Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-22
CHAPTER VIII.

were waiting at the door and they
mounted to their seats. David was
embarrassed by the novelty OF the sit
uation, and Pepeeta by his presence;
but the quack wa in his highest spir-
It's. He saluted the bystanders with
easy familiarity, ostentatiously flung
the hostler q coin, hourished his whip
and excited universal admiration for
his driving. During the turn which
they took aroun the city for an ad-
"ert!sement, he indoctrlnated his pu-
pill with the principles Of his art.
People to-day are just what theS
were centuries ago. G-g-gull EN- Just
as easy. Make 'em hin he moon Is
made OF & cheese-way to
catch larks is to p-p-pull the heavens
down-extract sunbeams from c-c-cu-
cumbers and all the rest! THERE'S
one master-weakness, Davy. They all
think they are sick, or IL they DID
don't, you can make 'em!"
What! Make q well man think he
Is sick?" the Quaker asked In aston
ishment.
Sure! That's the secret Of success.
/ can pick out the strongest man in
the c-c-crowd and In five minutes have
pains shooting through him like g-g-
creased lightning. They are all like
jumping packs to the man that knows
them. You watch me pull the string
and you-you'll see them wig wig wig
GLE"
1T seems a pity to take advantage
Of such weakness in our follow men,"
said David. whose heart began to sur
fer qualms as he contemplated this
rascality in his own connection with
It.
Fellow men! They are no fellows
OF mind. They are nuts for me to c.
c-crack. They are oysters for me to
open!" responded the quack, as he
drove gaily into the public square n
checked the horses, who stood with
their proud necks arched. champlng
their bits and looking around at the
crowd as II they shared their masters
contempt.
Pepeeta descended from the car
rage and made her a hastily into
the tent which had already been pitch
cd for her. The doctor lighted his
torch and set his stock of goods while
David. obeying his directions. began
to move among the people to study
their habits. Elbowing his way here
and there. he contemplated the crowd
in the light of the Quack's philosophy.
as he did so received a series OF
painful mental shocks.
THE first principle in the art Of
painting q picture Is to know where
ia sit down. in other words, every
thing depends upon the point Of view.
Now that David began to look for evil
dences OF the weaknesses n follies of
his fellow men he saw them every
where. For the first time in his life
he observed that startling prevalence
OF animal types which always COM
municates UGH a shock to the mind of
him who has never discovered 1t be-
fore. Every ~countenance suddenly
seemed to be the face OF a beast, but
thinly and imperfectly yelled. There
were foxes aud tigers and wolves.
there were bulldogs and monkeys and
swine. He had always seen. or thought
he saw, upon the ~foreheads Of his fell
low men some evidence of that divin-
ity which had beer communicated to
them when God breathed into tho
great nrst father the breath Of life;
but now he shuddered at the sight OF
those thick lips Inc dropping jaws,
those dull or crafty eyes. those sui
I'm, sodden. gargoyle features. a. men
10 at beholding m~onstrosities.
A few weeks ago he would have felt
Q profound pity at this discovery, but
20 rapid and radical had been the al
tsration In his feelings that he was
now seized by a sudden revulsion and
contempt. Are these creatures really
men?" he asked himself. He stood
there among them taller, straighter,
keener, handsonaer than them all. and
the old feelings that have made men
aristocrats and tyrnnts In every age
OF the world, surged In his heart and
hardened II against them.
BY this time the quack had finished
his few simple preparations, and,
standing erect before his audience, be-
ran the business Of the evening. Hav-
Ing observed the habits OF the game,
David now chose q favorable position
to study those OF the hunter. He
watched with IN almost GREATNESS in
terest every expression upon h a sin
lister face and listened with q bound
less interest to every word that fell
from those treacherous lips.
He was not long in justifying the
QuAck's honest criticism OF his own
cratory. His voice lacked the vibrant
tones Of . musical instrument and his
rhetoric that fiuency, without which
the highest efforts OF e~loquence a
never be attined. BY speaking very
slowly and deliberately he avoided
stammering. but this always acted like
a dragging anchor upon the movement
Of his thought. These were radical
defects, but insevery other respec he
was q consummate artist. He arrest
ed the attention of his hearers with an
|inimit9ble skill and held 1t with an ir-
resistible, power.
His piercing eye noted every express
sion on the faces Of his hearers, and
seemed to read the inmost secrets of
their hearts, He perceived the slight
st inclination to purchase, and was as
keen to see q hand steal towards a
pocket-book as a cat to see q mouse
steal out of its hole.
He coaxed. he wheedled. he banter
ed, he abused-he even threatened. He
fulfilled his promise to the letter. ito
make the well men think that they
we're Sick" Inc many a sta1wart from
tiersman whose body was as sound as
an OK. began to be conscious of rack
ing p6fhs. Nor were those legitimate
arts OF oratory the only mes which
this arch-knave practiced.
Il gave you two dollars, Inc you
only gave me change for one" cried
q thin-faced, stoop- shouldered. help
lessslooking fellow, who had just pur-
chased q bottle Of the Balm of the
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