The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-10-29
DR.. KendalI's
Revenge.
By Hosard Fielding.

lr-----.-a1I was about SIX month";
that DR. sydney Dean,
II had been q medical prae
II tilionrr ip the Vily oI
II New York. and be had
not earned 10 per cent OF
his expenses. which were very mod
ernie
He was q throat specialist but bis
earnings thus far had come from his
own throat aud not from the threats
Of bis patients He bad supported
himself since bis youth and had paid
for an expensive professional educa.
sion by singing, ! have heard good
Judges say that Deane might have tax
Ell rank smonA the few great ieuors
Of the time aud have made money by
the bushel. but be disllked singing for
pay, and be especially. feryently. IA
natlcally. disliked notorioty, anything
whatever that could be called adver.
tising. He had sung chiefly In church
cholrs aud very select concerts aud
had marveiously succeeded in conceal.
Ing the fact that he was one OF the
fayorite children Of Apollo.
Upon his return from Germany he
went 10 his native town OF Eddlngton,
In Connecticut where be remained
three years, He got few patients.
but his salary as tenor In New Haven
church choir constituted more than
half bis income.
The Kendalls were among the few
people In Eddington who had any
money, but they never had throat trou.
bles. These seemed 10 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-one, seeing Deane 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 fancled herself
In love with him. Then she was his
friend, adoring only bis voice. and at
last she came TO desplse him just lit
tle as a weak man. finica In his devo.
ton to the proprieties and Incapable OF
dealing with the world. Relentlessly
she forced Deane into the battle. II
was her energy that propelled him In.
10 the larger field When he was gone
she missed him very much and shed
some tears.
In New York Deane made some very
nice aequaintances among the doctors.
out got no patients.
Deanes stock OF money began to run
ow. His voice was earning him moth
na aYeent the admiration of his neigh.
Dors and OF the wayfarers who paused
outside his windows, but be felt that /.
he day was ut hand when he must
,ing for hire. This thought was
horn In his flesh, and there was an
,ther that was even sharper. He had
neglected one OF Esa's most urgent
Worse he was decelying
ier about 1t. Look up my uncle, DR..
Kendall, the very first thing" she had
aid to him. "He will help you"
Deane had "looked him up" as the
phrase is understood In New York,
ind had not been satisfied with the re-
ult.
To put It mildly. DR.. Kendall was a
nan who did not avoid notorlety, His
lame was constantly before the pub
ic. Interviews with DIR. Kendall II
ut from the daily press aud pasted
nd to end would reach to the planet
Neptune and tie In double bowknot
10 said doctor whom Deane ventured
o inierrogate upon the subject, aud he
dded.
"Kendall is In good standing, of
curse, and he's an able man. prob
bly, one OF the best men on the throat
hat we have, but he advertises him
elf out Of all reason. He has a great