Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11

Or Fliilip Jensen sat in his comfort
able den At home smoking u long BLACK
cigar ,nd Illuminating over certai:
events long past aud limos forgotten
In his hand he held a letter typed u!
u nlain white sheet of pape:. A brigh'
fir" was cracking merrily In II orci
CRATE. and Or Jensen would read tho
letter and then gazc into the leaping
flames and under his breath mut,er:
Damn him"
The letter nau neither heading nor
signature. there was no writing to iden-
tify tn" ender the poStmork on the
envelope vas from II remote sub
station away out in the northern
suburbs of the great city. but DIR. Jen-
sen knew. us well as he knew his oW II
name. just VIVA had sent hat letter.
Knew it because IT. referred to IL GER
tam event In his past life. spoke of Il
compromising photograph and other
things. only onc man knew these
things. the knowledge wiicn would be
very disastrous to Or. Jcnsen's doines-
tic and financial affairs. The writer of
this letter limited that a money con
Sid"ration. IN sufficiently large. might
purchase the incrisninatinG evidence.
only one tEan knew these facts. there
fore he must have sent the missive.
Y" go back "A little: When Jensen
WdS ETi'uut|tu from an important
eastern medical school and had had
two years hospital work he stood on
the threshold of his career. He liked
medicine. had been n good student and
was well fitted to practice. But he
had financial ambition. All his life he
had been poor. he had worked his way
through, collcgr. with the heel of pow
erty evcr pressing his neck. He
wanted money. but tho pathway to
money through practice of medicine
-uncertain.
Many tdoctors) arc called but few
are chosen" was only too true. and
Philip Jensen studied the subject of
his future very seriously. The ethical
thing for him To have lone at this
time would be to open an office. fur
nish ii modcStly. put a pretty gold
sign reading. Philip Jensen. Physi-
clan and Surgeon on the door. and
then to sit down, in an easy chair and
along and be suddenly stricken with
ache. He must wait for his
patients-wait perhaps like the "Hon.
Peter Stirling" for two years before a
client came along. LII doing this he
would be strictly ethical. but two years
or being ethical wasn't pleasant. cspc-
ciaily when the doctor needed food and
raimcn during that time. If he were
reasonably successful liz building up a
practice he might after nbnu; ten years
he able 10 pay his office rent and sup
port himself. Hu he didn't propose to
be poor that long: in ten years he
wanted to accumulate "a goudly amount
OF money: in twenty he wanted to be
independent He studied carefully
over these questions and finally be-
came an advertising specialist He
departed from the hcwn ines OF medi-
cine: through the papers he told of
his skill in his chosen speciality; his
Sbn.If,UCS gsr roscn,,htn ., lc-.~
very long ths credit side OF his ledger
was getting larger thar the debit.
What DIR. Jensen did he did we'll: he
was not am impecunious quack. but II
skilled and expert physician. A year
later his practice had SO Increased he
needed heip in his accounts and office
work. A bright Irish chap named
O'Brien was secured rs DR.. Jensen's
secretary. O'Brien was about the same
age as the doctor and the two soon
became fast friends. O'Brien was a
lawyer and was trying to gel on his
feet by the old ethical way. but his
FUNDS ran out before clients began to
come In and he VAS perforce obliged TO
seer work. Jensen was glad to get
.pim;s MS keen perception of business
affairs and his ready Irish wit were
valuable assets for :, private secretary.
and this is what he was.
With the cOming of money Dr. Jensen
'"tf w ~ vi
HE he went to the %iuxuries. His rooms
were beautifully furnished and he and
oBrien lived together. 1t was said that
THESE bachelor apartments of DR.. Philip
IeIisen became the scene OF more THAI
one little dinner whereat vine. women
ann song were predominant. DIR. Jen-
sen was enjoying life to the fun and
tarol O'Brici was helping him along.
A. Soodly crop of wild oats Was being
sown by both men.
t.Qr three years life flowed on UNI
eventually for the doctor and his secre-
tarH. when one evening DIR. Jensen
Harry. I'm going to surprise
::,Eax,. PURE"
I'm going to get married."
Married: Ha. la. Well. that's a
good Phil. Who's the lucky
lady? And how about. all our friends
here?"
A dull red color suffused Jensen's face
Az he replied:
Newer. mind who the lady is. L
haven't spoken to her yet and don't
know II he would nav me: but I'm
getting sick of living as we do. 1 want
now and I'm XOing:to lave one"
=: You suppose the future Mrs.
Jensen would he proud OF the life we
are leading. 10 your"
No. and that's just II. Tonight is
our farewell. After that I quit"
S do 1. then. Since coming with
you. Phil. I've mad q devil. of 4 good
time: You've treated me we'll and /
have IA few thousand OF my own aid
by. You know like the law and I'm
going back to It,"
"BN. l don't want to lose you"
There. Phil. q and l know too
much. OF each other TO be together af-
for u Syn'F0 ff1n ufrx0H Xnn rNs ~,
other secretary"
.""Wnat you say is probably true.
G.Br;eu- bat l hate to see you 60.
Wen! anyway. we'll have one last night
Of it, and out they went.
/. DIR. Jensen would have given a great