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GAVANAGH,
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RANGER
The Great Conver
sation Novel
By HAMLIN GARLAND
Copyright 1910, by Hamlin
Garland
Gregg "was somewhat cooled by this
dnsh of reason, but replied: "I don't
know what relation he Is, but these
are facts. He's concealing an escaped
convict, and he knows it"
Dalton put in a quiet word. "What
Is the use of shouting a judgment
against a man like Cavanagh before
you know the facts? He's one of the
best and ablest rangers on this forest
I don't know why he has resigned,
but I'm sure"—
"Has he resigned?" asked Gregg ea
gerly.
"He has."
"A good job for him. I was about to
circulate a petition to have him re
moved."
"If all the stockmen in -the valley
had signed a petition against him it
■wouldn't have done any good," re
plied Dalton. "We know a good man
."When we see him. I'm here to offer
him promotion, not to punish him."
Lee, looking about at the faces of
these men and seeing disappointment
In their faces, lost the keen sting of
her own humiliation. "In the midst of
Buch a fight as this how can he give
time or thought to me?" Painful as
the admission was, she was forced to
admit that she was a very humble
far-tor in a very large campaign. "But
suppose he falls ill!" Her face grew
white and set and her lips bitter.
"That would be the final tragic touch,"
she thought, "to have him come down
of a plague from nursing one of Sam
Gregg's sheep herders." Aloud she
said: "His resignation comes just in
time, doesn't it? He can now be «ick
"Without loss to the service."
Dalton answered her. "The super
visor has not accepted his resignation.
On the contrary, I shall offer him a
higher position. His career as a for
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foolish "to give up the work now. wnen
the avenues of promotion are just
opening. I can ofTer him very soon
the supervision of a forest."
As they talked Lee felt herself sink
ing the while her lover rose. It was
ill true. The forester was right
koss was capable of any work they
mieht demand of him. He was too
■killed, too intelligent, too manly, to
remain in the forest heroic as its du*
ties seemed.
Upon this discussion Lize, hobbling
painfully, appeared. With a cry of
surprise Lee rose to meet her.
"Mother, you mnst not do this!"
She waved her away. "I'm all
right" she said, "barring the big mar
bles in my slippers." Then she turned
to Dalton. "Now, what's It all about?
Is It true that Ross is down?"
"No. So far as we know, he is
well."
"Well, I'm going to find out I don't
Intend to set here and have him up
there without a cook or a nurse."
At this moment a tall, fair young
fellow, dressed in a ranger's uniform,
entered the room and made his way
directly to the spot where Lee, her
mother and Redfleld were standing.
"Mr. Supervisor, Cavanagh has seit
me to tell you that he needs a doctor.
He's got a sick man up at the station,
and he's afraid It's a case of small
pox." He turned to Lee. "He told
me to tell you that he would have
written, only he was afraid to even
send a letter out"
"What does he need?" asked Red
field.
"He needs medicine and food, a doc
tor, and he ought to have a nurse."
"That's my job." said Lize.
"Nonsense!" said Redfleld. "You're
not fit to ride a mile. I won't hear of
yonr going."
"You wait and see. I'm going, and
you can't stop me."
"Who is the man with him?" asked
the forester.
"I don't know—an old herder, he
said. He said be could take care of
him all right for the present, but that
If be were taken dowu himself—
LecTs mounting emotion broke from
her in a little cry. "Oh, Mr. Redfleld,
please let me go too! I want to help!
I must help!"
Redfieid said: "I'll telephone to Sul
phur City and ask Brooks to get a
nurse and come down as soon as pos
sible. Meanwhile I'll go out to see
What the conditions are."
"I'm going, too, I tell you," announc
ed Lize. "I've had the cussed dis
ease, and I'm not afraid of it We
had three sieges of It In my family.
You get me up there, and I'll do the
rest"
"But you are 111."
"l was, but I'm not now." MOT rtlce
was firmer than It had bee» for days.
