Hutchinson gazette., 1900-04-12
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I DIR. DIENIOH's EXPERIENCE. !
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bis practice, Day after day he sat II
the big easy chair In bis office owe
the drug store and played checker
with Hopkins. the photographer
whose studio was across the hall
Hut for once that he was called, tn
photographer was called 20 times
and business was not particularly
brisk with the photographer, DIR
Deinich, who was greatly corpulent
asthmatic and bald, and whose bul
4 bous nose, crimson-veined and polish
ed, proclaimed nothing more than
the truth about him, was wont ID
tell Hopkins that the public taste hat
become peryerent, People, he said
preferred to call in II lot Of emplrca
young chaps, fresh from some cheap
John school, with lot OF poppycocl
about meteorological cultures ant
serums, and dude clothes and five
inch collars; they had no use FOL
men Of experience and judgment. \
man that was any good at all nigh
Just as well quit the business,
Complaining thus, the physician
would hoist himself out OF his chah
and shamblc over TO his little dispcn
sary, which divided an old-fashionet
mahogany bookcase with the medlca'
library; there he would pour some
dark-brown stun into graduate
glass and take the dose without wine
ing, Returning to his seat he would
bite OIL n large piece Of plug tobacco
and proceed TO tell Hopkins OF tho
pnlmy days when he held county
job of surprising softness and snap
plncss. Also Of his lucrative conncc,
tion with two or three lifc.insuranct
companies that had unfortunately
failed owing to the untimely demise
OF two or three OF the insured lie
wos certainly n practitioner of cSper.
iences, II not Of experience, suppos
ing all these stories he told Hopkins
TO be true.
Hopkins had profound respect rol
DIR, nicnich, both ns n checker player
and as a gentleman Of eminent scien
titic nttninments, Once he had beer
afflicted with boil on the back OF
his neck. and Doc Ploheld had mon
Keyed with 1t for week 'thout help
IN II particle, Then he went to Doc
Dienich, an oil Doc just nachally
fixed him up some kind O truck that
knocked that boil out in q hours
Therefore Hopkins received DR.. Diem
ich's estimate Of public dscrimina
tion with entire confidence.
"Why don't you try suthin' else
Doc?" he asked of his friend one
morning. "1f | had your edercatiop
they couldn't keep me down. I'd foo
'em."
The American people like to b.,
humbugged, Andy" said Dr. Dienich
with slow and solemn emphasis
They like TO be humbugged. " J
was one Of them smart Little blothcr.
sixties like Ploheld, With pointed
beard and potent-leather shoes, rt
be Keeping the spindlcs of Il rubber
tire buggy hot, tell you; but don't
have to do 1t, I'VE rot money. and :
don't have TO practice unless wan,
TO- Say, Andy You never heard o.,
Plofleld being called on TO give cxpcri
testimony before the courts, did you'
] guess not ] wish had all the
money I've made that way in m,
pocket right now, all the same"
~ guess they pay GOOD fees" soif
the photographers
VI guess they do, II you're testify
ing for the right kind of people ant
You testify good and stvong-and pos
tive" replied Dr. Dlcnich. winline
elaboratclS, AN the same, Andy, !
ought to be making money now. |
don't know but I'll do little hum,
bugging myself"
The doctor was still in this repre-,
henslble state of mind when he look
ed over the gIcnsc.spoltcd morning
papeH in the pcrpctually soled anf
sloppy restaurant where he took hi,
meals, and saw this advertisements.
WANrGD-Physlcion with $500,
snap for widc-awakc man; none bul
Pegulmly qualified need apply. IT,
room 420 Galcn block.
"Thot looks as II II might suit me-
unused DR., Dlench, "A snnpl Well
snap is something I haven't any
particular objection to, "A wide
awake mani l guess I've cut my
eyctccth. 1t won't cost anything tt
look into this, anyway"
when DR.. pjcnich entered room 42t
he thought he must have made a mis-
take Five or six young women wcr,
seated before as many desks. clatter
ing away an typewritters at tire
mendous rate. Two others were an
parently sorting letters in alphabet
fcal order at long table, while a bo,
read addresses from along slip to
sharp-featurcd man, who entered
thcr' IN . book and ca'lcG ihcm back
to the boy in high-pitched. monot.
onous tone OF voice. II was n scene
OF more than ordinary business ac.
tiyity, and DIR, Dienich, looking there.
on and concluding that nobody con.
nected with the establishment wns
likely to have snap, was about to
back out, when the sharp.fcaturea
man broke off in the middle of an nd.
dress, and with winning smile ask.
ed what he could do for him.
VI called TO see about an advertise.
ment in this mornings paper" said
DR.. Denich, hcsitaiingly.