The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-02-01
A Perfect Cure.

shantv which was called tavern. and sought
accommodation. He thus details his nig is
experience.
The landlord could only give me room
with bed-felow.
"Vcry well, don't object" said I, as he
led the way by the light Of miserable tai
low dip, which he left with ME to light meto
he'd
| surveyed the room, and particularly my
bed fellow. He was-a nrifd=tooklng man, l
thought-perhaps a class-leader in some
primitive log church near by. His repose
was so quiet and child-likc that / thought we
would sleep peacefully together for the night !;
but before had blown out the light he opened
a snore that seemed like cross between I'll
ing saw and saving board, and my feelings
at once became malicious toward him.
l blew out the light and turned in, and
still the snore continued. The moon had
now risen, making every object in the room
visible .
Ipunched my friend, and as he opened
his e. yes with snap he said:
"By jingo! how you scared me, Mister!
You going to sleep here tonight"
Yes"
"Well I'm mighty glad of it. I always
like company. It's kinder lonesome to sleep
alone"
ayes, it is so. Pardon ME for wakingyou,
but | thought it my duty to tell you that l
sometimes take fits"
What, fits. You don't say so Mister"
Yes, do. Pm not particularly dan
gerour but bite sometimes; 50 be careful
that don't get my teeth into you?"
'.Well, III be d"ggoncd? | hope you
won't have any fits"
so do l.
81 hope, Mister, you won't bite me, ifyou
do have any fits"
20, [ hope not"
He drew long breath and then siad:
"Wel, I'm afraid l won't sleep any to-
night"
20, don't lose any sleep
"But how am l to know when you are
going to have fits 2"
80, l groan and breathe hard, and foam
at the mouth ; and and, when you hear ME
suap my teeth like dog, then you'd better
look out"
"Well, I'm blamed if 1 amt sorry, Mister,
you come in here. I'm afraid you'll be more
company than want"
20, don't be uneasy; 1 sometimes do not
have any for months. Let's 80 to Sleep
and 1 pretended to drop offinto peaceful slun-
Der.
My companion rolled and tumblcd uneasi-
ly for some time, then dropped off into a
restless sleep, and soon commenced that old
snore Just where he left off when woke him
up. That decided ME ~pun having tit, and
with fearful snore, and horrible groanng,
I set my nails into his arm, and my teeth in
to his shoulder, just hard enough to nip
nicely: but it was enough for the purpose.
With terrible yell he sprang from the bed,
and went flying down stairs, exclaimed
20 dear, he's got fits, he's got fits! He's
bit piece out of my shoulder!
The landlord, with crowd from the bar
room, came hurrying up, and found NE just
recovering from the effects of the fit. aud Civ
ing nc hot toddy from his own private bot
tie, he left me. lie carried with him the
clothing of my bed d,fellow, who had turned
in on blanket down stairs, resolved to be
bitten no more by men having fits.
1t was delicious to have the whole bed to
myself, an | luxuriated in it by stretching
myself entirely across it. had soon drop
ped into peaceful slumbcr as innocent US
NV childhood, whom | was aroused by some
one roughly shaking my shoulder, and say
ing:
awake up. stranger, and move over.
Half this beds mime" opened my eyes
on six foot teanrster, who was pulling off
his boots. A rough-looking specimen, he
was but he annoyed me most by taking up
twn-thirds of the bed and crowding he to the
wall. l concluded to try another fit, and
said:
My friendw
30! shut dp your trap; Tn sleepy"
'But thought Id tell you that | have
fits"
We'll. fit away, 80 you don't wake mo"
but bite when | have them"
"Well, bite the bed post, then"
Now, this ought to have convinced me
that he was tho wrong customer, but 1t
didn't; and, waiting until he was sound
asleep, like fool ! buckled in, and set my
teeth and nails into him in splendid style,
while l groancd fearfully. 1t was the best
fit Ihal ever had. perfect success on my
part; but the way that chap jumped out OF
beI and mauled NE around that room was
the most perfect success in puglistic treat
ment ever experienced: He brought me
out of that fit. He cured Inc oft. l don't
think I'll ever have another. but | didn't
like his Meljcirn. My eyes all black kcd up,
my hose blnodied lip slit open. zee rtlatten-
ed to my head, my shirr-tront all torn of,
and to make the matter worse the fellow was
asleep in five minutes after. as though n'th
ing had happened
The next morning ! went wn late H.
breakfast. and all crowded arou!,d {" ooc the
man who had fits, and TO tell me that my
horse had been stolen. The mild Looking
man, my first bcd-fellOw, had gone off with
him.