"All I needed was something to do.
Ross Cavanagh has been like a son to
me for two years. He's the one man
In this country I'd turn my band over
for—barring yourself, Reddy—and it's
my Job to see him through this pinch."
In spite of all opposition she had
her way. Returning to her room to
get such clothing as she needed for
her stay in the hills, she waited for
Redfleld to send a carriage to her. "I
can't ride a horse no more," she sor
rowfully admitted.
Lee's secret was no secret to any one
there. Her wide eyes and heaving
breast testified to the profound stir in
her heart. She was in an anguish of
fear lest Ross should already be in
the grip of bis loathsome enemy. That
it had come to him byway of a brave
and noble act made the situation only
the more tragic.
CHAPTER XIX.
THI PESTHOTJSE.
CAVANAGH had kept a keen
watch over Wetberford, and
when one night the old man
began to complain of the
ache in his bones his decision was in
stant.
"You've got it," he said. 'lt's up
to us to move down the valley tomor
row."
Wetherford protested that he would
as soon die in the hills as in the val
ley. "1 don't want Lee Virginia to
know, but if I seem liable to fade out
I'd like Llze to be told that I didn't
forget her and that I came back to
find out how she was. I hate to be a
nuisance to you, and so I'll go down
the valley if you say so."
As he was about to turn in that
night Ross heard a horse cross the
bridge and, with intent to warn the
flflef Of h»a dntwun.
tn iliA diuy
ana caiiea out: "Halt! Wbe's thereV
"A friend." replied the stranger in a
weak voice.
Ross permitted the visitor to ride up
to the pole. "I can't ask you in," he
explained. "I've a sick uian inside
Who are you. and what can I do for
you?"
Notwithstanding this warning the
rider dropped from his saddle and
came into the light which streamed
from the door.
"My name is Dunn." he began. "I'm
from Deer Creek."
"I know you." responded the ranger.
"You're that rancher I saw working
In the ditcb the day I went to tele
phone. and you've ;orae to tell me
something about that murder."
The other man broke into a whim
per. "I'm a law abiding man. Mr. Cav
anagh," he began tremulously. "I've
always kept the law and never intend
ed to have anything to do with that
business. I was dragged into it
against my will. I've come to you be
cause you're an officer of the federal
law. You don't belong here. I trust
you. You represent the president and
I want to tell you what I know, only
I want you to promise not'to bring me
into it I'm a man with a family, and
I can't bear to have them know the
I truth."
There were deep agitation and com
plete sincerity in the rancher's choked
1 and hesitant utterance, and Cavanagh
turned cold with a premonition of what
he was about to disclose. "I am not
an officer of the law. Mr. Dunn, not In
the sense you mean, but I will respect
your wishes."
"I know that you are not an officer
•f the county law, but you're not a
cattleman. It is your business to keep
. thd peace in the wild country, and you
do it Everybody knows that But I
can't trust the officers of this country;
they're all afraid of the cowboys. You
: are not afraid, and you represent the
; United, States, and I'll tell you. I can't
; bear it any longer!" he wailed. "I
must tell somebody. I can't sleep, and
I can't eat I've been like a man in
i a nightmare ever since. I had no hand
jln the killing—l didn't even see it done
j —but I knew it was going to happen.
I saw the committee appointed. The
; meeting that decided it was held in
i my barn, bnt I didn't know what they
intended to do. You believe me, don't
you?" He peered up at Cavanagh with
white face and wild eyes. "I'm over
, seventy years of age. Mr. Cavanagh,
and I've been a law abiding citizen all
my life."
His mind, shattered by the weight of
his ghastly secret, was in confusion,
and, perceiving this, Cavanagh began
to question him gently. One by one
j he procured the names of those who
I voted to "deal with" the herders. One
by one be obtained also the list of
. those named on "the committee of re-
BE BROKE DOWN ALTOGETHER AND SOBBED
BITTERLY.
prisal," and as the broken man deliv
ered himself of these accusing facts
he grew calmer. "I didn't know—l
couldn't believe—that the men on that
committee could chop and burn"— His
utterance failed him again, and he fell
silent abruptly.
