. Stories of a country doctor . wife? I think he did. CHAPTER XIX. GOING BACK TO COLLEGE. NECESSITY FOR MORE EDUCATION—THE SOUTHWEvST—MYOWN TRIP—MY ILIy FITTING CLOTHES—MY PLUG HAT ANDTHE OLD MAID—MY REVENGE—THE OYSTER SUPPER WITH OB-SERVATIONS ON THE HEATHEN. Za^/Zg HERE is nothing that theaspiring country doctorlooks forward to with moreeager desire than that ofbeing able to once more at-tend college and bright-en up. He has receivedhis medical education, per-haps, at some point whereclinical advantages werenot good ; and while hehad medicine in all its de-partments pounded intohim day by da
. Stories of a country doctor . wife? I think he did. CHAPTER XIX. GOING BACK TO COLLEGE. NECESSITY FOR MORE EDUCATION—THE SOUTHWEvST—MYOWN TRIP—MY ILIy FITTING CLOTHES—MY PLUG HAT ANDTHE OLD MAID—MY REVENGE—THE OYSTER SUPPER WITH OB-SERVATIONS ON THE HEATHEN. Za^/Zg HERE is nothing that theaspiring country doctorlooks forward to with moreeager desire than that ofbeing able to once more at-tend college and bright-en up. He has receivedhis medical education, per-haps, at some point whereclinical advantages werenot good ; and while hehad medicine in all its de-partments pounded intohim day by day in didactic lectures, yet, he has not seenmuch practice until he first approached the bed side un-aided and alone. He has practiced for years, has pouredover volume after volume of medical lore and therebylearned a great deal. There are weak points in hispractice, however ; there are great mysteries attachedto the cases of people who have died which he desires tohave cleared up. He wants to learn surgery and some-. 364 Going Back to College. thing of the specialties. So, year after year he prom-ises himself that he will go East and take anothercourse. Finally he does get ready. He packs his clothingand his books and starts for the nearest point on thenearest railroad. He feels queer. He knows that he isgoing amongst a people who have always lived in themetropolis. They are supposed to be learned about theways of the world, to be dressy, and smart in all thingswhich pertain to life and business. As he approachesthe great city to which he is going he feels more andmore queer and out of joint with the world. He discov-ers that they do not wear clothes like his, and, if helooks closely he will find that people on the cars arepointing at him and smiling occasionally. He thinks hewill go out on the platform of the car and avoid criti-cism for a while for he knows that he is being he rises he treads on the spittoon and, in trying torecover himself, he stumb
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