Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-22

made peanihle the cure or condition
such a. yeuFs,"
"oA, doctor, | fear you will find my
case ne ordinary enc" the patient pro-
tested,
bE, Jansen bowed, And my cure Is nc
ordinary one, / eheuld not try II with
"a ordinary patient for It requires in:
teiligeaee anu accuracy TO make II a snc-
cess
The lady was pleased with the com.
eli@eat aud vowed that she would faith
rity observe his instructions, The all
OF Importance and mystery with which
he referred TO his new cure. aroused hei
curiosity.
II shall prescribe for you drug with
which medical science Is not so familia!
rs Il should be The potency of thil
remedy is undoubted, but it must be used
with the utmost care, or l 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 you
follow me. madam"
Mira. Westerfield beamed. Truly the
new cure promised to be an interesting
one.
Il shall compound this medicine fol-
you myself, and thus insure exactness
In the first place, l 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 65. 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 to rest with
window OPEN
The doctor then departed, declaring
that he would send the medicine around
in an hour.
Now" said the doctor, a day or two
later, 81 am about to increase the
strength of your medicine, and, to OBJ.
tain satisfactory results, we must havs
outdoor treatment. Mrs. Westerf1eld
you must substitute for the short walks
which | have been prescribing short
rides on a 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 week Mrs. Westerfield could
ride.
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 its 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. Yves
terfield 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 en-
ployed by DR.. Jansen. Mr. Van Dorp
Westerfield bestowed the $25 900 on the
young medical man with a grateful
speech. Instead of a peevish, invalid
wife, medical science had given him
cheerful, robust companion.
The young doctors practice was grow
ing, his prospects looked bright, and he
had a capital of 1000 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.
miss Nelly" said he, with glowing
eyes. your aunt, Mrs. Van Dorp Wes-
terfield, is cured. In effecting that
cure l have suffered an injury Of
the heart that is irreparable unless you
will be my wife. Your uncle's fee was
generous one, too generous unless l can
share it with you"
WOnuer, Nelly CRIED, laughing. but
| of course you won't tell me the secret of
that wonderful cure, although I've had
some suspicious"
Eyes, WILL the young man declared
roguishly. III 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 Westerfield insisted on bestowing
upon her niece, together with a full out
| fit of bridal finery
| oh the newly-made husband re-
piled, gleefully. 1T 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
| ofiOu and cvrnnofhv hafwaor