The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-03-03

CUPID AND The GouT
BY MARGUERITE HELOISE De
TlENNE.

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sent N-Ouch!" he cried. as his
equity foot gave evidence that 1t was
still equity. AS l was saying. II you
cure this govt Of mine Martha Is
yours"
She Is worth the try" laughed Dr..
Cornelius Balm, who was young ply
sician.
Try nothing, Neale. you've just got
to do it And one other thing is that
! won't touch a drop Of medicine I've
swallowed enough dope to float q
dozen Imperators, and the best 1t has
done for me Is to make me feel like
the symptoms on the outside Of dol
lar bottle You can try any new-fan-
gled stunt from radium down to mud
baths, but not one drop Of medicine"
rs there any time limit, Mr.. Met
calf"
NO, but the quicker you do 1t the
quicker you can have Martha"
And we can't be married until you
are cured?"
That's the way it stands"
And you will follow whatever rules
lay down 80 long as don't prescribe
any medicine!"
I'll follow them to the letter. Neale,
to the letter"
Very WE'LL" said the young doctor
with SMILE" we will begin treatment
tomorrow"
The sooner the better for me"
All right, sir; it is bargain. l
must be going now, as have a call
to make VIII see you later Good
bye"
Goodbye, Neale."
Martha accompanied Neale to his
bright new auto which was standing
in front of the Metcalf home.
Surely, it won't be hard for you
to cure father, Neale, They are do
ing such remarkable things In medi-
cine now OF course, the other doc
tors failed because they were a bit
oldfashioned, but you are so upto-
date in every way am sure you can't
fail"
Balm grew three inches taller under
the influence Of Martha's words, yet
they were not quite sufficient to drive
out that element of doubt SO charac-
teristic of the medical mind.
This medicine game is sort Of
hit-and-miss proposition after all. We
make some surprising advancements.
and do some good, but none knows
better than ourselves how ignorant we
are. But I'm going to cure your IA
ther if you will help me-"
What do you want me to be, Neale
the nurse?'
NO; he doesn't need nurse. l
want you to be the big boss and see to
1t that he follows my directions to the
letter"
II certainly will, dear.
Then the only question that re-
mains is how soon do you want to
marry"
Three months at least | want to
have nice wedding and at least
three months to know how it feels to
be engaged. Neale."
"All right, grille. I'll have father
cured in three months. Au RevOir, /"
he laughed, as the machine started
off
Ouch" yelled Mr. Metcalf the next
morning as he lifted his sick foot out
OF bed
Martha was waiting for just that
password and when she heard it she
tapped gently on the door
Come in said Mr.. Metcalf.
1T is Martha, father. DR., Balm has
instructed me to see that you take
your exercise
MY what?'
Your exercise she murmured
sweetly, as she drew huge box from
under the bed Here's your sched-
ule," handing him a sheet of paper to
read as she unpacked the box.
The paper read as follows:
one pound dumb-be 50 times.
Two-pound dumb-bcll, 40 times.
Three pound dumb bells, % times.
Indian clubs. 10 minutes.
Elastic chest eXpander. minutes.
leg movement minutes.
Rolling on the floor. minutes.
Hopping on one foot s minutes.
Cold bath.
These exercises must be gone
through three times day before
meals.
What does it mean" asked her
father with gulp.
1T means, father, that you are go
ing to be cured of the govt, and that l
am here to see that you follow out
this program"
81 won't do It."
"Oh yes you will father; because
am going to stay here and see that
you do. You told Neale that you
would stand for any stunt from radi-
um down to mud baths, and you new
er go back on your word, Start in
with these one Founders like nice
father" she cooed, as she put the
dumb-bells into his hands.
And what do you want me to do
with them, MARTHA"
Martha explained everything. and
1t was all she could do to keep from
blCsting with laughter as her father,
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