Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-07-11

| for me how freely will share it with
you and your darling Emma Surely
| the good God has heard and answered
! my prayer.
The doctor, who had little prepare
ton to make, started for the city. and
I Top, who was Oh the lookout for him,
| could scarcely hide his eXultation at
! sending off an inotfensive man who
could barely support himself, on a
needless errand of expense and trouble.
! The doctor, as he wended his way to
| the city, was SO fully possessed with
the idea that some old relative Qor he
| had several) had died and left him a
| fortune, that he had in imagination
made various dispositions of it before
| he had arrived at the end of MS jour
ney.
"Can | see one of the gentlemen be-
| longing to the firm ~ asked the doctor,
| entering the store of ). Il b.
There is Mr.. 81" said the midi
vidual addressed, referring him to a
! lniddle-aged but Denevolent-looking
| man.
| TIC tOGlOI bUNt Ni W -. anu Stlu
My name is Dr.. Scroggins.
Mr.. 5. bowed in return, remarking
"Will you walk in and take a chair,
sir?'
| Both gentlemen sat down. About Mr.
! ). thele was an air OF expectancy,
| which the doctor did not fail TO notice
MY name Is DR.. Scrogglns, said
| he, repeating his iirst introduction.
s. am glad to see you DOCTOR said
| Mr.. s., bowling again.
i" received a letter from your house,
directing me to call mere, rs you had
something to communicate which
would be to my advantage.
There must be some mistake"
said Mr.. 5. "no such letter has ema-
mated from us.
care you sure? ?" asked the victim,
| turning pale, and handing Mr.. 5. the
| letter.
After looking over it, he said:
"There is no truth in this letter;
am sorry to say that you have been
made the victim of an idle and repre-
hensible jest; to-day. you are aware,
is the titsl Of April
"Is it possiDIe" said the doctor,
ciasping his hands. "Who could have
been SO unkind, so heartless and
cruel ?"
as it, then, very great disap-
pointment?' asked the kind-hearted
merchant, struck with the doctor 5
manner; and by a few but adroit ques-
tons he soon found out more OF his
history than he intended to COM
| municate; he discovered also that he
was the son of one of his earliest
! friends.
Would you be willing to take the
position of resident physician ut the
- Hospital?' finally asked Mr.. ).
ITO one III my position" said he,
"such place would be most desira-
BILE; but | do not suppose | could OBJ
| tain it.
"Why not?'
" | am a stranger here
"Can you bring me testimonials Of
professional ability?'
Il can-and testimonials Of the
| highest order"
" Bring them to me, doctor, at the
earliest possible moment. | suppose
you are man of family"
:" | am unmarried
"That may be an objection. A fur
nished house is provided for phySi-
clan, and a man of family is pre-
| ferred."
&C. have widowed sister who would
most gladly join me-
THAT will do just as well. Bring
your testimonials as soon as possible
| think your April-fool letter has
| turned out something to your advan-
tage, after ALL" laughed MIR. S.
Affairs turned out to the satisfac-
| ton of both the doctor and the kind
| hearted merchant. IN less than u
month he found himself and sister set
| tied in comfortable quarters, with a
salary of 81 200 per annum; more
over, for certain duties required of her
at the hospital, his sister received 5000
! per year III addition.
Mr.. Top, in the meantime, looked in
vain for the Doctors return, and
! thought that the modification of being
made an April fool, and the fear OF
being laughed at, kept him away.
Where is DR., Scroggins?' he in
quired of one and another
But no one had seen him. Finally
he told his friends that he had sent
him to New YORK on fools errand,
the first day OF April, and he was, no
doubt, ashamed to come back.
"LOok out for next April" said
they, 1.-THE doctor will be even with
you then"
lit will take brighter genius than
he is to fool me- replied Top.
The first day of April came around
again, and Mr.. Top expected certainly
I =, ham from nr Snr1,roips Nxbn he