Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-08-12
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on" said be, presently. 1.-THE landlord
absolutely refuses to give any l"I'hea
time. and all the trndrspeople nave
taken their cue from him. Next week
viii see us sold up, and l see nothi;s
for II but to accept that miserpie
Manchester appointment Surely, II Is
enonuh to make one curse ones TEL
low men! Not content with lioundlh,s
me from one practices to another from
Harley street to Camden Town. the
medical press. eggrd on by my fellow
practitioners. have followed me even
down here. They might have lelt me
alone in the obscurity OF lWlckehi'ali'
But no! l am still the stock llluStra-
ton of the medical charlatan. be,
cause, forsooth, l have powers deh,eu
to other men, and have called III inc
aid of science to assist those powers,
they call me Quacll! Yct, there Is not
one amongst them WHO dare to put me
to the tcst-llot one whose E!serlble
soul / could not turn inside out, had ne
but courage to see me for five minutes
alone IN this room"
Orchard, DEAR urged his wife,
pleadinsly. 'why not give up these re,
searches which have proved so 1atal
to your professional career? Can you
not sec that the people are easily per-
cd to regard your methods as unhat-
ural. If not supernatural? For Heav-
ems sake, give up hypnotism and phys
ic your patients in the old way, asOthcr
physicians do"
mo, Helen, l will not" exclaimed
Somervillc, his steely eyes flashing an
grily. II am neither liar nor hyp-
ocritc. 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:" repeated the wife,
with some show of spirit, for, herself
a doctors daughter, she resented the
sweeping charge. Surely, patients
only consult physician when they feel
i'll, and he endeavors to cure them ia
the best of his ability. There Is no
fraud in that"
"For goodness sake, Helen" re-
joined her husband, irritably, do not
dogmatize upon matters you know
nothing about. I tell you that. in the
vast 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 AlphaOmega 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 his will and extract
the most deeply-buried secrets Of his
past. And for this l am branded q
charlatan by the very men who are
often glad, In urgent cases, to invoke
my assistance"
It was doubtless a satisfaction tc
DR.. Somerville to ride his hobby and
ventilate his grievances, and he said
much more in the same strain, until
the sound Of wheels upon the gravel
outside, followed by a loud peal Of the
door bell, arrested the flow of his elo
Quence.
Hastily brushing past the servant
who opened the study door to announce
him, Ernest Norton strobe into the
room and boisterously greeted his for:
ner friend. The surprise was to the
full as great as he had anticipated.
"You are about the last person ]
should have expected to see, Ernest
remarked Somerville, presently. 81
bought you We're still working away
patiently at that mythical gold-mine
your uncle left you"
ut proved to be no myth, after all, y
replied Norton, laughing; though ]
confess that, during the first few years
the results were not very dazzling
However, it turned up trumps at last
and have come back with my pockets
fairly-well lined. If I succeed in float
ing it into company (Which my bank.
ers wrote it would be an easy thing tc
do) | shall be quite a Croesus in a
small way"
Naturally enough, the young engineer
gave lengthy account of his Indian
experiences, which have, however
nothing to do with this tory. He made
no mention whatever of Zana, merely
stating that he had very important
business to transact next day.
"And, by the way, Dick" he added,
"if you have a safe upon the premises,
I will ask you to lock away certain val.
uables that have brought with me to
deposit in the bank. In this bag are
jewels worth kings ransom-not
mine, but entrusted to ne by friend
I have, besides, nearly $4,000 in Bank
of England notes. The rest of the
money lies TO my credit upon these
drafts on the London and Westminster
bank"
"Why. you're quite a millionaire, Mr.
Norton!' exclaimed Mrs. Somerville,
with, perhaps tinge of envy in her
tone. as she reflected upon her hus.
bands involved affairs.
''Well, not exactly that" lau ,hed
Norton; "but still I have something to
show for my five years exile. and I
shall feel easier when all this stuff is
under lo.l> and key"
'"There's the lock, Ernest" remark ed
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