Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-07-18

are O stranger IN GnlS ClGy-nO neeu W looh
SURPRISED, seuor One who is familiar with
town does not gaze and stare and ask
the path of passersby, nor does native
Of Seville walk on the sunny side Of the
street in summer. And now, If you will
not think me impertinent, I will ask you
what can be the business Of so healthy
young man with my rival yoncerS" And
he nodded toward the house Of the famous
physician.
"A mans business, like his name, Is his
own affair senor," answered, setting
my host down in my mind as one OF those
who disgrace our art by plying openly for
patients that they may capture their fees.
sStill will tell you. am also physi-
clan, though not yet fully qualified, and
seek place where may help some doctor
Of repute In his daily practice, and thus
gain experience and my living with It,"
"Ah, Is it so2 Well, senior, then you will
look in vain yonder," and again he nodded
toward the physicians house. such as
he will take no apprentice without the fee
te large indeed. It Is not the custom OF
this city"
"Then must seek livelihood else
where or otherwise"
!
See what you know Of medicine and, what
Is more important, of human nature, for
of the first none Of us can ever know much,
but he who knows the latter will be lead
er of men-or Of women-who lend the
men,"
And without more ado he put me many
questions, each Of them so shrewd and
going so directly to the heart of the mat
ter in hand that marveled at his sagaci-
ty. Some of these questions were medical,
dealing chiefly with the ailments Of wom-
en-; others werc general and dealt moro
with their characters. At length he fin
ished.
'sYou will do, senor," he said. "4ou
arc young man Of parts and promise,
though: as was to be expected from one OF
your years, you lack experience. There is
stuff in you, senior, and you have heart,
which is good thing, for the blunders of
man with heart often carry him farther
than the cunning Of the cynic; also you
have will and know how to direct it. ="
I bowed and did my best to hold back
my satisfaction at his words from showing
In my face.
s.still, "he went on, "all this would not
cause me to submit to you the offer that I
am sbout to make, for many prettier fell
low than yourself is, after all, unlucky, or
fool at the bottom, or bad tempered and
destined to the dogs, as for aught know
you may bo also But take my chance
of thr+ because you suit me in another
way Perhaps you may scarcely know 1t
yourself, but you have beauty, senior, beau
~ Of very rare and singular type, which
half the ladies of Seville will praise when
they come to know you."
''I am much fattered," said, but
might I ask what all these compliments
may meanf To be brief, what is your Of
feri'
ITO be brief, then, 1t is this: I am in
need of an assistant who must possess all
che qualities that I see in you, but most
Of all one which can only guess you to
possess-discretion That assistant would
not be III paid. This house would be at
his disposal, and he would have opportu-
mites Of learning the world such as arc
given to few. What say youY"
"I say this, senior, that should wish to
know moro Of tho business in which am
expected to assist Your offers sound too
liberal, and I fear that must earn your
bounty by the doing Of work that honest
men might shrink from"
"a fair argument but, as 1t happens,
not quite correct one. Listen. You have
been told that yonder physician, to whose
house you went but low, and these
hare he repeated four or five names-"are
the greatest Of their tribe in Seville. 1t Is
not 80. am the greatest and the richest,
and I do more business than any two of
them. Do you know what my earnings
have been this day alonei will tell you
Just over e5 gold pesos (about e63) moro
than all the rest of the profession have tax
en- together, I will wager. You want to
know how earn so much; you WANT to
know also why, II have earned so much,
am not content to rest from my labors.
Good; will tell you. earn 1t by minis
tering to the vanities Of women and shell
terine them from the results Of their own
folly. Has lady sore heart, she comes
TO me for comfort and advice. Has she
pimples on her face, she flies to me to cure
them. Has she secret love affair, 1t Is
who hide her indiscretion. I consult the
future for her, help her to atone the past,
doctor her for imaginary ailments, and
often enough cure her of real ones. Half
the secrets Of Seville are In my hands. Did
choose to speak could set score Of no
bic houses to brou and bloodshed. But I
do not speak. am paid to keep SILENT
and when I am not paid still keep ST.
lent for my credits sake. Hundreds Of
women think mo their savior; I know
them for my dupes. But, mark you, do
not push this gamo too far. A love philter
of colored water-I may give at price,
but not q poisoned rose. These they must
~ 3,,, -oyv
I am honest. I take tho world as it comes,
that is all, and as women will be fools l
profit by their folly and have grown rich
upon it.
"Yes, I have grown rich, and yet I can
not stop. love the money that is power
but more than all I love the way Of life.
Talk of romances and adventurol What
romance or adventure is half so wonderful
az those that come daily to my notice?
And 7 play part in every ono of them,
and none the less leading part because l
DO not shout and strut upon the boards. "
"If all this Is so, why DO you seek the
balp Of an unknown lad, stranger OF
whom you know nothing'" asked blunt
~. :,
"Truly, you lack experience" the old
man answered, with laugh. "Do you,
then, suppose that I should choose one
who was not stranger-one who might
have ties within this city with which /
was unacquaintedf And as for knowing
nothing Of you, young man, do you think
that have followed this strange trade OF
mine for 40 years without learning to
tudeo at sight1 Perhaps know you bet
ter than you know yourself. BY the way.
the fact that you are deeply enamored OF
that maid whom you have left In England
is q Recommendation to me, for whatever
follies you may commit you will scarcely
embarrass me and yourself by suffering
your affections to be seriously entangled
All, have astonished you"
'iHow do you know" I began, then
ceased.
"How do Iknow' Why, easily enough.
Those boots you wear were made In Eng
land. have seen many such when tray
sled there. Your accent also, though faint