The daily Alaskan., 1913-12-02
His First Lesson In Medical Practice By THOMAS R. DEAN

Miss Elsie TfsdaIe was engaged to marry Mr. Bert Sawyer, medical stu dent MT. Sawyer was aware that Miss TfsdaIe was as sensitive as a bird. All she knew about physicians was when one of them came to the house, felt some ones pulse, asked about sundry I symptoms and, taking out a square bit \ of paper. wrote certain hicroglyphics on it that an apothccary understood. What Bertie. as she called him, was going through to acquire a medical ed ucatton she had no idea. That he ate l peanuts off the breast of a cadaver he ! was at work on in the dissecting room, that he used the top of a skull inVert- cd for tobacco box; that he frequent 8 Iv fool, a hand. a foot or some other ] member of the human body to his room ! t9 crt flo pieces. she had not even < suspicion. She supposed that q med fraI school was like other schools ! hooks. books. nothing but books. and E nice. cl.gn books at that-whi.c gen B feel professors lcgtured uu how to cure E a stomach ~rhp and when to give the k baby paregori".
 Bert. aware of her innocence, was very careful not to disturb her notions ! of the mu....I profession by cnl.ghteu- E ing her. " an unfortunate conre- E temps h, srG.guly burst upon hHr in his uwn ryi-h.fulucss. She had been vt.fr.n- a friend in a uefghboring city E and was returning by rail. She had E been in the nar but a few minutes 2 when snn ~Hw tho b1nE of a head that raps.I r.nton II was turned aside toward mn wro s1t beside its own . r~ and Gs ~Ir~rT ,nn profile of AIr. Bert # Sswyur FacfrG the two sat a figure 5 d1vc up ina o.- shawl
 E Horrible to .,.mg. the face of the E figure was tbaI of skull
 . AIr. Sawyer a:d his friend Ej.ly Pc tarSou had ,narvcI where the skeleton ! of ng-a~ being could be bought ! cheap. Trr. had aome for i-. purchased tuuG we~, tg',f~g it home. There were hut rrw uorsouS tH the car. and the rouGu..or ral good mtura.y permit a tcI them to seat 1t opposite them I selves.
 l Just as Miss Ti#lale got into the
 ear. ra.ugu.2eI her lover aud caught B sight nf .1.u trimming face with no nose and rwn.y eye sonIsrts the conductor
 came tn-.u-H th, train a"d. Wassing
 tha two m.dlcos. punched their tickets.
 "Farn. governor" said 2lr. Sawyer,
 addressing the skeleton. "pr.dure your
 ticket ur y.u'H hn put otf.'
 The skeleton continued t1 grin. the
 conductor smiled and thc wou in -h"
 car seemed to think it all very funny.
 There were two women besides E:si'.
 one sitting in tna next seat and one
 farther forward. Neither oC them
 seemed to consider NIr. Sawycr's action
 8 bit funny. As for Elsie. she was
 Dar",yzcl with horror
 "Oa. he's aU right" said the other
 mrIt.o. Hes no d.adhaad" and. slip ring his own ticket in the band of his '' hat ha put the hat ou the sEo'cton'S
 head.
 . This caused burst of laughter from
 the mun in the car and scowl from the women.
 Smoke. @oycrnorE' said Bert, thrust . ing cigar between the s.,o.etons . tootlle.s and gumlcss iawhoucs. 1. Another mu-l from the men and a . murmur of indignation from the wom- . on. The train rounding curve, the
 skeleton lost its balance and fell ..agaln-u rhe arm of the seat.
 1. "Stt un. aavwuor,' said Bert. "Dont he rolling around that way. The pas . sangars will think you'yc been drink
 ing"
 ]. "I smell his breath" said ElIy-"gin and lemon pgci.'
 = The cuuGr.tor was sitting at the end z of the car. and one of the women ! called to him and told him that if he 6| didn't stop that indecent behavior on ! the part of those young men she ! would report him for negligence of 5 duty. At this thc conductor went to ! the two mcdfoS and told them they ! had better roll their houy companion ! in his shawl and stop the fun. To this <. they acc.dcd. and that ended the per { rormauce. Soon after the train rolled ! into the station tue medios and the ! governor went out through the front [ end of the car, while Elsie left it at the rear She held her handkerchief lt to her eyes to conceal her tears and to { avoid being recognized by Bert whom E she intended never to meet again as s| her Guuee.
 ! The ueyt mornings mail brought ! him a note from her containing the { few words:
 q "Our engagement is broken"
 i Sawyer looked at it sidewise and r endwisc then shook it as if it were a ! toy puzzle. He could not understand I it. Anyway something was wrong, ! and he went right over to the house to q find out about it. Mrs Tsdale came - down with a suppressed smile and told .. him the cause of the break. Elsie had ;, come home the day before beartbro- :, Hru. She had supposed she was going ' In r,0rrf. a onntlp7ngn and found that