"They must have been drunk—mad
drunk," retorted Cavanagh. "And yet
who would believe that even drink
could Inflame white men to such devil's
work? When did you first know what
bad been done?"
"That night after it was done one of
the men, my neighbor, who was drawn
on the committee, ..came to my bouse
and asked me to give him a bed. He
Was afraid *o go home."" 'I can't face
my wife and children.' he said. He
told me what he'd seen, and then
Then I remembered that it had all
Wtn ittdti la my ataHa md the
committee appointed tnere 1 Degan to
tremble. You believe I'm telling the
truth, don't you?" be again asked, with
piteous accent
"Yes, I believe you. You must tell
this story to the judge. It will end
the reign of the cattlemen."
"Oh, no; I can't do that."
"You must do that. It is your duty
as a Christian man and citizeil."
"No, no; I'll stay and help you—l'll
do anything but that. I'm afraid to
teU what I know. They would burn
me alive. I'm not a western man.
I've never been in a criminal court. I
don't belong to this wild country. I
came out here because my daughter is
not strong, and now" — He broke
down altogether and, leaning against
his horse's side, sobbed pitifully.
Cavanagh, convinced that the old
man's mind was too deeply affected to
enable him to find his way back over
the rough trail that night, spoke to
him gently. "I'll get you something to
eat," he said. "Sit down here and
rest and compose yourself."
Wetherford turned a wild eye on the
ranger as he re-entered. "Who's out
there?" he asked. "Is it the marshalV
"No; it's only one of the ranchers
from below. He's tired and hungry,
and I'm going to feed him," Ross re
plied, filled with a vivid sense of the
diverse characters of the two men he
was serving.
Dunn received the food with an eager
hand, and -*fer he had finished his re
freshment Cavanagh remarked: "The
whole country should be obliged to
you for your visit to me. I shall send
your information to Supervisor Red
field." '
"Don't use my name," he begged.
"They will kill me if they find out
that I have told. We were all sworn
to secrecy, and if I had not seen that
fire, that pile of bodies"—
"I know, I know! It horrified me.
It made me doubt humanity," respond
ed Cavanagh. "We of the north cry
#ut against the south for its lynchings,
but here under our eyes goes on an
equally horrible display of rage over
the mere question of temporary ad
vantage. over the appropriation of
free grass, which is a federal resource
—something which belongs neither to
one claimant nor to the other,, but to
the people, and should be of value to
the people. You must bring these men
I to punishment."
I Dunn could only shiver In his horror
| and repeat his fear. "They'll kill me
If I do."
Cavanagh at last said: "You must
■ot attempt to ride back tonight. I
can't give you lodging In the cabin
because my patient is sick of small
pox, but you can camp in the barn till
morning, then ride straight back to
■y friend Redfield and tell him what
you've told me. He will see that you
ire protected. Make your deposition
Ind leave the country if you are afraid
o remain."
Ib the end the rancher promised te
do this, but his tone was that of a bro
ken and distraught dotard. AH the
landmarks of his life seemed suddenly
shifted.
Meanwhile the sufferings of Wether
ford were increasing, and Cavanagfc
was forced to give up all hope of get
ting him down the trail next morn
ing, and when Swenson, the forest
guard from the South Fork, knocked
at the door to say that he had been te
the valley and that the doctor was
coming up with Itedfield and the dis
trict forester Ross thanked him. but
•rdered him to go into camp across
the river and to warn everybody t»
keep clear of the cabin. "Put your
packages down outside the door," he
added. "and tal#e charge of the situa
tion on the outside. I'll take care of
the business inside."
