Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-07-24

"Never mind what told Brown. A
man may be at deaths door and yet
not like to have people talking about it
and sympathizing. | may look well
and have n good appetite, but the fact
remains that a puff would blow out
the fame Of life. ] have kept this
fact from you for weeks and weeks,
but l feel that you ought to know It,"
And that hammock is going to save
you from being puffed out?" she asked
as the family cat came out from under
the plano to take hand in the game.
81 hope and trust 1t is Ac&nG under
the advice of one of the best doctors
in town, | am going to try and harden
myself up before the hot weather ar
rives. shall put that hammock up in
the back yard this evening"
"And that will harden your
"And | shall pass the night in the
hammock many nights. The doctor
says | must have q free circulation OF
air and that instead of avoiding the
night dews | must revel In them, so to
say. Man was never born to sleep I'm
bed as we do. Adam rested ut night
under n tree. So did all other men for
hundreds of years. Whenever You
find the hardest men you find men
who keep in the open air by day and
night. l have coddled myself up too
much"
"Well, when you have sore throat,
cold in the head and are aching with
rheumatism from head to heel, perhaps
you'll keep on coddling," she answered
"Any doctor who told you such stun
for truth Is an idiot"
"There you go" exclaimed Mr.. Bow
ser as he began to pace up and down
the room, followed by the cat. 81
might have known you wouldn't talk
sense. ! never start In to better my
health but you oppose the idea. Ii
you are hoping | may collapse on the
street and be brought home as dead as
n doornail, why don't you say so and
have done with IT."
go ahead with your hammock cure"
she quietly replied. "If the doctor
said 1t would harden you up, then OF
course 1t will. Don't put the blame of
on me, however"
.'Blame? Bame2 How can l blame
! your
81 don't know, but you probably
will"
'T'li probably do nothing of the kind!
BY George, but wonder IL there Is an
other such aggravatlng woman on the
face of the earth"
Mrs. Bowser had nothing more TO
say, Mr.. Bowser kicked things ont OF
his way as he walked. and the cat rub
bed against leg Of the piano and saw
run ahead. Half an hour later the
hammock was slung between two of
the clothesline posts. 1t was fairly
dark evening. and Mr.. Bowser con
graduated himself that none of the
ncighbors had got on to his little
scheme. At 10 o'clock he was ready to
try the cure. He tried to drag Mrs
Bowser into an argument about II, but
she kept clear and went up stairs as
he started out Bareheaded and Will
coat and vest off, he fell into the ham
mock with n grunt of satisfaction ano
began counting the stars In the vault
above. UEnoticcd by him, the cat hac
followed at his heels. The night cure
was nothing new 10 her, and she wen
wandering about the yard in search ol
summer novelties Ten minutes hat
passed, and Mr., Bowser had just In
dulged In u sneeze which set the ham
mock swinging when the head OF I
neighbor's cat appeared above th'
fence. For few brief seconds tn
| Bowser cat and the interloper exchanl
ed glances Of hate distrust and dc
fiance, and then they collded ON TO
OF the fence.
by the great horn spoon" eiaculai
ed Mr.. Bowser as he rolled about an
finally fell out of the hammock. Il
the time he had hit the earth the II
terloper was n licked feline and wa
heard scrambling over fence thre
yards below
1t was evident that the cure had
few drawbacks, but after cussing sof