A DOCTOR'S RUSE.
The following story, told by London Life, serves to illustrate the love of the French people for the mysterious : — A short time ago a Parisian doctor set up an establishment in the Eaurbough Montmartre. He assumed a high-sounding name, furnished his house in a weird and fantastic fashion, engaged solemn-look-ing and taciturn servants, and announced that . he could only see patients after the hours of midnight or in the grey dawn of the morning. The effect was electrical. Every weak - minded person, with maladies real or imaginary, flocked to the new medico, who soon began to reap a golden harvest. At last the suspicions of the police were aroused. The Commissary paid him a personal visit, and asked to see his diplomas. To his surprise he found out that not only had the suspected individual taken good degrees, but that he had graduated with the highest honors at the Paris University. Just as he was taking his departure, however, the doctor entreated him not to let any one know of his high qualifications. The Commissary, with some surprise, asked him the reason why he desired to conceal so much intellectual light under a bushel ? "Why," replied the other, "if my patients only knew that I was a mera doctor, my practice would vanish like snow."
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6782, 14 February 1884, Page 4
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218A DOCTOR'S RUSE. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6782, 14 February 1884, Page 4
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