Wetherford was in great pain, bat
the poison of the disease had misted
his brain, and he no longer worried
1 over the possible disclosure of his iden
tity. At times he lost the sense of bis
surroundings ami talked of his prison
i life or of the long ride northward.
Once he rose in his bed to beat off
the wolves which he said were attack
ing his pony.
He was a piteous figure as he strug
gled tlaus, and it needed neither his
relationship to Lee nor Ills bravery in
caring for the Basque herder to fill
the ranger's heart with a desire to re
lieve his suffering. "Perhaps I should
have sent for Lize at once," he mused
as the light brought out the red sig
natures of the plague.
Once the old man looked up with
-wide, dark, unseeing eyes and mur
mured, "I don't seem to know you."
"I'm a friend. My name is Cava
nagh."
"I can't place you." he sadly admit
ted. "1 feel pretty bad. If I ever get
out of this place I'm going back to the
Fork. I'll get a.jgold mine; then I'll
go back and make up for what Lize
has gone through. I'm afraid to go
back now,."
"All right," Ross soothingly agreed.
"But you'll have to keep quiet till you
get over this fever you're suffering
from."
"If Lize weren't so far away she'd
come and nurse me. I'm pretty sick."
Swenson came back to say that
probably Redflold and the doctor
would reach the station by noon, and
thereafter, for the reason that Cava
nagh expected their coming, the hours
dragged woefully. It was after 1
o'clock before Swenson .announced
that two. teams were coming with
three men and two women in them.
"They'll be here in half an hour."
The ranger's heart leaped. Two
women! Could one of them be Lee
Virginia? What folly—what sweet,
desperate folly! And the other—she
could not be Lize, for Lize was too
feeble to ride so far. "Stop them on
the other side of the-bridge," he com
manded. "Don't let them cross the
creek on any pretext."
As he stood in the door the flutter
of a handkerchief, the waving of a
hand, made his pulse glow and his
eyes grow dim. It was Virginia!
Lize did not flutter a kerchief or
wave a hand, but when Swenson stop
ped the carriage at the bridge she said:
"No, you don't! I'm going across. I'm
going to see Ross, and if be needs help
I'm going to roll up my sleeves and
take hold."
Cavanagh saw her advancing, and as
she came near enough for his voice to
reach her he called out: "Don't come
any closer! Stop, I. tell you!" His
voice was stern. "You must not come
a step nearer. Go back across the ■
dead Una And star tjUete. fan*
——— * I * * JSC • • -
toe aoctor snan enter this door. Now,
that's final."
"I want to help!" she protested.
"I know you do, but I won't have it.
This quarantine is real, and it goes!"
"But suppose you yourself get sick?' i
"We'll cross that bridge when we
get to it. I'm ail right so far, and I'll
call for help when I need R-"
His tone was imperative, and she
obeyed, grumbling about his youth and
the value of his life to the service.
"That's all very nice," he replied,
"but I'm in it, and I don't intend to
expose you or any one else to the con
tagion."
"I've had It once," she asserted. -
He looked at her and smiled In rec
ognition of her subterfuge.
"No matter; you're ailing and might
take it again, so toddle back. Ife
mighty good of you and of Lee to
come, but there isn't a thing you can
do, and here's the doctor," he added
as he recognized the young student
who passed for a physician In the
Fork. He was a beardless youth of
small experience and no great cour
age, and as he approached with hesi
tant feet he asked:
"Are you sure it's smallpox?"
Cavanagh smiled. "The Indications
are all that way. That last importa
tion of Basques brought It probably
from the steerage of the ship. I'm
told they've had several cases over 1b
the basin."
"Have you been vaccinated?"
"Yes, when I was in the army."
"Then you're all right."
"I hope so."
There was a certain comic relief In
1 this long distance diagnosing of a
"case" by a boy, and yet the tragic
fact beneath it all was that Wether
ford was dying, a broken and dishon
ored husband and father, and that hie
Identity must be concealed from his
wife and daughter, who were much
more deeply concerned over the ran
ger than over the desperate condition
of his patient. "And this must con
tinue to be so." Cavanagh decided.
