The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-18
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She had been i'll for some months, not
alarmingly i'll, you know, not so seri-
ouslyy as to prevent playing golf or
attending the horse show, but she suf-
fered with frightful headaches and was
frequently forced to admit that she
must probably relapse into permanent
invalldism. Her family physician was
allopathic in tendency which meant,
of course in Scranton, as we'll as else
where, that he spurned with naughty
scorn the idea of consulting with the
members of the other school. He told
Mrs. X. that she had nervous prostra-
tion and needed a sea voyage. She de-
clared that he gave her medicine that
made her Just as sick as would the sea
voyage. She somehow gained the inn
preston that he had lost interest in
herself and her symptoms and one day
when n friend assured her that If she
wanted to be fashionable she should
follow the fad of the hour and try
homeopathy, she was not i'll pleased
with the suggestion. She did want to
be fashionable and as her husband eX-
pressed it as his opinion that at any
rate the new physician wouldn't harm
doctor declared that the difficulty was
all indigestion and she quite en-
ioyed the small pellets and the two
glasses of pleasant fluid which she
must take more or less alternately.
Then it was a change and most wo-
men welcome that.
One day another friend who SYM
pathized with her difficulties, asked
leave to introduce q new physician
who had come to this city. He was an
csteopathist and all the other doctors
ridiculed him and his kind of a pathy.
When you had a pain in your little
finger he was very apt to begin pinch
ing your great toe in order to locate
the disease. He located Mrs. KS all
ment in the third section of her ver-
zebra below the back of her neck, and
pummeled and pinched her poor skull
until she knew she was to become a
gbberng idiot.
She continued imbibing the little pei
let's and incidentally took a sea voy-
age and she finally became so accus-
timed to the manipulating process en-
poyed by the doctor of bones that she
thought she must be better since it
could be endured without the screams
of pain which his treatment first elic-
tied.
Later a Christian Scientist acquaint-
ance desired to give her absent treat
ment. She thought this might be rath-
er comfortable. particularly as it in
convenienced her in no way and did
not necessitate a long and dreary wait
in the outer office of q doctor while
several dozen of her friends who had
come earlier were admitted. Then it
obviated drug bills and left moe
| money for frills.
On more than one occasion when the
scientist was present she assured Mrs
X. that nothing was the trouble with
| her except that her mortal mind and
that of her husband We're in the way OF
her recovery, statement which seems
rather odd when you come to think OF
| 1t, for what is a person to recover from
if nothing ails him?
Mrs. X. said something to her hus'
band about his mortal mind being the
cause of their married infelicity and hC
swore softly to himself, mentioning the
name of the Christian Science friend
on schedule time.
A faith cure lady desired to say thai
the church to which she belonged which
was the only church containing M
hypocrites, was willing to send W
prayers for her relief. Any Offering she
might feel disposed to give in return
would be acceptable.
During this period of vicissitude'
Mrs. X received the usual number o.
consolatory letters and visits from
friends who sympathized with her be-
cause of her failing health.
The minister hoped she would con
tinue 10 attend the means of grace az
long as her strength would allow anC
there he stopped, since to proceed will
the pre-arranged sentiments abou
being always prepared either to die o
to be prayed with, was manifestly i'm
| possible when speaking to very vi
vaclous lady in a distractingly prett!
| house gown.
Her neighbors sent in nice desserts
and came often to ask how she wal
feeling and sometimes she caught her
self wondering what on earth sh'
should do without all these graceful
little attentions and whether sh
wouldn't miss lot Of pleasant things
| if she became entirely we'll
Her oldest enemy came and sweet!
remarked: Dear me, but your i'll
ness is aging you dreadfully. There
no use in trying to conceal the fac
that we are no longer young, is there?
Her dearest friend grew very tende
as the months passed and it was al
understood fact that Mrs. Y was no
likely to recover her health. One da,
they were talking over old times an
fell to exchanging condolences regard
ing what had been their pet ambitions
The friend grew strangely silent an
then after a little, dropped down on he
knees and burying her tear-wet fac
in the inValid's lips, said brokenly
Dear, I never could have had tn
courage to tell you, but now that yo
seem to be slipping away from me
want your forgiveness for somethin
long ago. Can't you guess? Oh no
Well you never knew it, but l one
thought 1 was going to marry the ma
who is your husband, It's all pas
now. I know you don't mind" an
then she went away.
Mrs. X suddenly began to improv
in health. Today she is practically
well woman. I wonder which or wha
wrought the cure? saucy Bess.
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