Evening journal., 1907-02-07

MY dear sir, that depends. Take
plenty OF cream with your tea, and u
will do You no great harm."
Chivers then looks in on the cele-
brated homeopath. Or Dodgem. quite
the rising man on digestion, you know.
Doctor pray tell me the truth about
tear
"Teaw says Dodgem. "The most in
sidious OF poisonsw
"What-with plenty OF cream?"
with or without Nothing can make
il wholesome"
Chlvers took to coffee AS he felt no
better, he consulted Katterplasm, NJ.
D., the family doctor. who asked him
cheerily:
Enjoy your food? Sleep sound?"
Neither" says poor Chivers
'If you slept you'd eat. Do you
drink coneeY
q do in preference to tea"
tnighty
"Yes."
Just so. It's coffee keeps you awake.
Want Of sleep naturally weakens the
stomach"
So he left of coffee and took cocoa.
Chlvers had never smoked. but now
he felt a sort Of craving that he could
not allay. and, a friend Offering him a
cigarette, he tried It. and Il seemed to
do him good. but his appetite did not
improve. He fancied he slept a little
better, but he couldn't quite decide, so
he called in DR.. No. and explained
his sad case.
"Do you smoke?" said the great spe-
clallst. whose acute nose had detected
a faint aroma Of tobacco while feeling
hispulse.
"Yes. Is it badY inquired the in
valid.
"Bad! Are you aware that Sir Ben
jamin Brodie proved that a few drops
of the liquid sediment Of the noxious
weed would instantly destroy full
grown catY'
"But-but," urged Chivers. "rm not
a full grown cat
"Give up tohaccow
Chivers gave It up But he still felt
very low. He thought he would ask
old Katterplasm. NJ d., the family
/ practitioner. to dinner and confide 10
him his perplexity-no tea, no coffee,
no tobacco, and getting weaker every
day,
"Oh. take a glass Of winel You're
feeling run down You want flllp
Take two glasses once In awhile"
Chivers took two and felt better. but
a Hr. rnnnfrHrH n Ia
issued by the Society For the Tota
Abolition Of Hops and Wines. which
proved that indulgence in alcohol
tempted the best men 10 commit crimes
Of violence and hurried thousands into
lunatic asylums.
Then Chivers met a friend who per
suaded him to become a vegetarian
after which he declined more rapidly
than ever
Come up to Scotland. old man. A
little yachting around the Hebrides-
do you all the good in the world; sea
air. you know"
So Chiyers went on board the Sky
lark She was cutter rigged and only
twenty-five tons. She had not been oui
more than two hours when she struch
on rock. and. as 1t was evident that
she was fast sinking, they had JUS
time to haul to the boat that was tow
ed astern and jump in-all four of
them-with a pint Of rum ard a bis
cult
The weather was fairly good, bu
there were six hours Of hard rowing be
tween them and land, no mistake.
Well, that wreck cured Chivers. Aft
ter seven hours battling with a strons
current that set out TO sea the ship
wrecked crew grazed the shingle.
Carriages conveyed the crew to Slog
gers ''shanty," as he called his elegan
highland abode A splendid COLLATION.
had been prepared. including a in'
Scotch leg Of mutton. boiled with ca
per sauce. Chivers forgot that he wal
a vegetarian.
Lord. how dry rowing makes onel
he exclaimed, and they filed him up
foaming beaker Of brown ale. Chiver
forgot that he was a teetotaler an,
drank it of.
AS they sat by the log fire Sloggers
Balson and BatsOn lit up and Offered
Chivers a cigar. He forgot the doc
tors warning about tobacco and smok
ed it, Later on they Joined the ladie
in the little cozy wood walled drawing
room looking over the brink Of a preci
! pice right out 10 sea.
Sloggers' pretty young wife dispens
ed the aromatic Souchong in daint.
cups Of biscuit china. while he
sprlghtly younger sister offered cream
Next day Sloggers said: "Chivers
my boy, we're old friends. and I wan
10 do You good turn. There's moth
ing really the matter with You, or
there was the shipwreck's cured you
All you want are fresh air. an activ
life. something to do and eat and drinl
what you Ike. You shall be my high
land agent. steward. overseer-can
what you win Try It for a year"
Chivers grasped Sloggers by tn
b hand-New York World