The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-22

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graduated i'm medicine and hung out my
first modest shingle i'm that city. The mod
est amount of m left me by my par
epts who died when | was a mere boy was
Mt this time nearly exhausted, and my
practice for some time left me with a
GOOD deal of leisure time. Not more,
though. than | would have liked for sci
entific research. / was o OF burrow-
ing into old and forgotten medical works,
not neglecting, however, by any means,
newer writings, for l meant to keep
abreast of the times. but these old books
had a singular fascination for me. ! was
very fond of experiments. too, and am
still. but never tempered will life or
health. | was only not just satisfied, IL
the usual remedies failed, to fold my
hand and let the patient die. | wanted to
try. then. something out OF the nsual, II L
was sure that nc harm would ensue. was
not so reckless as you may think, either,
and this my medical brethren learned, SO
they quit Struggling their shoulders over
my ''experiments."
The most interesting OF my experiments
they never knew about. ana tins Is the
first time / ever spoke of il to anyone be-
sides those chiefly concerned, and ! am
not afraid, my friend, that you will ever
be able to identify them SHOULD you meet
them.
TEaUk EloWaEh NaS thtt VI tbs thtost w
innate friends. l met him one summer
i'm the Catskills, whittier l had betaken
myself for a weeks change and fresh air.
/ put up ut a lonely farm house. where
Howard, stopping for a day to await the
arrival Of some friends, was so unfortun-
ate to sprain his ankle. 1t was nothing
serious, but il compelled him to remain
quiet for a few days. His friends, arriv-
ing. proceeded on their way, leaving him
in my care.
low of 20, and took his mishap with I'M
commonly good grace | read To him
from my small store of books and papers,
and we had long and interesting talks.
Frank was full of the enthusiasm of
youth. and !. eight or ten years his senior.
was, my steady-going colleagues would
have said, n visionary, romantic boy.
Those few days made us better acquainted
thar we would have become in months of
intercourse in the city. When Frank was
able to rejoin his friends my time was up
and | returned to town, regretting the ne
cessity that compelled me to part with the
pleasant young fellow.
He did not forget his promise to look me
up when he returned to the city, n from
hat time on we were the best of friends.
/ had, i am sure, more OF his confidence
than did anyone else, and i talked To him
i'm a way that my medical brethren would
have pronounced wild and unprofessional,
but he took it in sober earnest, no matter
how wllu. believing III my theories just
because ] aired them.
My friend WA a good looking young
fellow, tall. well-made as a figure, easy
and graceful. He had blue-gray eyes, a
w~ell-shaped brow and rounded chin, dark
hair which. however, was quite thin, Civ
ing promises OF early badness, a nose
perhaps a trifie too long and an upper lip
a triie too short. His front teeth, though
white. were not well shaped. Greatly to
his sorrow he could not raise n mustache,
try hard as he might, and he had tried
very hard. indeed, investing many a dol
lar i'm nostrums warranted to produce the
desired result.
Frank well knew what an Improvement
q mustache would be-he did not banker
after whiskers, a mustache was all he
wanted-for he had worn false ones upon
several occasions when taking part In
private theatricals. He was quite clever
and played very well for an amateur, but
often accepted q part, / verify believe,
more for the opportunity IL gave him to
wear a mustache q for any other rea-
son.
He was very well situated, financially.
His parents were dead. His father had
left him a good business, which. however,
had On far IamaudaI little Of his ntten-