The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-09-04
A "PERSONAL."

j tuOuBut ne was aWIuIly Ire6ng'
-Somerville Journal
A "PERsONAL."
Two young doctors were discussing
affairs in the downtown office Of q
Chicago physician.
"Now, Karl, candidly, don't you be-
lieve circumstances have much to do In
determining mans SUGGEST"
Undoubtedly. my dear boy. In our
business, for instance. il an epidem-
ic-"
mo, l don't mean that. Here's the
point. We both graduated with hon.
ors at the Rush. You delight in the
racket of that city-find q practitioner
of reputation who wants a young
medic to help him out on his lighter
work-and in spite of the difficulty in
the way of working up professionally
in big city, here you are to-day with
no small practice of your own, though
still the junior doctor of the office. !
prefer village, and feeling sure the OPP
portunity is better there for rising to be
somebody. ! open my own office, get
acquainted. secure q good practice
which ought to grow, but seems to
halt at just this point, because with the
rest of my expenses / can't afford q
horse and buggy to visit with. Some
way people do gauge fellow by his
prestige. There's no doubt about it.
II could drive instead of walking up
to front gate it would not only be q
great convenience but business would
comparatively boom, and | know it.
That's what | mean by 'circumstan-
ces.
"Well, Jack, it is rather rough,
that's q fact. that SO material thing
as o horse and buggy should obstruct
your way. Nobody ever was more cer-
tain to succeed in the profession-es-
pecially as a surgeon-and you are in
the way to success fast enough, too.
/ tell you the scheme, Doctor" lean
ing back complacently in his chair,
"try something original. Put an adj
in one of the city papers telling just
what you want You needn't use the
outfit but part of the day. and can offer
to pay for 1t in services"
THAT would be original" was the
dry rejoinder.
swell, now, the scheme grows on
me. Somebody might jump at the
chance to have their Doctors bills re-
ceipted for so easily"
Mr.. bowling had been back from
Europe about q month. He had gone
there to dispel, II possible, the shadow
of great sorrow. In quick succession
had 20 l., 50 4
little boy. His daughter, Of Is, begged
him to send her to some college for the
completion of her studies. She could
not control her grief in the great house
rendered now so desolate. The Dow
ling home had been an exceedingly
happy one. Its location was in one of
Chicago's loveliest suburbs. Its hal
lowed associations, while they rendered
continuous residence in 1t painful,
were yet too precious to permit Mr..
Dowling's disposing of it by sale. Ac-
cordingly Julia was sent to the college
of her choice, the horses were sent to O
farmer for keeping. the house was
closed and Mr.. Bowling went abroad.
The house was now reopened, a
housekeeper was engaged who already
had put things quite to rights" as
he said. One of the horses again &C.
cupied the stable, the span" being
left upon the farm, and Mr. Bowling
had resumed business in the city.
AS he was closing his Inter Ocean
one morning preparatory to leaving
the train then just drawing into the
depot his eye fell upon the column Of
personals" Curiosity led him on till
he reached this: "A young doctor OF
good pracJIce desires the use OF horse
and buggy in tho suburb of H from
1880 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. Compen-
sation to be made in professional SER
vices. Address A ID"
After reading it he read it again.
Then he cut it out and placed it in his
pocket-book. In his library that even
ing MIR. Bowling once more read the
clipping. "Well," he soliloquized. "a
surprise myself. 1t isn't usual for me
to cut out personals This is the odd
est thing l ever saw, though of its
kind. wonder which of our doctors
1t can be. | must confess to its at
tracing me peculiarly some way. 1t
can't be a blind 1t must mean what
1t says. But why don't he buy horse
II he has q good practiceP' Perhaps
his money has to 90 elsewhere. ]
haven't forgotten the hard work ! had
with my expenses to pay back the
money l borrowed to take me through
college,"
He sat for some time thoughtfully
before the glowing embers of the fire
place, then drew chair TO the table
and wrote note, which he placed in
his great-coat pocket as he passed
through the hall en- route to bed.
The next evening MIR. Bowling and
young DIR. Richards sat together in the
library. $50, Doctor. you think the
chances of paying me in services are
small. Well, | suppose that is my good
fortune, then. You see have no use
for my horse during the hours you
need one, and by having him exercised
little then, lay up sort OF reserve
fund of medical attendance. You
ought not to complain anyway, because
your 'ad' and my interest and curiosi.
ty in it have brought you what you
seek"
The Doctor and Bowling became fast
friends. The younger man found sym.
patty and wisdom whenever he went
to the senior with his success and fail.
ure, his ambition and his hopes. Dow
ling's wide experience was capital fol
his protege. The loneliness OF the old.
er man was delightfully."- dispelled by
the fresh vitality OF his friend. Each
gave to and supplemented the other
so there inevitably came to be real
companionship and their friendship.
The Doctors practice did grow. II
was not little helped by his relation
with the influential capitalist. For 9
year Dowling's horse was brought into
daily use, then the Doctor bought one
| of his own. But the intimacy Of the
friends continued. There had. how
ever, been no occasion for the profes'
sional service wherewith compensation
was to be made.
Julia Bowling had finished her col
| lege course and returned to H
Her father in preparing to fulfill biz
promise to take her to Europe after bel
graduation, sold their house. Tn,
greater portion of two years had beer
spent abroad. Mr. Bowling on theil
return finding that his fruit interests
In California required some protractet
attention in person, determined K
spend few years at least with hi
daughter among its hills and Orange
groves. They were now on their wa!
to California.