The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-09
uaybQry's Repentance
If H@TDONT pay much attention
NNSf to what doctors say" he
~ remarked in his important
~ ly jovial way. He was a
~ tall, dogmatic, we'll dressed

man of thirty something
Point Of fact, I've never had occasion
to see one before. but
you are fortunate, Mr.. Maybury.
Won't you sit down?''
NO. he replied, Il won't. One doesn't
get on in life by sitting down. My motto
is to keep going"
Most of US have to pull up now and
again. Tho human frame
Look here" remarked the city man
truculently, you're not going to brighten
me. Although I've had little to do with
you medical men. I know there are
two sets of you; the optimists and the
pessimists Some Of you are too sanguine,
and others are not sanguine enough, but
none of you tell the precise truth"
"A medical man." said the doctor, try
ing to preserve his temper, "has to use
discretion. medical man who blurted
out the actual truth might well be doing
his patient a good deal of harm. You
must allow us, my dear sir, to know our
own business best
That's just what shall not dor cried
Maybury with vehemence. There's more
of humbug among you doctors than
than
Than the stock exchange?"
THAN in any other profession. Those
Of you who are not sheer quacks'-
Really, Mr.. Maybury," said the doctor,
offended, you must allow me to say
Are you specialist in this trif1ing
complaint that ! am suffering from?''
mo-" replied the doctor, shortly, 'I' m
not"
Then give me-" said Maybury, "a note
to the man at the top of the tree, and
Ill go on there in my cab like shot,
The doctor was sorry to lose sight so
quickly Of an important client, but Mr..
Maybury's aggressive manner had not
pleased him, and even doctors, careful
as they are to cloak the fact, have their
sensitive moments. He scrubbed note
Mr.. Maybury laid on the table an admi-
rable fee, and taking the letter ran out
to his cab.
TWO, five. two Harey-st!' he shouted.
Right you are, SIR said the cabman.
Winder up or DOWN.
Never mind the window. Put your
horse along sharp"
Gent" muttered the cabman to him
self, seems to be in bit of a hurry"
Indeed, this was the usual manner of
Arthur Maybury. When the cab stopped
at one of the large houses in Harley
street, which bore, like all it's neighbors,
q square brass plate on the open door,
he went hastily through the hall, and
= without going into. the waiting room,
opened a side door. A stout forid man
was seated at the table reading the adj
Vertisements in 1.-The British Medical
Journal Mr. Maybury banged his silk
hat down on the table and shook hands %
MY names Maybury,' he said deliy-
erlng the note. Here's my. card. A
meeting of directors is waiting for me
at Cannon Street hotel; I can only spare
hve minutes Now, just run over me, Dr.
Jeyeson, as sharp as ever you can and
give me a prescription
First give me your symptoms
Mr. Maybury described them A feel
ing OF depression in the evenings; slight
insomnia; absence of appetite. The norid
may eyed him seriously and held his wrist
for a few moments.
II may as well assure you," went on
Maybury, with burst Of frankness, "that
! am to be married in few months to a
very charming girl; dare say you have
seen the announcement in the. papers,
Miss Tearle, daughter of that Irishman
who lost his money in the -
'Mr. Maypury! The stout, florid man
came round and stood with his back to
the fireplace. II have an important an
nouncement to make to you. Your en-
gagement must be cancelled"
"Oh no. said Maybury, with gesture
of protest. THAT be hanged for tale.
Shed go and marry some one else, and
they wouldn't have sixpence between
them. couldn't allow her to endure
that fate, DR.. Jeyeson."
Il have nothing to do with the lady,
he said with gravity. IT am only con-
cerned with you. You are suffering from
rare complaint, known to us medical
men as Maybury did not catch the
phrase. 1T is my duty to tell you, sir,
that he coughed and lowered his voice,
"you have but few days to live
Arthur Maybury half fell, half sat on
the nearest chair. His face went very
white; his lips moved, but no sound came
Serious news to tell man, I know,
but it's best that you should know the
truth. What I recommend is that you
should go to the Riviera at once" May
bury calculated something in whisper
An, it's of no use damnfng the Riviera.
That won't help you. You get away by
to-night's mail without saying a word
about your condition to anybody, and
take the few remaining days of your life
as quietly and as calmly as you can
Be sure not to talk of it; that will only
increase the excitement and 'asten the
hend-I mean to say hasten the end"
Are you-are you isure of this, DR..
Jeyeson,' stammered Maybury.7
- IT am not in the habit of making mis-
takes"
What is the time now?"
'"rhe hour now is o'clock. You have
seven hours in which to make your ar
rangements." t=.M
And can't you give me a prescription
or anything?' -&M s.a
MY dear sir, pray be reasonable! Yours
IS no case for prescription"
There was a pause. Maybury looked
stupidity at portrait of Sir James Paget
on the walls without seeing it; his ad-
wiser drummed at the mantelpiece impa-
tientH.
"What-what Is your fee, DR.. Jeyeson?
Shall give your man check?'
Twenty guineas, if you please. Per
haps you will leave it there on the table
Either gold or notes.
With trembling hand Mr.. Maybury
counted out the amount.
IWenty-one sovereigns,'' he said thick
ly. Rather a lot of money to pay for
being told that ones not going to live
a week, isn't it?''
TIL see you to the door myself, Mr..
Maybury. And, aboye all, don't speak
of this to soul Make it, I beg, your
own secret"
Harley street is really very straight
thoroughfare, but to Maybury, walking
down unsteadily toward Cavendish
square. it seemed full of odd convolu.
lions. More than once he had to stop and
grip at ratings in order to recover his
4 Gelf-possession; passers-by stared at hi.-