The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-29
! A HOMEOPATHIC CURE
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Tom, old man, I've done it again Y
The old voice was SO tragic; and the
aspect OF the figure uttering the above
remark so ludlcrously pathetic that
Tom Wendover first stared sympathet-
1cally. and then burst into laugh
''You don't mean to say you've pro
posed to another grip
The other nodded mlserably.
Il can't help it. Each time, 1 de-
clare 1 win never be such an ass again,
but no sooner do find myself in a
secluded corner with pretty girl than
she talk begins to grow confidential,
and before know what I am doing, /
have proposed"
"And you're sensible in business and
an other matters. too. Dick interposed
Tom sadly.
1T isn't as IL l we're cold-hlooded
dirt and meant to do 1t" Dick went on
Nothing IS further from my inten-
lions at the beginning OF an evening,
and nobody could be more unhappy FIVE
minutes afterward, but when the pro-
pitious moment arrives. / propose ev-
cry time I've made up my mind It's
8 monomania-perhap hereditary"
Hardly hereditary" laughed Tom,
as vision OF the stern and purftanie
countenance OF Dicks father rose be
fore him. ''And yet, one can't always
tell" be added rehectively. And the
girls-do any Of them accept your
@They haven't so far. thank heaven
but | suppose it's just possible that one
of them might sometime. and then we
wouId live miserably ever after"
Monomanias are often cured" OBJ
SERVED Tom.
~some are incurabIe." said Dick
gloomily.
Dick. old man. / VIII give you a
prescription. No cure. no pay Fall
In love"
Him, grunted Dick
When there is a girl that you don't |
nave to be trapped into a romantic
nook 10 make you propose to her-when
there is girl that you would cross the
ocean just to catch glimpse OF, and
could tell her you loved her If she had
q dab of -four on her nose and her hair
done up In curl-papers-then, Dick, and
not until then" he continued dramatic
ally. Twill you be cured y
SIN other words, my eyes being out.
sou would have me jump into the bram-
bIe-bush a little deeper to get them
I'm again That reminds me OF the
homeopathic doctrine that like cures
like But It's useless. I intend to abb
5ure society. l shall spend my spare
time at the club. and my vacations
hunting and fishing"
And thus IT happened that the par
gors and the piazzas that had known
Mr. Richard Elton. knew him no more.
nc he happened to meet any OF the
ladies OF his set he bowed politely
and hurried ON. as IL the cares Of the
whole business world rested heavily on
mis- shoulders
One evening several weeks after the
above conversation. Dick. having won
several games OF billiards at the club.
sat amiably chatting with his opponent,
who happened to be Tom Wendover.
After the merits or the different games
had been discussed. the talk drifted 10
trips and vacations.
II haven't decided where 10 90 this
Feary said Dick do you know of
any place where there IS a little hunt
ing and fshlngY !
That / dor exclaimed Tom. "My !
Tife's folks have cottage up in Can :
ida I'm going there myself in a
week, and I'D like it first-rate IL you'd
.ome along with me- Z
Any societyY inquired Dick dubi- ?
'usly
mo. It's quiet az a tomb where our {
'eople live. You can have society, ?
of It. II you want. t
There's hotel about two miles from G
Is"
You know my sentiments about so a
iety, Tom" said Dick. 8
A week later, Tom and Dick landed
be little steamer at the head Of one Of
be Canadian lakes. Toms wife met e
hem at the dock, and they drove over
wo or three miles to the cottage. "
Here is young man. Kate" said 81
ON, on the way, who is stated with
BIO empty shams OF society--who longs h
D return tonature and lead the simple b
fe." NJ
You have come to the right place, II
think, Mr.. Elton" said Mrs wend- 10
yer. "And You are very welcome" III
Nothing TO do but hunt and fish.
unge and read and eat-a regular In Il
lan's lifes' observed Tom