Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-10

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Great Heaven: what Can De the
Mntter.'
me from ore practice 10 another. from
Harley street 10 Camden Town, the
medical press. egged on by my follow
practitioners. have followed me even
down here. They might have left me
alone in the obScurity of Twickenham.
But no. | am still the stock illustra-
ton of the medical char!atan. Be
cause. forsooth. l have powers denied
TO other e and have called IN the
aid of science To assist those powers,
they call me n quackl Yet. there is not
one amongst them who dare to put me
to the test-not one whose miserable
soul I could not turn inside cut, had he
but courage to see me for five minutes
alone in tins room"
Richard, dear urged his wife,
pleadin2ly, why not give up these re-
searches which have proved SO fatal
To your professional careerl Can you
not see that the people are easily per-
ed to regard your methods rs unnat-
ural, III o supernatural? For Heav-
ems sake, give up hypnOtiSm and phys
IT, your patients in the old way, asother
physicians do
NO, Helen, | will not,' exclaimed
Somerville, his steely eyes flashing an
grily. Il am neither a liar nor a hyp-
ocrite. Have | not seen the entire mis-
cradle trickery from behind the scenes =:
Do | not know that nine-tenthS of the
fees pocketed by West End physicians
are the proceeds of deliberate fraud:"
Fraud, Richard 2" repeated the wife,
with some show OF spirit, for, herself
Il doctors daughter, she resented the
sweeping charge. surely, patients
only consult a physician when they feel
al, and he endeavors to cure them 10
the best OF his ability. There is no
fraud in that"
"Iaor goodness sake. Helen" re-
joined her husband, irritably, do not
dOgmatiZe upon matters you know
nothing about. | tell you that, in the
asst majority of cases. the physician
diagnoses by mere guess-work; that
the same patient. who may consult six
physicians separately, will be treated
for half-a-dOZen different complaints.
The Alpha-Omega of medical practice
is to keep a patient on the books. not
TO cure him. The patient himself aids
in the deception: not one In ten will
truthfully answer a doctors questions
as to his past life. and without such
knowledge. the doctor is cropping in the
dark. But to me the patient cannot lie.
for can master MS will and extract
the most deeply-buried secrets OF his
past. And for this | am branded n
charlatan by the very men who are
often glad. in urgent cases, to invoke
my assistance"
1t was doubtless a satisfaction to
DR.. Son1erville to ride his hobby and
ventilate his grievances, and he said
much more in the same strain, until
the sound cf wheels upon the grave!
outside. followed by a loud peal of the
door bell, arrested the flow Of his elo-
Ouence.
Hastily brushing past the servant
VINO opened the study door 10 o
him. Ernest Norton strobe into the
Don and boisterously greeted his for
Eler friend. The surprise was to the
ull as great as he had anticipated.
You are about the last person I
should have expected TO see, Ernest
remarked Somerville. presently. II
bought You were still working away
patiently at that mythical gold-mine
your uncle left you"
1T proved To be- no myth. after all,
replied Norton, laughing: though I
confess that, during the first few years.
me results were not very dazzling.
However. il turned up trumps at Last.
and ] have come back with my pockets
fairiy-weil lined. III | succeed in float
ing 1t into "A company (which my bank.
ers wrote it would be an easy thing to
do) | II be quite a Croesus In a
small way"
Naturally enough, the young engineer
gave a lengthy account OF his Indian
experiences. which have. however.
nothing to do with this tory. He made
no mention whatever of Zana. merely
stating chat he had very important
business to transact next day.
And, ~ the way. Dick he 4
III you AVE a safe upon the premises
VIII ask .rou to lock away certain val.
uaples hat | have brought with me to
deposit In the bank. In this bag ara
Jewels worth a kings
mine, but entrusted TO me by a friend
nave. besides, nearly $4,000 In Rank
or England notes. The rest of the
money lies to my Credit upon these
araits on the London and Westminster
bank"
why. you're quite a millionaire. Mr..
Norton! exclaimed Mrs. Someryille.
with. perhaps a tinge Of envy in her
tone; as she reflected upon her hus.
bands involved affairs.
Wen, not exactly that" laurbed
Norton; but still have something to
snow for my five years exile. and r
snaii feel easier when all this stuff "a
Under lock and key
There's the lock, Ernest rcma rked
oomervilie. pointing to a small iron
sure IN a corner of the room. sand
heres the Key. So make your mind
easy at once" $3.50
Norton placed his bag and pocket-
oook IN the safe, ana. at his hosts re-
a aatn',n retained the key. There's