.
3louter pretended to disbelieve the story
# the marriage, and with . malicious per-
istency, 20 dissgreeable Is it was ridicu
Gus, placed his house in position to laugh
siege to scorn.
In front of the Blouter mansion were
our large sycamores, which, with their
rell developed branches, protected it from
he scorchlng rays of the Southern sun; but
o determined to cut off some of the
in order that his field of observs.
ion might be extended, and the approaches
lore securely guarded. To yield up his child
D id Yankee was an evil compared
18th which even the fall of the Confeder
cy was but trife. Blouter's patriotism
II ran in the line of prejudice, and his
aired was as bitter as 1t was boisterous.
le determined to shoot his pretended son.
Flaw on sight, and thus rid the world Of
scoundrel and fraud. His only child
hould not be taken from his custody un-
ss he knew the reason why.
To cut off the the white-armed branches
the sycsmores which INSTRUCTED his view,
10 strategic parent got long ladder
hich he posted against one of the offend
g limbs, and then with an old carpenters
w, proceeded with his work. He, how
,er, proved an unskillful workman. In.
cad of saving outside of the ladder, he
led the saw between the ladder and the
ee. and just a. he was about to congratu-
te himself on his success, the limb broke
ID he tumbled down, injuring himself so
verely that he could scarcely move.
Young Wise, who was on the lookout be-
nd some cedar trees in the vicinity, felt ,
rtain that the old man had broken his I
Oh; he therefore rushed to the spot on . J