Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-31
Underneath the High Cut Vest
A Business Adventure of Emma McChesney

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aaEAsstand country called Bleepland, 9
Esacsieai working nightmare that We
~ again and again, no matter how
N@xssA the theme or setting Of ouI
asaamdrama. Your surgeon. tossing
mseasily on his bed. sees himself cut
rag 20 remove en- appendix, only tc
asseOver that that unpopular portion
Is his patient's anatomy already hobs
u aacohCiic gieG In bottle on the tor
sAelf Of the laboratory of d more alert
professional brother. Your civil en-
gannar constructs imaginary bridges
Mhich slump and fall as quickly AZ they
sfs completed, Your stage favorite
v the throes OF poat-lobster night,
marH. has II horrid vision OF herself
sesting" IN January. But when he
MA0 ssiIs goods on the road groans
40 tosses In the clutches Of dread.
jsa dream, II In. strangely enough,
asvar of cancelled orders. maniacal
ssain schedules inmpy mattresses, or
szanIy cooked food. These everyday
ihings No accepts with q philosophers
EANerfnlnese No-~his nightmare In
sgways vision or himself. sick on the
Faaa, 1t d country hotel In the middle
II the spring season,
On the third day that she looked
6ath more than ordinary Indifference
apon hotel and dining car food. Mrs.
Esuma McChesney, representing the
" A. Buck Featherioom Petticoat
fompany, wondered II, perhaps, she
"a not need bottle Of bitter tonic.
O. The nth day she noticed that
IAera we're chilla chashing up and
down her spine, and back and forth
IRON legs 10 shoulder blades when
psher people were wiping their ohins
and Foreteads with bedraggled-looking
hanakeKchiefs. and demanding how
iong this heat was going To last. any.
Say. On the alxth day she lost all In.
lsFsat ID r. A. Bucks featherIoom pet.
iiSoAtA, And then she knew that
sasaathing was seriously wrong. On
the seventh day. when the blonde and
namal waitress approached her In the
asmang room OF the little hotel at Glen
Rcck. Minns Emma McChesney'a mind
nusnehOw failed TO grasp the meaning
u The all too obvious string OF ques.
alnaa which were put TO her--ques.
aions ending In the inevitable 'tea. COT.
r. r milki" Al that junctura Emma
kaGCAasney had looked mp into the
gifa's face Ia q puzzled, nncompre-
beading way. had passed one hand
aarediy over her hot forehead and re-
psAed. with great earnestness:
Tours of the twelfth at hand and
eontenss noted the greatest
MstIe skirt on the market he's
9ninE TO be q aon 10 be proud of, God
haaas him want to leave q call
Foo seven sharp # ~.
The hank waitress face took on an
sasisd darkness. One OF tho two trav.
Sing men nj the same table started
. iAngh. but the other put oat bis
hana quickly. rose, and said, shut up.
pas blamed fooll Cant you see the
Aaag's aick?.' And started In the di.
rscsAun Of her chair.
nysn then there came into Esmsaa
MeGAesney's ordinarily weli.ordered,
asext maind the uncomfortable thought
that sho was talking nonsense. She
saaaa : last effort to order her brain
iato 10 usual sane olearness. failed,
sna saw the coarse white table cloth
fasanE swiftly and slanting to meet
kss head.
n speaks well for Emma Mcches.
nsy'a balance that when abe found
hsrsalf In bed. two strange women.
and one strange man, and an aiitoo.
Tsmiliar bellboy In the room, she did
nj say, Where am III What hap.
peaedf" Instead she told herself that
The amazingly and unbelieyahly hand,
sesn@ young man bending over her
WITH o kaleidoscope was a doctor: that
tho plump. bleaohed blonde In tho
white shirtwaist was the hotel house.
keeper: that the lank ditto was n
waitress: and that the expression on
III Iaoa OF each was that OF appre-
hsnAion. tinged with pleasurahie ex.
raasment So she sat up. dlslodging
aAe stethoscope. and ignoring the pur-
Fsaa Of tho thermometer which had re-
eesad under her tongue.
Look herel" she said. addressing
tAe doctor In high. queen voice, II
cant ~ sick. Young man. Haven't
fasns Not lust now. Put II OF until
Aakasa and I'll he as sick as you like.
WY man. this 10 tho middle OF June.
AAd I'm due In Minneapolis now.
Lie down. please" said the hand
aexae young doctor. "and don't dare
xsuhose ahia Thermometer again until
! saii ron 70. This cant DO put on until
AaKrst. You're sick right now
Mrs. McChesney shut her lips over
10 little glass tube. and watched the
gsanE doctors irnpassive face nc
fakes them no time 10 learn that trickl
- womanwise. Jumped to her own
esnGzasicn,
How siokf" she demanded. the
Ea@Fnometer read
Oh. II won't be so bad, said the
saFy young doctor. with profession.
~ cheerful smile
ksnma McChesney sat an In he'd with
tark You mean--sickt Not mi. or
xrippy. or run down. but sicks Trained.
narss sicki Hospital sick. Doctor,
swice@rday sicks Table y.the bedside.
Math-bpGtlaR~0n-it sickts