The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-03-14
DIR. EVERETT.


day: think You may come with me
while 20 my rounds
This remark was addressed to Rob.
ert Parks. and il was made several
weeks after the accident that had shut
him into one room of DIR. Everett 5
hoarding-house: since which time he
had been close prisoner. and had been
most carefully watched over by the
aforesaid doctor. until now he was able
to walk out Il short distance, during
pleasant days, and had even walked
down 10 the store, and stood looking
on fora few minutes: but the hustle and
life there had confused him and made
his head ache. and he came home al
most discouraged. feeling that he was
never to be able to take his place in the
work-a-day world again. 1t was this
thought. Us much rs any, which gave
him the languid air aud discouraged
look. which the doctor didn't like.
However. he frightened visibly over the
invitation, and. after an hour of brisk
riding. admitted that he felt better than
he had since his accident.
Then YOU are ready to make some
calls with me??' the doctor said, REIN
ING in his horses suddenly before hand
some house. You will have to come
i'll. for l don't like to have YOU sit still
in the carriage after such rapid riding.
Put on a tignitied air. and YOU will be
taken for Il medical student deeply in
tereSted in this ease
DIR. Everett was SO rapid in his move
mentS. and So decided in his directions.
that there was no opportunity for de-
muir. notwithstanding the fact that
Young Robert greatly diSrelished the
making of Il professional call. The
house into which they were presently
admitted was an elegant one. the very
hall suggesting unlimited wealth and
refined taste in the richness and quiet
ness of its iinis,lin~s. DIR. Everett laid
Robert to do the same. then raced up
stairs. still followed, though slowly. bv
the reluctant medical student.
You may sit here he said to him,
with faint smile in his grry eyes. in
dic:tiug by a motion of his hand the
location OF the there"
Robert was relieved to find himself
left alone in . large, handsome room,
Its appointments indicating that it was
Il sort of invalid's parlor. There was
u bright. clear fire burning in the open
crate. Il sofa was drawn before it, piled
with pillows ana cushions. and a brill
liant afghan lay across the foot. There
We're rare paintings on the walls, and
bits of statuary on the brackets here
ans there. and choice-looking books,
and inviting magazines strewn over the
tables. lvics We're climbin" over the
Window-curtain>. and half-blown roses
with other sweet breathed flowers, filled
several fair and costly vases
A fellow could afford to he sick.
and lie by for an entire season, if he
had such Il gilded nest as this to rest
in, murmured Robert, as he took up
one book after another with interest.
Il wonder who it is. and if there is
serious sickness.
The doctor had passed into an inner
room. from whence presently his voice
was heard brisk and CHEEKY.
well, my friend, how do YOU feel
this morning? The sun is Very bright,
and the air begins to think about
spring. l think YOU must be better
What the patient said could not be
heard: the voice was low and feeble
But the doctors answer came full and
round:
'Oh. YOU mustn't lie disheartcned.
Had 4 bad night, Ell? Sorry to hear it,
but for all that, YOU are really better.
You must take my word for it, even
though you don't feel so, and try to
help yourself with cheerfulness; that s
half the battle. We shall have YOU out
taking ride, if the weather keeps rca-
sonable.'
Then other murmured words, and the
doctors answer:
.'Oh, never mind your business; it
will get along all right; You have faith
full helpers. Beside, my friend, haven't
YOU given it all into the Lords hands,
and isn't it His interest to see that ev-
erything is as it should be?'
Whats queer doctor?" thought Rob-
crt. and then he fell to wondering
whether the weak-voiced patient could
he only a dependent in this home of
wealth and ease-perhaps poor clerk
like himself, who could ill afford the
time for sickness.
There was more conversation; strong,
earnest words from the doctor. Then
came another voice-a lady's:
"Oh, doctor. am SO glad to think
he is better! felt sure he must be this
morning. though he doesn't seem to
think so himself He is in such hurry
to be up and out. He hasn't patience
to get well. That last medicine, doctor,
acted Just like charm: indeed, all your
medicines do
Easy enough matter to be doe
tor muttered Robert, from his outer
room. "Td like that sort of life my
self Handsome carriage and horses:
fast driving: lounge in such elegant
rooms as these; compliments and graf
itude. and large bill, cheerfully paid,
with blessings hcaped forever after on
the doctor head. Nice life, declare.
| don't see where the sacrifice comes
in. The poor country doctors have a
hard time of it, of course, but when a
man gets to the top, as this one is,
think the fun begins. Some folks have
easy times in this world, and some have
abominably hard times, and that's the
whole OF it,
lis that man very sick?' he asked o.
the doctor. when they were spinning
over the road again.
He has been; is better now; is
in fair way to get out again, if h'
doesn't spoil it al! with his impatiehct
and fretfulness. He is a cranky sort o
patient; thinks he is having thu
worst time there is in the world, and al
that Sort oi thing.
. Is he poor man?
Poor, Did his surroundings looi
like it? Why. he is Mr.. Cady, Of th'
firm of Dunlap Il Cady. wholesale gro
GERS, yoa know, and doing u hcav,
business.
why. overheard him grumblin:
about his business, or something o
that kind, and thought he was poo
clerk, accidentally laid aside in tn
house Of his employer. you know, o
something like that.
. Not a bi; OF it. He might possibl
be Il cheerful man if that were hi
case; but having his heart burdene
with hundreds of thousands, it is yer
hard for him to take time TO get sicl,
He is Christian man. too: that ouph