Excerpt from Doc GordonIT was very early in the morning, it was scarcely dawn, when the young man started upon a walk of twenty-five miles to reach Al ton, where he was to be assistant to the one physician in the place, Doctor Thomas Gor don, or as he was familiarly called, Doc. Gordon. The young man's name was James Elliot. He had just graduated, and this was to be his first experience in the practice of his profession of medicine. He was in his twen ties. He was small, but from the springiness of his gait and the erectness of his head he gave an impression of height. He was very good-looking, with clearly-cut features, and dark eyes, in which shone, like black dia monds, sparks of mischief. They were hon est eyes, too. The young fellow was still sow ing his wild oats, but more with his hands than with his soul. He was walking because of a great amount of restless energy, he fairly rev.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.