44 THE ITINERANT HORSE PHYSICIAN 



in my resignation, leaving at once for my old 

 home in Milwaukee, after having been away a 

 year and two months. 



A few days after my arrival in Milwaukee, I 

 received a letter from C. BischofT & Co., in which 

 they expressed their regret at my resignation 

 and urging me to come to New York at their 

 expense for the purpose of instructing me in the 

 art of introducing Bovo- vaccine. 



This offer I also turned down. To this day I 

 have regretted this. One of the qualifications 

 which gave me the position with these people was 

 my knowledge of German. It was desired that 

 I make first-hand translations from literature 

 obtained from Behringwerk in Germany and 

 other matters. This knowledge of German had 

 other value with this position which might have 

 come later and I have always been sorry for my 

 action in declining the offer. 



Now I found myself back in Milwaukee under 

 my father's roof. I had been gone a little over 

 a year and had given the finest exhibition of 

 bone-headism during this time which was ever 

 witnessed. I was only twenty-two years old and 

 although Opportunity had already knocked twice 

 at my door I had set the dog on her each time. 



Had I remained in the government service at 

 Colorado City I might now be a superior officer 

 in that organization. Setting this aside, had I 

 remained with C. BischofT & Co., I might now be 

 hobnobbing with Prof, von Behring himself. 

 But as things were, I was out of a job, had not 

 even a bread and butter practice, and I was 

 "broke" besides. 



