Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-27

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fho christian scientiots Ought to En-
Joy This story.
They were two women and they were
going to visit winter resort, but for
different reasons. says the phlladel-
phia Times One of them was III. and
sac was got < away to get well; the
other was well aud she was going
away TO take care of the invalid.
"Oh, dear" said the invalid. IF any
body finds out that I'm III and begins
TO pity and poor me, and above all
to recommend what ought to do and
tc take, ! shall come home feeling
twice as Ill as do now. just simply
couldn stand IT," 81 tell you what"
said the other let me pose as the
invalid. TN be the easiest thing In
the world, for you don't look bit
Ill; as a matter OF fact. you look bet
ter than do. II cant do me any harm:
1t may do you a lot of good and in
such good cause Il won't be so very
wicked" The invalid consented and
the two arrived at the winter resort
with their plans well laid. There was
no need openly to fib about the thing.
All that the other woman had TO do
was to draw her mouth down a bi, at
the corners and now and then to pass
her hand across her forehead. and
when things were passed her at the
table to say: "Oh, dear, do you sup
pose | ought to eat that? And the
other guests at the winter resort at
once pounced upon her as the invalid
The only entertainment that guests at
such places have consists in wondering
about each other. and as most such
grests are there for their health they
soon learn to know the earmarks of
the invalid. The woman who was not
III accordingly became the heroine of
such condition-"the latest invalid"
She was condoled with and advised
and criticised for not doing this and
extolled for doing the other. Every
variety of preventive and remedy was
recommended to her and in some in
stances thrust upon her. Each guest
had known or had heard of some doc
tor who would be infallible in her par
ucular case. The only time that table
talk wandered from the subject of all
ments and their cures was when IL
took up the topic OF doctors. The well
woman couldn't stir a peg without
some solicitous guest calling after Ler
to be sure to Tor not to) do this. that
or the other. STILL I. was all directed
at the well woman. She was the Oh
Ject OF all the care and anxiety. Mean
while the real invalid throve apacc
under such wholesome neglect. She
knew that the other guests must con-
denim her for taking so little interest
in the health of the supposed invalid.
but, so far as possible, she kept aloof
from all that would remind her of Ill
ness. Not only her own mind but the
minds of others had been side-tracked
from the fact that she was an invalid
and her recuperation was rapid. Long
before she had expected to be able to
do so she was ready to depart. But
as the two set out upon the homeward
Journey the one-time invalid noticed
that change lad com, over her com
panion. She was pale, dull-eyed and
tired-looking. Her voice was languid.
her movements listless. She looked III.
What could 1t mean? Can you guess?"
said the one-time well woman: "Pm
no longer a make-believe invalid: I'm
the real thing. Such an ordeal as I've
been through would undermine the
constitution of Hebe herself"