Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-23

his expenses. which were very mod
crate.
He was threat specialist, but his
earnings thus far had come from his
own throat and not from the throats
of his patients. He had supported
himself since his youth and had paid
for an expensive professional e,1uca.
ton by singing. have heard good
judges say that Deane might have TAX.
en- rank among the few great tenors
OF the time and have made money by
the bushel. but he disliked singing for
pay. and he especially. feryently, ia
natically. disliEed notoriety. anything
whatever that could be called adver-
Using. He had sung chiefly III church
choirs aud very select concerts and
had marvelOuslY succeeded In conceal.
Ing the fact that lie was one of the
favorite children of Apollo.
Upon his return from Germany lie
went to his native town of. Eddington,
In Connecticut. where lie remained
three years. He got few patients,
but his salary rs tenor in n New Haven
church choir constituted more than
half his income.
The Kendalls were among the few
people In Eddington who had any
money, but they never had throat trou-
bles. These seemed to occur among
the poor only. Elsa Kendall was called
the prettiest girl In the town, and she
was the heiress also. To pay court to
her was perhaps the only worldly wise
thing that Sydney Deane did in his
three years residence in Eddington,
but Elsa Kendall grew from eighteen
to twenty-opc. seeing Denne almost
daily except for her own brief abb
sences from the town. and she never
knew the nature of his sentiments to-
ward her.
In the early days she fancied herself
in love with him. Then she was his
friend. adorlng only his voice. and at
last she came to despise him just lit
tie rs weak man. finical in his devo-
ton to the proprieties and incapable of
dealing with the world. Relentlessly
she forced Deane into the battle. 1t
was her energy that propelled him In
to the larger field. When he was gone
she missed him very much and shed
some tears.
In New York Deane made some very
nice acquaintances among the doctors.
but got no patients.
Deane's stock of money began to run
low. His voice was earning him moth
ing except the admiration of his neigh
bors and of the wayfarers who paused
outside his windows, but he felt that
the day was at hand when he must
sing for hire. This thought was a
thorn in his flesh, and there was an
other that was even sharper. He had
neglected one OF Elsa's most urgent
admonitions. Worse. he was deceiving
her about it. Look up my uncle, DR..
Kendall. the very first thing" she had
said to him. HE will help you."
Deane had Hooked him up" as the
phrase is understood in New York.
and had not been satisfied with the re-
suit.
To put it mildly. DR.. Kendall was a
man who did not avoid notoriety. His
name was constantly before the pub
lie. Interviews with Dr. Kendall If
cut from the daily press and pasted
end to end would reach to the planet
Neptune and tie in II double bowknot.
So said doctor whom Deane ventured
to interrogate upon the subject. and he
added:
Kendall is in good standing. of
course and he's an ohle man nrnh.
ably one Of the best men on the throat
that we have. but he advertjses him
self out of all reason. He has great