Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-10-12

telling the parents that there is no |
cause for III Very likely there IL
nothing the matter with her; but why
does she coughP"
THAT was exactly what her mother
said to me.
There you are; and mamma was
quite right; there must be some cause
for it. We may not be able 10 lay our
finger upon it. for we must examine
and understand our patients thor
oughly very often before we can make
out their ailments, and then one finds
the mischief. because. you see, we are
expected 10 discover It..
.'But suppose there really Is moth
ing"
Nonsense! There always IL. But
even II there we're not, we are equally
bound 10 find IL; for II you tell these
anxious people, Il ran discover moth
Ing wrong. they will naturally put IL
down TO your ignorance. and send for
somebody else who has knowledge
enough OF human nature or sufficient
saroiy faire not 10 be embarrassed
with so small difficulty. Now. do
you see INV meaningg'
Theoretically there Is nothing.
practically there Ii.
..You may put IL 80. II so IL please
you But ] assured you that there is
and there 10 - your vigilance and
punctiiious exactitude notwithstand-
ing-a little convenient difference 10
resonance. The mamma heard the
remark. as intended her 10 do; she
lad not the remotest idea what 1t
meant-why should she havee--but
she Is perfectly happy now that the
cause OF her darling's cough has been
discovered. because she thinks, the
cause being known. the cure will fol.
low. The more uuintelliglble the ex-
PLANTATION. the more convinced Is she
of Its correctness One may remedy.
you know. difference In resonance;
but how can you pretend 20 cure per-
son whom you persistently declare to
have nothing the matter with herp"
began to understand.
.'Now." continued this consummate
reader OF soclety's intelligence. II ad-
init that this 10 not science"
''Nor what the schools and our
acadcmical training teach u.s." haz-
arded /.
/ quite so, my dear fellow; but &C
cept for once the tuition of man who
has not altogether failed In his pro-
fession. What have taken the
trouble to demonstrate to you gratis is
q good working rule--smelling O
little, perhaps. so 10 speak. OF the
shop or OF legal tape-but II our
patrons are satisfied. our patients
made happy, our regulations ad-
vanced, can we wisely permit so triv-
ial matter as departure from slavish
adherence to what Is miscailed prin-
cipie 10 stand between us and success?''
"Well." admitted |. little sadly.
perhaps you are right"
| .Of course ! am. my dear young
friend. am a cynic. but | succeed.
! have been, for instance. beseeched
to meet you here to-day. And now for
treatment"
/ A little delicate Characterization
was suggested and agreed .on; then
the fashionable physician stepped into
his elegant turnout before the door OF
Mount Aureo. amid the profuse thanks
OF Mira Midas Contango. a hundred
guineas richer Tor his half-honr' 4
visit A he shook hands with me, on
| throwing himself back among the
cushions of his brougham. the famous
expert smilingly whispered: "You
are too modest my ingenious young
friend; you have already the science
OF medicine at your finger-ends; why
not acquire the art alsop Adieur'
One rarely takes part In consulta-
tion without learning something; but
! never obtained such valuable practi.
cal knowledge from any meeting with
n brother professional as did in that
inglorious scene In the drawing-room
of Mount Aureo. In which | was 10
sadly let down, for time at least. in
the estimation OF Mr.. Midas and Miss
Muriel Contango.
| Miss Muricl subsequently recovered
her temporarily defective resonance
sufficiently TO gladden. the hearts OF
her parents by making marriage-at
their cost-into a noble house. | still
have the pleasure of ranking her
among my patients. but for no organic
or other serious aiIment; and have
IL on excellent authority that her hus-
band. Viscount Barrenlands. would be
extremely glad at times. when he has
been Unfortunately extravagant with
his nnearned increment II Lady
Mariel's vigor OF voice and physique
we're both a little less robust Cham
bers' journal.