And as he stood there looking toward
| the girl's fair figure on the bridge h»
i?ame to the final, fixed determlnatio*
, never to speak one word or make a
i sign that might lead to the dying
, man's identification. "Of what use is
■ -t?" he asked himself. "Why should
•ven Llze be made to suffer? Wether
ford's poor misspent life Is already
over for her, and for Lee be is only a
! dim memory."
Red field came near enough to see
that the ranger's face, though tired,
showed no sign of illness and was re
lieved. "Who is this old herder?" b«
asked. "Hasn't be any relatives in
the country?"
"He came from Texas, so he said
You're not coming in?" he broke off
to say to the young physician, whom
Lize bad sbamed into returning to the
' cabin.
"I suppose I'll have to." he protest
ed weakly.
"I don't see the need of it The
whole place reeks of the poison, and
you might carry It away with you.
Unless you Insist on coming in and
are sure you can prevent further con
tagion I shall oppose your entrance.
You are in the company of others. I
must consider their welfare."
The young fellow was relieved.
"Well, so long as we know what it is
I can prescribe just as well right
here." he said and gave directions for
the treatment, which the ranger agreed
to carry out.
"I tried to bring a nurse," explained
Redfie«d. "but I couldn't find anybody
but old Lize who would come."
"1 don't blame them." replied Ross.
"It isn't a nice job. even when you've
got all the conveniences."
His eyes as he spoke were on the
figure of Lee. who still stood on the
bridge, awed and worshipful, barred of
approach by Lize. "She shall not
know," he silently vowed. "Why put
her through useless suffering and
shame? Edward Wetberford's disor
dered life is near Its end. To betray
him to bis wife and daughter would
be but the reopening of an old wound."
He was stirred to the center of hit
heart by the coming of Lee Virginia,
so sweet and brave and trnstful. His
stern mood melted as he watched her
there waiting, with her face turned
toward bim, longing to help. "She
would have come alone if necessary,"
he declared, with a fuller revelation of
the self sacrificing depth of her love,
"and she would come to my side this
moment if I called her."
He went back to his repulsive serv
ice sustained and soothed by the Uttle
camp of faithful friends on the other
side of the stream.
During one of his clearest moments
Wetherford repeated his wish to die a
stranger. "I'm going out like the old
time west, a rag of what I once was.
Don't let them know. Put no name
•ver me. Just say, 'An old cowpunch
er lies here.'"
Caranagh's attepipt to change his
hopeless tone proved unavailing. En
feebled by his hardships and his pris
on life, he had little reserve force upoa
which to draw in fighting such an en
emy. He sank soon after this little
speech into a coma which continued
to hold him in its unbroken grasp as
night fell.
Meantime, seeing no chance of aid
ing the ranger, Redfield and the for
ester prepared to return, but Lee, re
enforced by her mother, refused to ac
company them. "I shall stay here,"
she said* "till he is safely out of it
till I know that he is beyond all dan
ger."
Redfield did not urge her to return
as vigorously as Dalton expected him
to do, but when he understood the
girl's desire to be near her lover he
took off his hat and bowed to her.
"You are entirely in the right," ha
said. "Here is where you belong."
Redfield honored Lize for her sym
pathetic support of her daughter's res
olution and expressed his belief that
Ross would escape the plague. M I feel
that his splendid vigor, combined with
the mountain air, will carry him
through, even if he should prove not
to be immune. I shall run up again
day after tomorrow. I shall be very
anxious. What a nuisance that tha
telephone line is not extended to this
point. Ross has been insisting on its
value for months."
Lee saw the doctor go with wmt
dismay. Young as he was, he was at
least a reed to cling to in case the
grisly terrof seized upon the ranger.
"Mr. Redfteld, can't you send a real
doctor? it seems so horrible to be
left .here without laatraction*."
