The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-09-05

M5SsSSI he gave a slightly nervous
Na2 start when he saw me again.
Il forgot to mention" said l. that
l shall also take absolute rest and ex-
ercise."
After this consultation l felt much
better. The re-establishing in my
mind of the fact that l was h%opelessly
III gave me so much satisfaction that
l almost became gloomy again. There
is nothing more alarming to a neuras-
thenic than to feel himself growing
we'll and cheerful.
John looked after me carefully. Aft
er l had evinced so much interest in
his White Orpington chicken he tried
his best to divert my mind and was
particular to lock his henhouse Of
nights. Gradually the tonic mountain
air. the wholesome food and the daily
walks among the hills so alleviated
my malady that l became utterly
wretched and respondent. l heard Of
a country doctor who lived in the
mountains near by. l went to see him
and told him the whole story. He
was a gray bearded man with clear,
blue. wrinkled eyes, in a homemade
suit Of gray jeans.
In order to save time I diagnosed my
case. touched my nose with my right
%foreinger. struck myself below the
knee to make my foot kick. sounded
my chest. stuck out my tongue and
asked him the price Of cemetery lots
In Pineville.
He lit his pipe and looked at me
about three minutes. Brother" he
said after awhile. you are in a mighty
bad way. There's a chance for you to
one.'
What can it be-" l asked eagerly.
II have taken arsenic and gold, phos-
phorus. exercise. nux vomica, hydro
therapeutic baths, rest, excitement,
codein and aromatic spirits Of ammo
MIA. Is there anything left in the
pharmacopoeia?"
Somewhere in these mountains"
said the doctor, there's a plant grow
ing-a Towering plant that'll cure you
-anC It's about the only thing that
will. It's of a kind that's as old as the
and hard to find. You and I will have
to hunt It up. I'm not engaged in &C.
tive practice now. IN getting along
in years, but I'll take your case. You'll
have to come every day in the after
noon and help me hunt for this plant
All ~ And - FThn o(k- Ioox~.o ~
know a lot about new scientific things,
but they don't know much about the
cures that nature carries around in her
s~addlebags."
So every day the old doctor and I
hunted the cure all plant among the
mountains and valleys Of the Blue
Ridge. Together we toiled up steep
heights so slippery with fallen autumn
leaves that we had to catch every SAP.
ling and branch within our reach tc
save US from falling. We waded
through gorges and chasms breast
deep with laurel and ferns: we follow.
ed the banks of mountain streams FL,
miles; we wound our way like Indians
through brakes of ~plne-road side, hill
side, river side, mountain side, we ex.
plored In our search for the miraculous
plant
AS the old doctor said. it must have
grown scarce and hard to find. Blu,
we followed our quest, Day by day
we plumbed the valleys, scaled thu
heights and tramped the plateaus il
search Of the miraculous plant. Noun
tain bred. he never seemed to tire.
often reached home too fatigued to dc
anything except fall into bed and slice,
until morning. This we kept up for :
month.
One evening after | had returnec
from a six mile tramp with the "l'
doctor .Amaryllis and ! took a littl,
WALL under the trees near the road
We looked ut the mountains DRAWN,
their roya! purple robes around then
Tor their nights repose.
I'm glad you're well again." sh
said. when you first came you frigh,
ened HE. | thought you We're reall
M"
We'll again. l almost shrieked. ID
you know that l have only one chanc
In q thousand TO live:"