The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-01
A Pulling Disease
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we're closed behind her
Good morning. Alice. What can
do for your
Doctor, wish you to tell me tbs
symptoms Of some unusual disease"
"What forTs
II am In love with recent graduate
OF the College Of Physicians. He is IL
love with the science Of medicine. ]
wish him to become interested in me
through my disease"
You little fraudr'
This Is world Of fraud, doctor"
~You mean world of fraud for wo.
men,
Certainly; we have not the power to
gain our ends openly
You are at least frank
Come. doctor; there's dear. good
man. tell me what | wish to know"
do you love him very muchG'
Yes
~And win die if you don't get hint"
Yes
'4Then must save you
Going to a rosewood desk. he wrote
something. folded the paper and hand
ed it to her
These are the symptoms OF a dis
ease that no physician can determine.
for there Is no such disease, unless 1t
be love
THANK you. doctor | must ask you
to wait awhile for your Zee. for have
not a cent Besides, think doctors
should be paid III proportion to the
value OF their advice. II your disease
succeeds will pay Yen double: II it
fails | VIII pay you nothing"
But how win ron pay double If you
have nothing to pay
You are very stupid, doctor The
man wish to Impress is rich"
You viIlatnt
You villains aee0mplices After all,
the chieanery Is not solely with our
sex.
"Oh. yes, Il Is. It emanates from wO-
men and is catching with men,
-Goodby. doctor. Thank you.
The girl passed cut by side door.
A few weeks later Or. Cords re.
celved call from a physician who had
been his pupil and was q great favor
tie with him. young Or. Thorax.
Doctor said Thorax. X wish 70
consult You shout patient Or mine
who has symptoms nowhere to be
found in our medical works. q very
puzxltng case And DR. Thorax pro
eeeied TO give his former preceptor the
symptoms the latter had laid down for
the young girl
These symptoms. said nr. Cords
after perusing theua, would be best
studied BY careful and constant su-
pervislon Of the patient. Yon must get
the young woman into position where
you can be with her night and day
But that could only be done by mar
rage
well
= am not thinking Of being mar
rled- z
Then you have only 70 tarn over
your case to some one else
~But 4 can never be satisfied TIL
have found the correct diagnosis"
Doctor, you muse settle this matter
for yourself 4
Or. ThoFax went away much puz-
zled. For the first time IN his life be
began to think orr woman with refer
ence 70 possessing Der, and when such
an idea takes root IN mans head It
grows like mushroom His fasclna
ton for the study of the peculiar dis
ease Of Miss Alice Bland and this new
idea we're like two bumhlehees alter
nately huzzlng Ia his bonnet Ne soon
er dill he get rid Of the one than he
was beset by the other
Or. Cords health gave way under a
strata q too much work. and he went
abroad He returned quite recovered
AMI took up bis practice. one morning
he received 3 card. Mrs. Henry n
Th0rax. ara ID another moment re
ceived the lady.
Coed morning. doctor have come
10 pay my bill
bilts 40 yQu mean % insult he ~
Offering me money fer
~Yon aid It dit only planned It
I told you that II it succeeded would
pay you double"
'Yon mean the man you shared
would pay ne double
Exactly"
Every well Physicians never make
each other any charge
TN that case I have to THANK you
Tor the deception you praeticed IN my
favor
Deception I deeeIve
Certainly. You carried out my
scheme to secure 4 husband admira-
bly,.
II did not. | remained neutral /
hold Thorax that be eould only ind out
Four disease BY marrying you'
'rf yau had told the truth you would
hare revealed my plan
THAT would not have been acting
aonorabiy toward you"
Nonsense That's mans boasted
ogic. Would you respect the conA-
aence Of i man who told you he was
about to rob another Of his money!
mo"