Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
made possible the cure Of conditio,

such as yours" =
oh, doctor, I fear you WIN ind m,
case no ordinary one," the patient pro-
tested 81
Or. Jansen bowed "And my cure is nc
ordinary one l should not try it with
an ordinary patient, for it requires in.
telligence and accuracy to make it a suc-
cess"
The lady was pleased with the COM
pliment and vowed that she would faith.
fully observe his Instructions. The all
of Importance and mystery with which
he referred to his new cure, aroused hel
curiosity $50 8ah <I%k4 #3S
Il shall prescribe for you drug with
which medical science is not so familiar
as 1T should be. The potency of thit
remedy is undoubted, but it must be used
with the utmost care, or 1 cannot an.
swer for IT'S results. 1t has an affinity
for oxygen, which the patient must alb.
| sorb directly from the atmosphere. This
| oxygen must be taken into the system
| under certain solar conditions. Do yor
follow me, madam"
Mrs. Westerfield beamed. Truly the
rev cure promised to be an interesting
one , ~
Il shall compound this medicine fol-
you myself and thus insure exactness
In the first place, shall ask you to re-
move those plants from the room Dc
not permit the temperature to exceed
20 degrees in this room. Eventually we
shall keep it at SIS. Ventilate it every
three hours. The medicine must be adj
ministered directly before the windows
are thrown open. No medicine is to be
taken after dusk, although the ventila-
| ton of the room must continue until ten
O'Clock, when you retire torest 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, Il am about to increase the
strength of your medicine, and, to OBJ
tain satisfactory results we must have
outdoor treatment Mrs. Westerfield
you must substitute for the short walks
which l have been prescribing short
rides on bicycle, or some similar out
| door exercise
Mrs. Westerfield 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 a week Mrs Westerfield could
ride. u tg
| 1t 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 a wheel
that he might sometimes be her COM
panion. Nelly Rose, who had long been
a wheelwoman,. was engaged to be her
companion on ordinary occasions.
At the end of six months Mrs Wes-
| terfield was a 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 en-
/ ployed by DR.. Jansen. Mr.. Van Dorp
| Westerfield bestowed the $4,000 on the
young medical man with a grateful
speech. Instead of 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 capital of $25000 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 a table
boarder there. -.r,t gt.t55 ..t..
Miss Nelly" said he, with glowing
eyes. your aunt, Mrs. Van Dorp Wes-
terf1eld. is cured. In effecting that
cure have suffered an injury of
the heart that is irreparable unless you
will be my wife. Your uncle's fee was a
generous one, too generous unless can
share it with you"
| 81 wonder Nelly cried laughing. but
of course you won't tell me the secret of
that, wonderful cure, although I've had
I some suspicious"
'tYes, will the young man declared,
roguishly. ,,t''Tll tell you the day you be-
come my wife"
And. with true feminine curiosity,
Nelly propounded the question again as
| they drove home from church after a
pretty. church wedding, which Mrs. Van
Dorp Westerield insisted on bestowing
upon her niece, together with a full OUT
fit of bridal finery.
| 'Oh," the newly-made husband re-
Piled. gleefully, lit was sugar and wa
ter. reinforced by fresh air and the slim
ulating outdoor exercise"
| In the present stage of progress in
modern educational methods the state-
ment that hearty and intelligent cooper
! ati hv