The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
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1 doctor said that impressed me. Miss He thought that if you had some homo. made bread to go along with it a great CT medicinal force would be added. :" She brought some bread. 'tDidn't he tell you about fresh blackberry jam?" she asked. Let me see. don't remember that he said anything about it." "WtIl, that's strange, for there Is nothing that helps the milk so much as blackberry jam" "Oh. blackberry jam! Yes. he said that was f1ne.''
 Did he mention cucumbers?" 'sOh, yes, he kept on talking about cucumbers-said they couldn't be beat"
 But they are the worst things you could possibly eat. meant to tell you about them-in case of snake bite" Yes. Our doctor said they couldn't against them. Miss, do you have this sort of weather up here all the time ?"
 No, not in the winter."
 Well, that's what our doctor SUD- posed-I mean he said you didn't. By the way, you said you had brother in the Philippines"
 "Yes. my brother Ned"
 II knew chap over there named Ned Frazier-hullet-head fellow as game as they make 'em."
 That's my brother"
 You don't tell me? We messed to- gether." @as @
 How wonderful But why didn't he ever mention you in his letters?" 'T don't know. Whom did he men, tion? Bob Plunkett? If he did, that's me-
 You don't tell me. Why, he talked about you all the time"
 Yes. And when you write to him again tell him that I"- ga
 Was bitten by a snake."
 "Yes, wouldn't that be fun. He told me about his sister-said that she was the prettiest thing he ever saw. and I told him he ought to see my sister,"
 "Is your sister very handsome, MT. Plunkett?" "Yes, fine, but not half as handsome as Ned's sister,"
 Why. Mir. Plunkett, you ought to be ashamed of youresif.
 Because my sister ain't no better looking than she is? It's no fault of mine. Say. Miss, think this bite is going to hurt me about o'clock to- morrow afternoon. May I come back then for treatment?"
 He came the next afternoon at {, looking worried. n'The fellows have all decided to break camp and go back to town" said he. And this leaves me in a pretty bad fix, for I have discov- cred that our doctor is falling down on his theory of snake bite. He has reversed his decision and NOW says that cucumbers are good for me-"
 Why, how rash." .A D..
 "Yes. that's what told him. And you see the doctors in town don't know much about snakes. The fact is, Miss. there ain't many doctors. that can make fellow forget his aifnnent-alsd and at the same time give qhim ioise that he never will get over. Miss, ,s1 I have been bitten by something that when it does go wrong is worse than than a copperhead. Love lay coiled up in ambush and struck my heart and there ain't but one doctor on earth that can do me any good. It has been all so suddtn, l know, but in this life the great things happen suddenly, Mise And let me tell you--if you don't want to leave this paradise, will stay here and milk the cows for snake bites. I'll do anything. I'm not very polite but l can milk. What are you hiding your face from me for? Don't you know it's the sunshine of my soul? Over in them islands they said I didn't know anything but to fight and to bring in prispners-said there owabHst' anything else to me. and tiftffct thin lka there was-till I met you AndI then fqf knew that I was created to love you: and l am this sort of chap, Miss When begin to love I keep Tight off What. you ain't crying. Hah--you love me! Much obliged to you-I mean. God blass you"
 "I hear father putting up his horse," she said. her head on his shoulder.
 "I don't Miss. I don't hear nothing but some angels away off wonder a ringing of the golden bells"
 But what shall I tell father?" |
 Well, you might tell him that T. think he's one of the best snake doc tors in the country"