Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-11-08
The
AbSentminded
Doctor.
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opa of Nev york,s hest known phy-
.ici,ps has also the renutatiop of being
me of tho most absentminaed of men.
He was engaged the other evening
,tufsno tr,,,k and drcss suit case
with clothing and manuscripts prepar-
atorv IN starting Immediately TO. a
western CITY where he was to lecture
before n convention of pathoIocists on
tbat branch of Therapeutics which had
brought him fame. A number of his
professional friends who were TO ac-
company him were in waiting. The lug
gage was well on its way to the rail-
way station. the doctor and his friends
following. when his friends were sur
prjsed 10 see the doctor start suddenly
AS Though he bed suffered cardiac
shock and clasp his breast on the left
side Thev threw their arms about him
ia aunnort him and nrevent him from
faujne hut the doctor waved tbem off
aud smiled
..Rovsr be exclaimed .I,ye forgot to
hiring any money with me. It's one on
mo Como hack to the office a minute.
and we'll have n dron of that Scotch
Won all know so we'll" The invitation
..s readily accented by his fellows.
Who ,vera. hilarions at the ioke on the
man Who was IN devote ono of his Sc
ries of lectures tn "tbe loss of memory.
i,s oa,ses and remedy" seated in his
at,,dv he said.
"Rovs vva ara a bit earv for the
train and while we're waiting ri tell
yon of an embarrassing exnerienee
which bannened mo As result Of nv
,raacberons memorv ON nv last tour
,bronob the west
"Tuo of us started from New York.
nr plank n tail follow like myself
hut a great deal more thougbtfnl of lit
,le thlngs that make life,s natbway a
htt snontber at times lie had arrang-
ed evervtbipg. not forgetting even ex-
reached Buffalo when i remembered
that all nv clothing as well as my
manuserints wore AT home In n trunk
waiting for the expressman | had for
gotten to send for A few DAYS before
starting | managed TO think 10 express
drnIicata COMICS of my addresses ahead
TO the city where | was to begin the
course of lectures.
Il telegraphed TO New York to send
IN my clothing. but we were already
nearly 15 hours ahead of the next ex-
nress and had fieured 10 arrive In town
a
food and get TO the lecture room.
MY manuscripts had arrived all
right but there | was in a travelling
costume of linen. covered with dust
and not fiji to be presented to an au-
dlenee who were anticipating much.
even in the way of dress. from a New
York specialist Nv linen was thor
ouebly soiled ON the trim. and | didn't
have time 10 buy new shirts. collars or
cuffs Dr. Blank had brought several
suits of clothes with him as well as "A
good supplv of linen. so we overcame
this obstacle and thought little more
about IT, But linen and outside wear
ing apparel weren't the only things |
found / needed when | began to take
advantage of Blanks generous offer TO
elothe myself from skin to head cover
Ing | only wore my own shoes be-
cause Blanks were one size smaller
and n trihe narrower than mine. But
other than furnishing me with foot
wear was clothed throughout in
Ranks wardrobe. 1t was not evening
dress. but a suit of the froek cut. which
answered very well. and | considered
II at least semiappropriate for the oc-
caslon.
"The lecture hall was but a short
way from the hotel. and told Blank to
90 ahead and | would follow imme-
diately. as we were now some minutes
late. Blank obeyed and announced that
| would soon be there. as | was then
dressing. After dressing | discovered |
was low IN funds. very low. aud of
course. desiring TO keep up the reputa-
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