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iue lorester, berore going, again oe
sougbt Cavanagh not to abandon bis
work in the forestry service and inti
mated tbat at the proper time ad
vancement would be offered him. "The
wbole policy is but beginning." said
he, "and a practical ranger with your
experience and education will prove of
greatest value."
To this Rows made reply: "At the
moment I feel that no promise of ad
vancement could keep me in this coun
try of grafters, poachers and assassins
I'm weary of it and all it stands for.
However, if I could aid in extending
the supervision of the public ranges
and in stopping forever this murder
and burning that go on outside the
forestry domain I might remain in th«»
west-"
"Would you accept the supervisor
ship of the Washakie forest?" demand
ed Dalton.
Taken by surprise, be stammered, "I
might, but am I the man?"
"You are. Your experience fits you
for a position where the fight Is hot
The Washakie forest is even more a
bone of contention than this. We have
laid out the lines of division between
the sheep and the cows, and It will
take a man to enforce our regulations.
You will have the support of the best
citizens. They will all rally, with you
as leader, and so end the warfare
there."
"It can never end till Uncle Sam
puts rangers over every section of pub-
He lands and lays out the grazing lines
as we have done In this forest," re
torted Cavanagh.
"I know, but to get that requires a
revolution In the whole order of
things." Then his fine young face
lighted up. "But we'll get it Publk
sentiment Is coming our way. The old
order Is already so eaten away that
only Its shell remains."
"It may be. If these assassins are
punished I shall feel hopeful of the
change."
"I shall recommend you for the su
pervisorship of the Washakie forest,"
concluded Dalton decisively. "And so
goodby and good luck."
England, bis blood relatives, even
the Hedflelds, seemed very remote to
the ranger as be stood in bis door that
night and watched the sparkle of
Bwenson's campfire through the trees.
With the realization that there waited
a brave-girl of the type that loves sin
gle heartedly, ready to sacrifice every
thing to the welfare of her Idealized
subject, he felt unworthy, selfish, vain
"If I should fall siek she would In
sist on nursing me. For her sake I
must give Swenson the most rigid or
ders not to allow her, no matter what
happens, to approach. I will not have
her touched by this thing."
Beside the blaze Lee and her mother
sat for the most part In silence, with
nothing to do but to wait the Issue of
the struggle going on in the cabin, so
near and yet 80 inaccessible to their
will. It was ns if a magic wall, crys
tal clear, yet impenetrable, shut them
away from the man whose quiet hero-
Ism was the subject of their constant
thought
It was marvelous, as the dusk fell
and the air nipped been, to see how
Lize Wetherford renewed her youth.
The excitement seemed to have given
her a fresh hold on life. She was
wearied, but by no means weakened,
by her ride and ate heartily of the
rude fare which Swenson set before
her. "This is what I needed," she ex
ultantly said—"the open air and these
trout I feel. ten years younger al
ready. Many's the night I've camped
on the range with your father with
nothing but a purp tent to cover us
both and the wolves howling round
as. I'd feel pretty fairly gay If it
wasn't for Ross over there in that
cabin playing nurse and cook all by his
lonesomeness."
Lee expressed a deep satisfaction
from the fact of their nearness "If
he is ill we can help him." she reiter
ated.
There was a touch of froat in the air
aa they went to their beds, and,
though she shivered, Lixe was undis
mayed. "There's nothing the matter
wjULigg. frmrjL' tiw tmited. "i *w't
oeueve mtrre was anyrning reaiiy sen
ous the matter with me. anyway
reckon I was Just naturally grouchy
and worried over you and Ross."
u (To be continued.)
New Rays of Light
One of the most wonderful electrical
appliances is the X-ray which may be
nsed both in the treatment of various dis
eases and in the diagnosis of many ob
scure conditions. With its aid the in
terior of the human body is no longer the
sealed book it has been heretofore. Ab
normal states of the bones, gall stones,
stone in the bladder or in the kidneys, are
shown plainly by what are known as X>
ray photographs. Internal tumors, and
the enlargement of the deep-seated or
gans, are also discovered by this means
and in the diagnosis of tuberculosis o)
the lungs this agent has proven a most
valuable aid. When applied to some oj
the less fatal chronic ailments of germ
origin it has proven very effective as a
curative agent.
