The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-19

per -hawbuckF' nodding con
temptuously towards the cot.
I'm not leave him."
DR.. FRAZIER stopped over the old man
and examined him. sw
HE may liein this way for days"
he said. alt is likely you will find him
just as he is when you come back"
Eyes; but he may change at any mo-
ment. The treatment am trying is
new one. Poor knows nothing about
it,
You'll not come, thenP" hating on
his way to the door. 600"
Wharton had followed him q step or
two, and did not reply for a moment.
The closed eyelids of the withered old
face on the pillow fickered and sharp
glance shot out from them.
mo" he said, quietly, 'I will stay
with him. This is my work, and will
not leave it to Poor"
Frazier went to the exchange, and by
several ventures cleared several hundred
dollars. He was greatly elated over his
success.
DR.. Wharton drudged along in his
daily rounds among his pauper patients
with no other reward than the old mans
recovery. The latter was very tact
turn and irritable, and showed no graf
itude to nurse or doctor. But Philip
found his keen eyes following him con-
stantly in his rounds among his pa
tients.
"You are ready for discharge to-mor-
row." he said to him one day when
fortnight had passed.
Discharge, Ell! That was queer ex-
pertinent you tried on me, young man.
I've had some little experience in physic
in my day and 1 can't say ever saw
the like of that treatment"
mo- it was not the old method, SIR"
said Wharton, respectfully, going ON
his rounds.
When he came back his patient called
out, querulously: where's the dollar
and a half that was in my breeches-
pocket when was brought in? Some
thief has robbed me-"
"You will find it with the Superin-
tendent."
"Oh, aye! hope so. I've no mind to
be robbed, even by aninstitution. sup
pose the charge for my keep here'll be
high, young manP"
There is no charge. 1t is free
hospital"
"So sor' grumbled the old fellow to
himself, turning over in bed.
The next day he left the hospital,
while Philip was at dinner, without o
word of farewell.
$50 that is the end of it," thought
the doctor. This one great struggle of
his life had cost him so much that he
could not understand how the man who
had gained by it could be Indifferent.
81 wish he had said goodbye, at least.
But no natter
The next week, the Superintendent
sent for him. ''Who is John Sands, doc
tor?'' he asked as soon as Philip opened
the door.
ga poor old countryman who was in
my ward; discharged last Tuesday,"
Poor, indeed! 1t was DR.. Sands, as
it turns out--Dr. Sands, of Schools
burgh. The old man has had all the
practice of that county forty years, and
has amassed a fortune, but he chooses
to 90 about dressed like beggar. He
was mistaken for one and brought in
here, it seems. He.incloses check for
a hundred dollars for the hospital, and
says he doesn't choose to be indebted
even to an institution
"Well done for Sandsr' laughed
Philip.
"He has done better than that said
the Superintendent, with a twinkle in
his eyes. ''Sit down minute, Whar-
ton. The old DOCTOR it seems, is feel
ing his age, and wants to take some
young man in as partner, to whom he
can leave his practice in year or two,
and he has fixed upon-upon-well
Wharton, he has fixed upon your
"Me!" and Philip sprang to his feet
=" You. Yes, said you. You have
made the old fellow your debtor in some
way, by favor, which he says he can
never repay. Besides, he says he
watched you closely while here, and APP
proves of your system, your manner,
and, above all, your iniexible devotion
to your duty. There is his letter.
"You see, he says he wants you to
come in September; and to bring wife
with you, if possible. A married man,
he says, is always more successful. Ec-
centric old fellow, fancy?"
But Philip did not answer. He was
buttoning his overcoat with trembling
hands. excuse me-" he said, "but
there is a friend to whom must tell the
good news" and in moment more he
was on his way to the book-shop and
Susy.
DR.. Wharton is now the principal
practitioner in Scholl County, and a
happy, successful man. 81 gained wife,
fortune, all have" he says, ''simply
by sticking to one thing until it was fin
! ished."
DIR. Frazier's success was but tempo
rary. He risked all he had on one I'M
lucky venture, and lost. He is now a