The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-07-08

spoh as yours"
oh. doctor, fear you will find my
ease no ordinary one the patient pro-
tested.
Or. Jansen bowed. And my cure Is no
ordinary one. | should not try IL with
an ordinary patient. for il requires in
telligenee and accuracy TO make IL e sue
cess"
The lady was pleased with the COM
piimeut and vowed that she would faith
fully observe his instructions The air
Of Importance and mystery with which
he referred to his new cure, aroused her
curiosity.
Il shall prescribe for you a drug with
which medical science is not so familiar
as IL should be. The potency of this
remedy is undoubted, but IL must be used
with the utmost care, or | cannot an
ewer for its results II 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 YOU
follow me, madam"
Mrs. Westerfield beamed Truly the
new cure promised 10 be an interesting
one.
81 shall compound this medicine for
you myself, and thus insure exactness.
In the first place | shall ask you 10 re-
move those plants from the room. Do
not permit the temperature TO exceed
20 degrees in this room. Eventually We
shall keep 1t al 50. Ventilate it 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-
! ton of the room must continue until ten
O'Clock. when you retire to rest with a
window OPEN
The doctor then departed, declaring
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. Al
the end Of a week Mrs. Westerfield could
ride
1t was an amusing sight to behold hel
hastily swallowing a teaspoonful of the
clear liquid prescribed for her. and ther
rushing to the door, mounting her whee
and spinning away that the neutraliz.
ing of the injurious effects which tbs
doctor said were sure to follow lack d
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
wheel-woman, was engaged to be her
companion on ordinary occasions.
| At the end of six months Mrs Wes-
tsrfeld was changed woman She had
almost forgotten tnat 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 Dorr
Westertield bestowed the s25 900 on the
young medical man with a grateful
speech. Instead of a peevish invalid
wife. medical science had given hin. q
cheerful. robust companion.
The young doctors practice was grow.
/ ing, his prospects looked bright, and he
had a capital of $4,000. That evening
after dinner, he waited TO see Nelly Rosc
/ in the parlor of Mrs. Deans boardin.
house. His acquaintance with the youne
| lady had begun by his being a table
boarder there.
Miss Nelly" said he, with CLOWNS
eyes. your aunt. Mrs. Van Dorp Wes
terrified. is cured. In effecting thai
cure | have suffered an injury Of
the heart that is irreparable unless yol
will be my wife. Your uncle's fee was
generous one. too generous unless car
share il with you.
Il wonder" Nelly cried. laughing. "but
of course you won't tell me the secret oil
that wonderful cure, although I've haC
some suspicious"
Yes. l Will. the young man declared
roguishly. ri tell you the day you be.
come my wife"
And. with true feminine curiosity
/ Nelly propounded the question again a,
they drove home from church after 6
pretty church wedding. which Mrs. Var
Dorp Westerfed insisted on bestowins
upon her niece. together with full out.
| AT OF bridal finery
''Oh," the newly-made husband re.
| piled, gleefully. sit was sugar and wa
/ ter. reinforced by fresh air and the slim
ulating outdoor exercise"