Freeman's champion., 1858-02-11
, The Man with q Cold in his Head


BY dabe is Jodes-Daddle Jodes.
l ab the bost biserablc bad udder the
sud- ab eteriully catchidg cold by
doze is evorlastdgly gubbed up, SO
that l dever cad talk plaid. l have
tried every thig id the world to pre-
vedi it, but tho cold will cub id spite
OF be. Subber ad widter, it is all the
sabe' breathe through by bouth
trob Jaluary IL Decebber, trob the
begiddidg to the edd of the year.---
. I've tried Altopathy, Hydropathy,
Hob@pathy, ad Tobsodyisb every
systeb of incdicid, but id valid. Ali
kids OF teas, drobs, ad old wibbid'S
dostrubs have bed tried; I've swal-
lowed edough Of theb to drowd be |;
bnt's DO use. Dothidg udder heaved
cad keep by feet warb, dothidg keep
be frob catchidg cold.
| ab dot rich. / ab dot poor; but |
rather be beggar, ad orgad grider's
oudkey, the beadest thidg you could
dabe-adythidg--rather thad be II bed
with stopped up doze. ! ab very
Tod OF wibbed's society, but l dare
dot 90 into cubadJ people are too
polite to evidce disgust, but every
Dody becubs udeaSy whedevcr | vodt-
nro dear theb. l wadt to barry; but
doboddy will have be with by doze-
.' dever Oh! ab idcodceivably I'D
' happy
Sub years ago I fell id love with a
charbidg girl. Her father was bad
OF beads, ad she was the boSt widdidg
little dabsel id the world. Ad she
alode Of all the world seeded dot to
bide by biSfortude. Ad 1 loved her
with love Of udibadgidable idtedsity;
every atob Of by bcidg adored her
. ] deterbid to seredade her.
Accordingly | shut byself up id
; by roob ad waited q log tibe, udtil by
doze got albost edtirely well. AT
. last, wud fde Autub digit, vedtured
=" forth, wrapped up to the eyes id cloaks
" overcoats, shawl ad what dot cd
by feet wore the thickest kide of CUB
shoes. A bad Of busicads wedt alog
with be. Twas after eleved O'Clock
whed we reached her residedce id a
fashiodablo ad retired street. After
the bad had played dubber Of fide
tudes, sdough, / thought, to have
walked her, ! ordered lheb to stop SO
that blight sig, | had studied several
tide Sogs, all bore or less sedtibedta
al beladcholy, udtil i thought / was
perfect. Bud do sooder had / pulled
the hadkerchiof off by doze ad bouth
thad Acaught cold. 1 cobbedced:
"Twa' ten o'clock wud boodlight disht,"
it souded very badly, so thought
would try un c.. VI uou7 M
"Whed twilight dews are fallidg fast:"
I but that was olbost as bad as the fist
: But l had cub there to sig, ad sig
bust. Sol Sug at the topof by voice
"Cub, oh cub with be-,
Tho boon is beabig,
Cub. oh cub with bo,
poJo, The stars aro gleabig, rEi7T
Ad all nroud, above, tte w
With beauty teab0.
Doonlight hours are tho best for Low,
Ira Ia lala Ia. ad 80 forth"
While ] was goidg oil with "t tr,
Ia lala la codgrotulatidg bySelfbed
tally upod by success, a yong fellow
livig ID the house sdioidig by sweet
heart, threw up his widow ad shouted
'Biow your dose, goa dob fool, Wo,
your dose ~ ad all tho busiciads thet
laughed log ad udfeeliglyv shool
by cledchcd fist at the youg Scoudrc
Id the widow, radathebatized hi
with, the bost awful ibbrocatiods
could thidls Of, udbidcfui who bigh
hoar, or who blight dot. OF the i'd
deccdt ad udfeclidg busiciads, ! tool
do further dotico thad 70 hurl the
4. their pay upod the groud, Thed
barchcd hobo, al retired to bed, fro
which n did dot Ebcrge for ssdths.