The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-08-13

ed down ut the cat. His back was
bent and his knees wabbled. Finally
be sat down aud said:
you haven't n Of sympathy
for me. but as the kill or cure is com-
ing off tonight | might as well tell
you about it. It's n cold night out
doors. isn't it?"
II believe So"
with a sharp frost failing?"
"Yes."
II. am to take the frost cure, and
two hours Of it will either kill me or
make a we'll man Of me-"
"YOu don't eat the frost, do you?"
mo. sir. | don't. l let it fall on me
while my face is toward the moon"
"And the moon drives It all through
your system? see!"
"Now you are getting some n into
your head. Yes. the system takes up
the frost scales. and they release GER
tain medicinal properties to combat
ailments. It's a one night cure"
A Splendid Idea.
isn't it just splendid" exclaimed
Mrs. Bowser. why. you'll get up in
the morning without a pain or ache
about you for the FIRST time in years!
You are to stay out two hours. eh?"
HE said about two hours"
Better make 1t two and a halt, so
az to be dead sure of a cure Your
hide Is pretty thick. and you must give
the frost a fair show to strike in"
Mr.. Bowser didn't like the last re.
mark. but he passed it by with a grunt
and made ready to 60 out. He was not
to wear his overcoat or gloves. If he
shivered he must take It as q good sign
1t perplexed him somewhat that Mrs
Bowser should come around to his way
OF thinking. and even encourage him,
but after several struggles he pried
himself loose from the warm room and
sought the back yard 1t was truly a
sharp night 1t was a night that any
boy who licked the blade Of an AK
would have to have hot water to thaw
his tongue loose. DR.. Schoonberg's pa
tient was rafting his teeth together
within five minutes. but he whispered
to himself:
1.-THE frost is taking right hold like
the teeth of a bear. and there is no
doubt Of a cure"
He couldn't stand still. and to face
the moon he must walk in the alley
and look over his shoulder. He must
not walk too fast. If his nose, ears or
feet got cold he must consider the
cure.
Mr.. 7owser Takes the Frost Cure.
Mr.. Bowser had been walking and
%shivering and shaking for half an hour
when a stable keeper in the alley came
along and called out:
Say. old man. what in the deuce are
you p%romenading here for?"
"I'm taking the frost cure"
1.-THE deuce YOU are. Who advised it,"
my d~oc-dOctor."
"Then tell your doc-doctor that l
say he's a blamed IDIOT" J
Mr.. Bowser's chattering reply could
not be understood. and the stable keep.
er passed on to halt twenty feet away
and added:
And you tool"
Fifteen minutes later. as the patient
staggered up and down. humping the
fence and barns by turns. a policeman
entered the alley and seized him and
shook him to and fro and cried out:
Drunk again. and this time you 70
in!'
II ain't-ain't drunk! was protested
Don't call me a liar"
my name is Bow-Bow''-
Shut up and come along"
Mrs. Bowser Explains.
Mrs. Bowser had been peertng from
a back window. and she saw that a eli
max had come. and she FASTENED to the
alley to explain matters to the officer
Look at his ears and nose!'' said
the officer as he pointed.
"Yes: they are frostbitten."
"And his toes!'
DOUBTLESS the same"
Hes as nigh frozen as a man can
be. He isn't of In his head. is hep
"Oh. no."
"Just what they call faddish. eh?"
That's ALL"
"Then I'll help you into the house
with him. Some wives would break
his neck. but ! guess you are good to
him."
Mrs. Bowser worked over the patient
for three long hours and finally got
him thawed out aud warmed up to
hear him say:
"A cold blooded attempt to assassi
nate mel"
"Your nose and ears are already be,
ginning to peel"
"And We'll telephone our respective
lawyers in the morning to 60 ahead
with n divorce case"
The cop was right. Mrs Rowser ia
always good to Mr.. Bowser. Some day
she may even cure him Of his fads.
Not So Sick.
One Of the stories around town con.
Germs a man who caught a heavy cold
during the chanSeable weather and