Evening journal., 1899-04-05
MISS BOYD's oaIp CURE.
TT Is NOT O,,E. HOWEVER. THAT.
WILL COME INTO IMMEDIATE
FAVCR.

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Doctors say that there are al kinds
of ways 20 are The grip, and THAT
.roata -.t which woTllt wei in one
case wont work at an IN another.
THESE are the facts in the case Of the
cure of Miss Beatrice Boyd. There is
ro patent on It and anybody who has
Gao grip and wants TO ge, rid of il bad
- c-cueh can foNCw the main po'nts
IN her method. and the chances are
;,4at Il won't cost as much as 10 cost
hor.
Miss Boyd Hives with her sister On
Friday eyetlnlg. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher
went 10 the rheaare. leaving Miss Boyd
at home because she was sure that an
attack of the grip was coming on, and
she proposed to prevent It if possible.
To this end she flied the bath tub with
very hot water and told the servant.
Addie st6phcns, to make her a hot
lemonade 10 was her Intention 10
steep herself in the bath, drink the
hot lemonade, jump into bed and pile
on an the available clothing. Owing
20 Circumstances over which she had
no donGcl, the latser part Of the
scheme was considerably altered.
Addie Stephens, the maid had
taste fOg collecting wearing apparel.
This Mlsl Boyd didn't know. Addie
figured out that Miss Boyd would stay
in the bath until the hot lemonade ar
rived, Thus affording excellent oppor-
umity fer her design. Collecting all
t-e clothes in the pace without refer
ence to style, sex or previous condi-
t.ol, OF service, she fastened them in
a trunk strap and departed permanent
ly Meantime. Miss Boyd, in the bath
tub, began to get impatient for her
lemonade. She caLed. Nobody an
swered. She called again, and stig got
no reply. This made her angry. She
rose up and draped herself in a blan-
ket whddh SHE had brought with her
Der THAT INdTi3se and SAILED forth in
search OF the servant. Naturally. she
didn't find Alldie, Who was at that mo-
menk conveying hsr cO1,eOtion Of cloth
ing home. Miss Boyd went to her
Cwn nc0m to get some clothes But
when She BOT there the wardrobe was
Lare as the famed cupboard Of the lady
ald informal garment
Even that kind OF a garment, any
kind Of garment in fact, would have
lMought joy to the soul CT the bank
c.cd Miss Boyd. She rushed into her
sisters room and beheld an open and
depicted c,cset. There was one more
chance. Mr. Fishi.r kept his apparel in
a large clothes press off the front
room. Miss Boyd had heard that men
wear ta1hr0bes. EvUn bathrOhe
would do. or If Theme wasn't one to be
fcmd. why, ahcre might be something
else ayai.aUe Anything was better
uAan the Blanket. As hope and fear
reauI The soul cf the shlpWrecked mar
iner spying a sail on the hcr.zon, or
l1c a.Lw-lCurn hunter holding his
ast ma,sh 70 his Qutyeling fingers so
.hey cluicAcd ut ude heart of Che
.t-ccri olrg ycuIs lady. as, sumnoning
ak hCr & rlttae. She flung open the
door Of the press. There in the sol-
eml majesty Of so.lMle stood one pair
Of NO. S Shoes. Miss Boyd leaned
Against the wall and gave way 10 min
g.ed emotions. But ahe quickly real
lied that This was no time for idle re-
p.ning that the absence Of the SER
want and of the clothing could hardly
be set down in the category Of fOrtui-
tous condolences. If Addie was to DE
caught and the clO3hing recovered,
communication with the outer word
mus. be speedily established Miss
Boyd stepped irg3 the lonely shoes.
a.ll, wrapping her b,ankat more Tight
iy around her shuG,sd to the door
which opens cut into the hal. Push
ing up the transOm, she started in
upon some vocal exercises designed to
aGlaot att6c.Gon. She mi ght have
slcu.ed "Helpl" cr "Robbers!" but in
that case she feared Jhat pecp.o might
come in AMI force the door and a
young lady with nothing but a blanket
and a pair CT mems shoes is not likd.y
TO court publicity
Unfortunately the fiat house where
Miss Boyd resided is inhabited by sew.
eral trillers cf the dhrOmatic scale
Henlce the obs and abs of Miss Boyd
reused no response. There was moth.
ing to do but sally forth into the hall
way and get somebody from the ad.
] JlAA4Al-l- nat NlAE mAE4ANn oAAN AsAA0n WAN
They were that lived there. Taking q
.CIg breath and a firm grip on hei
Ularlket and muttering a prayer thai
whatever she might flush should be o.
the feminine gender, Miss Boyd pushed
her shoes cautiously out into the hall
rang the bell and turned to flee from
the shelter of her own doorway; bu
The discrepancy between her footgeal
and her feet hampered her movements
She barely whlsked into her own fla
as the opposite door opened, and shl
left on the field one of the misfit shoes
AS she went she gave little squeal
Of dismay as obviously feminine tha
tihe opener Of the other door cou.dn'
easily reconcile It with the number
relic before him. This he picked up
and examined. Then he listened. /
seemed to him that he could hear hur
ned breathing from behind the Oppo
site door. He was mildly amused, an'
he laughed softly.
With an ear strained to the cracl
in the door Miss Boyd heard tina
laugh, bu, Couldn't quite make it out
While she was thinking what she ha
better do, nature solved the problem