The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12

A Literal and Circunstantial Local Mar
| ,ative.
Rogers was Enthusiastically i'll.
The choir was to practice its Easte
tunes in the Berkeley chapel. and 70
sy-cheeked young woman from Puge
Sound needed an escort. OF course h
would 90. Every one said in breath
what a lorely EVENING" Some lad.
laughed ut the idea of a shawl. In the
city. Rogers never ventured out afte
dark without his overcoat; but in balm,
Bcrkeley-and only for once.
The choir sat long over its lesson
The rOsy-cheeked Puget SOundins wa
a good listener, but then Rogers wa
not much of talker. and conversation
tagged. Perhaps tho music made
Rogers devotional, anu the devOutnes'
drowsy. Al any rate he dropped int
IL doze, and awOke to hear himself say
ing, in voice fully equal to the little
reed organs loudest Octaves. nov
hushed: "The climate of the Sound il
said to be delightful in summer; is il
trueg
OF course there had been draught
Devotion without draughts would be .
religious innovation unknown to the
modern chapel architect. So Rogers
went home with cold in his head. that
rapidly developed in his chest ar
alarming tightness. and disagrceable
huskiness in his throat.
'What in the deuce is the matter
with you, Rogers?"
"COwd."
Gold! l should interject! Seen q
doctOr?"
"Kno."
go and see Doctor Healwater; make
no mistake about it, and waste NO
time"
That was the advice Of Jenkyns.
Rogers valued Jenkyns's advice. He
lislikcd doctors on principle, but liked
Doctor Healwater because they were
both fishermen. So lie went.
IL don't like it ALL" said the Doc.
tor. "Of course, can't tell about your
lungs till the local irritation disappears.
Go To Burnetts and get this. Take II
four times day in little water. Come
back in four days, and I'll test your
lungs"
Four days later Rogers walked out Of
DIR. Healwater's office wearing the
longest face he had worn for years.
The doctor had assured him that his
lungs were seriously affected, and that
the climate of San Francisco wouldn't
do for him any longer.
| go to Auburn, or into the foothills
at about that altitude. and stay there
till you're strong again. Take plenty
of outdoor exercise, but don't exert
yourself violently, OF attempt any hard
work. Take plenty Of nOurishing food,
and drink half pint of cream q day."
"Pve consumption. and am ordered
out of the city; must 60 i2to the coun
try. do no hard work, and drink
cream"
Rogers was talking to ZulanO. whit
glared at him over his conceited-lOok
ing Eyeglasses.
81 wish my doctor would order me
into the COW countless" said he. ''Bu
how are you going to live?
''He didn't particularize anything
but cream"
/ y
enough TO pay your boardP"
"Oh, he didn't tell me that"
swell, / don't think there's any
thing the matter with yOu-Only cold
Go into the country for week or so
and then come back and 60 to work
like man of sense"
Rogers went out of that cynical pres
ence deeply wounded. But he had 9th
err friends. The sympathy of lovely
woman had never yet failed him. HI
would go home and tell the family.
81 was afraid of this" said "moth
en-" She was not his real mother, bu
one of the half dozen married wOmer
who petted, aud spoiled, and made
much-tOO much-Of him. Eyes,
was afraid of this, You must begir
taking 'vitalized air at once. Here il
the name of the preparation. Wakelet
will tell you all about it. You'll re
member. won't yOu?"
That was on the Oakland boat. Or
the train he met his friend Oscar, jus
in from Portland, Oregon. "Well. yOl
arc sick and no nonsense. Consump'
ton? Pm not SO sure of that; you're
i'm bad way, though, and you mus
have lung pad. FarnswOrth triet
one, after he had pneumonia in BOdic
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 mysel
once. But he Is mistaken in saying
you must 20 into the hills. was cured
of Just such state of health rs your,
by spending three weeks ut Vera Cruz
] used to sit and lie in the hot sand
and feel the salt of tho sea breeze a
first hand. The heat of the sand draws
the congestion away from the lung.
into the feet. as nothing else can
Promise me you'll try it."
II was Aunt Mary Dunlap who spoke
There were "sveral persons in thu
room, and Rogers was quite hero
They crowded around and tenderet
him condolences and advice In q mos
charming manner.
..Pm sorry for you. Have you eve
tried cod liver oil and maltP Mrs. d.
Lacey was quite far gone in cOnsump
ton when she heard of it, and now she
is about we'll"
"But the thing have the most con
fidence in is sun baths and salt. Ea
all the salt you can. and sit in the SUI
all you can. If you could have room
with glass over it, where you could b.
quite nude now"
"Port wine-goOd port wine-ant
eggs. with plenty Of chicken soup ant
lots of exercise. is what you need"
"Did you ever try rubbing your ches
with croton oil, and drinking lime-wa
ter and milkp It cured my sister An
nie."
1t was q long chapter, and Roger
forgot the rest; but then it seemed
that il he remembered all 1t ought {.
help him some. They were all YER!
kind TO him for several days. aud SOM
of his friends came over the bay Il
cheer him up a bit. Among them came
his FREUD Jack Hubbard. and this wa
Jacks advice:
"You ought to get married at once
man. DO YOU remember Mollie-