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In 1914 he bought the first car that came to Red Bay, hired a man to come
down to teach him to drive. But he still kept a horse in case of emergency.
He has had a car ever since.

He has been a staid and steady man. He has been firm and careful to
collect his fees. He is a business man, takes no risks, and therefore takes
no losses. He has bought land; and the land along Bear Creek just out of
Red Bay is some of the best the locality has. He loans his money for interest.

Like most doctors he does lots of charitable work, work for nothing, but
even in that he manages well, and comes out all right. His fees are not high;
he does not cater to the town-practice, from which he might get high fees.

Once he was president of the bank, but from some cause or another he fell
out with the officials, and has never been president or had anything to do
with the bank since.

He is a man with a firm, set mind. His hates are real and tough and
enduring. He never forgives an enemy. Behind his pleasant exterior, his
smiling round face, he nurses jealousy and hate. One of the hates is Dr.
Weatherford of the same town, and the hate is reciprocated.

His office is a country-looking place. There is a pungent smell of medi-
cine, an atmosphere of use of dirt. The air is heavy with darkness and gloom.
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