Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-07-17
LOVE AND LUCRE.

case of love Mt first sight on nv art.
and got introduced.
"Dr. Sprisgc-AIiss Laura WYATT"
The Introduction was made IN an in
slant. We had one waltz, only one.
which we danced from start to finish;
and then when that was over. we both
felt rs though we had known and loved
each other all our lives.
How managed it 1 don't exactly
know, but did manage it. 1 succeeded
IN getting introduced to old Mr.. Wyatt.
Lnura's papa. / danced several other
dances with Laurn, and at the end of
those dances:
l vowed her the one thing undeflled
lint lived and brenthed in this wor,d of
sin;
The pnrest, tcnderest, trucst child
That Il man ever trusted in.
You may say that it did not take me
long to arrive Mt this conclusion. 1t
did not take Inc long, simply because |
am a man OF great mental promptitude,
and have grown accustomed to arrive
rnpidly at a correct diagnosis. You
have to arrive at II rapid diagnosis when
you see 12O patients in three hours.
which had been in the habit of doing
rs assistant physician ut st. Skinflnts.
fancy | made rather favorable i'm
preston on old Wyatt. l had cultivated
good professional manner. Some pco.
pie say that i'll my profession manner is
everything. / was what may be termed
eXtra-proiessional- young consult
ing physician always is. l had the
etiquette and the ethics of the profession
at my fingers ends, and at that time [
honestly felt that if it had not been for
my peculiarly preposscssing appearance
and the fact that 1 was deficient in the
physicians crown of glory-I mean II
bald head-a large and lucrative prac
tice must be mine eventually; and till
the night | saw Laura l was absolutely
devoted to the profession of medicine.
and longed-I actually longed-for
that bald head and the accompanyino
large and lucrative practice.
| called and was very favorably re-
ceived. Mr.. Wyatt asked me to dinner :;
and he madea very favorable impression
upon ne, and he gave me very good
dinner; and the interest the old gentle.
man took in medicine was sometime
wonderful. Old Wyatt lived in very
large house, IN thoroughly respectable
stylc-bUtlcr who looked like m arch.
deacon and two parlor maids.
We'll, l was very much in love with
Laura Dit was fifteen years ago, and / am
as much in love with her now rs w,s
them. proposed for Laura in form:
and then had to confess to old WYATT
that / had only six thousand pounds of
my own left had got through four
thousand of my original ten in the rent
OF consulting room, the hire of II
brougham and the usual taxes. to which
the young consultant is subjected. I
told old Wyatt fatty that did not want
his money; it was his daughter wanted
and not his rlucats. This statement was
absolutely genuine, for was very much
IN love. l explained to Mr.. Wyatt that
by the time the rest of the ten thousand
was gone l might honestly expect to be
in receipt of the magnificent professional
income of five hundred year.
Then old Mr.. Wyatt threw himself
back IN his chair and laughed aloud.
thought he would never leave off LAUGH.
ing. | demonstrated with him upon b;s
hcartless conduct.
"AIy dear fellow" he said. AZ can't
help it, it's too ridiculous. You Delhi.
eratcly threw away &10, 900 and the hest
years Of your life for the sake of a posi-.
BILE income of $500 n year. Now. DR.
sprigge, | will not attempt to conceal
from you that my daughter is much at.
tached to you. You are young, YOU arc
enthusiastic, You are ready to sacrifice
everything for your profession. Now
the question is: Are you ready to sacri'
iicc your profession for my daughter9 T
am bit of doctor myself" he said
with curious chuckle, land I'vc /,
great respect for doctors; but there are
reasons-good and substantial reasons
why my daughter could never marry
medicinal man; or, rather, to be more
accurate, there are reasons why no medi.
cal man could marry my daughter"
Hhat could he meant 1t WA, mos.
mysterious statement. '''
"Nly dear sir" I said, "if threw up
NY procession for your daughter $ SAKE