The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-03-25
Bluff and Stuff
By H. H. HUDSON

the same city. Progress was slow.
This was another phase of The situa-
lion. They looked so much alike that
Identities we're mixed.
II say. sun" said Blum one day, Il
have a plan which win bring success.
We will tear up stakes and enter
town of about 10000 population. !
will go ahead and engage an Office.
You will come on later and enter the
town at night We will then take
turns at the business We are both
lazy; but II | take the fore part of
the day and you take the latter portion
OF the day the town viii see the great
est doctor that ever lived,
You know two heads are better
than one, and practice in town like
that. with country drives thrown In,
would kill one man, anyhow. We can
| dress alike. do little acting before
| the mirror and work the town. Both
| of us will then make big toad IN
small puddle. Besides. STUFF, l like
you too well to work against your in
| terests any longer"
And so they agreed
The new doctor was in town. Bluff
| went at the game with a smile, backed
| up by all the nerve his little fat body
could muster. He got shave, and
then drove about town for awhile to
| let people size him UP. He then went
to the office and pretended to be read
ing medical journal each time
stranger called. He next went to lunch.
| Upon his return he made a few hasty
I n.,tn NJ
turning them over to Stun, went 10
| bed
Stuff took turn. He went down
| and got shave. The barber nearly
fell In heap with surprise. but Stuff,
realizing the situation, said that he
had made a mistake and had washed
his face with preparation which had
caused the skin TO shrink, thus making
another shave necessary. He then
went to lunch. The waiter was aston
ished, but Stuff said he had been fast
ing and that another meal was in
order.
| He returned to the office, and after
| meeting some callers, went for drive
The people awoke TO the fact that
a hustler was in their midst They
agreed, however, as time wore on, that
the doctor was very much absorbed
In his work--so much so, in fact, that
he OFTEN failed to recognize those
whom he had treated a few hours be-
fore.
They forgave him. nevertheless, for
ne seemed to be successful in each
undertaking.
Diphtheria struck the town, but the
dismal howl of the dog foretelling
death was not heard during the entire
epidemic. The people failed to realize
that while one was out, the other had
time to read up on line OF proceed
ure.
Another thing they couldn't under
stand was the fact that the doctor
kept getting jollier and fatter The
work didn't seem to wear ON him at
all.
The girls thought he was little
queer, for he frequently took them for
buggy ride. but often seemed TO have
forgotten all about it a few days or
even hours thereafter. II was a COM
mon remark that If he was interrupted
by stranger in the forenoon he would
tell him to call at the Office In the aft.
ernoon. On the other hand, IL he met
stranger in the afternoon, he would
tell him to call the following forenoon
His mind seemed to dwell more upoon
professional efficiency than names and
faces
1t was queer how public sentiment
was divided over the doctor. They all
agreed. however, that he was the most
versatile man they ever knew.
One day fire broke out in the
grocery store below 1t originated in
the room where oil and gasoline were
kept and spread rapidly Unfortunate.
; ly Bluff and Stuff happened TO be In
the office above at the same time.
Their egress was cut OFF.
A crowd gathered The fire depart.
ment rushed to the scene. Anxiety was
intense, The goou doctor might be
sleeping the sleep of utter exhaustion
brought about by his zeal for the peo,
pie. The smoke grew dense and was
waited in great puffs from the win.
dows ladder was run up, and Bluff
and Stun descended to the Joy and
| amazement of all.
, The riddle of strange personality
was solved. They were forgiven, for
it was agreed that they had done more
for the community than any one doc.
tor could have done. They still prac-
tice in the same place, but Bluff wears
red vest, and Stuff wears a blue one.
They subsequently married twin sis.
tiers.