The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-08-29


the mischief, because. you sec. We are
expected to discover it."
But suppose there really is Moth
ing"
Nonsense! There always il. But
even ii there were not. We are equally
bound to find It; for II you tell those
anxious people, 1 can discover MOTH
ing wrong they will naturally put II
down to your ignorance, and send for
somebody else who has knowledge
enough Of human nature or sufficient
savoir fire not to be embarrassed
with 50 small difficulty. Now, do
you see my meaning
theoretically there Is nothing,
practically there is. y
you may put it SO. II 50 1t please
you. But assured you that there is
and there 10 - your vigilance and
punctilious exactitude notwithstand-
ing--a little convenient difference in
resonance. The mamma heard the
remark, as intended her to do; she
had not the romotest idea what it
meant-why should she have?-but
she is perfectly happy now that the
cause Of her darling cough has been
discovered, because she thinks. tho
cause being known, the cure will fol-
low. The moro unintelligible the ex-
PLANTATION. the more convinced is she
Of its correctness. One may remedy.
you know. difference in resonance;
but how can you pretend to cure per-
son whom you persistently declare to
have nothing the matter with her?'
began to understand.
"Now." continued this consummate
reader OF soclety's intelligence, II ad.
init that this is not science"
{: Nor what the schools and our
'academical training teach u.s." haz-
arded I.
Quite 20, my dear fellow; but. nc
capt 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 a
little perhaps, SO to speak, of the
shop or Of legal taps-but il our
patrons are satisfied. our patients
made happy. our !. regulations ad-
vanced. can We wisely permit 50 triv-
ial matter IS departure from slavish
adherence to what is miscalled prin-
ciple to Stand between us and success?'
! "Well." admitted l. little sadly,
perhaps you are right"
''Of course / am, my dear young
friend. I am cynic, but l succeed.
have been, for instance. beseeched
to meet you here to-day. And now for
treatment"
"A little delicate counter-irritation
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 Mrs. Midas Contango, . hundred
guineas richer for his half-hour' g.
visit. As 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 tho art also? Adieu!'
One rarely takes part in consulta-
ton without learning something: but
I never obtained such valuable practi-
cal knowledge from any meeting with
a brother professional as did in that
inglorious scene in the drawing-room
Of Mount Aureo. in which | was 50
sadly let down. for time at least. in
1.-THE estimation Of Mrs. Midas and Miss
.Muriel Contango.
Miss Muriel subsequently recovered
!her temporarily defective resonance
sufficiently to gladden. the hearts Of
her parents By making marriasc-at
their eost--into IA noble house. | still
have the pleasure Of ranking hcl
among my patients, but for no organi,
or other serious ailmeni; and l have
it on excellent authority that her hus-
band, Viscount ISLANDS,. would be
extremely glad at times, when he has
been Unfortunately extravagant With
his .unearned increment, il Lady
Muricls vigor OF voice and physique
we're both little less robust. -Cham
bers' journal. 49,.