The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-05-14

ate and then rose up and walked to
and fro for five minutes He scuffed
as be walked he sighed as he look
ed down at the cat. His back was
bent and his knees wabbled. Finally
he sat down and said:
you haven't word of sympathy
for me. but as the kill or cure Is COM
ing off tonight might as we'll tell
you about it. It's cold night out
doors. isn't it?''
Il believe so.'
with sharp frost falling?'
YES"
II am to take the frost cure. and
two hours of it will either kill me or
make we'll man Of me-"
..You don't eat the frost, do you:'
.'No. sir. don't. let 1t fall on me
while my face IS toward the moon"
T. And the moon drives it all through
your system? seer
"Now you are getting some sense into
your head. Yes. the system takes up
the frost scales. and they release GER
tain: medicinal properties to combat
ailments. It's 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?"
..uo .,o ;<3 q baof .f,ro hnurS -
Better make it two and half. so
as to be dead sure of a cure. Your
hide is pretty thick. ane 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 grunt
and made ready to 60 out he was not
to wear his overcoat or gloves. If he
shivered he must take it as 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
sharp night 1t was 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:
'sThe frost is taking right hold like
the teeth of bear. and there is no
doubt Of a cure
He couldn't stand still. and to face
the moon be must walk in the alley
and look over his shoulder. He must
not walk too fast. II his nose. ears or
feet got cold he must consider the
cure.
MIR. 1owser Takes the Frost Cure.
Mr. Bowser had been walking and
shive-ing and shaking for half an hour
when stable keeper in the alley came
along and called out:
Say. old man. what in the deuce are
you promenading here for:"
"I'm taking the frost cure"
1.-THE deuce you are! Who advised it?
my doc-doctor.
Then tell your doc-doctor that ]
say he's a blamed idiot!'
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 too!'
Fifteen minutes later. as the patient
staggered up and down. humping the
fence and barns by turns, policeman
entered the alley and seized him and
shook him to and fro and cried out:
Drunk again. and this time you so
in:'
Il ain't-ain't drunk" was protested.
Don't call me iiar!'
my name is Bow-Bow'-
Shut up and come along
Mrs. Bowser Explains.
Mrs. Bowser had been peerins from
back window, and she saw that q eli
max had come, and she FASTENED to the
alley to explain matters to the officer.
Look at his ears and ,Eose,' said
tie officer IS he pointed.
"Yes: they are frostbitten."
And his toeS;'
Doubtless the same.
Hes as nigh frozen as a man can
be. He isn't off in his head, is he:"
.'Oh. no.
Just what they call faddish, eh:'
That's all
."rhen III belp YOU into the house
with him. Some wives would break