The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-08-07
Higby's
Last Cure
1t Was the Successful
One
By cLARIssA MAcK1E


his breast. 'Anastasia," he said res
lutely. 1--WE struck the very thIag q
last!'
His wife looked up from her needl,
work. What Is # now, Henry
"a cure for my rheumatism" he al
nouneed triumphantly.
II didn't know you had rheumatism
Henry"
II have had 1t lately; stiffening o
the joints and D general Discrimination
20 move around much
''Humph," calculated his wife skep
ticnlly you've been jumping up ant
down all the evening. Henry, and thii
l. the first srunt Eve heard out or you
Maybe it's growing palms.
Mr.. Highly arose painfully from bis
chair and with bent back proceeded t.
limp slowly from the room. Anasta
sia's kind eyes followed his progress
with mingled tears and laughter 10
their depths At last pity and love
trtumphed. and she arose and went 10
him.
Forgive me. Henry, for being SO
] can do to relieve you she said with
her cheek against his.
Sunny hearted Henry Highly turned
. beaming face TO hers and forgivingly
kissed her on the brow. He permitted
her 10 lead him back to his comforta-
BILE morris chair and TO pile several pill.
lows at his back
Now, tell me what new cure you
have found. dear?'' she said, sitting
down 10 her embroidery once more.
I've Just read about II In this pa.
per" explained Mr., Highly enthusins
IDEALLY, forgetting TO groan as he cross
ed his legs comfortably, Its sim
pie cure. and that is what appeals toI
me. II costs absolutely nothing save
few pine boards and half days
work. Living In the suburbs ms we do.
the trees are already provided for the
purpose"
"what trees? asked Anastasla curl.
ously.
THE trees for the cure You see II !
IS this way. Some scientist has figured !
that the outer air Is the natural at. |
mosphare for man 10 breathe He says
n animals can sleep In the open-thnt !
Is. III some can make their homes Ia l
damp and oozy spots without contract |
ing rheuma tism and Kindred diseases
~ others can sleep In cold caves on :
rocky floors without dire results. II
birds can nest In the trees without 1
catching cold from the rains that beat
in. why should not man who was made
TO live and breathe the pure air OF out
OF doors. why should not rheumatic
man sleep out In the open and eur.
his illsf Great idea. isn't IT."
"Grand~ agreed Anastasia without
I'm going TO try It."
"What are you going 10 be. an ami
mai In an oozy swamp or a bird In a
tree?" she asked,
II suppose you've heard of the Ger
man mud baths for rheumatismi"
Yes
''Then the Idea OF the oozy swamp is
not fnrfetched. expect TO try the tree
cure"
You're going to build nest7" she
asked. incredulity struggling with
amusement
''Of course not. One has to exercise
common sense In such matters. | shall
modify the idea. OF course. shall ,
,uild a platform between those four I
all chestuuts-say about forty feet
iboye ground. | smell have a strong
wire fence all abont Il and place cot
here"
You will not only sose your rheuma- |
ism. but all your pther ills, Henry. t,
md you will sleep thereafter In the {
cemetery on the hi.issde." asserted his q
wife dryly.
''Fiddlesticks,' laughed Mr.. Highly,
nth great good humor. you said the {
anne thing when tried the fish diet for
seriousness. You thought | would de- J
eiop fms and get to swimming In the I
'ay until somebody caught me with a |
mummy club and made me into y
howder. Why. you had the table all '
ct for a chowder dinner, with me ms
he chief ingredient Ell. Anastasia r. \
lie tweaked his wife's ear playfully
nd made Tor the door II guess I'll r
telephone down to Flakes house and a
SIX him to send up some lumber from c
he mill in the morning" y
Quite forgetfiil OF his rheumatism,
IT. Highly went into the hall and shut c
imself into the telephone booth.
Anastasia laid aside her needlework
nd closed her eyes She was tired of o
er husbands many fancied illnesses. +
nd she was startled at the rapidity
18th which one disease followed an e
Their And yet and yet, as an actual 7
act Henry Highly had never had X
avs real sickness In the twelve years ?
ley had been married q
AS for his imaginary ailments-well. l
acre had always been for standby II
ne grip. then neuralgia of head and
cart, asthma, bronchitis. tuberculosis.
Insomnia, pains and sprains, symp- :
,ms of whatever disease was the fad
the moment. and he had had more
ttacks of appendicitis than all the
Their citizens of his suburban town y J.
ut together. Il
He had just recovered from an at
lck Of appendicitis and had only