New-York tribune., 1908-02-16


short. But there was no chance Of that. there
rrvriads OF them He told me all his story In the
book called Tom Sawyer l starved nm entirely
TO death in the cave. but that was in the interest
art: it never happened General Games. who
was our first town drunkard before Jimmy FINN
got the place was lost there Tor the space or 2
week. and finally pushed his handkerchiet out Of a
hole IN a hilltop near SaVerton. several mics down
the river from the caves mouth and somebody saw
it and dug him out. There Is nothing the 1atts-
with his statistics except the handEerchle1- knew
him for years. and he hadn c any But It could
have been his nose. That would attract attention
Beyond the road where the ST. zeS summed then
selves was a dense Young thcl--. and through II
dim lighted path led quarter a- mile, then out q
the dl1nness one emerged abruptly upon a eve
great prairie which was covered with Wild straw
berry plants vIvdlv starred with .---Ie pInkS and
walled in on all sides By forests he strawoer1es
were fragrant and fine and n The season we were
generally there IN the crisp freshness OF me ea1t
morning. while the dew beads still sparkied upon
the grass and the woods were ringing with the l1Sl
songs of the birds.
Down the forest slopes 70 the left ere the sH HIsS
They made OF bark stripped from nieAorl
saplingS- When they became l-E they were dAIse-
Gus They usually broke when a child was lg1l5
feet III the air. and this was why many oones n1e
TO be mended every wear / haL 40 ril luck n'y'sea
but none OF my COUSINS esCape-. mere were t esH
OF them, and at one time and N. rler lHeH @ 80 ;.
fourteen arms among them E-t II cost HeN' -
nothing, for the doctor worked oE lhe t0@-
twenty-five dollars for the whc-- -anly.
T REMEMBER two OF the Flo--5- doctors, now
ing and Meredith. They not s- tended an en- en-
family for twenty-five dollars year. but 1uraSnsl %
the medicines themselves good Measure TOO On-
the largest persons could hold a hole doSe- 80
oil was the principal beverage ne dose va 80, --
a dipperful, with half a dppe---- ot NeW Ull1l.s @
nolasseS added to help It down and make Il I-S.s
good. which Il never did The next stanuuE va
CalOmel; the next, rhubarh, ac- the neN.. aI,5 I
Then they bed the patient and luJ nl'lS'>l u - -
l.. l.. 4-,1 and
death rate was not heavy The ea.oneL was ns-,ili
to salvate the patient and cost 1ia nm = soi.s sb
his teeth There were NO dentists. nen ~ 49,
became touched with decay or "ere ot1SI h
ing the doctor knew of but ,-s thing 70 t q -
fetched his tongs and dragget -1em OUT -
jaw remained. 1t was not his t---.r. ,.,. IL
Doctors were not called IN Gases OF oIdi@ILs - :
ness; the family grandrnothSr a-.oi.os - - bsr
Every old woman was a doCtH-. and gatheleu ~
own medicines IN the woods. and Ale"
to compound doses that nd STR tne -, -
of a cast IRON dog And chen there As+ Wa II
Indian doctor a grave -.. '-'SS- lS.ls ls ~
his tribe deeply read IN the m\Stssi E.Rs-
nature and the secret fr.I IcTt,eS ol - - .
and most backwoodSUen had high - LIZ ,gS
his powers and could tel. al Wonds'I- - ~
achieved bv him In N.IritruS, ava ava -
wonder III the solitude vt the IndllA ~ 1:9r
there Is a person " h. a-.-.s CTS 70 ouI A49 -
doctor of the old time Tie Is a res.' ,bes
has had teaching l Doctor ". .f-an
is one disease which ne Is master ol I., 1.-l f7r
cure. and the doctors can C. IhSN 'Safs
him when thew have a case IL Is "a -,
disease OF strange and deadly sort. ana ebeh Srb
negro cures IT with "a herb nled'>.-l -bieb
he makes himself from a prsStrlpto''tt ON I'd
has come down t. hiu from ms tdfhel - :
grandfather He VIII NOT l>r dnYouo 10
He keeps the secret .f it~ corlpoI3Seii,1 3Sl 'r,b-
himself and II Is feared that he WIZ III, ~ ~ ,on-
; out dIvuiging 1t. Then there VIII .tsss
Sternation IN Maurtius- I Vas toiU
things by the people there IN 500 - ,bese
: We had the faith doctor toe u u. vas vas
= early days woman. tler NPCS,5 md
toothache She was a farmer $ oiJ W 'S-rould
lived tive miles from Hannibal 9'1 9't ssv