178 THE ITINERANT HORSE PHYSICIAN 



leave he said he had no money in the house; we 

 suggested that he give us a check for the dollar 

 but to this he said that his account at the bank 

 was drawing interest and not subject to check. 



We handled the situation so delicately and so 

 tactfully that he finally gave us his note for one 

 dollar, which we collected too. 



No doubt "old Chip" and "Lizzie's buggy" 

 were the cause of half the turn-downs we got ; if 

 our own appearance and our arguments instilled 

 a grain of confidence in our ability into a farmer 

 "old Chip" and "Lizzie's buggy" were enough to 

 jar it out of him again. But, they didn't cost us 

 anything, and it is a question whether we would 

 have done much better with a livery outfit, for 

 which we would have had to pay $3.00 a day. 



At the end of a week, we were so disgusted 

 with the whole proposition that we decided to 

 quit and leave. My brother had saved most all 

 of his money and could buy a railroad ticket back 

 east ; he left for Tennessee a few days later, while 

 I remained in Chamberlain. I got a job packing 

 cigars in a cigar factory and earned enough 

 money to pay my way to Chicago. 



