New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-20
HOW A LITTLE STORY GREW.
ADDITIONS AND ELABORATIONs MADE TO r.
UNTIL IT BECAME A HIGHLY coLoREp
ROMANCE

ROMANCE.
There Is a well-known manufacturer a. co.,rtaor.
man. who In ais bachelor apartments often Ia,
evening at home. ct which many entertalnin,
people 10 be met Not long ago there was
small gathering Of the aforementioned set" in N.
apartments OF Mr.. 9. One story after s.other va,
told. each story-teiler In non-obtrusive way trv.
Ing TO outyarn the last entertainer. Many OF n.
stories told were "chestnuts." but the following y
not exactly new. at least furnishes an example a,
how a good story loses nothing by being passed
around
II just heard Doctor VI. tell a story that sound,
Ike fairy tale" said Of the pressn,
The doctor vouches for its truth and here ar,
his sponsors"
With this the speaker drew from his poke,
slip OF paper that had something written thereon
OF course no one in the company wished to place
even tho slight doubt Of his verify tina, lookr,
at the paper would imply. Thus encouraged, he
went to relate the following story:
You all know Mr. b.. the celebrated lawyer
Perhaps you don't all know that some thirty yean
ago Mr.. b. was at the point OF death from cancse
and was cured In way that was truly marvelous
Mr.. 3. had consulted physicians here. in Europa
and in Asia and Africa too. for aught know
He had cancer OF the tongue. and thought
he could be cured. His physician advised him to
20 to cooler climate than New-York. 50 he
started for Canada. But first must give you an
understa nding OF how bad off he really was.
HE had not been able to lie down In his bed for
great many months. His tongue was swollen 70
! an enormous size, and when he attempted 10 10
/ down It fell back In his throat and choked him
/ He had a frame made. and they strapped him In
this frame In a sitting posture, with his head
| Ing on a support Of some kind. his tongue hanging
| out In this way the poor got what little
sleep he could catch.
The journey fatigued Mr. b.. so he stopped Ct
St. Adams. VT. 70 rest They stayed a, hotel
In that place. and no one who saw the poor man
thought that ne could 1--we to reach Canada. He
was sitting In his frame. and 1t was about o'clock
in the morning when the night clerk knocked At
| the door Mrs B. opened the door. The clerk
| Informed her that there a woman In No.
VINO wished TO see her al once. What for? TIE
| clerk did not know. All that he knew was that
she had rung her bell as Il her room had been on
| fire When he answered the call she had asked
II there was a woman and man by the name OF
B. In the hotel7 And was not the man III?
when told her. said the clerk, that there
was such a man and that he was in bad state II
there was anything In appearances she told me
! 10 come right down here and wake you up. AID
say that she wanted to Mrs B.. and that she
had something OF the utmost importance relating
| TO Mr. BIS health 10 tell TO you
Mrs b dressed herself and went to the rooms
Of the strange woman There the following couver.
! satton passed:
Mrs b.. have been impressed so strongly that
could not resist, nor yet wait for morning. to ses
| you and tell you something chat am convinced
will cure your husband. I stranger to you
When went to bed tonight I dtd not know that
such a woman yourself lived. In my sleep, ara
In dream a trance, or something which can
IN no way explain saw you and your HUSBAND In
your He. in his frame. poor man. sNA s0u
with an anxious look Of care your face thai rot
even sleep could Danish.
The scene Of your rooms and the persons
"A IN
woods I cannot tell you where. but there were
trees around Then noticed three springs OF
wafer At ono Of them which some voice IN my
dream seemed to call the A spring. ] saw three
diseased dogs, and brindle COW that nad an
enormous white swelling on one Of her fore less
Even while looked the COW and the dogs ieil on
their diseased looks and became plump ana wei
Then something said to me. This Is the place
| that Mr. B. has been diviney guided to- Here "
| only drinking and bathing In this water. ne can
| be cured of his cancer Awake now and tel ~.
wife, for they intend to leave early IN the morning
! Then sent for you nope you arc "o' ~
| oy my persistency'? 49,
! Mrs B. was far from being offended She too
her husband OF the strange woman. He expecteo
| 10 die but he perfectly willing 70 say 'H''
and try to find the pool OF health.
IN the morning Mrs B. sent out ten men 70
look for the sexs spsnaF wh Cow 'sfa the
her knee She told each man that she wou,aia md
to s nm At 81. nsR Moa anf give ns II
came home without hnding anything Ana SIGHT nsSt
ons of the sss ms1 rspored that p1S f
spring. and the three dogs and re COW 10 the lucky
W water to Mr. B. who begin use with Dss;
nas gesSaS an w seS man Vent into court argued
tenrhousand-dollar case ana d won Wss delighted H.
bought the springs for mere nI nS Ss When this
the grounds that cost nm Mr. B had got Ills
hU.e nss took fire and burned 10 TN, sse
little w sSm Ea has 0 Been
since Il was this property that hSIeu eel. r.
conspcuousy in the divorce osr Bshemis rot
tain woman in the circles Oh o'Vs'
'0s Mat asS the story was tod at Mr. s Srsssn
"%o thought he could ,S verify a tn's s0 2.n
wOq ,ss be v vSTth sna afer the ODes
'ny I'll
Ss.S w sSb SSsy sSa sd x.
pr0s'Hss S1sar sFG oo at my 'onga
they advised me to go to baro Question pas The next
entirely GU. Q. an Tse and get on; o, the
dreadful drss Iai hes; Of the summer confined to ny
was pretty e. S. e sTo II lAS such an eis
hea NY sa uo been able 10 speak for long .Ts
course cC When not sfteHS 70
nv friends expected TO see me COM oS' we stopped
The ,ESrnsy n satiss Of ecns on 70 Montreal
q, -. We're the Governor OF the STATE ana ~.
Wife friend. OF ours OF course II mex Se Eight Il.
Crs.ronr,s wife CHANGED 10 remember o. 70 hn,.
heard OF some wonderful springs IN 'ns s,,,reh had
hood and that when the country cni assr. they
so~ss or chicken -pox, and used the wa,s, you'd
were always cured. she was an ss arose so she
| sent word TO my wife. We dee'aea ~
! give the springs q trial -, -. ,,ou, inst exactly
where the sprngs were but .t W, SS No so-andsO
man or with instructions 10 ask ,o done and some
Of the water brought to r ms hn; sensation
tosus n hs;nrs there had been no feeihs q. Going
tongue took a paper ana wrS Ga '"''
W..fn s,x months or so when WAS adv "a a "A the
TO my Office, stroled TITO enen,ed 70 see you
ssaIhn, and then he shook hands WIN me mad no,
as sr mai argued a case before HIM 4 hstore