The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-09-30
Some Dogs and
Some Folks
By c. B. WHITFORD
Observation-Disclosures:


manner of complaints But what's
the matter with you"
DO look all rishtT
Never saw you looking better
Your coat is sleek. your eyes are
bright and your pulse beats pretty
we'll
THAT may all he true, still | amt
right l wish you would tell me what
the trouble is and then give me some
thing for IT."
That's about the easiest job we fell
lows have. And it's one of the most
profitable because when we get hold
of patients that amt sick, We just give
them little dope that will give them
few cramps and take their appetite
away. Then we give them something
to tone them up, and there you are
Say, Doe, dogs are good deal like
folks but they amt that bad. I've
known dogs that were there with a lit
tie con- all right. They would side
UP to another dog, wag their tail ana
smile as though they were tickied
nearly to death to see the stranger,
and tfen just as they had got his
confidence they would pounce on him
and give him a good licking before
the confidilg dog woke up to the tact
that he had been c0nned. dog
like that Is pretty near as bad as
some folks. But that bupk Of yours
Doc, has got anything beat dog
:, business
what can you do for me? I'm wise
dog and won't stand for any game
Of con-"
you're wise are you, Ponto? Now
you are just my kind. You may not
know 1t, but It's the real wise ones
that take the salve In large doses.
/ don't want anything easier than
wise man or woman who thinks
they are sick when they are wei. one
of those wise women came In to see
me the other day.
"Doctor,' she said, I'm all out or
sorts. l wish you'd see what you can
do for me-
'There was nothing the matter with
her except that she had too much
money and things were coming too
easy for her. She was fat and car
ried gloom around with her like
man who was about to be sent to
prison. looked at her, put the light
out Of my face and slowly shook my
head.
"Ts 1t anything serious? she ex-
claimed
"'Well,' said very slowly, 1T is
puzzling kind Of case. You really
look we'll
""That's what every one tells me
Doctor she said.
"'But you amt well. You have been
gaining flesh. That's bad sign Then
l shook my head some more and felt
her pulse. Worry! Worry! Trouble !
You haven't got neuresthenia."
"'My,' she exclaimed with start.
"'Still, your whole nervous system Is
affected Well to make long story
| short when I got through looking
| different kinds Of looks at her and had
| given various sorts Of head shakes,
she would have looked In the glass and
been sure she was In fair way to be-
come nervous wreck. OF course,
YOU understand, she was very wise
woman, and what is more she had
plenty Of money, while l was just
little short. l didn't hurt her, but
scared her some, made her sick, made
her we'll again and got the money"
"Tve seen hungry dog scheme
around to steal bone, but You can't
blame a hungry dog much for lying
to get something to eat. l know some
folks that have got us beat at this
game. guess l had better be going
You are too slick for me, Doc"
"That's all right, Ponto. I wouldn't
con a poor dog any more than would
Door folks. We fellows are just like
you dogs. We have got to live and
we must get the money from the rich
and help the poor"
Can you really tell what ails me!
I know for fact that something's
wrong with me. No bunk, Doc
you're all right and you amt all
right. You're like some folks. You're
in wrong. Here you are a great '%g
fine looking pointer dog trying to live
the life Of good-for- nOthing pug
dog. You're itching all over to go to
work at your own job of hunting
birds. You're failure at the job
you have, just as lot Of folks get
the wrong job. Many doctor who
saws peoples bones ought to be saving
wood, and many a poor wood saver
would make a good doctor. Folks get
the wrong job and fret and never
amount to anything. They are mis-
fits. Now If you could find new
home and get chance to hunt birds
you'd be all right OF course you
would get wet and cold and come home
covered with mud. Perhaps you'd
bring a ravenous appetite with you
and not find anything to satisfy IT..
Then you might have to sleep In
woodshed, but you'd be more con-
tented than you are now. living on
the fat of the land and sleeping on
soft cushion next to the radiator.
Every man to his graft, Ponto and the
same for every dog. Lots OF folks
have money they don't know how to
use. 1t just makes them miserable"
"That sounds good to me, Doc. l
hate to give up my soft warm bed and
good eating. but what's the use? Some
things eating me and guess It's as