The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-12

friends who never trouble themselves to think whether their services will be re- paid; feeling sure that, at q pinch, they will receive more than they have given. He had succeeded in inspiring almost all his companions with that kind ot respect which unassuming virtue hardly ever fails to command. Many them even feared his censure. Nevertheless, he was per- fectly free from priggishness There was not single touch of the Puritan or the parson about him. He could even sea- son bit of advice with a good round oath or two, and was alwayi willing to join in any publication that was agate. An agreeable companion, as free from prudery as any guardsman, frank and ST Aigh'forward as-no, not a sailor, for your sailor of to-day is as willy and wary as veteran ambassador-but as brave young chap who has no secrets to con ceal, and has never done any hing te be ashamed of, Horace paced along with head erect and smiling face. To sum up in one word, he was the Pylades of more than one Orestes-the ancient Furies, of course, being represented and very faithfully and adequately represented by the modern dun. Meantime, while thus doing his best to init gate the pov. erty of others, he endured hls own with that cheerfulness which is, perhaps, one of the principal elements of courage and in common with all those who possess nothing, he contracted very few debts Sober as a camel, active as a stag, he was as steady in his conduct as in his ideeS
 Horace Bianchon's happy life began on the day when his illustrious teacher first fully recognized those defects which con- tributed in about equal proportions to ren. der Dr. Horace B.anchon so thoroughly dear to all his friends When a clinical professor receives student into his in ner circle, tbat student "has his foot in the stirrup," as they say. And so Bian. chon soon found out. De,plein speedily introduced him to his wealthy patients by taking him with him to their houses as an assistant, to the great advantage of the latter, who not only often received a handsome gratuity, but gradually and imperceptibly familiarized himself with the ways aud doings of the Parisian world which, at first blush, seems to the provincial mind to be shrouded in im- penetrable mystery. h addition to this, Desplein allowed his young pupil to be present at his consultations, and employed him as occasion served and if rich pa. tient wapted some one to accompany him to the seaside, Bianchon was the person selected for the purpose. In short, De- splein did his utmost to push his pet pu pil, and to form the nucleus ot a connec ton for him. Meanwhile, naturally enough, as time pro gre ssed, the rich and famous surgeon aud the obscure and pov erty-stricken student became great cro nies The former had now few or no se- crets from the latter, who thus came thoroughly to understand the idiosyn. crasies of this remarkable man, whose temper iment seemed to partake ia abou, equal proportions of that of the lion and the bull, and who ultimately died-as men of such temperament are apt to die of hypertrophy of the heart. Need it be said that among the first secrets which the pupil learned as this intimacy ripened were his m asters political ambition and his profoundly a,heis,ical creed, it creed il, can be called2
 One day Bianchon happened to men, ton to Desplein the case of poor water carrier in the Q 'artier Saint acques, who was suffering from a terrible disease brought on by want and overwo ork The poor fellow-an Auvergnat almost as a matter of course-had eaten nothing bet ter than potatoes during the long and severe winter of 1921 On hearing this story, what must the celebrated surgeon do but, neglecting all his other patents drlve off as fast as his horse could tear. 1 folio Ad hvy p,anrh0n No tkA t- house, and personally superintend his re. moval to the hospital, founded, in the FAubourg Saint Denis, by the famous Dubois Thither, too, he went day after day, until the p,tient was foally cured and discharged, whereuo oon Desplein - the sordidly avaricIous D D.splein-bought him horse and water cart, to set him up in his trade. Now this poor Auverg- nat was, as we say "qu,te a character One of his frier ds falls ,ll Forthwith he brings him to Desplein, exclaiming, with an efiusion of gratitude, "l couldn't abear the thought of his going to any one else 3 Utter boor as he was, D .splein grasped the water-carrier's hand and said, Bring them all to me every manj ack of them . and he had this second son of the Cantal conveyed to he Hotel D,eu, and devoted the greatest possible attention to him Now true it is that Bianchon had often times observed that his patron seemed to have sort of p-edilec,ion for luvergua's in general. and particularly for such ot them as were water-carriers by trade but, on the other hand, since Desplein always took great deal of pride in his Hotel Dieu cases, his pupil saw nothing very extraordinary in his careful treatment of this par icular case
 Soon afterward, however, an event be- fell which could hardly fail to excite Biapchon's astonishmept and curiosity. As he was crossing the Place SAint-Sul pice, one morning at about nine o'clock, whom should he see but his celebrated master-who at this time never stirred aud inch beyond the threshold without his carriage-and sneaking into the cnurch of Saint. Supice inst as if if had