Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-31
90GERS'S COLD
A Literal and Loc4i Narrative from ths
Argonauc

Argonauc
Rogers was Enthusiastically ii.
The choir was to practise its Easter
tunes in the Berkely chapel, and Is rosy
checked young woman from Puget Sound
needed an escort. OF course he would
60. Every one said in breath, "What
alovely EVENING" Some lady laughed
at the idea of shawl. In the city Rog-
ers never ventured out after dark with
out his oyercoat put in ba}mly Berkeley,
and only for once!
The choir sat long over its lesson. The
rosy-cheeked Puget Soundine was good
listener, but then Rogers was not much
of a talker, and conversation Jagged.
Perhaps the music made Rogers devotion
a., and the devotedneSs drowsy. At
any rate, he dropped into & doze, and
awole to hear himself saying, in voice
fully equal to the little reed organs loud
est Octaves. now hushed, ''The climate of
the Sound is said to be delightful in sum-
mer; is it trues"
OF course there had been q draught
Devotions without draughts would be a
religious innovation unknown to the
modern chapel architect. So Rogers
went home with cold III MS head, that
rapidly developed in his chest an alarm
ing tightness and disagreeable huski-
ness in his throat.
''What in the deuce Is the matter with
you, Rogers?"
"Kowd'
"Cold [ should INTERCEPT! Seen a
doctor?r
"Kno."
''Go and sec Dr.. Healwater; make no
mistake about it, and waste no time"
That was The advice of Jenkyns. Rog.
ers valued Jenkyns's advice He disliked
doctors on principle, but liked DR. Heal
water because they were both fishermen.
So he went.
ttI don't like it az al, said the doctor
'Of course [ can't tell about your lungs
till the local irritation disappears. Go to
Burnett's and get this. Take It four
times a day, in little water. Come
back in four days, and I will test your
lungs"
-Four days later Rogers walked out Of
Dr.. Healwater's Office, wearing the long
est face he had worn for years. The
doctor had assured him that his lungs
were seriously affected, and that the
climate of San Francinco wouldn't do for
him any longer.
eco to Auburn, or into the foothills,
at about that altitude, and stay there till
you're strong again. Take plenty of out
door exercise, but don't exert yourself
violently, or attempt any hard work
Take plenty of nourishlng food, and
drink half pint Of cream day
4
awe consumption, and am ordered
out of the city; must go into the country,
do no hard work, and drink cream
Rogers was talking to Zulano, who
glared at him over his conceited looking
eyeglasses.
81 wish my doctor would order me in
to the COW countless said he. "But
how are you going to Liver"
"He didn't particularize any thing e1-
cept the cream"
E'I mean how are you going TO earn
enough to pay your board?"
go, he didn't tell me that
"Well, l don't think there's any thing
the matter with you-only cold Go
into the country for q week or so. and
then come back and go to work, like
man of sense"
Rogers went out of that cynical pres
ence deeply wounded. But he had other
friends. The sympathy of lovely women
had never yet failed him He would go
home and tell the family.
81 was afraid of this" said mother"
She was not his real mother, but one of
the half-a dozen married women who
petted and spoiled and made much-too
much-of him. "Yes, l was afraid of
this. You must begin taking 'vitalized
air at once. Here. is the name of the
preparation. Wakelee will tell you all
about it. You'll remember, won't your"
That was on the Oakland boat On
the train he met his friend Oscar, just
in from Portland, Oregon. "Well, you
are sick, and no nonsense. Consump-
ton? I'm not sure of that; you're in
bad way, though, and must have a lung
pad. Farnsworth tried one, after he had
pneumonia in Bodie, and it brought him
out all right You'll buy one now, won't
you, at once?'
"Poor boy? [ know Just how you feel
| was given up by the doctors myself
once. But he is mistaken in saying you
must go,into the hills. | was cured of
just such state of health as yours by
spending three weeks at Santa Cruz. I
used to sit and lie in the hot sand. The
heat of the sand draws the congestion
away lTOu Iue lungs lntO tlic lScI, DIS
nothing else can. Promise me you'll try
it."
1t was Aunt Mary Dunlap who spoke.
There were Several persons in the room,
and Rogers was quite hero. They
crowded around, and rendered him con-
dolences and advice in most charming
manner.
"I'm so sorry for you, Have you ever
tried cod-liver oil and malt? Mrs. De
Lacy was quite far gone in consumption
when she heard Of it, and now she is
about we'll"
"But the thing have the most conf
dence in is sun baths and salt. Eat all
the salt you can If you could have a
room with glass over it, where you could
be quite made now"
''Port wine-good port wine land eggs.
with plenty of chicken soup and slots of
exercise, is what you need"
t'Did you ever try rubbing your chest
with croton oil, and drinking lime water
and milk? 1t cured my sister Ann1e.'
1t was long chapter, and Rogers for