The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12
AN AMATEUR
PHYSICIAN


ment are "a nuisance"
I was once very much benefited by
one of these amateur physicians" re-
piled the artist.
You: now?"
You know Ned Bradley?s
Yes: smpleton. Hes one of that
kind-knows more about medicine
than whole school of doctors Did he
doctor you?'
We'll, yes. | was feeling very bad
one spring. and in the midst of my all
mgs ran across Ned. 1 know what's
The matter with you. he said. It's
your heart. Going TO closet he
brought out stethoscope and clapped
it tn my heart. lie listened awhile.
llen rushed OF 10 ease where be
kept half "A dozen medical books with
such titles rs ones Own Doctor.
Medicine Made Easy and the like,
and. taking one of them. he hunted
through the leaves till he found heart
disease After reading what il said
he reluctantly informed me that | was
liable To drop down dead mt any mo-
ment"
"Of course you submitted the case
to n Physician"
That's what | should have done, but
dared not lest he should confirm
what Bradley had said Instead |
went about expecting each day would
be my last. The flesh melted from my
bones | lost my strength. | was on
the verge of collapse. Then l began
to make preparations for my death. l
bad S50.00o in government bonds and
no relative in the world to whom To
leave them. The only person | loved
was Mary klagget. and Mary was re
eeiving the attentions of Alex Mae
Arthur Nevertheless. my affection for
her was of the true kind. We had
been ehums at school, hunted butter
flies together in summer and skated to- /
gether in winter. Then. when we grew
older. we read the same books. thought |
the same thoughts. had similar aspira
tons All went well till Macarthur |
appeared; then dropped away. But !
loved Mary SO well that | resolved to /
leave her my bonds.
After that | went downhill Mt to- |
bogean speed. Somehow l felt averse |
10 meeting people-they bore an invalid
SO. asking how he feels and all that
50 | kept at home and at last took To |
my bed. | called in doctor and took |
any quantity of medicines. but none of |
them did me any good"
Did you tell him about your heart /
disease?"
NO; | preferred 10 have him make
his own diagnosis. At least, this is
the excuse | made to myself for not /
telling him. The truth is. l didn't dare
tell him. for fear his reply would end
the business at once When | got so
low that | thought | wouldn't last
much longer | resolved TO send for
Mary and give her my property. When
she came and saw my condition she /
burst into tears.
MARY | said, you remember how I
we used TO play together. read the /
same books-what pleasant times we
had in each others companionship: |
We'll. all this made you the only being /
in the world 10 me Now I'm going to /
leave you. There is the key to my
box in the safe deposit company, and
here is paper making you a present
of the contents. You will find there /
fifty $1,000 United States bonds Take |
them. and may Alex Macarthur make |
sou happy
''she just bent down over me and
whispered.
lyon have made Il great mistake
"'And you're not going 10 marry
AlexT
"'No.'
"'You don't love himg
"1Iow could | when | have always
loved somebody elseF
she said this so softly and looked at
me so tenderly out of her brimming
eyes that | began to suspect l had
made fool of myself in drawing out
of the race so easily
Mary | whispered, is il l you
lovey
"'Yes; and If you get well we will
enjoy life together
"'And If notf'
Then don't want your bonds
F'ttf W IL Nialli- bi tIt btNl DtsiNt
me, my arms about her and her cheek
down against mine The door opened /
and in walked Ned Bradley
Horace he said, I've found out
there's nothing the matter with you
after ALL
WHAT
You're well enough, so far as your
heart i concerned
Then what did you mean by telling
me that | was liable to drop at any
momcntT
IL got hold of the wrong book
He was going on 10 explain. but
graspcd n pitcher that stood on Il table
beside my bed. and as he vanished out
of the door the crockery splintered all
over the floor. | sank back exhausted
with the effort. for had really brought
myself down To n low state by worry