Another interesting proceeding is the
violet-ray treatment produced by concen
trating the violet or chemical rays from
an arc light with a specially prepared
carbon upon any portion of the body thai
may be the seat of pain. Sufferers from
neuralgia, sciatica, rheumatism, strain*,
sprains, also from those obscure exhaust
ing pains (the origin of which cannot at
times be accurately determined) frequent
ly find immediate relief from a single
treatment and usually with a little per
sistence in the use of this aid. comfortable
health or perfect recovery is obtained.
The incandescent light bath, consisting
of a cabinet in which the patient is
bathed in the combined rays of many
electric ligfet globes, has produced really
wonderful results in diabetes, sciatica,
rheumatism, obesity, anaemia, and some
forms of kidney and heart trouble. It
has also proven valuable in chronic bron
chitis, bronchial asthma and various skin
diseases. As a general hygienic measure
its efficiency can scarcely be over-esti
mated.
I Those who have been patients at Dr.
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, in Buffalo, N. Y.,
highly commend this wonderfully equip
ped Sanitarium, where the above men
tioned electric machines, high-frequency
current, and other most modern and up
to-date apparatus are used for the cure
of chronic diseases. The treatment of
the chronic diseases that are peculiar to
women have for many years been a laric
factor in the cures affected nt the iu
valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute.
In erecting the Invalids' Hutel, Dr. It.
V. Pierce's idea was to make it a genuine
home, not a hospital. Such cases as rrp
ture, hydrocele and varicocele are usua! ?
cured in ten days, and the patient is allc
to return home. The terms are moderate
and the rates at the Invalids' Hotel com
paratively low. In the examination and
treatment of patients the practice 5?
divided into specialties. Each member of
the Faculty, although educated to pr:!c-
Ltice in all departments of medicine a. J
surgery, is here assigned to a special de
partment only, to which he devotes hi?
entire time, study and attention. Kol
only is superior skill thus attained, but
also rapidity and accuracy in the diagno
sis of disease.
Specialists connected with this Insti
tute at Buffalo, are enabled to accurately
determine the nature of many
diseases without seeing and personal]:
examining their patients. This metlio
of treating patients at a distance, by mail
has been so successful that i
scarcely a c'.ty or a villago in the Lnitcd
States that is not represented by one 01
more cases upon the records of practice
at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In
stitute. Such rare cases as cannot be
treated in this way, which require sur-i
--cal operations or careful after-treatment
or electrical therapeutics, receive the scr
vices of the most skillful specialists .11
the Institution.
In medicine there has been ripid \
gress during recent years, Dr. Pieivo I
kept up with the times by continual!}' i..
proving his laboratory by skilled chemists,
and exercising care that the ingredients
entering into his well-known medicines
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as we.!
as the"Golden Medical Discovery"are ex
tracted from the bost variety of native
medicinal roots. These are gathered wi: h
great care and at the proper season of t':e
year, so that their medicinal propertiis
may be most reliable.
These extracts are then made soluble
In pure triple refined glycerine and bottled
in a hygienic and scientific manner. Thus
the World's Dispensary as established by
Dr. Pierce is supplied with every known
apparatus and means of cure, for its aim
is to avoid surgical operations whenever
possible.
Great care is exercised not to over en
courage those who consult the specialists
of this institution that no false hopes
may be raised.
Many thousands are annually treated
both through correspondence and at this
Institute. Every one consulting by letter
or in person receives the most careful and
considerate attention. All communica
tions are treated as strictly confidential.
No charge whatever Is made for con
sultation.
t the Invalids' Hotel and ourgica)
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