Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-19
DR.. kendall'S
Revenge.
BY HoeOor6 Fielding.
Copyright. 1908. by C w. Hooke.
81 Hotgard FfeIdfne.

had been a medical prac-
titioner In the city Of
New York. and he bad
not earned 10 per cent Of
his expenses. which were very mod
crate.
He was a throat specialist. but his
earnings thus far had come from his
own throat and not from the threats
Of his patients. He had supported
himself since his youth and had paid
for an expensive professional educa-
ton by singing. 1 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 be disliked singing for
pay, aud he especially, fervently. IA
natically, disliked notoriety. anything
whatever that could be called adver-
Using. He had sung chiefly I'm church
choirs and very select concerts and
bad marvelously succeeded in conceal
Ing the fact that he was one OF the
favorite children Of Apollo.
Upon his return from Germany he
went 70 his native town OF Eddington.
in Connecticut. where be remained
three years. He got a few patients.
but bis salary as tenor I'm n New Haven
church choir constituted more than
half his income.
The kendalls were among the few
people I'm Eddington who had any
money. but they never had throat trou-
Dies. These seemed 60 occur among
the poor only. Elsa Kendall was called
the prettiest girl in the town. and she
was the heiress also. To pay court 10
her was perhaps the only worldly wise
thing that Sydney Deane did I'm his
three years residence In Eddington.
but Elsa Kendall grew from eighteen
20 twenty-one. seeing Deane almost
daily except for her own brief alb
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. adoring only his voice. and at
last she came 10 despise him just lit
tie as n weak man. hnical in his devO-
ton 20 the proprieties and incapable OF
dealing with the world. Relentlessly
she forced Deane into the battle. II
was her energy that propelled him IN
TO the larger field. When he was gone
she missed him very much aad 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
thorn In his flesh, and there was an
other that was even sharper. He had
neglected one OF Els2's most urgent
admoniuOns. Worse. he was deceiving
her about IL Look up my uncle. DIR.
Kendall. the very first thing" she had
said TO him. He viii help you"
Deane had looked him up" as the
phrase is understood in New York.
and had not been satisfied with the re-
suit.
To put ii mildly. DR.. Kendall was a
man who did not avoid notoriety. His
name was constantly before the pub
lie. Interviews with Dr. Kendall II
cut from the daily press and pasted
end TO end would reach TO the planet
Neptune and tie in double bowknot.
SO said a doctor whom Deane ventured
to interrogate upon the subject. and he
added:
Kendall is in good standing. OF
course. and he's an able man, prob
ably one OF the best men on the throat
that we have. but he advertises him
self out OF all reason. He has great