The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-09-19

W, dlN Olu plhCt WltIt u UOleu
man was i'll. The Young doctor
stormed and TUNED at the use OF
his name up and down the town,
and that night set 'em UP. In less
than a year, he had all the real
practice he could attend to, and is
today one OF the wealthiest practi.
TONERS in the south vest, because
OF that irregular" Advertising and
the tact that he could make good
on the practice 1t brought him,
thus lustiiving the Judgment OF
men that seldom tails the average
newspaper worker OF experience,
II It hadn't been Tor we heather he
would have been starved back into
the ague belt, as thousands OF 9th.
er promising youngsters have been
And yet with all OF his pompos
ity, all OF his metasalvo about
ethics and such other truck as ~
common mortals tail TO grasp, the
tair man and the iair women real
Ives the debt we owe to the coun.
try doctor, even though there are
many who, IT they evcr think OF 1t
all, dismiss It with the reflection
that he gets his paw, and that ends
II. Yet how pititully little a
money rccompense the services OF
the country physician, who, year
after year, in seed time and har.
vest, in the blush OF autumn and
the sting OF winter, follows his PEG.
pie on the tourney from squIlls TO
glory, His pampered brother OF
the great city, who gives pills OF
bread TO the imagined wealthy in.
valid, knows nothing OF the person.
al element and the soul that goes
into the practice OF his rural broth.
or, who see the child hc helped IN.
10 this world OF trouhl, pass with
h%esitating feet TO young man or
womanhood, living over again tAc
existence OF those who gave them
lie. From time to time, mortal
illness creeps into the blg family
OF the country doctor, and the most
sincere mourneri is the family ply
stefan, perhaps with an unpaid bill,
but with an interest and a regard
that death cannot etace and a sor.
row that is as real as that Ot those
OF blood, tor he has the added
sense OF failure 10 retain the vital
spark that means so much or so
little 10 those with whom personal
contact IS decreed 10y tate. How
many nights has he lain in unrest,
his mind on the tevered form that
is battling tor existence, trying TO
devise some course that will more
quickly and surely throw aside the
grasp OF disease, and relieve the
strain OF those wis love. How
often has the pulse OF hope been
changed to the sluggish current OF
disappointment "a the daily call
showed the patient slipping away
in spite OF his knowledge and skill,
that is close 10 agony to the aver
age country doctor, and one that
most OF all he must hide. Then
after health or death has come, his
offices do not end. lie is the con.
hdante and advisor OF the whole
family, a. h. is OF the whole coun.
tryside. He points with kindly .
mein the way 10 right living 10 the
ieeblest womanhood, and IN, HE a
mar should lead. He warns the
erring and helps to retrieve the mis-.
takes that sting and are costly in
all that makes life worth living
He IS the contessor, the physical
father, OF the whole community,
and upon his counsel hangs NOR,
OF real happiness than the advice
OF an ambassador or n minister,
simply because he teachcs the real
human part OF US, that We must be-
right before Ne can lay hold OF
higher and better things. IN every
emergency the people lean on him,
and their trust is seldom misplac.
ed. He knows his duty and dis.
charges It 10 the best OF his ability,
and II the race were properly CRATE.
tul they would rise up and call him
blessed would anoint his head with
honor, and last, but by no means
least, pay his bill first OF all, in.
stead OF last or never, as is most
apt to be the case under our strange.
ly perverted code OF practice. He
deserves It and more, Tor ciyillza-
ton has no nor stalwart soldier,
and the gospel OF mercy no more
faithful disciple, than the faithful,
plodding country doctor.
HANDFULS OF SORTS.
! have been much entertained