Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-11-05

..Will he bring his burglars kit W it'll
him:" asked Brown.
He will bring it along. Also, =
dark lantern"
Then we don't even nave TO pro-
vide ourselves with masks1" put in
Smith.
"Iou provide yourself with moth
ing. he will provide all the imple-
ments, and he can talk great deal
better than L can, SO We will say no
more of it until tomorrow night. Will
You meet me here At the same hour7''
The rest agreed.
Next evening, when Smith and
Brown entered the room, they found
sitting with DR.. Jones q very natty,
wide-awake looking stranger, who had
laid on the table neat looking hand
bag.
"Dr. Brown and DIR. Smith" said
Jones, rising, "allow me to introduce
TO you Mr.. Robinson"
"Delighted, am sure, gentlemen"
said Mr.. Robinson. "Nery pleased to
meet you, indeed. DIR. Jones tells me
that perhaps you will be prepared to
listen to little business proposal
which have the honor TO make to you.
In making this proposal, gentlemen,
let me assure you that L have the great
est admiration for the three of you, as
l have looked up your records in the
Michigan University and find they are
first-class. Now, gentlemen, my rule
in life has been to deal only with first
class peop4e. Only first-clsss."
"Then you have struck the right
crowd this time" said Brown.
eyes, gentlemen, l believe I have;
1 believe L have. And l assure you
the meeting gives me great pleasure.
Now, Mr.. Jones, l suppose there is no
objection TO my opening right up on
the subject at the first start"
Not the least" said Jones.
Every well, gentlemen. You have
graduated with high honors at the
Michigan University. You have prac-
ticed year"
"Smith has" said Brown.
"And haven't you:"
"No, l have sat in my office for q
year. Smith has been doing the prac-
ticing. None of the three of us have
done any collecting, however, and l
am beginning 10 think that the main
part Of the medical profession is the
colleeting."
"Gentlemen," said Robinson, look
ing round at the three, .'you have
struck it. The main part of anything
is the collecting. You have struck the
main part of every business. Collect
ing. gentlemen, is the soul of business.
Without collecting where would any
business be? Why, gentlemen, the
biggest business in the United States
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without collection. Well, that makes
what l have to say all the easier. see
YOU understand the root of H.. matter.
Now rny proposal Is this. | have made
a reasonable amount of money in my
short stay here below, and l intend TO
make a good deal more before one of
you gentlemen sees me off to the un-
known land. ] want TO form a com
pany. l thought first of having couple
of physicians, but three would be bet
ter. If you gentlemen will place your
selves in my hands | will do the entire
misunderstanding, advertising
"What p shouted Smith.
"Yes, sir, advertising"
"Did | understand you to say said
DR.. Brown, slowly, "that you intend
to advertise usf"
"Why, certainly / do. Advertise
the three of you. Big newspaper
head. Drs. Brown, Smith and Jones,
or Smith, Brown and Jones, or Jones,
Brown and Smith. don't care which
way 1t goes. The three greatest doc
tors in Christendom. Cure every
thing. Cancer, Consumption. Bron-
chitis, Catarrh, Dyspepsia. Cure
the man who has had his head blown
of and the man who has his finger
broken. Cure anything. Bul els of
testimonials. a grateful people 'es US
out of the last town with a brass
band"
"Or on fence rail with tar and
feather accompaniment" suggested
Brown.
"Well, if they do" said Robinson,
cheerfully, 1--WE won't need to adver-
tise the fact, and that will be SO much
selves will mention that without any
trouble. But there is no danger of
that. We will enter q town, | tell
you, with a boom. Well make the
regular profession tear its hair. Now.
gentlemen, what | propose Is this. l
propose to take this on trial for one
year. You won't be at any expense
at ALL"
"That's blessing" said Smith.
"In the present state of our
finances" put in Brown, 80 loss of $l0,-
600 or 50 would seriously cripple US"
every well, gentlemen. We enter,
1 saw, the town with q boom. You go
to first-class hotel, all three of you.
| pay all expenses. We have the pre-
uminary announcement in the paper"
"AIy dear fellow" said Brown, "be-
fore you go any further, let me tell
you that doctor cannot advertise"
"Can't he?" said Robinson; whats
the penaltyf"
1.-The penalty?"
Certainly. what is the legal penalty
of doctors advertisings Does he go
to state prison or is he merely fined! Z"
We'll, there isn't any legal penalty,
of course, but it's against the ethics Of
the profession"
damn the profession, said Robin
son. Excuse me, gent Ven"
"Oh, we excuse you," said the three
together.
"And we feel like thanking you,"
said Brown. The profession hasn't
done very much for u.s."
Il pay all bills and take all risks.
| We cure consumption-"
at can't be done" said Jones.
"Well, at least we can give the very
best treatment that can be given them.
| That's one thing. DR.. Smith, of Hell
delberg University, DR.. Jones, of
Edinburgh University, DIR. Brown. of
| Ann Arbor."