Milford chronicle., 1909-01-29

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Copyright. 1898. By C. W. Hooke
T,-=====lT was about six months
that DR.. sydney Deane
had been a aedical prac-
titioner 10 the city Of
New York, and he had
----- not earned 10 per cent of
his expenses, which We're very mod
crate.
He was a throat 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 aud had paid
for an expensive professional educa-
tion 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 dlsliked singing for
pay. and he especially, feryenly, fa-
naticallY. disliEed notoriety, anything
whatever that could be called adver-
Using He had sung chiefly in church
choirs and very select concerts and
had marvelously succeeded in conceal
ing the fact that he was one of the
favorite children OF Apollo.
Upon his return from Germany he
went to his native town OF Eddington
in Connecticut, where he remained
three years He got q few patients
but his salary as tenor in New Haven
church choir constituted more than
half his income.
The Kendalls we're among the fen
people in Eddington who had anT
money. but they never had throat tror
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 { /
her was perhaps the only worldly wis
thing that Sydney Deane did in BIZ /
three years residence in Eddng-0n |
but Elsa Kendall grew from eighteei /
to twenty-oDe seeing Deane almost |
iaily except for her own brief a5 /
sences from the town and she neyes
knew the nature Of his sentiments TO /
ward her
In the early days she fancied herself 1
10 love with him. Then she was his
friend. adorlng only his voice, and a
last she came to despise him just q LID
tie as a weak man. fnical in his devo
ton to the proprieties and incapable OF
dealing with the world. Relentlessly
she forced Deane into the battle Il
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.
Deanes stock Of money began to run
low. Ills voice was earning him moth
ing except the admiration Of his neigh
bors aud 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 2
thorn in his flesh. aud there was an
other that was even sharper He bad
neglected one Of Elsa's most urgent
Worse, he was deceiyin-
her about it. Look up my uncle, Dr
Kendall. the very first thing" she hac
said to him "He will 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 It 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 a double bowknot.
So said a doctor whom Deane ventured
10 fnterrogatenpon the subject. and be
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 a great