The Dolores star., 1913-05-23
what Is the matter with Mrs. Oar

"weN. Old Or. Potter says she's
'rears tie 10 you know what that Is. ]
call II Jest notions. What the doc
tors In my time called a hypo. that's
what she Is She's always been the
greatest hand to dose. Mr.. Conner
will have It she KEEP old Captain Oar
ter poor buying patent medicines. And
she run after every new cure-all go
Ing. Il was electricity one year. and
mother year II was blue glass. and one
time ! remember she had woman
come OF the sort that used to- cali
themselves bone-doctors when | was
a girl and this country wasn't much
settled. but now they're PSYCHOLOGISTS,
or some sech funny name. and give
out they can rub everything on earth
out OF you. Mrs. Barter had her fof
long SPELL till she got pneumonia,
and nigh died, and sickened OF the
csteologist: and ! give her mustard
plasters, good strong ones, myself
All this time Emmy was engaged to
Albert Glenn: but the old captain was
real feeble, and Emmy wouldn't leave
him to git married. ! will say Mrs.
Barter was real devoted to him.
though Emmy done all the night work
and spared her all she could. give up
her school. and spent every cent of
the money she'd laid by schooi.teach-
ing and working art embroidery for
her clothes, when she'd be married.
spent every cent on her pa Got him
wheel chair. and II ever a man set
the world by his daughter the captain
done it. lie liked Albert. too. I guess
II captain had lived, sick's he was.
he'd have found way SOS Emmy and
Albert could git married. But he died.
Then you'd "a s'posed they could mar
ry. for his life was well ins ured. and
they got enough for the wilder to be
comfortable and keep a girl. But the
minnit he died poor Mrs. Darter got
nervous prostration, and she was
nervous PROSTATE for year. and they
had to spend money travelling. and OF
course Emmy couldn't git married.
Mrs. Darter went to Hot Springs, Ar.
kansas. and she went to a sanitarium.
and last she come home saying she
was cured. But on the cars she made
the acquaintance Of a woman-well.
don't want TO jedge-jedge not. and
you won't git lodged, you know--and
know It's hard for a woman to make
a living. but | guess that woman was
a crank, and a desis ming one at that.
But she went to Mrs. Darter's to
board. and she never paid no
board. but she preached to Mrs. Oar
ter bout how all the diseases that we
and she said we'd got to live 'cording
to nature more: and eating meat made
folks fierce like the carnivorous beasts.
and things seasoned with salt was bad
for you. and Jest plain farnishous
foods without salt-like we was chick.
ens!-was best for us. don't see
how Mrs. Darter who used to cook
real well and liked to have the sewing
society to tea, could stand sech sick
stuff. but she did; and what's wuss.
even after the fool critter ran away
and married a magnetic healer who.
they do say, has another wife, even to
this day Abiel Barter believes In her
and goes by what she says. And she
amt ct any III food for SO long that II
she ever does git coaxed to take a
wholesome bite Of beef or pie her
stummick Is so weak OF course she
caynt stand II. Strong folks can
eat strong vituals, and weak folks
cayn't. Mrs. Glenn coaxed her In to
boiled dinner one day. and poor Mrs
Ila ri Aid nf NAus
cayn't git her to bulge from her grass
and potato diet, as Conner calls H.
And as for poor Emmy. when she can
git married Lord only knows!"
Miss Keith had not interrupted the
story by as much as hum Of assent
She looked up with a queer smile.
HAS Mrs. Barter ever tried Chris
tian Science7'
mo. she amt" snorted Mrs. Con.
ner: we've been spared that. The
Bigelow girls--they're two single Ia.
dies, real nice girls. too. who live In
that big brown house with a cupoia
and n hip-roof there. bout two doors
up-they tried to get her into that
way OF thinking: they're ut every
pouy. Anu tney ureu 10 20 over anu
set with her and give her silent
treatment they called II. and try to
think the dyspepsia out Of her; but
sne Of EN- got a hshbone In her throat
and they had to come to me TO pull
II out with q pair Of tweezers. That
sorter dampened em for while and
Mrs. Barter says, Why didn't you
think II out?' And then Ann-she's
the oldest-says they wasn't far
enough advanced yet Mrs. Barter told
'em then they wasn't far enough nd.
vanced to doctor her. And ] guess
they amt been there sense"
IAN the same" insisted Miss Keith.
smiling. Il think Mrs. Durter needs
mental healing or Christian Science. I
don't care which"
Emmy put her mother TO bed. She
gave her tho soothing drops which the
vanished but still reverenced healer
h.a toft-drnns "a, hirh shn Wua almost