The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-11
MIR. BILLTOP'S
COLD

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.n RS BiIltors says" sofa ~.
mat when I'm sick fan aa. WI u,
% e.n up and collapse and 60 to ntr I,,g
heHerally. She doesn't saw mi. ~,
M'noIy you know or anvtf,na ,t ~.
,n''' out she says thai when T,, .i i,'D
Il! oaDy ana guess it's 50
now lor the last four dav. I,o,.,
coId' bad cold; lame and sore ~ -"
o'e'' ana SO weak that it's hard vor,,
h ,oi lie 10 drag around. And vnt +
n s, been SO dreadfulIy uncomrort
''"'e' IN TACT | find sitting aro,.rf j.,
easy chairs rather nIaasant ,L1 -
otherwise. 'u'A
ana Mrs. Hilltops smiles and CIV.
sue guesaes I'm not 50 dreadruuv sici.
anu "hen tell her about all INV maine
ana tell her how miserable roaI
generally she says. Why tbat's irst
cold' Ezra; you've got a hard cold
'hat all, and then she smiles some
more and goes on about her work
she never let's up on that-and 81,
pack and make myself as nea, com.
portable as | can, thinking that well
perhaps that's all that is tho matter
with me, but wishing that whatever
II Is might soon get over It
but the worst thing about it all is
that I've still got some appetite tau
wouldn't think that ANYBODY FEELING
the way I've been feeling the last fopr
days could eat thing, but | have
eaten fairly we'll and Mrs. B. smiles
over that a little too and says that
anybody that can eat can't be so very
sick, but she doesn't say that to make
run OF me-far from it.-she SAYS that
TO encourage me and make me get
well quicker.
And as matter OF fact | am be.
ginning to mend some Coming home
last night I found myself whstling as
| came along the street which is
something | never do unless | feel
well, had Just spontaneously, with,
out knowing it, started whistling. And
that was a pleasant surprise to me,
but | stopped it right away, knowing
that | was not as well as | might be;
! had got to nurse my Illness a little
yet; but | hadn't gone more'n ten
rods further before | found myself
humming tune; apparently my body
was feeling so much better that it
was bound to express itself somehow
when l got into the house and Mrs.
Billtops had taken look at me:
Ezra she says, cheerfully. I think
you are feeling better tonight, and
| said
"'Y-es, think l am feeling lit
tie better, and before the evening was
over l found myself laughing at some
thing; and this morning l am really
feeling quite considerable better, and
| think that by a couple Of days more
l shall be back to normal.
(Which is my usual condition. ]
am very rarely ailing at all; almost in,
variably l enjoy excellent good health
and keen good spirits, and | am al.
ways a little inclined to wonder that
people should let themselves be cast
down as they are just because they
are little off. What's the use OF
telling the whole world you can't
stand little bit of pain and suffer
ing?
so 1t strikes me when I'm feeling,
as | almost invariably do, fit as
fiddle and looking at everything with
the brightest possible view. But do
you know, | find it makes all the diff
ference in the world about this wheth
er it's the other fellow that's sick or
you.
Yes, sir. When I'm we'll | wonder
why the ailing man doesn't look cheer
full. anyway; but when I'm sick feel
right away the need of sympathy