Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-02-28

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except rtiHu Yen Rre IN FIRST class
hea1fh@" she asked
Yes: I look 10 be in first class
health. Men pass me on the street
and envy me; but. alas, they don't
know hnVe suspected IT for several
months past. but only today have
been fully satisfied
you've gone off to some quack doe
tor and let him stuff you with n lot of
nonsense. you've got an appetite like
Z horse, You sleep like a log. and Id
like to see a henlthier man than rou
are What did the fool Of q doctor
say"
Mrs Bowser, you are addressing
your husband"
Il know hat and he's got another
fad on hand ] really believe that if
anybody should come around with a
tin horn you'd buy it and try to get
up new f0Ot-
At almost any other time those
words would have jumped Mr.. Bowser
a foot high. but on this occasion he re-
marked calm and placid, and there
was a touch Of pathos in his tones as
he replied:
every well Mrs. Bowser; we will
let the subject drop right here. If |
die few years before my time. odds
is the difference
He dropped into chair and held his
head in his hands. and the eat came in
from the hall and sat down in front of
him and looked so mournful that Mrs.
Bowser melted enough to say:
"Well. what did the doctor say?"
General decay of the muscular sys-
TEN above the waist" answered Mr..
Bowser. 81 forget what medical term
he used. but that's what it amounts to.
Too vigorous action of the heart. COM
bined with lack of exercise, is what
has brought it about. l may collapse
any day"
Didn't the doctor say there was a
remedy?"
"Yes; he advised Immediate and
vigorous exercise-something for the
arms and shoulders in particular. |
went right out and Joined bowling
club. and thought I'd drop in this
evening and roll a few balls If it
wasn't a case of life and death, you
know
'T see"
"And under the circumstances you
won't raise a row about my being out
for the EVENING"
mo. If you have decay of the mus
cular system, you must see to it at
once"
That's what the doctor said. You
needn't sit up for me-"
''No:"
at may be a little late, you see. If
/ find my muscles limbering up, I shall
keep right at it. Just go right to bed
at the usual time and don't worry
about my condition. | think | have
taken it in time and will come out all
right"
1t was true that a pain under his
shoulder blade had sent Mr.. Bowser to
a quack doctor and that he had been
told to exercise more and eat less. He
had imagined about all the rest. After
getting out of the house he let no grass
grow under his feet before reaching the
club. He was warmly welcomed and
was told that the first thing in order
was to take a drink. 1t came out soon
after he had swallowed his glass that
he was attacked with decay of the
o1 hn
took another. The 20 men at the club
that evening were all thoughtful, kind
hearted men, and when Mr.. Bowser
got his coat and vest off and his sus-
penders tied around his waist and was
ready for bowling they suggested that
he have a little something to drink to
take the stiffness out of his shoulders.
When he rolled his first ball, it jumped
out of the alley and knocked n colored
boy into the middle of next week and
then crashed through a window, and
some enthusiastic Individual suggested
cocktails. His second remained on the
alley and jumped over the pins and
knocked the side of the house out, and
that incident created thirst for more
drink.
Mr.. Bowser was timber on his legs
and seeing "a pins and three or four al
leys when he made ready to roll his
third ball. He meant to make it win
ner. He got firm grip and swung it
to and fro and then took short run
and let her go. The action caused him
to sit down on the waXy planks with
jar that shook his teeth in their sock
cts, and he heard shouts of excitement
and enthusiasm as tho ball knocked