The Red Cloud chief., 1889-03-29

DIR. Gaudier liked him. The young
man had uawittingly touched his ten
derest vanity when he asked for adj
vice. and the old doctor cOunseled him
to stay in Atwater and promised to
help him.
Very often that summe the young
man. at the old DOCTORS solicitation.
called and spent afternoons or even
ings with DIR. Gaudier and his beauti-
full daughter. who ha6 been her faith
er's only companion since the death of
her mother q year before. Acquaint-
ance between the old and the new doc
tors ripened into friendship and ru-
NOR had it that the relations between
the young man and the charming Miss
Gaudier we're even more interesting
than friendship. However. rumOr is
always making love for persons who
never have spoken of it themselves.
The fact was Dr. Gaudier claimed most
of his young friends time during these
calls. DR.. Atkins was fresh from his
books and profoundly interested in his
profession. and DR.. Gaudier soon came
to see that he himself. with all his
practice and all his reputation. was
much lcss learned in the science of
medicine than his prOtege. In his
heart he respected the young man
above himself. for he could not but
feel that the position he had won had
not really been earned.
Still" he reasoned. Iii I had not
played upon people a little I should
have been as poor now as l was when
l began" and this made amends to his
conscience though it did not lessen his
respect for the young man who had
chosen the more straightforward
course.
One day Is they sat together dis
GUESSING the various phases Of their
profession. DR.. Gaudier resolved to let
his young friend into a secre which
thus far he had shared with nobody
the secret OF his own ucces
Frank" said he. do you wish to
make money out Of your profession"
There is nothing that l need more
than money. and my profession is my
only means of earning it."
Then" said the old doctor. .'quit
studying books and 60 to studying
people. You already know enough of
anatomy and the functions OF drugs TO
furnish forth . dozen doctors for sue
cessful practice. You need to study
the vanities OF people. that il all.
Never mind the physical weaknesses;
the neutral weaknesses are what you
need to know. I tell you. Frank. sue
cess Is a trick"
Young Atkins was shocked and
panied. What DR.. Gaudier had said
expressed no new thought to him. He
had heard 1t from nearly all his college
instructors in One way or another and
he fully understood the theory Of cur-
ing with bread pills such persons as
Sre not ill-complaintless c~omplainers.
he called them-but his determination
had been to tell all such patients that
they did not need . physician.
IF I can not practice medicine with
out cheating and lying to my patients"
he had said to his classmates. Il will
try my hand ut saving wood. have
set out to be a physician. not a quack."
The old doctor was so much inter-
ested in starting his young friend
on the easy road 70 c that he did
not notice the expression Of regret this
unsettling Of his confidence had
brought to his face.
My success" continued DR.. Gau-
der. dates from a trick I played on
one of the fashionable women Of this
place. when l. like yourself. was q
poor young man trying to establish .
practice. She had tried most Of the
older doctors and Mt last sent for me.
From DIR. Harwood I learned that she
was a vain. fribbling woman who had
more money than brains, and probably
more ease than disease. When I vis-
tied her I found her dressed in an els-
CANT wrapper and sitting in . large
cushioned chair. AZ che told over her
symptoms I noticed she bore heavily
upon the fact that her feet were a.
ways cold. and. since she seemed %
think the trouble lay where e mast
proclaimed itself. I had just sense
enough 70 agrse With her. There -
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