Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01

 of importance and mystery with which he referred to his new cure, aroused her curiosity.
 T shall prescribe for you drug with which medical science is not so familiar as it should be. The potency of this remedy is undorbted, but it must be used with the utmost care, or cannot an- bwer for it's results. St has an affinity for oxygen, which the patient must ab- sorb directly from the atmosphere. This oxygen must be taken into the system under certain solar conditions. Do you follow me, madam?''
 Mrs Westerfield beamed Truly the new cure promised to be an interesting one
 T shall compound this medicine for you myself, and thus insure exactness. Tn the first place, shall ask you to re- move those plants from the room. Do not permit the temperature to exceed 70 degrees in this room. Eventually we shall keep it at 65. Ventilate 1t every three hours. The medicine must be ad- ministered directly before the windows are thrown open. No medicine is to be taken after dusk, although the ventila- tion of the room must continue until ten o'clock. when you retire to rest with a window open.''
 The doctor then departed, declaring that he would send the medicine around in an hour
 Now said the doctor, day or two later, "I am about to increase the strength of your medicine, and, to ob- tain satisfactory results, we must have outdoor treatment. Mrs. Westerfield, you must substitute for the, short walks which have been prescribing short door exercise"
 Mrs. Westerfeld protested that she was too fragile for such exertion, but the doctor referred to the strengthen ing medicine which would accompany the rides and she consented to try the experiment. Dr. Jansen selected the bicycle and engaged an instructor. At the end of week Mrs. Westerfield could ride.
 It was an amusing sight to behold her hastily swallowing a teaspoonful of the clear liquid prescribed for her, and then rushing to the door, mounting her wheel and spinning away that the neutraliz- Ing oxygen might do it's work In ward ing off the injurious effects which the doctor said were sure to follow lack of subsequent open air exercise.
 Gradually the invalid grew stronger. She became interested in bicycling and persuaded her husband to buy wheel that he might sometimes be her com panion. Nelly Rose, who had long been wheel-woman, was engaged to be her companion on ordinary occasions.
 At the end of six months Mrs Wes- terf1eld was changed woman. She had almost forgotten that she had ever been an invalid. Freely she acknowledged herself cured and never failed to praise the wonderful skill and subtle drugs em-' ployed by Dr. Jansen. MT. Van Dorp Westerfeld bestowed the $25, 900 on the young medical man with 6 grateful speech Instead of a peevish, invalid wife, medical science had given him a cheerful, robust companion.
 The young doctors practice was grow ing, his prospects looked bright, and he had a capital of $25,O0O. That evening, after dinner, he waited to see Nelly Rose in the parlor of Mrs. Deans boarding house. His acquaintance with the young lady had begun by his being table boarder there.
 Miss Nelly," said he, with glowing eyes, your aunt. Mrs. Van Dorp Wes- serfeld, is cured. Tn effecting that cure I have suffered an injury of the heart shat is irreparable unless you will be my wife. Your uncle's fee was a generous one, too generous unless can share it with you
 T wonder" Nelly cried, laughing. .'but of course you won't tell me the secret of that wonderful cure, although I've had some suspicious"
 ''Yes, will" the young man declared, foguishly. "I'll tell you the day you be- come my wife"
 And, with true feminine curiosity. Nelly propounded the question again as .hey drove home from church after a pretty church wedding, which Mrs Van Dorp Westerf1eld insisted on bestowing upon her niece, together with full out it of bridal fnery.
 "Oh," the newly-made husband re- piled. gleefully. it was sugar and wa ter, reinforced by fresh air and the stim- nlating outdoor exercise" CLnNrIAIN A cLARncLnnrE