New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-21
DOCTOR GEORGE.

some diploma Of parchment tied up
with a blueribbon. The diploma was
from 9 medical college Of very high
standing, and Georgehad worked hard
and faithfully for long years for that
diploma. That he deserved it, made
it q valuable possession.
He had with it a good deal Of CAPT.
talin the way Of courage, enthusiasm,
faith in himself and the world. He
was honest, manly and patient, and
could begin life at the right end Of the
ladder.
He was so poor that he had to walk
part way from the college to his old
home, the villageHof Sharon.
The first man he met at the end of
his tiresome journey was old Enoch
Lampson, a man who had known
George from the day Of his birth.
Chow de do, George, how de do?
Home again, eh?" was the old mans
greeting.
stay this timeo
$50 yer a tull-fedged pill-maker, an
ready to 60 into partnership with old
Billy, our graveyard sexton, hey?"
asked the old man, with poor wit.
George felt disposed to resent this;
but he did not.
eye don't calc'late on settlin' down
here in Sharon, do ye?o continued old
Enoch.
eyes, sir, do"
oval, now, I dono-I dono bout
that, George.
"Why shouldn't begin here?" asked
the young man. II hear that old DR..
Edmunds has died lately, and that
no one has yet come to take his place.
Why should I not do so? I am
young"
1'That's hit, George! that's hit!' in
terrupted old Enoch; eyer too young;
that's jist whar the shoe pinches.
'Nuther thing is that that
The old man scratched his head in
evident confusion. He looked keen]y
at the young man, whose face began
to flush.
"Wal," resumed the old man, "you
know as we'll as anybody, George, jiss
Wat yer family connections is; you
know that
II know it so well that you need not
take the trouble to enlighten me any
further upon the subject" replied the
young man very quietly. 81 know to
my sorrow that my father was a COM
mon drunkard, and that [ am gener-
ally known as 'old Joe Hixson's son.
I know that my eldest brother follow
ed in my fathers footsteps and was
killed in a drunken brawl in this town.
My other brother has gone to the bad,
too. But know, and you know, too,
Mr.. Lampson, that my mother was as
good a woman as ever lived through
years of shame and suffering, to die at
last Of broken heart"
'"That's even so, George" admitted
the old man; II knowed your mother
when she was purity Mary jackson,
fore it was ever her misfortune to
know yer reperbate father, an she was,
as you say, as good a woman as ever
drawd breath; but hits your fathers
name you've got, an the name of Hix-
son don't stan very high in these
parts. But I'll say fer you, George,
that hain't a word to say agin you
pussonally an individooly I am free
ter say an b'lieve that yer OF a mind
ter do what's right, an that you want
to raise yer name far 'bove the
o'jeeum that's now on hit"
II do want that" was the young
mans earnest reply, "and it's strange
II the Christian people of this town re-
fuse to give me help and encourage
ment. My own record here is clear; I
am not ashamed to have it read. OF
course, | am young, and most people
are a little afraid of young physicians;
but all physicians We're young once,
and / must have a beginning, you
know"
"Now, I have studied faithfully,
carefully, even prayerfully, for four
long years. Ihave spent every dollar
I had, educating myself. No one
knows of the deprlvations have had
to suffer for this,'' and he held up his
diploma as he spoke.
81 have earned it," he went on; cit
is my own my right of four years of
hard study. OF course know Of the
opposition I will probably meet with
in the beginning. / am young; know
more Of theory than Of practice, so
FAR. But there are several reasons
why want to locate here in my boy
hoods home. am bound to win in
the end you will see that do.''
"Wall, George, ! hain't thing ag'in
you myself. I wish you we'll as fur as
I'm concerned. Yer gritty; remem-
Der that you had that streak in you
when you was a little youngster. But
] jist made up my mind that I'd tell
you fair an square what the chances
wuz fur an ag'in you here"
81 am greatly obliged, I'm sure,''
said George, 'but I was prepared for
all you have told me. / feel that I
shall succeed in the end. Commit thy
way unto the Lord. Trust also in
Him, and He shall bring it to pass
There is the foundation of nv faith
and courage, Mr.. Lampson, Ihave
often proved the truth Of that most
helpful and most blessed promise. It
gives me courage and confidence now.
know it will not fail me-"
ID-A l. "