West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
MOTHERS LEGACY.
A Very Effective Cure for Hypo-
chondria.

Your mothers legacy has come,
Maria"
"HnN it. John? Who brought it?"
1t came alone in cab.
Came in cab What do you mean.
John?"
why, mean what | say; it came
IN cab. and walked right upstairs. -
Walked up stairs! / wish YOU
wouldn't tease me so, John. What do
you mean?"
well, my dearest wife. i'm other
words your aunt Amelia has arrived
b'g trunk. little trunk. bandboX ana
bundle. She is now domcsticated i'm
the Socond-story back room. otherwise
known a. the guest-chamber: and as
hor head j. very tired. She is lvin0
clown To rest for dinner. | saw her.
DOwever. doing up those iron-gray
curls and corkscrew ringletS of hers i'm
brown paper. They look like the little
"urlS which are run off piece of black
walnut board by the carpenters plane.
She likes her room very much indeed.
;tnd seems To be quite happy. So.
brace mp, Maria, my dear, and begin
now to ENJOY your mother : legacy"
Maria Iemplcton, the wife of Hon.
j. IempletOn. member of the State
SENATE from the county of PHILADELPHIA.
was the only child of fond and dotinO
mother, who had just died. Maria. or
inkie, a she was Familiarity called bv
the members of her family. was en-
practically spoiled child. 4 full-sized
cabinet of household advisers i'm the
way of maternal aunts and elderly
cousins had assisted the late mother of
fmkie, Mrs. Pentreath Jones. with an
assorted variety of iudiciouS advice
until this mother, with an iniirm pur-
pose, had will which was mended
ana reset by outside moral appliances
IN the way in which a broken plate is
Slued with Stratena and is then loaded
win heavy weights arranged ON pur-
pose to test its latent strength.
Pinkie, As a child. had AWAY, vaguely
imagined that comfortable inherit
ance would one dav be hers after her
mother death. Not that she wanted
her mother to die. In fact. though She
had husband. she never thought of
him As social and financial aolian
attachment to the harp on the willows
OF her daily life Her mother was her
only and constant comforter. Her hu,-
band was necessity, but her mother
was luxury. John made continual
game OF his wife'~ staff of medical adj
Nisers but Pinkie's mother hailed with
delight every new medical adviser and
every fresh plan in the lifelong search
Tor health. Every mineral spring i'm
America had been tried, but il invari-
aoly happened that i'm one weeks time
after her return home the same dread
ful complication of maladies reap-
peared. The hot springs Of Arkansas.
the warm spring, Of Virginia. with their
sulphur compounds and lithia alkalies.
ana the electric baths Of all sorts of
magnetic doctors had alike been tried.
ana had proved worthless Carlsbad
ana AK IL Bain-. and the Engadinc.
and the Grape Cure Of Meran i'm tn.
NrOl Kept the ten thousand demon, Of
inherited and acquired hypochondria
under for awhile. but. like their great
leader Abaddon in the Apocalypse.
after each shDrt-lived mellenium they
were looscd again for a new lease of en-
deavOr for little season
A certain DIR Mcpherson. i'm Edip-
burgh, whom Mr. Tcmpleton consulted
Tor his wife ON their return from the
high-air cure in the Engadine and the
grape cure in the TyrOl advised a
consultation with certain female pby-
stefan At Los Angeles. California. who
had made Mrs. Templeton complaints
speciality. He refrained from giving
The name. but gave the exact address.
he spring after this. when Mr..
IempletOn started West ON hi, annual
wool expedition for the firm of whose
house he was The unknown term. the
Co. hc took Maria with him
While waiting boz the city ~ San
Francisco for the completion Of the
wool purchases Mr. Templefon had a
severe attack of pOlykakia. or many
evils. consisting of headache. ypo-
neuralgia. malaria. nervous prO-tra-
ton and rheumatic gOut com hincd As
-0c Jag upon beer couch Boo her India
SIX wrapper. struggling 10 fprtify her
nerves nt frequent internal cOddIng-
against the coast breeze. Of the mis-
named Pacific, her husband entered
tire room and took 20 seat by the open
fire with hi- back tp hi- wife
"OA John groaned the voice Of
Maria from Che mufed depths OF tbr
pillow, "If YOU only knew bow ] was
suffering from This wretrhcd Pacific air..
SOU wouldn keep mo waiting iu thi.
way with Your wool bu-ine-. You
would think more ~ your WIfr and
Jess Of This everlasting wo0I--grfing "
John made BOO reply
Beside. continued Maria. Of am
very anxious ~ -ce thc Lo- Angeles
doctor When can w. got on2
Still mo- reply from John
John said Maria
An oppressive silence followed, a.
before
John. exclaimed Maria swhat Be-
the matter, Why DO you uot speak
do not know how 60 speak. ro-
piled John, as BIZ took bis wife BOO bob.
arms Be brave woman. Marie.