Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
The Daily Story
HIS START-BY F. A. mitchell.
Copyrighted -sI3. by Associated Literary Bureau

fdentially.
was tempted to make an excuse to
go to the druggist, to get a dose for
the brute, but seeing the effect of my
first bluff I resolved on another.
Il don't like to leave him" I said.
would you mind getting me a mes
senger? l wish to send for remedy"
Not a bit. I'll call Tom. don't
know why he is not here. This is his
place, especially at such time"
He went to the house, few hundred
yards distant. He was absent some
time. Not being able to find his man
and while he was gone l upset a peck
measure used for carrying oats. but
now filed with salt. Some of the con-
tents fell on the horses tongue. which
was protruding from his mouth. 1
noticed that the member quivered. I
picked up n little more salt from the
floor and dropped it on the tongue.
Slowly it was withdrawn into the
horses mouth. Taking up handful
opened the jaws and thrust it in.
1 stood there. or rather knelt, feed
ing the horse salt till Mr.. Parkinson
returned. The other had disappeared,
doubtless thinking he would be blamed
in the matter of the loss of the horse
and the master was abusing him
to me when he caught sight of the
patient licking his chops with his eyes
open.
'Why, he seems TO he better"
Certainly"
do you think you can pull him
through?"
81 think I can"
whats that you're giving him?"
"A saline remedy I've found bene-
fetal in such cases.
He didn't ask where I got it, or
would have told him l had it in my
medicine case.
Well, it happened that my knocking
over the salt had given my patient just
what he needed. I don't know even
now what his trouble was, but do
know that animals must have salt. At
any rate a few haudfuls of it effected
a change in his condition, and he i'm
proved rapidly. / followed up the
treatment by giving him water to
drink, and it was not long before he
stood up on his feet.
"By Jovew exclaimed Mr.. Parkinson.
"That was the most marvellous cure
ever met with. I must tell Swinbourne
about that. What did you call the dis
ease?"
"Mr. Parkinson" / said, assuming an
injured tone, ~ have cured your horse,
but ! object to furnishing medical in
formation to one Of these old school
doctors. 1 beg you not to mention the
matter to DR.. Swinbourne."
"Why, it might lead him to take a
interest in you"
| "Not at all. You. as n layman, are
not aware of the jealouses existing in
| our profession. Should you tell DR..
| Swinbourne OF this cure he would
! doubtless assert that your horse would
have recovered just as well without
| my treatment as with it"
| shot a glance at him to see how the
I thrust struck him, expecting that he
would deny that Swinbourne was any
such man. l was agreeably disap-
pointed.
You're right, my boy" he said.
"Never give away anything you've got
| y :
Gentlemen. if you ask me what
gave me q start in a practice which
became for half a century all / could
have desired reply blind luck, follow
ed up with a dose of concentrated gall.
Besides. The lesson / learned was Of
great benefit. 1 made it rule the less
/ | knew about a case the more to pre-
tend And why not? Does q doctor
gain anything by losing the confidence
of a patient? BY no means On the
contrary. the patient loses heart, and
that is the worst thing that can hap
pen.
But to finish my story. Mr.. ParlEin-
son let il be known that he would have
lost his valuable horse had it not been
for my skill. and | was installed as
physician to the family, to be called
upon for slight iBdispositions, DR..
Swinbourne being summoned TO treat
troubles of Importance This led to
some outside practice, and in time I
assumed sufficient holiness to pay at
tention to Miss Parkinson. BY this
time had become known not as the
man who had cured horse, but one
I WIN utl Nhltu lliliiuu JULES
married Miss Parkinson, but this was
not till Swinbourne had retired and I
was installed not only in his place. but
succeeded 70 the bulk of his practice.
In fact he retired because he found
that was forging ahead of him.
In claiming precedence In what we
know now TO what we knew then / am
sorry TO say that in the majority of
cases 1t is still guesswork with us. We
try a remedy and if the patient does
not respond we try another and anoth
: or, till either we have tried them al
I or the patient succumbs or RECEIVERS
But we have the satisfaction of know
I ing that both in America and Europe
men are engaged in devOting thar en-
D tire time TO investigation, and every
year we know more than we KEW IL.
Y year before
t My wife never knew how Academia
i was the success that gave me my star
4 till we had been married many years
l. Sept, III IN American