The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-11-07
A Simple Matter
Of Suggestion

room tnhL was uttered Win al the
accessories and the confusion OF pack
ing. She sat down for moment TO
pick up a refractory ribbon with her
bodkin. when there was hurried
knock on the door. and entered her
best friend.
"Oh, my dear" she said, fiuttering
down upon the window ledge. the only
available seat she could find. Il came
around breathfessly because heard
you were too IN 10 stay In town an
other day. and here find you packing
as calmly as though nothing were the
matter"
The imaginary invalid fixed her with
a cold eye. You are the twenty-ninth."
she said
The twenty-ninth7 What twenty.
nfnthY" asked the best friend. anx
iously wondering II brain fever had
already set In.
The invalid dropped her bodkir
The twenty-ninth person who Is max
ing this trip a necessity for me" sh.
said. coldly.
Three persons stopped me In one
store and four In another 10 say anx
iously: How pale you arei Have you
been III? or. You lsok awfully done
up; why don't you go home and rest p
Well. did go home. but not 70 rest.
The insidious poison OF those thought.
less remarks was beginning to get in
its good work. My dear. said mamma
meeting me at the door as / came In.
you are not looking at ali well to-day
Do go and lie down I found myself
looking into every mirror passed for
signs OF decay. didn't sleep that
night for wondering II we're really
going 20 be III. have typhoid fever OF
appendicitis or something
THE next day was Mary's wedding
! went. looking paler than a ghost
as you may perhaps remember you
took pains TO tell me. So did every
one else. By that time knew II was
tuberculosis. even began TO cough
and 10 imagine / could taste blood
My brother advised Scotch whisky.
detest II, but took II regularly three
times a day. and felt the worse for Il
Mamma insisted on raw eggs; took
them, too They made me frightfully
bilious. don't like milk. but drank
several glasses a day, and began q
tonic Of iron and quinine.
1T began to leak out around towr
that was going away for my health
People congratulated me and said Il
was the very thing I ought to do.
hadn't the least idea OF going l hat
planned 10 stay In town all summer
and have a perfectly lovely trip II
the autumn. But not at all The i'm
portunities OF my friends are literally
driving me away. II l stayed here and
had 10 listen 10 another word on tn,
subject OF my health I should die oil
go mad"
Her friend fiuttered down beside her
You poor child" she said. II know
exactly how you feel. went through
the same thing precisely winter before
last They just would have II that
was IN until actually became q
wreck. and II cost papa a pretty penny
10 pull me through. what with doctors
bills and massage and tnined nurse
IT'S downright heartless for people e
go about making thoughtless remark:
about other peoples pallor and worn
out appearance and all that sort o.
thing. II always has its influence
No matter how well you are feeling
II some one comes along and says
alphabetically that you look pale
or tired your whole system seems e
respond with a pale and tired feeling
Now. dare say you aren't feeling m
at ALL"
"Oh. yes am" broke In the lmagin'
airy invalid. Il wasn't AZ FIRST. but It's
been rubbed In too hard not TO make
q lasting impression. II had met two
or three persons that first day who
had told me l was looking unusually
well | am certain should have sum
nsned all my forces to meet their
opinion" -.s3z2SSzflZlMfM
Well ! think that all disparaglne
remarks about ones health should be
W tANs Nhlu nrI ITltnO
decidedly. II never again expect to
tell any one she looks bad even n
see her cut In two by trolley car
or run over by an automobile. Once
! saw a woman turn deathly pale. and
I knew she was going TO faint II was
at the play. and simply turned to her
and said. How remarkably well you
are looking, and will you believe me,
my DEAF. Ehe Became rosy In a mo
ment II was HE whiff OF AMMONIA
10 her. That was q justinable story.
but Of course wouldn't 70 put OF my
way 10 tell one to no goo4 purpose.
SIN. when ] look at you. beins driven
ff@fn ycur happy home and havifis sli
your tlans upset by a lot on thought
less haIttruths l don't know II Il isn't
better TO 90 about scattering suclf sto
ries In ever direction and she drew
81 her gloves and picked up the bod.
kln with determined air.
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